Social Psychology
According to ______________, personality focuses on unconditional regard and the self-actualizing tendency as primary motivating factors.
What is humanistic psychology?
A single extension from the nerve cell that carries nerve impulses from the cell body to other neurons.
What is Axon
There are different expectations for men and women in the United States regarding emotional expression and whether a person is encouraged to seek help. It is more acceptable for women to express certain emotions, such as those related to depression, than it is for men. Women are more likely to seek social connection and seek out a therapist’s help to cope with feelings of depression and stress (tend and befriend)
What is Societal norms?
This refers to selfless behavior, but some researchers suggest that people act in prosocial ways due to incurring social debt. The social reciprocity norm and the social responsibility norm explain this type of behavior.
What is Altruism?
____________ theory proposes that social pressure to behave or think in certain ways can be normative or informational.
What is Social influence theory?
Normative social influence occurs when we conform to a group to fit in. Cady wanted to be like all the other members of the plastics to fit in.
Taking away one's humanity and unique sense of who they are such as being referred to as a number rather than a name
What is deindividuation
The portion of the nervous system that includes the brain and the spinal cord.
What is Central Nervous System (CNS)
Prolonged distress increases susceptibility to disorders and diseases such as______________.
What is Hypertension?
theory that says strong characteristics based on biology that form basis of personality
What is Trait Theory
The ___________ theory proposes that some people react to stress by tending to their own needs and/or the needs of others and seeking connection with others. This phenomenon seems to occur mostly in women.
What is tend-and-befriend theory?
A generalization about a group of people in which certain traits are assigned to virtually all members of the group, regardless of actual variation among the members.
What is Stereotype
Allows you to conserves energy and calms the body after being startled.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
The __________ perspective would emphasize that the amount of stress you experience is linked to how you think about and interpret the stressful situations.
What is cognitive psychology?
Group ________ occurs when the decision an individual reaches after talking it through with a group becomes more extreme (positive or negative) than their original opinion.
What is group polarization.
Over time, Mr. Carlson's views are becoming more extreme (strongly favorable towards kdramas) after being exposed to the views of the group.
Evidence suggests that those who believe they control their own fate do not experience as much depression.
What is internal locus of control?
Attributing an overimportance on personality factors and less on social factors when studying human behavior.
What is fundamental attribution error?
This occurs when we look only for information that supports our preexisting beliefs.
What is Confirmation bias?
Because Mr. Carlson believes that these individuals are extroverts, he is looking only for actions that are consistent with that belief.
You are feeling overwhelmed by your school workload, breaking it down into manageable steps with deadlines. What type of coping strategy is being taken to directly address and solve the root cause of a stressful situation.
What is Problem-focused coping?
Denial, displacement, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression, and sublimation.
What is psychodynamic theory of personality?
What is Ego?
This addresses how certain behaviors help maintain homeostasis while arousal theory addresses how people seek an optimal level of arousal when they behave (as demonstrated by the Yerkes-Dodson Law).
What is Drive-reduction theory?
A drive or feeling of discomfort, originally defined as being caused by holding two or more inconsistent cognitions and subsequently defined as being caused by performing an action that is discrepant from ones customary, typically positive self-conception.
What is Cognitive Dissonance.
This method is used to collect non-numerical data, such as descriptions. The goal for researchers is to develop a deeper understanding of a person’s experiences. (Key phrase not a research method)
What is Qualitative methods?
Describes the process of experiencing stress. Initially, alarm reaction occurs when the stress is encountered (via a fight-flight-freeze response). Then, a resistance phase occurs as the stress is confronted. Finally, an exhaustion phase occurs when the stress subsides, or resources are spent. The greatest susceptibility to illness occurs during the exhaustion phase.
What is the general adaptation syndrome (GAS)?
According to Carl Rogers, receiving respect and love without earning it
What is unconditional positive regard
A person's belief in his or her ability to succeed at the task at hand
What is Self-Efficacy?