Emotion
Using current moods to make judgments and appraisals
Affect as Information Theory
The tendency to feel a certain way - present at birth
Temperament
Eustress
Grades, money, candy are examples of what...
Incentives
People's evaluations of objects, events or ideas
Thinking about, elaborating and focusing on undesired thoughts or feelings
Rumination
The theory that explains how personality is organized using three interacting structures
Structural Model
The view of health and illness as the combination of biological, behavioral and social influences
Biopsychosocial Model of Health
A state that is achieved when one's personal dreams and aspirations are attained
Self Actualization
Lack of Agreement between attitude and behavior
Cognitive Dissonance
The five primary emotions
Anger, Happiness, Fear, Sadness, Disgust
The tendency to assume that personality characteristics go together
Implicit Personality Theory
Pattern of responses to stress that consists of three stages
General Adaptation Syndrome
Name the three parts of self determination theory
Competence, Autonomy, Relatedness
Going along with a crowd because we assume the behavior of the crowd is the right way to respond
Informational Influence
The theory that argues that the mind and body experience emotions independently, but simultaneously
Cannon-Bard Theory
People describing and telling stories about ambiguous items or pictures is an example of what type of personality assessment
Projective Assessment
When others provide social support, the individual is better able to cope with stressful events
Buffering Hypothesis
Name the four factors used to describe motivation
Energy, Direction, Persistence, Strength
People are more likely to agree to a small request after refusing a large request
Door in the Face effect
These are learned through socialization to know which emotions are suitable in which situations
Display Rules
The awareness of difference between personal standards and goals (leads to strong emotions)
Self Discrepancy Theory
Name the three C's of Hardiness
Control, Commitment, Challenge
The process by which people change behavior to achieve a goal
Self Regulation
Developing a preference for something based off of how familiar you are with it
Mere exposure effect