PSYC-387 UNL Exam 2 Study Guide Questions With
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Acquaintanceship Effect Correct Answers Judgments made by
people who know us are better than people people who don't
-because of more information
boundary: they only know you in a certain context (if friend has
never seen you at work, they may not know how you behave at
work)
Aggression (as indicated by evolutionary biology and
psychology) Correct Answers exists to protect territory,
resources, and mates
Agreeableness Advantages Correct Answers -cooperative
-easy to get along with
-many social interests
Agreeableness Disadvantages Correct Answers -dupe
-gullible
-more likely to be scammed or taken advantage of
Agreeableness Life Outcomes Correct Answers -
psychologically well-adjusted
-healthy heart
-recover from injury faster
-dating satisfaction
-smoke less
-unlikely to commit crimes
,(women tend to be higher than men)
Altruism (as indicated by evolutionary biology and psychology)
Correct Answers exists to protect close relatives, even at own
risk
if you help and protect your relatives, some of your genes are
still passed down by them
Amygdala Correct Answers links perceptions and thoughts with
emotional meaning
role in assessing whether a stimulus is threatening or rewarding
relevant traits: anxiety, fearfulness, sociability, sexuality,
optimism
relevant for *motivation*, but not necessarily with conscious
understanding
surveys the environment for potential threats and dangers
(primitive, knee-jerk reactions that don't require thought or
conscious perception)
Anterior Cingulate Cortex Correct Answers controls emotional
responses and behavioral impulses
(Charles Whitman - damaged ACC)
, Brain Asymmetry and Affective Style Correct Answers person's
affective lifestyle may have origins in, or be predicted by a
pattern of asymmetry in frontal brain activation
favoring *left over right*: dispositionally *positive*
favoring *right over left*: dispositionally *negative*
(when thinking hard about something, do you look up and to the
left or right?)
-stable trait
(Tibetan monk with largest left sided activation ever recorded)
Capgras Syndrome Correct Answers person believes someone
he or she knows has been replaced by a double
subjects report that they think their loved ones aren't themselves
anymore
they feel emotionally disconnected from the people they know
they care about
(frontal lobes)
Charles Whitman Correct Answers tumor found in his brain
near his amygdala
-amygdala plays important role in motivation
his personality changed from kind and good to violent
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Acquaintanceship Effect Correct Answers Judgments made by
people who know us are better than people people who don't
-because of more information
boundary: they only know you in a certain context (if friend has
never seen you at work, they may not know how you behave at
work)
Aggression (as indicated by evolutionary biology and
psychology) Correct Answers exists to protect territory,
resources, and mates
Agreeableness Advantages Correct Answers -cooperative
-easy to get along with
-many social interests
Agreeableness Disadvantages Correct Answers -dupe
-gullible
-more likely to be scammed or taken advantage of
Agreeableness Life Outcomes Correct Answers -
psychologically well-adjusted
-healthy heart
-recover from injury faster
-dating satisfaction
-smoke less
-unlikely to commit crimes
,(women tend to be higher than men)
Altruism (as indicated by evolutionary biology and psychology)
Correct Answers exists to protect close relatives, even at own
risk
if you help and protect your relatives, some of your genes are
still passed down by them
Amygdala Correct Answers links perceptions and thoughts with
emotional meaning
role in assessing whether a stimulus is threatening or rewarding
relevant traits: anxiety, fearfulness, sociability, sexuality,
optimism
relevant for *motivation*, but not necessarily with conscious
understanding
surveys the environment for potential threats and dangers
(primitive, knee-jerk reactions that don't require thought or
conscious perception)
Anterior Cingulate Cortex Correct Answers controls emotional
responses and behavioral impulses
(Charles Whitman - damaged ACC)
, Brain Asymmetry and Affective Style Correct Answers person's
affective lifestyle may have origins in, or be predicted by a
pattern of asymmetry in frontal brain activation
favoring *left over right*: dispositionally *positive*
favoring *right over left*: dispositionally *negative*
(when thinking hard about something, do you look up and to the
left or right?)
-stable trait
(Tibetan monk with largest left sided activation ever recorded)
Capgras Syndrome Correct Answers person believes someone
he or she knows has been replaced by a double
subjects report that they think their loved ones aren't themselves
anymore
they feel emotionally disconnected from the people they know
they care about
(frontal lobes)
Charles Whitman Correct Answers tumor found in his brain
near his amygdala
-amygdala plays important role in motivation
his personality changed from kind and good to violent
