Psych Exam One

Question 1

genetics, system development

Answer 1

biological

Question 2

thoughts, actions, beliefs, stress

Answer 2

psychological

Question 3

cultural influence, relationships, environment

Answer 3

social

Question 4

alarm, resistance, exhaustion - cannot deal with multiple stressors at once

Answer 4

general adaptation syndrome

Question 5

general adaptation syndrome - getting ready for fight or flight

Answer 5

alarm

Question 6

general adaptation syndrome - physically prepares for a longer stressor

Answer 6

resistance

Question 7

general adaptation syndrome - too much energy in resistance results in the body’s decline

Answer 7

exhaustion

Question 8

short term stress boosts the immune system and long term stress weakens the immune system

Answer 8

immune response

Question 9

body’s sympathetics nervous system

Answer 9

fight or flight response

Question 10

caring and protecting offspring and others

Answer 10

tend and befriend response

Question 11

using drugs to cope

Answer 11

negative stress response

Question 12

general adaptation syndrome, immune, fight or flight, tend and befriend, negative stress

Answer 12

responses to stress

Question 13

normal biological reaction to a potentially dangerous situation

Answer 13

stess

Question 14

short term: increases heartbeat and respirations, easier for muscles to use glucose, stimulates perspiration, inhibits insulin production
long term: damaged blood vessels, hypertension, headaches, insomnia, weight gain, higher risk of heart attack and stroke

Answer 14

adrenaline

Question 15

short term: raises glucose in bloodstream, alters immune system response, raises accessibility of substances that help with tissue repair
long term: weight gain, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, lack of energy, high blood pressure, mental cloudiness, weakened immune system

Answer 15

cortisol

Question 16

type of stress - immediate reaction to new and stimulating situations (can also come from enjoyment)

Answer 16

acute stress

Question 17

frequent episodes of acute stress (bad mentally and physically)

Answer 17

episode acute stress

Question 18

type of stress - lasts a long time

Answer 18

chronic stress

Question 19

negative interpretation of an event (reaction)

Answer 19

distress

Question 20

neutral and unimportant stress

Answer 20

neustress

Question 21

good stress - provides motivation towards a goal

Answer 21

eustress

Question 22

homeostasis

Answer 22

physiological state of balance

Question 23

biological predisposition
- genetics are probable not 100%

Answer 23

diathesis stress model

Question 24

degree to which you feel in control of things
- more control = happy
- less control = stress

Answer 24

perceived locus of control

Question 25

tendency to act in our own best interest

Answer 25

self control

Question 26

24 hour biological clock

Answer 26

circadian rhythm

Question 27

NREM - when you first fall asleep (stages of awake and asleep)

Answer 27

stage 1

Question 28

spindles occur (bursts of brain activity) - stages of awake and asleep

Answer 28

stage 2

Question 29

deep sleep - sleep walking and bed wetting (delta waves)

Answer 29

stage 3 & 4

Question 30

dreams occur during this

Answer 30

REM

Question 31

sleep disturbance that contains abnormal events - somnambulism, night terrors, nightmares

Answer 31

parasomnia

Question 32

sleep walking

Answer 32

somnambulism

Question 33

screaming and confusion

Answer 33

night terrors

Question 34

scary dreams that disrupt sleep

Answer 34

nightmares

Question 35

effects quality and quantity of sleep - insomnia, hypersomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy

Answer 35

dyssomnia

Question 36

trouble falling asleep

Answer 36

insomnia

Question 37

excessive sleepiness

Answer 37

hypersomnia

Question 38

stop breathing throughout the night

Answer 38

sleep apnea

Question 39

lapse into REM - always falling asleep

Answer 39

narcolepsy

Question 40

sleep apnea - tissue in throat that relaxes and stops airway

Answer 40

obstructive

Question 41

sleep apnea - involves CNS and the brain stops telling the body to breathe

Answer 41

central

Question 42

both central and obstructive elements combined

Answer 42

complex

Question 43

dreams are unconscious wishes

Answer 43

psychodynamic theory

Question 44

how dreams appear to you

Answer 44

manifest content

Question 45

what dreams actually mean

Answer 45

latent content

Question 46

brain is trying to figure things out in dreams

Answer 46

activation synthesis theory

Question 47

slow wave sleep

Answer 47

energy restoration

Question 48

REM sleep

Answer 48

low level processing - frontal cortex of the brain (logic house)