Stress and coping
True or false, emotions can cause a physiological response in our body and its systems?
True
Self-Discrepancy is the conflict of your actual, ideal, and what other self-perception?
Your "ought" self
Name the four styles of managing conflict
Collaboration Compromise Accommodation Avoidance
True or false, all successful relationships are monogamous
False
In operant conditioning, how would we define positive vs negative?
Adding a stimulus vs taking away a stimulus
Define coping
Efforts to master reduce or tolerate demands created by stress
What is person perception?
Forming an impression of others
What is the difference between soft and hard power?
Soft (Emotions, Attraction, position) vs Hard (Money, Resources)
We have found that cohabitation leads to greater relationship commitment and satisfaction. What is a potential factor for why this is?
More time is spent together
More ability to work out conflicts and practice stable interpersonal communication
Name the four attachment styles
Secure, avoidant, disorganized, anxious
True or false, anger has a negative impact overall on your health and wellbeing?
True
How would you define "self concept"?
Collection of beliefs about one's basic nature, unique qualities, and typical behavior
As a general statement, what is the most productive style for managing conflict?
Collaboration
What is a social trend contributing undermining to the traditional model of marriage?
Lack of permanence/increase in divorce
The central nervous system contains what?
Brain and spine
What impact does smoking, and alcohol use have on one’s body long term?
Increased risk of cancer, cardiac or respiratory conditions and organ failure
How do you define "self-esteem"
Your view of your worth
Define bystander effect
The decreased likelihood of humans to help in an emergency if other people are present
How would you best describe homogamy?
The tendency to marry a person with similar personal characteristics
What must be present for substance use to be considered disordered?
Risk or harm to oneself or another
Name two examples of positive coping
Humor, change of mindset, systematic problem solving, asking for help, moving your body, music, art, nature, etc.
According to the 5-factor model of personality, many/all of our personality traits can be broken down into what 5 main areas?
Extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experiences, agreeableness and consciousness
How would you define paralanguage?
Vocal cues other than the content of the message itself
How would you describe endogamy?
The tendency to marry within one’s social group
When discussing personality, what are the main theoretical lenses used to explain our personality development?
Psychoanalytic, Behaviorist, and Humanistic