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Microstressors - daily little shit
Major negative events - require efforts to cope with
Catastrophic events - unexpected, large # of people |
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| Social Readjustment Scale |
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| measures stress as stimulus by measuring life-change value |
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| measures stress as stimulus by asking questions about how you often you felt certain ways within the past month. Given a score (~12-13 avg.) |
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| Assessment of how event affects us |
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| Assess resources available to cope with stress |
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| Endocrine System and Stress (Physiological Response) |
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| Hypothalamus stimulates pituitary gland, which stimulates the adrenal gland, which releases hormones that activate the ANS and maintain activation during emergencies |
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| General Adaptation Syndrome theory |
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Stressor (Exam)
Alarm reaction - immediate arousal as mobilize to respond to threat. activate sympathetic NS and stress hormones. (Getting books to study)
Resistance - continued outpouring of stress hormones (Studying)
Exhaustion - increased vulnerability to disease, collapse, death (Sleep) |
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| when stressed for long periods of time, it begins to hinder our immune system due to the hormones that are released continuously. Adrenal gland releases cortisol which reduces functioning and creates fatty deposits in arteries and can lead to heart disease |
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| Behavioral reactions to stress |
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less likely to exercise, eat well.
more likely to smoke, drink, do drugs, not sleep, over/under eat |
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environmental or personal resources that one uses to cope with stress
Social support, optimism, coping self-efficacy ("I can do it!") |
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confront and deal with demand of situation.
Planning, problem solving, supressing competing activities, restraint, etc. |
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attempt to manage emotional responses that result from stress.
Positive reinterpretation, denial, repression, escape-avoidance, wishful thining, controlling feelings |
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turning to others for assistance and emotional support.
help and guidance, emotional support, affirmation of worth, tangible aid (money) |
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Stages of Grief
- Denial
- Anger
- Bargaining
- Depression
- Acceptance
not in order, can be skipped |
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| peoples emotional responses to degree of satisfaction with aspects of life |
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wealth? - not really
health? - not really
IQ? - not really
Relationships - YES |
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| happiness personality traits |
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| Social, optimistic, curious, open to new experiences |
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| Components of Personality |
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Behavioral components: distinguishing from other people
Behaviors caused by internal factors
Behaviors have organization and structure |
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| Personality according to psychodynamic perspective |
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| Build up psychic energy throughout the day, Freudian slops out of the unconscious when too much build up |
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| innermost core of personality. seeks immediate gratification. not connected to the outside world |
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| has direct contact with reality. tests reality to decide whether id can release impulses or not. ex) seeks relationship, not random sex |
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| moral arm of personality. evaluates everything as right/wrong. having your parents judge what you do |
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| when coping behaviors ineffective, unconscious mental operations that deny and distort reality |
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| disagreed with Freud: lacked social/cultural factors, too much emphasis on childhood |
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humans motivated by social interest - desire to advance welfare of others
also strive for superiority - compensating for real/imagined defects. leads to inferiority complex |
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believed in personal and collective unconscious
personal - life experiences
collective - memories accumulated throughout human race
collective unconscious made up of archetypes - ancient/archaic images/themes |
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| behavior response to immediate conscious experience of self and environment |
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believed everyone wants to find personal meaning in the world, if not causes anxiety
reality is made up of personal constructs - cognitive categories things are stored in
same event can be viewed in different ways |
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| Carl Rogers' theory of self |
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Self - perceptions/beliefs about oneself
self consistency - absence of conflict among self perceptions
congruence - consistency between self and experiences
Need for love and self-esteem |
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| overall more successful life |
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| tendency to gain and preserve self-image. attribute successes to abilities and failures to environment |
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| Big Five Personality Traits |
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Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
(OCEAN)
these traits promote physical survival & reproductive success |
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| why do people act differently in different situations? |
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Personality traits interact w/ other traits & enviro
some traits more important to others
people differ in ability to adapt to situation |
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| Eysenck's Extraversion-Stability Model |
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Introversion - Extraversion
Stability - Instability |
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| if somebody has a negative personality, they have negative behaviors, which in turn evokes negative responses from the environment |
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| gender Influence on Personality |
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men: attributes related to achievement and kicking ass
women: cooking and cleaning. whatever. |
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| coding system to categorize behaviors of interest |
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set of questions that are scored using key.
+ convenient
- validity |
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| NEO-Personality Inventory |
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| empirical approach, T/F statements |
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| personal characteristics cause behavior, "Chris flunked the test because he is lazy" |
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| situational aspects cause behavior "christ flunked test because it was too hard" |
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| Fundamental Attribution error |
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| tendency to explain other peoples behaviors in terms of personal attributions instead of situational |
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| tendency to make personal attributions for own success and situational attributions for failures |
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| tendency to attach more importance to information that is first learned about a person |
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| most likely to remember the most recent info presented to you |
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| people's expectations lead them to act toward others in a way that brings about expected behaviors |
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| expectations about how people in certain positions are supposed to behave |
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| Central route to persuasion |
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| influenced by compelling arguments |
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| most influential factor on whether we obey a persuader? |
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| expectation when others treat us well, we should respond in kind |
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| Door-in-the-face technique |
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| large request made, expecting rejection, then smaller request |
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| Foot-in-the-door technique |
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| compliance w/ small request then present larger request |
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| persuader gains commitment to action, then increases "cost" of behavior |
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| benefits of living in groups? |
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| safety, cooperation in challenging tasks, rearing children |
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| people expend less effort when working in group vs. working alone |
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| working harder in group than when alone |
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| when like-minded individuals discuss issue, "average" opinion tends to become more extreme |
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| Loss of individuality leads to disinhibited behavior |
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| intense emotion, arousal and yearning for partner. Physical |
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| affection and deep caring about partner's well being. Stable |
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| Sterberg's Triangular Theory |
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| Intimacy, Commitment, Passion |
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| negative attitude based on their group membership |
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| Treating people unfairly based on group to which they belong |
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| self-consciousness created among stereotyped group members |
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| 6 major diagnostical categories? (that we went over) |
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| Anxiety, Mood, Schizophrenic, Dissociative, Personality, Childhood |
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| 3 criteria used to ID disordered behaviors |
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Deviant - deviating from the norm
Distressing - stresses or upsets them
Dysfunctional - inhibiting everyday life |
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| Big book of medical disorders |
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Axis I - Primary Diagnosis
Axis II - Personality disorders or mental retardation
Axis III - Relevant physical disorders
Axis IV - Intensity of psychosocial and environmental problems
Axis V - Global assessment of level of functioning (GAF) 0-100, lower worse |
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| Tension that that is natural response to perceived threat |
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| Anxiety about being in places where escape might be difficult |
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| Run spectrum from severe depression to extreme mania |
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| less severe form of Major Depressive Disorder |
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| Sudden, unexpected travel away from home/work with inability to recall one's past |
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| Personality Disorder Clusters |
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A - Odd/Eccentric
B - Dramatic/Impulsive
C - Anxious/Fearful |
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| (A) profound defect in ability to form personal relationships or respond to others in meaningful way |
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| (A) Similar to schizoid PD, but coupled w/ odd behavior and unconventional beliefs |
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| (A) Distrust and suspiciousness of others |
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| (B) Desire to be center of attention, dramatic, seductive, flamboyant, and exaggerated behaviors |
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| (B) "God's gift to humanity" |
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| (B) out-of-control emotions, vacillating between idealizing and despising those close to them |
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| (C) Dislikes being around people |
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| (C) Dependent on being with people |
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