psych test 4

Receiving a good income achieving your goals and having high self esteem are considered causes of what type of happiness

life satisfaction

what type of stress response occurs from experiencing strong, frequent, and or prolonged adversity such as emotional or physical abuse

toxic stress

allan is not putting as much effort now that he is working in a group because his individual performance on the assignment is not being evaluated this is an example of

social loafing

this level in kholbergs stages of moral reasoning include these two stages: interperonal and authority

conventional morality

when a child is unable to take the perspective of another person as seen in the three mountain task the child is displaying egocentrisim and has yet to obtain

theory of mind

carson enjoys writing mystery novels and has even managed to publish some of his work. when he is writing carson becomes extremely focused on his work that he often loses track of time and stays up until 3am. this illustrates

flow

this attachment style is characterized by the child’s tendency to show clingy behavior and rejection of the parent when she attempts to interact with the child and is thought to occur as a result of the caregivers inconsistent level of response to their child

resistant attachment

this is a way of managing stress that can take many different forms like advice, guidance, encouragement, and tangible assistance

social support

ronald seeks out information that supports his stereotypes about women but ignores information that is inconsistent shows what bias

confirmation bias

in this type of parenting style, parents place a high value of conforming and obedience, are often rigid, with little warmth

authoritarian

our adrenal glands secrete ____ which help provide that boost of energy when we first encounter a stressor

cortisol

____ involves feeling states whereas _____ involves expectations

positive affect; optimism

this is the states psychological discomfort that arises from a conflict in a persons behaviors, attitudes, or believes that run counter to ones positive self perception

cognitive dissonance

in this stage of the piaget theory of cognitive development the individal understand events and analogies and are able to do mathematics

concrete operational

when deciding whether to help a person in need, knowing that there is others who could also provide assistance relieves bystander of some measure of personal responsibility reducing the likelihood that bystander intervenes

diffusion of responsibility

this is the process of changing out attitude toward something based on some form of communication

persusaion

consists of efforts to change or reduce the negative emotions associated with stress

emotion focused coping

any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical health

self care

this parenting style gives reasonable demands, consistent limits, is warm and affectionate, and listens to the child’s perspective

autortative

in this state of ericksons psychosocial the main task is to contribute to society and be apart of a family

generativity vs stagnation

this is the view that developments is a cumulative process gradually improving on existing skills

continuous development

this field of psychology seeks to identity and promote the qualities that lead to happy and fulfilled and contented lives

positive psychology

environmental events that seem threatening or demanding stimuli that intiate the stress process

stressor

attitude and feeling toward individual based solely in their membership in particular group is known as known as this

prejudicet

these are evalutions of our feelings toward a person idea or object that are typically positive or negative

attitude

nature vs nurture

are who we are because of our genes or because of our environment and culture, experiences in our environment influence whether and how particular traits are expressed, genes influence how we interact with our environment

prenatal development

germinal, embryonic, fetal

teratogens

environmental agents that cause damage during the prenatal period; can be biological chemical or physical; alcohol, illegal and legal drugs

in this parenting style the kids are running everything while parents make few demands and rarely use punishment and parent might take on the friend role instead of a parent

permissive

in this parenting style parents are indifferent, univolved, neglectful, and dont respond to any needs which could be caused my depression

uninvolved

what are the five stage of grief

denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

what is difference between situationism and dispositionism

situationism: perespective that behavior and actions are determined by the immediate environemnt and surroundings

dispositionsim: asserts that behavior is determined by internal factors such as perosnality traits and temperament

social norm

group expectation for appropriate behavior

social role

pattern of behavior expected for a person in a particular setting

script

expected sequence of events in certain situations

what factor affect persuasion

speaker characteristics: attractiveness and credibility, message characteristics: subtletly and sidedness and timing, audience characteristics: attention and intelligence and self esteem and age

what is asch efect

the influence of the group majority on an individual’s judgment

what is groupthink

the modification of opinions of group members to align with what they believe is the group consensus