Exam 2 Flashcards
“Discovering Love” Legacy
unethical,
adults without social contact have high blood pressure,
touching during therapy deepens awareness
“In Control and Glad of It” Legacy
nursing home residents given greater control,
perceived lack of control predictive of depression,
study found need for control biologically programmed
“I Can See it All Over Your Face” Legacy
angry faces out of happy crowd faster than reverse,
autistic children trouble identifying facial expressions,
no eyebrow faces hard to interpret
“Are You the Master of Your Fate?” Legacy
internals take better care of their health,
external belief in god,
internal right wing authoritarianism
“Learning to Be Depressed” Legacy
infants first exposed to randomly rotating mobiles later take longer to learn to control them,
loss of control due to 9/11 linked with depression,
loss of profession later in life associate with cancer
“Racing Against Your Heart Legacy” Legacy
Type A more traffic accidents,
Type D subset competitive due to force,
genetic cause for Type A parents and children.
“Crowding into the Behavioral Sink” Legacy
domesticated pets evolved with us,
increased density in humans may decrease aggression,
therapists now explore patients’ issues due to population
“You’re Getting Defensive Again!” Legacy
projection lowers blood pressure,
homophobic men aroused,
criticized for being untestable
“Projections of Who You Are” Legacy
responses more attributable to age and intellect,
sexually abused girls give responses about their bodies,
responses correlate among psychopathic youth criminal offenders
“Picture This!” Legacy
clinicians interpret same responses differently,
no difference in responses in college students and mental hospital patients,
difference in responses due to culture
“Choosing Your Psychotherapist” Legacy
meta-analysis found better improvement in group therapy than no therapy,
meta-analysis found improvement in migraines due to behavior,
meta-analysis found psychotherapy improves even for mentally handicapped patients.
“See Aggression . . . Do Aggression!” Legacy
US congress held hearings about violence in media,
California banned sales of violent video games to children,
exposure to violence in childhood predictive of behavior in adulthood
“To Help or Not to Help” Legacy
participants report smoke in a room with other people slower than alone,
shyness correlates with hesitance to help,
even imagining being in a crowd results in lower charity donations
“Masculine or Feminine . . . or Both?” Legacy
androgynous people have higher levels of self esteem.
4 scale: desireable femininity, undesirable f, desirable m, undesirable m.
asked students to rate the traits as desirably for f and m (just as B did), but they gave very different answers.
“The One, The Many” Legacy
Americans rate schools with opposing football team from their own as bad, but Japanese evaluate each team independently and in accordance with the school’s contribution to the greater culture.
Individualistic cultures produce lonelier citizens.
Southern states are more collectivist than Western states.
