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Personal Security Exam 1 Questions And
Answers 100% Pass
Definition of Security - answer✔"freedom from concern over loss."
defintion of insecurity - answer✔experience of concern over loss
3 main central components of security - answer✔1. domain non specific: loss aplicable across all
domains of the human experience
2. Focus matters: focusing on either security or insecurity ; what we have to lose/ gain
3. feelings; cincerb us judgement based, understanding stess worry and affect is essential
what central factor informs the sort of loss content that people worry about - answer✔Only
events that are relevant to you (current goals or presepectives) - ie not buying flood insurance
because you havent seen a flood
1. what are the components of maslows hierachy of needs. 2 what is the point of this model . 3.
how does it relate to goal shielding - answer✔1. basic needs are physiological needs ie food
water, then saftey needs. Then Psychologocial needs ; belongingness and love needs (intimate
relationships) then esteem needs (prestige and feeling of accomplishment) the las it self
fufillment / self actualization (achieving ones full potential
2. you cannot go up in the pyramid unless you achieve all the ones below it. notice that securitty
/ safttey needs it under basic needs "Security threats are a psychological imperative and take
presidense over a ton of other things" 3. as far as . goal sheilding, you base prioritize goals
associated with potential loss
goal sheilding - answer✔prioritizing goals associated with that potential loss thereby decreasing
potential loss
What are the two (2) central types of security? Can you provide an example of each - answer✔1.
volitional - is a concious behavior/ cognition intended to minimize loss/ concern ie . lock the
doors to feel safe
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2. Incidental- state where loss is not considered or conciously rcognized - peaceful - focused on
other things ie come home and then realize you left you door unlocked even though you felt
secure in thinking you had locked it
what are loss concern consequence? - answer✔Accessibility - meaning that "attention to loss"
CHANGES our evaluation
2 types of changes - innocent things can become a security concern (ie trashcan into a bomb)
security cues in the environment
Things that should make you feel safe to make you feel MORE unsafe - lots of heavy locks in a
neighbor hood - means that neighboorhood is not safe
"preventors become cues for insecurity"
What are some issues with a "loss focus" / loss Concern mindset? How is accessibility/salience
relevant? - answer✔-If im always vigilant of loss im constantly more aware of things to loose
Constantly in a state of anxiety
in dealing with Loss focus/ loss concern mindset how is accessibility/ salience relevant -
answer✔threat is salient (most notable) - must take action to address threat yet when action is
used , action provides with visual consequence making threat even more salient (a cycle)
what is volition security? - answer✔reaction to percieved threats - ie behaviors enacted to
prevent percieved threats
may reduce the "liklehood" or consequence of loss"
What drives behavior (in regards to security) - answer✔Concerns with loss drive behavior
making them want to react
so threat makes people Cognitivley (thought ridgid)
Define: regulatory focus theory. - answer✔human motivation is rooted in the approach of
pleasure and avoidance of pain
What are the central components of Regulatory focus theory - answer✔prevention: vigilance and
the motivation to AVOID NEGATIVE outcomes (IE security concerns)
Promotion; is the PURSUIT of desired goals and outcomes - focus on achieveing gains above
ones current state
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approach focused
Can you describe the central point of:
Choosing v. rejecting study - answer✔Choosing vs. Rejecting study - when people looked at
"awarding a parent with sole custody" they picked parent B because that parent had the most
positive connections/list of good attributes. but when it came to being asked who they would
"deny Custody" to they again picked parent B over parent A because parent B's negative
attributes outweigh parent A's
connected to regulatory focus theory - avoiding the bad and approach focused on the good
Framing study - answer✔about loss and prevention of deaths from disease
People want garunteed savings and betting on the loss
All about framing consequenses
Orientation approach of how people can make decisions about security or under threat or no
threat
Mug v. pen study (full design - answer✔again dealing with regulatory focus theory and framing
consequences. (motivation and security).
the goal of this study is to examine the impact of predominant focus (prevention or promotion)
Measure Choice mug versus pen Change framing
Your mindset changes on you evaluation of things
Because of how they are seen as increaseing risks
Loss is a BIG CONCERN
increased valuation when MATCHINGconsideration of gain to promotion focus, loss to
prevention focus
Choosing v. rejecting study
Framing study
Mug v. pen study (full design)
10/29/2024 11:24 PM
Personal Security Exam 1 Questions And
Answers 100% Pass
Definition of Security - answer✔"freedom from concern over loss."
