Emotions
What are three benefits of emotions?
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What are Freud's three levels of the mind?
Conscious Mind, Preconscious Mind, Unconcious Mind
What is GroupThink?
The mode of thinking
that occurs when the desire for
harmony in a decision making
group overrides a realistic appraisal
of alternatives.
What sub feild of psych is Jari focused on?
Neurology and Behvavior
Name two universal emotions and the benefits they provide.
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What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
A way to organize the different things a human 'needs' in order of importance to functionality.
Explain Cognitive Dissonance
Psychological tension after
noticing contradictions between our own thoughts,
feelings and actions.
What are the primary functions of gilgal cells?
Clean, protect, build.
What is the Facial Feedback Hypothesis?
The idea that the muscular movements involved in certain facial expressions trigger
the corresponding emotions
Describe the pros and cons of the Humanistic Perspective on personality
Pros: Emphasis on a motivation for
self-improvement and
seeking our full potential
Cons: Includes many concepts and
processes to describe
personality operations that
are difficult to explain and
objectively test
What was the goal of Milgram's experiment?
To test levels of conformity in regular people (specifically following the holocaust)
What is a teratogen?
Environmental agents or substances that negatively impact prenatal development.
Briefly describe the Cannon-Bard theory of how we experience emotions.
Emotional Stimulus -> Thalamus -> Autonomic Nervous System arousal, Behavior, and Emotional Feelings.
What element did Carl Jung add to Freud's theory of the Mind?
Collective Unconcious
What was the phenomenon that the 'inmates' in Zimbarto's prison experiment suffered from?
Deindividuation
What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
The structure of our language influences a
native speaker’s perception and categorization of experiences.