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| how psychology principles affect prevention and treatment of physical illnesses |
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| psychological responses of body to psychological demands |
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| may be one of most significant sources of stress |
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| Conflict (approach-approach) |
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| choosing between two equally good things |
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| Conflict (avoidance-avoidance) |
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| choosing between two equally bad things |
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Things that cause stress
ex. daily hassles, frustration (blocked goal) |
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| Conflict (approach-avoidance) |
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something that happens that's both good and bad
ex.your wedding day |
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| Stressors: Negative life changes |
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| Jail, kicked out of school, getting fired, divorce, widowed |
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| Stressors: catastrophes (natural disasters) |
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| house got flooded, friends at war, 9/11, big stressor |
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| Stressors: pressures (expectations or demands) |
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| Friends have expectation, parents have expectations |
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Stage 1-alarm reaction (that "oh shit" moment, heart rate increases, faint or shock)
Stage 2- resistance (gather resources, deal w/ stress, fight the challenge)
Stage 3-exhaustion (relaxing after finals) |
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| Age group with highest amount of stress |
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Physiological-increased blood pressure, heart rate, increased cholesterol build up in arteries, suppression of immune system, heart attacks
Emotional-emotional arousal (negative), emotions depend on cognitive appraisal
Behavioral-unhealthy-attack others, give up, overindulge use defense mechanism, alcohol, food healthy-constructive
coping.
AIDS progression, cancer progressions (sometimes) |
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| Driven, competitive, hard working, angry: more prone to heart disease and stress |
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| Physiological reactivity is affected by: |
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| exercise, gender, stimulants (caffeine) |
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| How you respond to a situation |
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if you believe something will help you, it will
ex. cancer |
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when dealing with sickness
ex. cancer |
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| Handling stress: Perceived control |
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if we think we have control, we are less susceptible to illness
ex. giving little kids a choice, they feel like they have more power, in a nursing home, giving old people a choice of their activities makes them live longer |
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| Handling stress: Sense of humor |
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| making jokes to help deal with stress, (being positive about life in general) |
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| Handling stress: Social Support |
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shared grief is less of a burden than unshared grief, family and loving support
ex. at a funeral you all cry together and feel sad together |
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| if you like your pets, it is going to help deal with stress |
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| Handling stress: lifestyle-risks, risk-taking |
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| if you take risks, you might have a more stressful life |
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| Handling stress: Unhealthy behaviors |
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| smoking, drinking, not exercising or eating right, avoiding work that has to be done, studying for 12 hours straight |
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relaxing training-meditation and enjoying life, breathing, release tensions in body, music, imagining a happy place
biofeedback-getting biological feedback about psychological state (works best with tensions headaches)
healthy behaviors-eating, sleeping and aerobic exercise |
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| does genetics or environment play a larger role in determining who we are? |
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| Date collection methods: Cross sectional |
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| take a cross-section of people now (several different age groups) |
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| Date collection methods: longitudinal |
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| follow one group over time (same age group) |
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| A decrease in responding with repeated stimuli |
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| Influences on prenatal development |
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physical changes-puberty
psychological effects of physical changes-hard for girls who develop earlier, and boys who develop late |
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0-2 years old
response to the world is almost entirely sensory and motor-looking, hearing, touching, mouthing
by the end- intentional behavior, beginning of language, object permeance |
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| testing to see if something falls every time you drop it |
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| you know something exists, even if you can't see it |
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2-5 years old
egocentrism, cannot distinguish between wishful thinking and reality, no conservation |
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think everyone sees world in his/her way
ex. in video with juice and the "ropes" , mean monkey |
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pay attention to perceptually salient dimension
ex. a child will say a beaker that is taller and thinner has more liquid then the beaker that's shorter and fatter when they're the same,
"trading a nickel for a dime" |
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6-12 years old elementary school age
able to conserve
can reason about things that haven't happened
more systematic problem solving-if they're searching for something |
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11-12+ years old
develop abstract thinking
contrary to fact thinking-"what would happen if hitler didn't come into power"
systematic problem solving
understand symbol of symbols-x and y's are # in algrebra |
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capacity to apply intellectual ability to new situations (decreases with age)
the capacity to think logically and solve problems in novel situations |
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| accumulation of facts info and knowledge that come with education/experience (remains stable or increases with age) |
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using a person as a safe base from with to explore the world, as a source of comfort when distressed, and for encouragement
ex. wanting mom to see |
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| look to mom to see if it's ok |
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| your attachment stays the same, you might just not want affection in public |
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| Development of interaction |
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young-neighborhood friends, mom's friends
older-possesive friendships
old-adult mature relationships |
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| focuses on self (america) |
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| focus is family/work (japan) |
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| overview of life/life expectancy |
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females-79 male-76
people are having less kids, and aging is going up as years go by-health care
males die younger-males are move vulnerable to disease, stress, depression |
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people divide the world into "us" vs. "them"
"us" is automatically better |
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prominent cues/token
something that sticks out in crowd
ex. a 40 year old man in psych class,only man in nursing home |
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you behavior towards people will predict how they behave towards you
ex. the psych secretary they were warned about before going to see them |
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What do you do with outliers?
"your the smartest mexican i've ever met"-i till have prejudice, you are the exception |
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