Health Psychology
Psychologists believe that this model explains that physical illness is caused by a complex interaction between biological, psychological, and socialcultural factors
What is the biopsychosocial model?
This concept is a collection of beliefs about one's own basic nature (i.e., actual self, ideal self), unique qualities (i.e., self image), and typical behavior (i.e., self esteem)
What is self-concept?
The process of forming impressions of others that involves appearance, verbal behavior, actions, nonverbal cues, and situational cues
What is person perception?
The transmission of meaning from one person to another through means or symbols other than words; involves: proxemics, kinesics, paralanguage, and emotions
What is nonverbal communication?
In this notorious study that ended 6 days into the planned 2 weeks, 24 male college students were divided evenly into 2 groups: prisoners and prison guards. The guards were given only 2 rules to follow: no physical harm and solitary confinement can only be 2 days long.
What is Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment?
This personality type is marked by: a strong competitive orientation, impatience and time urgency, anger and hostility that has been correlated with coronary heart disease
What is Type A Personality?
An overall assessment of one's worth as a person that can be affected by peers, family, body-image, and personal activities
What is self-esteem?
Inferences people draw about their behavior, other people's behavior, and (negative, unexpected, suspicious) events that occur
What are attributions?
A mindful activity and complex process requiring one to select and organize information, interpret, respond to communications, and recall what was heard
What is listening?
In this study, twenty two 12 year old boys were sent to a summer camp and divided into one of 2 self named groups: Eagles and Rattlers. In the first phase of the experiment, the boys were competing against each other for resources and rewards. In the second phase, the boys were tasked with activities that required cooperation from both groups.
What is Sherif's Robbers Cave Study?
This index considers weight (largely genetic) and height of the individual & is used when determining if the individual is healthy, overweight, or obese
Internal and externally influenced inferences people draw about the causes of their own behavior that contributes to one's own explanatory style
What are self-attributions?
This process involves communication of arguments and information that is intended to change other people's attitudes thus perhaps changing their behavior
What is persuasion?
Exists when two or more people disagree; this may be preceded by communication apprehension and defensiveness
What is interpersonal conflict?
In this experiment, 123 male college students particpated in a study where they were tasked with accurately comparing the size of a line to three other options. Unbeknownst to the participants, they were sat with varying numbers of confederates who reported incorrectly.
What is Asch's Conformity Study?
This theory proposes that weight tends to drift around the level at which the interaction between food consumption (nutrition) and energy expenditure (exercise) meets an equilibrium
What is the settling point theory?
One's belief about one's own ability to perform behaviors that should lead to expected outcomes and can be built through one's own various experiences
What is self-efficacy?
The tendency for individuals to be less likely to provide help when others are present compared to when they are alone; this is preceded by informational influence and diffusion of responsibility
What is the bystander effect?
What is assertiveness?
In this notorious study, deception and social manipulation ensued. Participants "randomly" selected to be a teacher where they taught a list of words to the learner. A researcher in the room informed the participant to quiz the learner on the list of words and shock them if they answered incorrectly. The shocks began at 15 volts and increased to 450 volts. The majority of the participants completed the study.
What is Milgram's Shock Experiment?
This disorder is marked by developing a level of dependence that exists when a person must continue to take a drug to avoid withdrawal illness and usually begins to interfere with health and social behavior
What is alcohol use disorder (alcoholism)?
The voluntary act of sharing personal information about yourself with another person; used to build interpersonal relationships
What is self-disclosure?
What is the elaboration likelihood model?
The process in which an interaction of a sender communicates a message to the receiver through a channel; this can involve electronically mediated communication
What is interpersonal communication?