Motivation
When this blood energy marker is running low, we often feel hungry.
What is blood glucose.
If someone experiences a death in their family, they are experiencing what kind of stressor?
What is a catastrophe
According to social psychologists, these are the two types of judgements you can make about the causes of an event.
What are dispositional and situational attributions
People high in this trait are prone to experiencing emotional highs and lows, and are more vulnerable and negatively reactive to stress.
What is neuroticism.
It is the percentage of people in a population who have a psychological disorder in a given amount of time
What is prevalence.
Cultures may have adapted these ingredients as a way to preserve food longer from pathogens/spoilage.
What are spices
According to Ekman, people across most cultures tend to express and understand expressions of happiness, anger, sadness, fear, etc.. He called these emotions what?
What are universal emotions
This is the type of social influence we are conforming to when we change our behavior to avoid being judged by other people.
What is normative social influence.
This is a personality trait where people seek out new ideas, perspectives, experiences, and may have a heightened interest in the arts.
What is openness.
It is the presence of two or more psychological disorders within one person.
What is comorbidity
This theory predicts that we have optimum levels of physiological alertness, and that we feel motivated to do things that increase or decrease this alertness during periods where our alertness falls outside of this optimum range.
What is arousal theory (of motivation)
This theory states that cognitive appraisal (labeling) of our response to an event is key in shaping what emotions we feel.
What is the Schacter-Singer Theory of Emotion
Holding a negative emotional predisposition towards different social groups is also known as this.
What is prejudice
These are theories of personality that focus on identifying and measuring enduring, consistent behavioral patterns and characteristics that define individuals.
What are trait theories of personality
When I speak of schizophrenia symptoms like catatonic states and anhedonia (lack of volition), what type of symptoms am I referring to?
What are negative symptoms.
What is drive-reduction theory
In this phenomenon we sometimes mislabel physical arousal that we are experiencing from an event as a different emotion than one directly targeted at the triggering situation. This is called
What is misattribution of arousal
Tom is excited to be accepted to High Cost University. He reads over the website and sees that tuition cost is about $13500 a year. After accepting their offer to attend, he then learns that he is required to live on campus ($10,000 for a dorm) and buy a meal plan ($4,000) per year. The delayed release of these additional costs is exemplary of what compliance tactic?
It is a psychological disorder characterized by extremely restricted calorie intake, distorted body image, and weight loss.
What is anorexia nervosa.
Yerkes-Dodson law predicts that we often perform best at what level of physiological arousal?
What is moderate physiological arousal.
These are two personality traits discussed in class that are known to increase vulnerability to negative health outcomes of stress.
What are having a Type A personality and being a pessimist
If your audience is knowledgeable, has a personal stake in an issue, and has the time to listen, what type of persuasion does the elaboration likelihood model suggest you should use.
What is the central route
Personality is a good predictor of patterns of behavior over time, but is not a very good predictor of behavior in a single instance. This finding contributes to what major debate in personality research?
What is the person-situation controversy
This psychological disorder is characterized by experiencing unwanted, intrusive thoughts, and developing habits or rituals that act to reduce the anxiety from those thoughts.
What is obsessive compulsive disorder.