Stress and Health
Attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and by attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction.
Emotion focused coping
Beatriz fell on a busy city sidewalk and broke her leg. Although hundreds of pedestrians saw her lying on the ground, most failed to recognize that she was in need of medical assistance. Their oversight best illustrates one of the dynamics involved in
The Bystander Effect
The part of the brain is most strongly associated with emotions, especially fear, anxiety, and aggression.
What is the amygdala?
Our characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.
What is personality?
Describe Internal vs. External Locus of Control
External locus of control -Chance or outside forces control fate.
Internal locus of control -People control their own fate.
Adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard is called
conformity
The lowest level of Maslow's hierarchy
What are basic physiological needs?
This psychologist had an unusual theory of personality based on childhood development and his three famous concepts: Id, Ego, & Superego.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Catastrophes - war, natural disasters
Life Transitions - getting married, graduating, leaving home
Daily Hassles - taking an exam, to-do list, etc.
The Milgram obedience experiments were controversial because the
"teachers" were deceived and were frequently subjected to stress.
The two dimensions of emotions.
What are valence and arousal?
What are the Big 5 personality factors?
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
This personality type is more likely to have stress and more likely to develop heart disease.
Prejudice toward a group involves negative feelings, a tendency to discriminate, and overly generalized beliefs referred to as
Stereotype
If you're only motivated by some kind of reward, like money, you have THIS kind of motivation.
What is extrinsic motivation?
This perspective on personality argues that humans are intrinsically good, focus on self-determination and self-realization, and how humans can reach their full potential
What is the humanistic perspective?
You are more likely to help other people when you are already in a good mood. What is this called?
Feel-Good Do-Good phenomenon
Participants in the Milgram obedience studies were ordered to
deliver electric shocks to a learner for giving incorrect answers.
What is PYY?
The "N" in the Five-factor model of personality (i.e. the big 5) stands for this. It describes our tendency to experience negative emotions.
Neuroticism