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Stress |
Mental and physical condition that occurs when a person must adjust to the environment |
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Stress Reaction |
Physical response to stress, consisting mainly of bodily changes related to autonomic nervous system arousal |
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General Adaptation Syndrome |
A series of bodily reactions to prolonged stress; has three stages |
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Alarm Reaction |
1st stage in GAS, during which bodily resources are mobilized to cope with a stressor |
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Stage of Resistance |
2nd stage in GAS, which the bodily adjustments to stress stabilize, but at a high physical cost |
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Stage of Exhaustion |
3rd stage of GAS, at this time the body's resources are exhausted and serious health consequences occur |
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Psychoneuroimmunology |
Study of the links among behavior, stress, disease and the immune system |
A study |
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Primary Appraisal |
Deciding if a situation is relevant to oneself and if it is a threat |
To be a threat or not, that is the question? |
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Secondary Appraisal |
Deciding how to cope with a threat or a challenge |
Coping |
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Emotion-Focused Coping |
Managing or controlling one's emotional reaction to a stressful or threatening situation |
Controlling Emotions |
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Frustration |
A negative emotional state that occurs when one is prevent from reaching a goal |
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Problem-Focused Coping |
Directly managing or remedying a stressful or threatening situation |
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Traumatic Stress |
Extreme events that cause psychological injury or intense emotional pain |
Extremely bad events that scar |
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Scapegoating |
Blaming a person or a group of people for conditions or intense emotional pain |
Nazi Germany |
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Displaced Aggresstion |
Redirecting aggression to a target other than the actual source of one's frustration |
Taking it out on someone else |
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Anxiety |
Apprehension, dread, or uneasiness similar to fear but based on an unclear anxiety |
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Defense Mechanism |
A habitual and often unconscious psychological process used to reduce anxiety |
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Compensation |
Counteracting a real or imagined weakness by emphasizing desirable traits or seeking to excel in the area of weakness |
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Denial |
Protecting oneself from an unpleasant reality by refusing to perceive it |
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Stressor |
A specific condition or event in the environment that challenges or threatens a person |
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Pressure |
A stressful condition that occurs when a person must meet urgent external demands or expectations |
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Rationalization |
Justifying your behavior by giving reasonable and "rational', but false, reasons for it |
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Regression |
Retreating to an earlier level of development or to earlier, less demanding habits |
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Sublimation |
Working off unmet desires or unacceptable impulses in activities that are constructive |
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Mastery Training |
Reinforcement of responses that lead to mastery of a threat or control over one's environment |
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Biofeedback |
Information given to a person about his/her ongoing bodily activities; aids voluntary regulation of physical states |
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Hypochondriac |
A person that complains about illnesses that appear to be imaginary |
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Delusional |
A false belief held against all contrary evidence |
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Type A Personality |
Personality type characterized by time urgency, anger and hostility. Elevated risk of heart disease. |
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Hardy Personality |
Personality type characterized with personal commitment, feeling in control over their life, seeing life as a challenge, and a superior stress resistance
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Neurotic |
An outdated term once used to refer to a group of disorders. |
Anxiety, Somatoform. etc |
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Schizophrenia |
A psychosis characterized by delusions, hallucinations, apathy, and a personality that "splits" apart |
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Reaction Formation |
Preventing dangerous impulses from being expressed in behavior by exaggerating opposite behavior |
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Learned Helplessness |
Learnt inability to overcome obstacles or to avoid punishment; learned passivity and inaction to aversion stimuli |
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Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) |
A scale that rates impact of various life events on the likelihood of illness
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On the SRRS, what does 0-150 mean? |
No health problems |
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On the SRRS, what does 150-199 mean? |
Mild Life Crisis |
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On the SRRS, what does 200-299 mean? |
Moderate Life Crisis |
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On the SRRS, what does 300 and up mean? |
Major Life Crisis |
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Statistical Abnormality |
Abnormality defined on the basis of an extreme score on some dimension, such as IQ or anxiety |
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Type B Personality |
Personality type characterized by calmness, realistic, relaxed. |
Not type A |
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Maladaptive |
Behavior arising from underlying psychological or biological dysfunctions that makes it difficult to adapt to the environment and meet day to day demands |
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Psychopathology |
The study of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders; also abnormal or maladaptive behavior |
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Hallucinations |
An imaginary sensation, such as seeing, hearing, or smelling things that don't exist in the real world
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Social Nonconformist |
Failure to conform to societal norms or the usual minimum standards for social conduct |
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Why do we study Psychology? |
To study the mind and learn about others and ourselves |
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Psychology |
Study of behavior |
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Name the four goals of Psychology |
Description Understanding Prediction Control |
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Hypothesis vs Theory |
Hypothesis is a suggestion , an idea not yet put into motion or tested out A theory is a tested explanation of something with given factors |
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Dependent vs Independent Variable |
The independent is the control while the dependent is the result |
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Research Methods |
Tests Naturalistic Interview |
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Founder of the 1st Psychological lab |
Wilhelm Wundt |
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Who brought Psychology to USA |
Williams James |
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Gestalt Psychology |
School of Thought, emphasizing the study of thinking, learning, and perception in whole units |
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Behaviorism |
School of thought that emphasizes the study of observable behavior |
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Structuralism |
School of thought concerned with analyzing sensations and personal experiences into basic elements |
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Functionalism |
School of thought concerned with how behavior and mental abilities help people adapt |
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Who is the father of Psychoanalysis? |
Sigmund Freud |
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Freud's Theory |
Childhood (below 7) Sex- Gender Stages of Development Id-ego-Super ego unconscious-conscious dreams |
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Psychodynamic Theory |
Any theory of behavior that empathizes internal conflicts, motives, and unconscious focus |
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Psychoanalysis |
School of thought to explore unconscious conflicts |
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Insane vs Sane |
When you are insane you don't see what you are doing wrong. However when you are sane you know when you are doing right or wrong |
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Anxiety Disorder |
Disruptive feelings of fear, apprehension, or anxiety |
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Delusional Disorder |
A psychosis marked by serve delusions of grandeur, jealousy, persecution, or similar preoccupations |
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Psychotic Disorder |
A severe mental disorder characterized by a retreat from reality, hallucinations and delusions, and by social withdrawal |
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Mood Disorder |
A major disturbance in mood or emotion, such as depression or mania |
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Somatoform Disorder |
Physical symptoms that mimic disease or injury for which there is no identifiable physical cause |
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Dissociative Disorder |
Temporary amnesia, multiple personality, or depersonalization |
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Substance-related disorder |
Abuse of, or dependence on, a mood- or behavior-altering drug |
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Depressive Disorders |
Emotional disorders primarily involving sadness, despondency, and depression
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Bipolar 1 Disorder |
A mood disorder in which a person has episodes or mania and also periods of deep depression |
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Bipolar 2 Disorder |
A mood disorder in which a person is mostly depressed but also had one or more episodes of mild mania |
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Dysthmic Disorder |
Moderate depression that persists for two years or more |
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Cyclothymic Disorder |
Moderare manic and depression behavior that persists for two years |
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Major Mood Disorders |
Disorders marked by lasting extremes of mood or emotion and sometimes accompanied by psychotic symptoms |
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