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PSY 210 CSU
Psych of differences: Test 2
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/03/2008

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What did holland do? Name all aspects
Definition
RIASEC
Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional
Term
Who are more satisfied?
Definition
Whites, males, older, more experienced, white collars
Term
what are the areas of Myers-briggs?
Definition
Introversion - Exteroversion
iNtuitive - Sensing
Feeling - Thinking
Percieving- Judging
Term
What is the interactionist perspective?
Definition
the view that behavior is a result of a complex interplay between personality and situational factors
Term
What is the big 5?
Definition
OCEAN
open to experience, consciousness, extroversion, agreeableness, neurotic
Term
How is RIASEC and big 5 related?
Definition
Openness- artistic investigative
Extraversion- social enterprising
Conscientiousness – conventional enterprising
Term
What is self efficecy?
Definition
Individual’s beliefs concerning their ability to perform specific tasks successfully
Term
What are the two components of self efficacy?
Definition
Magnitude: the level at which an individual believes she or he can perform
Strength: the person’s confidence that she or he can perform at that level
Term
Slef-efficacy develops through?
Definition
Direct Experience: Feedback from performing similar tasks in the past.
Vicarious Experience: Observations of others’ performance on these tasks.
Term
What is affectivity?
Definition
individual difference in experience of positive and negative moods and emotion
Term
What are emotions?
Definition
overt reactions that express feelings about events
Term
What is mood?
Definition
unfocused, relatively mild feeling that exsist as background to our daily experiences
Term
What is a sstress?
Definition
pattern of emotional states and physiological reactions in response to life
Term
Who is happiest with their jobs?
Definition
White-collar personnel
Older people, men, whites
People with more experience on their jobs
People in certain countries*
Those who are dispositionally satisfied
Term
what are the 6 emotions?
Definition
Anger fear joy love sadness surprise
Term
Parsons premise that choose a career individuals need to know? 3 things
Definition
Themselves
The world of work
And have reasoning between the two
Term
What does the person environment study look at?
Definition
Do you fit with the job?
Does the job fit with you?
Term
What is the job strain model?
Definition
The job strain model is a combination of high demands and low control (straing) is a risk factor for health problems
Term
How did Karasek find his info?
Definition
large scale survey in finland
Term
What is the relationship between personality and death?
Definition
Personality predicts death
Conscientiousness at age 12 predicts age of death
Conscientious adults also live longer
The cheerful also die young
Term
anxiety disorders affect how many people over a lifetime?
Definition
20%
Term
30%-40% of the variance of anxiety and depression can be attributed to?
Definition
Genetic variance
Term
What 2 things have a genetic influence?
Definition
Job satisfaction
personality
Term
introversion and extroversion?
Definition
Concerns person’s attitude toward the world
Term
Sensing and inutiting?
Definition
Ways in which a person becomes aware of ideas, facts, occurrences
Term
thinking and feeling?
Definition
Way in which individuals make judgments about the world
Term
Judging and percieving?
Definition
How one orients him/herself to the outside world
Term
Define Psycopathy DMV style
Definition
A- Pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights
B. The individual is at least age 18 years
C. There is evidence of Conduct Disorder with onset before age 15 years
D. The occurrence of antisocial behavior is not exclusively during the course of Schizophrenia or a Manic Episode
Term
Klaver, Lee, Hart
Definition
year 2006
Psychopathy and Nonverbal Indicators of Deception in Offenders
Nonverbal behaviors coded from videotapes
45 male offenders
Goal: Investigate relationship between Psychopathy and nonverbal behavior during deception
Methods: Questionnaires
Available Data
Field Observation (videotapes)
Experimental Design (psychopaths/non-psychopaths)
Term
Klaver findings
Definition
Increased blinking behavior
Increased and unique hand gestures (illustrators)
Increased number of words spoken
Speaking faster
Increased head movements
Elusive nature of psychopathic deception
Term
Classical Conditioning?
Definition
Learn to anticipate events such as arrival of food or pain
Term
Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
Definition
A stimilus which has no associated learning, which occurs naturally
Term
Unconditioned Response (UCR)
Definition
a natural unlearned respons eto stimulus
Term
COnditioned Stimulus
Definition
irrelevant stimulus when paired with UCS triggers conditioned response
Term
Conditioned Response (CS)
Definition
learned response to previously neutral CS
Term
Pavlov research question, procedures
Definition
research questions:
Can fear of an animal be conditioned in a person by presented it and striking a steel bar?
Will there be a transfer?
What is the effect of time?
Can the conditioning be undone?
Procedures: Confronted child suddenly with items
Sound/no sound
Changed rooms
Term
Operant conditioning
Definition
Behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement (reward)
Term
Shaping
Definition
reinforcers (rewards) are used at each stage toward a desired goal
Term
What are the two types of observational learning
Definition
Modeling (copy what others do)
Vicarious learning (others experiences)
Term
What are the 4 strategies?
Definition
Affective (feelings)
Behavioral (behaving)
Affective-Behavioral (feeling & thinking)
Cognitive-Behavioral (thinking & behaving)
Term
Generations
Definition
Traditionalists
Baby Boomers
Generation X
Millenials
Term
What are the generations ages?
Definition
Traditionalists Born 1925 – 1945 (62-82 years old
Baby Boomers Born 1946- 1964 (43-61 years old)
Generation X Born 1965 – 1979 (28 42)
Millenials Born 1980-2000 (up to 27 years old)
Term
Traditionalists
Definition
legacy, satisfaction of job well done, Job changing has stigma, issue: change
Term
Baby Boomers
Definition
Stellar career, professional challenges, Job changing puts you behind, issue: balance
Term
generation X
Definition
Generation X- Portable Career, freedom, Job changing is necessary, issue: collaboration/cooperation
Term
millenials
Definition
Millenials- Parallel Careers, meaningful work, Doesn’t need to be a straight line, issue: immediacy/technology
Term
Stage 1
Definition
Trust vs. mistrust
Birth 18 mos
Childs needs are met routinely
Child is treated with affection
Otherwise, child develops mistrust
Term
Stage 2
Definition
Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
18 months to 3 years
Child must be encouraged to explore environment
If a child is punished or scared for exploring will feel shame and doubt
Term
Stage 3
Definition
Initiative vs. guilt
4-5 years
Child begins to make small plans and takes action to complete them
Child who is discouraged or punished will experience guilt
Term
Stage 4
Definition
Industry vs. inferiority
6-12 years
Child needs to feel successful in school
Otherwise child develops a sense of inferiority
Term
Stage 5
Definition
Identity vs. Role confusion
13-20 years
Teen tries on different roles to discover who she/he is
Teen searches for one core indenty
Individuals who don’t’ acquire a strong sense of indentity feel depressed, anxious, confused, vulnerable
Term
Stage 6
Definition
Intamacy vs. Isolation
20-45 years
Individual leanrs to show intamcy with others
Inability to be intimate with others leads to a sense of isolation and loneliness
Term
Stage 7
Definition
Generativity vs. Stagnation
45-60
Individual wants to give back to younger generation
Individual who don’t achieve generativity feel stuck, unfulfilled, in a rut
Term
Stage 8
Definition
Integrity vs. despair
60+ years
Individuals feel a sense of contrentment ingerity over his or her life
Individuals who feel discontentment over their lives have a sense of despair anger and loss and unhappienss
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