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| describes the physical, emotional, cognitive & behavioral responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging |
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HANS Selye's General Adaption Syndrome
Alarm: |
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| bodies 1st reacts to a stressor. Adrenal glands release hormones that increase heart rate, & have a burst of energy. (Flight or Fight) |
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HANS Selye's General Adaption Syndrome
Resistance: |
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| continuing to release the stress hormones that help the body fight off, or resist the stressor. |
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HANS Selye's General Adaption Syndrome
Exhaustion: |
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| Body's resources are gone. |
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| Health Effects of Chronic Stress |
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| Weakens immune system, headaches, high blood pressure, heart problems. |
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Coping with Stress
Problem Focused: |
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| tries to fix, eliminate the source of stress through direct action. |
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Coping with Stress
Emotion Focused: |
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| changing the EMOTIONAL reaction to the stressor. |
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| The "Double Whammy" of stress and poor health habits |
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| When over stressed we smoke, drink, excessive eating, & no exercise. |
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| Thinking that occurs when people place more importance on maintaining the group. Care about making group happy other than the truth. |
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| sense of discomfort or distress that occurs when a person's behavior does not correspond to that person's attitude. |
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| tendency to respond positively or negatively toward a certain idea, person, object, or situation learned through experience. |
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| the process of explaining one's own behavior of others |
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| Fundamental Attribution Error |
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| (actor - observer bias) the tendency to over estimate the influence of internal factors in determining behavior while under estimating situational factors. |
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| patters of behaviors that is expected of a person who is in a particular social position. |
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| a set of characteristics that people believe is shared by all members of a particular social category. |
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| negative ATTITUDE held by a person about the members of a particular social group. |
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| social groups with whom a person identifies "us" |
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| social groups with whom a person does not identify "Them" |
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| Realistic Conflict Theory |
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| theory that prejudice & discrimination will be increased between groups that are in conflict over a limited resource. |
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| a person/group (members of an out going) who serve as the target for the frustration & negative emotions of members of the IN group. |
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Zimbardo's Study
The Standford Prisnor/Gaurd Exp. |
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(white paper)
& looked at the social roles of people |
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| Milgram's Study (obedience) |
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Definition
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| Change behavior against another group to come together to work out a problem they both have. (ex world dilemma) |
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| unique & stable ways people think, feel, & behave. |
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Conformity & Obedience
Conformity: |
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| changing one's own behavior to more closely match the actions of others |
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Conformity & Obedience
Obedience: |
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| changing one's behavior at the direct order of an authority figure. |
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| behavior intended to hurt or destroy another person |
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Influenced by LEARNING but not totally deterministic.
** attributed to genetics & can be triggered by variations in brain function & internal/external chemical influences ** |
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