defintion of insecurity - answer✔experience of concern over loss
3 main central components of security - answer✔1. domain non specific: loss aplicable across all
domains of the human experience
2. Focus matters: focusing on either security or insecurity ; what we have to lose/ gain
3. feelings; cincerb us judgement based, understanding stess worry and affect is essential
what central factor informs the sort of loss content that people worry about - answer✔Only
events that are relevant to you (current goals or presepectives) - ie not buying flood insurance
because you havent seen a flood
1. what are the components of maslows hierachy of needs. 2 what is the point of this model . 3.
how does it relate to goal shielding - answer✔1. basic needs are physiological needs ie food
water, then saftey needs. Then Psychologocial needs ; belongingness and love needs (intimate
relationships) then esteem needs (prestige and feeling of accomplishment) the las it self
fufillment / self actualization (achieving ones full potential
2. you cannot go up in the pyramid unless you achieve all the ones below it. notice that securitty
/ safttey needs it under basic needs "Security threats are a psychological imperative and take
presidense over a ton of other things" 3. as far as . goal sheilding, you base prioritize goals
associated with potential loss
goal sheilding - answer✔prioritizing goals associated with that potential loss thereby decreasing
potential loss
What are the two (2) central types of security? Can you provide an example of each - answer✔1.
volitional - is a concious behavior/ cognition intended to minimize loss/ concern ie . lock the
doors to feel safe
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2. Incidental- state where loss is not considered or conciously rcognized - peaceful - focused on
other things ie come home and then realize you left you door unlocked even though you felt
secure in thinking you had locked it
what are loss concern consequence? - answer✔Accessibility - meaning that "attention to loss"
CHANGES our evaluation
2 types of changes - innocent things can become a security concern (ie trashcan into a bomb)
security cues in the environment
Things that should make you feel safe to make you feel MORE unsafe - lots of heavy locks in a
neighbor hood - means that neighboorhood is not safe
"preventors become cues for insecurity"
What are some issues with a "loss focus" / loss Concern mindset? How is accessibility/salience
relevant? - answer✔-If im always vigilant of loss im constantly more aware of things to loose
Constantly in a state of anxiety
in dealing with Loss focus/ loss concern mindset how is accessibility/ salience relevant -
answer✔threat is salient (most notable) - must take action to address threat yet when action is
used , action provides with visual consequence making threat even more salient (a cycle)
what is volition security? - answer✔reaction to percieved threats - ie behaviors enacted to
prevent percieved threats
may reduce the "liklehood" or consequence of loss"
What drives behavior (in regards to security) - answer✔Concerns with loss drive behavior
making them want to react
so threat makes people Cognitivley (thought ridgid)
Define: regulatory focus theory. - answer✔human motivation is rooted in the approach of
pleasure and avoidance of pain
What are the central components of Regulatory focus theory - answer✔prevention: vigilance and
the motivation to AVOID NEGATIVE outcomes (IE security concerns)
Promotion; is the PURSUIT of desired goals and outcomes - focus on achieveing gains above
ones current state
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10/29/2024 11:24 PM
approach focused
Can you describe the central point of:
Choosing v. rejecting study - answer✔Choosing vs. Rejecting study - when people looked at
"awarding a parent with sole custody" they picked parent B because that parent had the most
positive connections/list of good attributes. but when it came to being asked who they would
"deny Custody" to they again picked parent B over parent A because parent B's negative
attributes outweigh parent A's
connected to regulatory focus theory - avoiding the bad and approach focused on the good
Framing study - answer✔about loss and prevention of deaths from disease
People want garunteed savings and betting on the loss
All about framing consequenses
Orientation approach of how people can make decisions about security or under threat or no
threat
Mug v. pen study (full design - answer✔again dealing with regulatory focus theory and framing
consequences. (motivation and security).
the goal of this study is to examine the impact of predominant focus (prevention or promotion)
Measure Choice mug versus pen Change framing
Your mindset changes on you evaluation of things
Because of how they are seen as increaseing risks
Loss is a BIG CONCERN
increased valuation when MATCHINGconsideration of gain to promotion focus, loss to
prevention focus
Choosing v. rejecting study
Framing study
Mug v. pen study (full design)
