ZAPS: Big Five, Narcissism, Implicit Association, and Student Stress

personality trait

a pattern of thought, emotion and behavior that is relatively consistent over time and across situations

trait approach

psychologist wo study personality by focusing on how individuals differ in personality dispositions such as sociability, cheerfulness and aggression

Ocean

Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism

5 factor theory

identifies the fine basic personality traits you were tested on in the experience

narcissism

describe inflated self esteem or excessive self love

narcissism personality inventory

series of attitude statements are intended to measure whether you exabit narcissism

stereotyping

mental shortcuts that allow for easy, fast processing of information about groups of people

explicit attitudes

the ones we know about and can readily discuss with others

implicit attitudes

our attitudes exist outside of our conscious awareness

implicit association test

measure unconscious bias about certain topics

stress

response that subjectively feels unpleasant

stressors

are things in our environment that we regard as threatening or demanding, and in turn, induce stress response with us

daily hassles

annoyances we encounter in our lives everyday

major life stressors

events that cause significant change and disruptions in peoples lives

distress

form of stress that ocurs as a response to negative events

eustress

form of stress that occurs as a response to negative events

coping response

help escape or minimize stressor

hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis

sends chemical messenger to the pituitary gland

general adaptation syndrome

that explains the body physical response to a stressor

emotion focused coping

involves using passive strategies to escape on emotional response to a stressor

problem focused coping

involves directly confronting the problem such as generating solutions to help