Intro to Psych
The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes.
What is psychology?
The branch of psychology that focuses on well-being, strengths, and positive emotions.
WHat is positive psychology?
Feelings like joy, gratitude, and love that help improve wellbeing and life satisfaction.
What are positive emotions?
A person who guides, influences, and motivates a group toward achieving a goal.
What is a leader?
This concept explains why members of a sports team who trust and support each other often perform better together.
What is group cohesion?
A professional who studies behaviour and mental processes but cannot prescribe medication.
What is a psychologist?
This is why psychologists study happiness, strengths, and positive emotions instead of only mental illness.
What is to improve well-being and help people thrive?
This theory explains how positive emotions expand our thinking and help build personal resources over time.
What is the broaden-and-build theory?
This leadership style involves making decisions alone and expecting others to follow without input.
What is authoritarian leadership?
A student starts dressing and acting like their friendship group to fit in, even though it’s not their usual style.
What is conformity?
This professional is a medical doctor who can diagnose mental illness and prescribe medication.
What is a psychiatrist?
These are the three main focuses of positive psychology: strengths, positive emotions, and this broader concept.
What is well-being
Activities like writing down what you’re thankful for or helping others are used to increase these.
What are positive emotions (or wellbeing)?
This leadership style encourages group input and shared decision-making.
What is democratic leadership?
These influence behaviour without being written down, such as waiting your turn to speak in class.
What are social norms?
The key difference between psychologists and psychiatrists involves this major factor.
What is the ability to prescribe medication (and medical training)?
Setting clear, specific, and challenging goals is important because it helps improve this.
What is motivation and performance?
A state of wellbeing where individuals can cope with stress, work productively, and contribute to society.
What is mental health?
This term refers to following orders from an authority figure, even if you may not fully agree.
What is obedience?
Explain how a growth mindset would help a student who failed a test but wants to improve.
What is believing they can improve through effort, learning from mistakes, and trying new strategies?
Ethical principles in research that include the right to leave a study, being misled only when necessary, and being fully informed afterward.
What are withdrawal rights, deception, and debriefing?
This psychologist developed key principles of goal-setting, including clarity, challenge, and commitment.
Who is Locke (Edwin Locke)?
This mental illness involves intense fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation (e.g., spiders or heights).
What is phobia?
An example of obedience in everyday life, such as following instructions from a teacher, coach, or boss.
What is following directions from an authority figure?
This occurs when strong group cohesion leads individuals to prioritise group harmony over critical thinking and decision-making.
What is groupthink?