Chapter 4
True or False, some reflexes can go away.
True, they become voluntary and controlled instead of automatic behavior
Industry
What are the basic components of emotion?
Physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and cognitive appraisal
a stress reaction
What is Shante's son's name?
Brooks
What are the two types of insecure attachment?
Anxious and Avoidant
Describe Authoritative Parenting
Details Vary: Set rules and boundaries, yet given consequences and explanations on "why".
The referee has stopped the game and is giving out yellow cards to every player he hears say anything about his call. The players are angry, and the crowd starts to feel angry. Not even knowing what the yellow cards mean, you start to get angry also. This is called what according to the Two-Factor theory?
The spillover effect
Give an example of an Emotion-Focused coping response to a stressor.
Answers will vary focused on relieving or ignoring the emotion temporarily, but not resolving the stressor
What could a Type A Personality do to reduce heart disease risk?
Relaxation and Meditation techniques to reduce physiological reactions to impatience, frustration, and anger
Name the prenatal development stages, in order
Germinal (Zygote), Embryonic, Fetal
When do physical abilities such as muscular strength, reaction time, sensory keenness, and cardiac output reach their peak?
Early Adulthood
Where does Robert Zajonc categorize "complex" emotions like love and hate?
"The high road" brain cortex appraisal
Why (biologically) does stress increase vulnerability to bacterial and viral infections?
Stress hormones suppress the production of lymphocytes.
Name a behavior you may have to satisfy the 'competence' component of the Self-Determination Theory
Answers will vary but focused on mastering or proving skills or knowledge
What is 'habituation'?
A measurement of infant learning where responsiveness to a stimulus decreases when repeatedly exposed.
What is the best predictor of a couple's marital satisfaction according to textbook research?
The ratio of their positive to negative interactions with each other.
What is the main reason starvation diets do not lead to successful or significant fat loss?
Fatty tissue can be maintained by fewer calories than can other body tissues.
What is the most significant physiological evidence that shows the benefit of social supports?
reduced blood pressure
Why does our textbook say spirituality and faith communities are helpful in coping?
Provides social support, healthy lifestyle/behavior support, and positive mindset/view/emotions
Shante hid under the desk while playing hide 'n' seek. She couldn't see anyone, but everyone could still see her legs. What type of thinking was she demonstrating within Piaget's Preoperational stage?
Egocentrism : self perspective
Describe how adolescent's self-esteem changes through the adolescent stage years 12-18.
It falls through the early teen years and rises during the late teen years.
Name three Acquired Drives
Answers will vary: Money, Love, Fame. *Anything associated with a primary but not involving a direct biological need
What term describes the temporary happiness of buying new shoes?
Adaptation Level Phenomenon
Describe a developmental change in adulthood
Answers will vary: menopause, slower reaction times, memory recall decline, psychosocial growth through generativity or stagnation, social clock expectations of getting married & having children/not doing either, sensation decline in vision, hearing, and taste