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Factors Influencng stress
control
: victims of abuse
predictabilty
: expectations
competency
: prepared
social support
: family
Pychological Reactions to stress
sickness
heart disease
ulcers
Define Pressure
expectations or demands that you behave in a certain way
paternal
peers
Define Change
noticeable alterations in one's livng conditons
What are the three types of conflict?
Approach Approach two good things to choose from
Avoidance Avoidance two bad things to choose from
Aproach avoidance one thing to choose that is good and bad
When does frustration occur
when we want something we can't have
4 types of stress
conflct
frustration
change
pressure
Define Stress
any circumstance that threatens one's well being and hinders the persons coping ability
Gender differenecs in itelligence
men have better spatial skills
women have better verbal skills
What are the 7 intelligences?
logical/mathematical
linguistc
musical
spatial
bodily kinesthetic
interpersonal
intrapersonal
Problem solving
difficult to test
involves puzzles reaction time proccess
Sahir Whorf hpothesis
language influences though
DSM & Homosexuality
1970s psychology considered homosexuals deviant
What are the 3 phases of sexual response?
excitement
plateau
orgasm
Kinsey
1950s zoologist who studied wasps
Opposite of Love is
Indifference
What are the physical charaterisitics to changes in the Sympathetic Nervous System
dilated puils
increased heartrate
rapid breating
persiration
hgher blood pressure
goose bumps
What is the function of the Sympathetc Nerous system?
prepares body for emergency action
fight or flight respone
What is the evolutionary theory of mate selection?
Women reproductive capacity is limited
- older males who have resources
Men produce sperm all of their lives
-youthful and attractive as signs of reproductive abilty
Abnormal Psychology
behavior when it goes wrong
What three things must occur for behavor to be abnormal?
extreme
maladaptive
personal distress
Define Anxiety Disorders
occursin situatons that most people can handle easily
-panic attacks
What are Phobias?
fears so intense that they interfere wit our daly lives that are secific and we know are irrational
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
obsession - overwhelming desire to do something
compulsive-overwhelming desire to do something
Define Affective disorders
disorders of mood:
-depression
-mania
-manic depression
Author
rsberry90
ID
53379
Card Set
Psych 202
Description
Principles of Psychology
Updated
2010-12-05T04:59:47Z
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