U4 P3 Psych Flashcards
Biofeedback
a system for electronically recording, amplifying and feedback into regarding a subtle psychological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension.
Preparedness
a biological predisposition to learn associations such as between taste and nausea that have survival value.
Instinctive drift
the tendency of learned behavior to gradually revert to biological predisposed patterns.
Cognitive map
a mental representation of the layout of one’s environment.
Latent learning
learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it.
Insight
a sudden realization of a problem’s solutions; contrasts with strategy-based solutions.
Intrinsic motivation
a desire to preform a behavior effectively for its own sake
Extrinsic motivation
a desire to preform a behavior to receive promised rewards or avoid threatened punishment.
Problem-focused coping
attempting to alleviate stress directly by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor.
Emotion-focused coping
attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs relating to our stress reactions.
Personal control
our sense of controlling the environment rather than feeling helpless.
Learned helplessness
the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or person learn when unable to avoid repeated aversive events.
External locus of control
the perception that chance or outside forces beyond our control determine our fate.
Internal locus of control
the perception that we control our own fate.
Self-control
the ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for greater long-term rewards.
