PSSO unit 3 Flashcards
(20 cards)
What are the two steps to making choices?
Reduce the range of choices to a few and carefully compare highlighted options.
What are the four influences on choice?
Risk aversion, temporal discounting, the certainty effect, and keeping your options open.
What is decision avoidance?
The general theme is anticipated regret, which includes status quo bias, omission bias, and difficulty in making decisions.
What is status quo bias?
The preference to keep things the way they are.
What is omission bias?
The tendency to take action that does not require you to do anything.
What is reactance theory?
The idea that people are distressed by loss of freedom or options and seek to reclaim or reassert them.
What are the consequences of reactance?
May want forbidden options more, may take steps to reclaim the lost option, and may feel or act aggressively.
What is entity theory?
The belief that good and bad traits are fixed and that people should not be expected to change.
What is incremental theory?
The belief that traits can change and be improved upon, leading to enjoyment of learning and challenges.
What is self-determination theory?
The theory that people need some degree of autonomy and internal motivation.
What is the panic button effect?
The reduction in stress due to the belief that one has an escape.
What is the hierarchy of goals?
A structure that includes short-term (proximal) goals and long-term (distal) goals.
What is goal shielding?
Shutting off thoughts of other goals while pursuing a single goal.
What is the planning fallacy?
The belief that a project will proceed as planned without accounting for unexpected problems.
What does the TOTE model stand for?
Test-Operate-Test-Exit, referring to the self-regulation feedback loop.
What is decision fatigue?
A state of depleted willpower caused by making decisions, affecting subsequent decision-making.
What is a habit?
An acquired behavior that becomes almost automatic when followed regularly.
What are self-defeating acts?
Actions by which people bring failure, suffering, or misfortune on themselves.
What is the now-versus-future pattern in suicide?
The willingness to trade away the future to end present suffering.
What often initiates suicidal thoughts?
A significant change for the worse that creates a discrepancy between expectations and reality.
