AP PSYCH UNIT 5

psychophysiological disorders

physical illness caused or worsened by emotional or mental factors (stress)

problem focused vs emotion focused coping

problem=attempting to directly solve problem causing stress, emotion=manage emotional distress, when we don’t have control over problem

tend and befriend

alternative to fight or flight// people deal with stress via taking care of others/connecting socially—>common in women

Positive psych

study of human floursihing

signature strengths

positive traits essential for living fulfilling life—>six core virtues

posttraumatic growth

positive psychological change after life crisis or traumatic event

affective forecasting

our predictions about our own emotional state in the future

Impact bias

the tendency to overestimate the emotional impact of a future event in terms of intensity and duration

Hedonic adaptation

we adjust to happiness/misery fairly quickly, and return to baseline

4 D of diagnosis

deviant, dysfunctional, dangerous, distressing