Social
Nick Jonas advertises for Pepsi. This is an example of what concept?
What is the Peripheral Route Persuasion
You are leaving your childhood home... you are a male... how do you respond
What is... bummer.
What is one thing you can do now to help your older adult self?
- workout/move body
- eat better
- continue to gain education
If the suprachiasmatic nucleus causes the pineal gland to increase production of melatonin, what time of day is it?
What are the 3 criteria for marking something as a disease of the mind?
what are: deviance, maladaptive, and distressing in nature.
What did we learn from Milgram's shock experiment? [big picture]
What is --
people conform to authority figures, even when harm is being caused.
How would Schachter-Singer describe facing your fears of touching a hairy tarantula.
- you see the thing
- your hear starts racing (physiological)
- you understand it is a tarantula (cognition)
- you have an emotional response
A child is not falling for, or as entertained with the game peek-a-boo, but they are not yet understanding that a change in shape/size doesn't change mass/quantity of a substance. What stage of development would Piaget say they are in?
What is stage 2.
- passed Stage 1, working on stage 2.
How would the disease model of addiction handle an accidental overdose situation?
What is, with rehab and help... not fines and jail time.
What kinds of evidence exists for genetics playing a role in psychological disorders?
what is -- linked to certain genes (i.e., trisonomy 21)
How did Tug-of-war help influence social psychology?
What is... research on social loafing!
You have to write a paper for your introduction to psychology course... how would perceiving this thing as a threat vs. a challenge impact your stress levels?
what is ...
- threat --> respond in a stressed way
- challenge --> same arousal, but now channeling it into focus and motivation
During development there are certain times when things should be happening relatively normally for normal development to continue. What is this called? What is 1 thing that could impact this?
What is a critical period.
What is a teratogen.
Guinness stopped recording when people attempt to break Randy Gardner's record... why did they do this?
-sleep deprivation is bad.
- so many reasons.
What is a common theme for anxiety disorders when looking at why they occur?
overactivation of brain region... amygdala, temporal lobe, etc.
We talked about 2 reasons why we conform to people around us. Give me one and provide an example.
What is:
- Informational Social Influence -- willingness to accept others' opinion about reality
- Normative Social Influence -- avoid rejection
Give me an example of how valence and arousal are different, in the context of emotions.
valence -- how positive or negative
arousal -- low or high
Explain 1 reason that research is saying we should have Emerging adulthood as an official developmental stage...
What is..
- technology revolution
- sexual revolution
- women's movement
- youth movement
---- not doing the 3 big things needed... independent decisions, financially independent, sole responsible person for yourself
Explain 1 example of a cultural difference in sleep behaviors.
- siesta culture
- work culture (Karoshi)
- co-sleeping
- tech use
- indigenous culture ceremonies
- beliefs of dream origins
Why is Taylor's fear of horses not considered an official phobia?
What is -- is it not irrational, and not completely life altering.
The car in front of you brake checks you... How do you explain this from a dispositional vs. situational attribution POV?
What is:
- Dispositional -- They are meanie heads who hit their brakes to brake check you for funs.
- Situational -- there was a squirrel in front of them and they hit the break really hard!
You ask "how're you today" and I say I am in an emotions-focused mode... what does this mean?
What is ignoring stressors in my life to "alleviate" stress... feeling like I have no control
- we are resilient
- we need to have 1-1 attention to form attachments, and those attachments are related LT outcomes like IQ, anxiety rates, etc.
How are REM without Atonia and Sleepwalking different?
- REM -- paralyzed
- sleepwalking -- not paralyzed
It is important to keep in mind that you will deviate naturally day-to-day, what are some things that set this natural deviation apart from something more serious (like a diagnosable disorder)?
what is
- impacting life
- so many symptoms
- lasting for a certain period of time