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Chapter 5 Flashcards

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psychosocial theories

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how relationships influence behavior

how a person manages challenges, particularly stress

how relationships are key to successful coping and adaptation

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Relational theory

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proposes that a central human necessity is the establishment of authentic and mutual connection in a relationship

a basic drive is to form relationships with others

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object constancy

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refers to our capacity to form trusting attachments

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four infant attachment styles

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securely: express needs for closeness or attention

disorganized: typically do not attain sense of being cared for

anxious-ambivalent: wants affection and fear rejection

avoidant: reject attachment for fear of rejection

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feminism

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wide system of ideas regarding advocating for women to support equal rights

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Gender feminism

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concerned with calues of separatness (for men) and connectedness (for women) and how these lead to a different morality for women

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psychoanalytic feminsim

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women’s ways of acting are rooted deeply in women’s ways of thinking

differences largely rooted in early childhood relationships (lingering attachment to moms that girls experience and boys don’t)

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Naivete

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no social consciousness… children curious about different, but don’t see them as inferior or superior

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social identity development five stages

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Naivete, acceptance, resistance, redefinition, and internalization

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acceptance

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aware of the distinct ideologies and belief systems of own and other social groups. Accept dominant beliefs (see other beliefs as strange) older child/young teen for some into adulthood

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resistance

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aware of negative effects of acting on social differences (new experiences challenge assumptions) may develop a new social identity. adolescence and later

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redefinition

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create new social identity taking pride in origins but seeing differences with others positively

it is when we embrace our heritage as one of many and we don’t think in hierarchical terms

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internalization

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comfort with revised identity and ability to incorporate it into all aspects of life… ongoing process

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multicultural theory

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pride toward one’s group should correspond with higher levels of acceptance toward dissimilar groups

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ethnic identity

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sense of belonging to an ethnic group; part of one’s thinking, perception, feelings, and behavior is due to group membership; dimensions

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concept of stress- biological

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disturbance in bodily systems

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concept of stress- psychological

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cognitive and emotional factors involved in the evaluation of a threat
harm: damaging event that has already occurred
threat: event with perceived potential for harm
challenge: event that is appraised as opportunity rather than occasion for alarm

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concept of stress- social

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the disruption of a social unit

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categories of stress

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positive
tolerable
toxic

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stress is measured in different ways

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life events
daily hassles
role strain

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stressors can be

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biological (major illness)
interpersonal (sudden death or loss of a loved one)
Environmental (unemployment, natural disaster)

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crises classified as

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developmental- going to college
situational- sexual assault
existential-meaning in life

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types of traumatic stress

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natural- flood, tornado
technological- nuclear disaster
war and related problems- concentration camps
individual trauma- rape

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coping

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males- fight or flight
females- tend and befriend
efforts to master demands of stress

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adaptation

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method of coping that involves adjustments in our biological responses, perceptions, or lifestyle

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general adaptation syndrome

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alarm: body first becomes aware of a threat
resistance: body attempts to restore homeostasis
exhaustion: body terminates coping efforts cant physically sustain disequilibrium

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problem focused coping

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change the situation by acting on the environment (confrontation, problem solving)

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Emotion-focused coping

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change either the way the stressful situation is attended to (by vigilance or distance/escape/avoidance) or the meaning to oneself of what is happening (reappraisal)

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Relational coping

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actions that increase the likelihood of survival for others and self

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Lazarus identified particular behaviors typical of each coping style

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problem focused
emotion focused
problem or emotion focused

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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exposure to actual or threatened extreme stressor
persistent reliving of the traumatic event
negative alterations in cognition or mood

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social support

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interpersonal interactions with others and relationships that provide assistance or feelings of attachment to persons we perceive as caring

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material (concrete) support

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food, shelter, and clothing

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emotional

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(interpersonal) support

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instrumental support

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services by casual contracts

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social network

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social support and all people one regularly interacts with, patterns of interaction that result from exchanging resources

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main effect model

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dont perceive as many threats

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buffering model

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redefines potential for harm

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medical or psychiatric perspective

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focuses on underlying disturbances within the person
called the disease model of abnormality. treatments or interventions focus on changing the individual

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psychological perspectives

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emphasizes various cognitive, behavioral, or reflective interventions
people normally progress through a sequence of life stages e.g. Erikson’s psychosocial development

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sociological approach-deviance

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those who cannot constrain behaviors within role limitations that are acceptable to toehrs become labeled as deviant (positive or negative)

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Social work perspective (PIE) social functioning

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does not classify individuals as “abnormal”
considered person-in-ennvironment as ongoing process that facilitates or blocks one’s ability to experience satisfactory social functioning

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