DEP2004 Exam 4
Senescence - answer the condition or process of deterioration with age/loss of a cell's
power of division and growth
What are homeostasis and allostasis and how do they differ from one another? - answer
a- the process by which the body responds to stressors in order to regain homeostasis.
H- to processes that maintain body systems
Understand the diathesis-stress model - answerView that mental disorders are
produced by the interaction of genetics (diathesis) and a stressful environment and life
events.
What is the usual pattern of well-being during emerging adulthood? - answerMost
emerging adults look vital and attractive.
-Vanity about personal appearance not readily admitted, but observable
•Attraction to fashion and glamorous celebrities
•Money spent on fashion
•Exercise motivated by desire to look fit and attractive
-Appearance concern may be connected to sex drive or to seeking employment.
"Major depressive disorder" is a mood disorder. What percent of US residents suffer
from a mood disorder? - answer8%
What is some common anxiety disorders in the United States? - answer-panic attacks,
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
•Evident in one-fourth of all U.S. residents below 25
When does schizophrenia usually manifest? What is the prevalence? symptoms. -
answerSymptoms usually begin in adolescence
•Involves about 1% of adults
•Characterized by disorganized and bizarre thoughts, delusions, hallucinations, and
emotions
Risk factors
•Genetic, malnutrition when brain is developing, social pressure
Why did scholars choose the term postformal to describe the fifth stage of cognition? -
answer5th- A new level of thinking
-Proposed fifth stage of cognitive development
•Extends adolescent thinking by being more practical, flexible, and creative
•Characterized by use of formal analysis
•Occurs as a person is less impulsive and reactive and more practical and imaginative
, How does postformal thinking differ from typical adolescent thought? What role do time
management and "delay discounting" play in postformal thought? - answer•Extends
adolescent thinking by being more practical, flexible, and creative
- Postformal thinking allows better planning and collaboration
Understand the difference between subjective and objective thought. -
answerSubjective thought
•Thinking that is based on personal qualities of the individual thinker (i.e., experiences,
culture, goals)
Objective thought
•Thinking that is not based on thinker's personal qualities but instead based valid facts
and numbers
How does listening to opposing opinions demonstrate "cognitive flexibility"? -
answer•Involves listening to others and considering diverse opinions
What is dialectical thought and the associated ideas of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis?
- answer-Involves ability to consider a thesis and its antithesis and arrive at a synthesis
Thesis
-A statement of belief
Antithesis
-A statement of belief that opposes the thesis
Synthesis
-A new idea that integrates the thesis and its antithesis, thus representing a new and
more comprehensive level of truth
What is stereotype threat? - answer•The possibility that one's appearance or behavior
will be misread to confirm another's oversimplified, prejudiced attitudes; self-imposed
-Gender prejudice
-Ethnic prejudice
•Suggests that the mere possibility of being negatively stereotyped arouses anxiety that
can disrupt cognition, distort emotional regulation, and achievement
By this time, you should have all eight of Erikson's stages memorized in order! What
does "PAST AS PROLOGUE" mean? - answer•In eight stages of development, Erikson
associated each stage with a particular virtue and a type of psychopathology.
•He proposed that earlier crises could reemerge, taking a specific form at each stage.
Listed on the next slide are some possible problems (not directly from Erikson) that
could occur in emerging adulthood if earlier crises were not resolved
Regarding identity: For whom is ethnic identity difficult and why? - answerIs especially
difficult for two U.S. groups
-Dreamers: Unauthorized U.S. immigrants who meet five criteria; cannot be citizens;
different from peers in original nations
Senescence - answer the condition or process of deterioration with age/loss of a cell's
power of division and growth
What are homeostasis and allostasis and how do they differ from one another? - answer
a- the process by which the body responds to stressors in order to regain homeostasis.
H- to processes that maintain body systems
Understand the diathesis-stress model - answerView that mental disorders are
produced by the interaction of genetics (diathesis) and a stressful environment and life
events.
What is the usual pattern of well-being during emerging adulthood? - answerMost
emerging adults look vital and attractive.
-Vanity about personal appearance not readily admitted, but observable
•Attraction to fashion and glamorous celebrities
•Money spent on fashion
•Exercise motivated by desire to look fit and attractive
-Appearance concern may be connected to sex drive or to seeking employment.
"Major depressive disorder" is a mood disorder. What percent of US residents suffer
from a mood disorder? - answer8%
What is some common anxiety disorders in the United States? - answer-panic attacks,
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
•Evident in one-fourth of all U.S. residents below 25
When does schizophrenia usually manifest? What is the prevalence? symptoms. -
answerSymptoms usually begin in adolescence
•Involves about 1% of adults
•Characterized by disorganized and bizarre thoughts, delusions, hallucinations, and
emotions
Risk factors
•Genetic, malnutrition when brain is developing, social pressure
Why did scholars choose the term postformal to describe the fifth stage of cognition? -
answer5th- A new level of thinking
-Proposed fifth stage of cognitive development
•Extends adolescent thinking by being more practical, flexible, and creative
•Characterized by use of formal analysis
•Occurs as a person is less impulsive and reactive and more practical and imaginative
, How does postformal thinking differ from typical adolescent thought? What role do time
management and "delay discounting" play in postformal thought? - answer•Extends
adolescent thinking by being more practical, flexible, and creative
- Postformal thinking allows better planning and collaboration
Understand the difference between subjective and objective thought. -
answerSubjective thought
•Thinking that is based on personal qualities of the individual thinker (i.e., experiences,
culture, goals)
Objective thought
•Thinking that is not based on thinker's personal qualities but instead based valid facts
and numbers
How does listening to opposing opinions demonstrate "cognitive flexibility"? -
answer•Involves listening to others and considering diverse opinions
What is dialectical thought and the associated ideas of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis?
- answer-Involves ability to consider a thesis and its antithesis and arrive at a synthesis
Thesis
-A statement of belief
Antithesis
-A statement of belief that opposes the thesis
Synthesis
-A new idea that integrates the thesis and its antithesis, thus representing a new and
more comprehensive level of truth
What is stereotype threat? - answer•The possibility that one's appearance or behavior
will be misread to confirm another's oversimplified, prejudiced attitudes; self-imposed
-Gender prejudice
-Ethnic prejudice
•Suggests that the mere possibility of being negatively stereotyped arouses anxiety that
can disrupt cognition, distort emotional regulation, and achievement
By this time, you should have all eight of Erikson's stages memorized in order! What
does "PAST AS PROLOGUE" mean? - answer•In eight stages of development, Erikson
associated each stage with a particular virtue and a type of psychopathology.
•He proposed that earlier crises could reemerge, taking a specific form at each stage.
Listed on the next slide are some possible problems (not directly from Erikson) that
could occur in emerging adulthood if earlier crises were not resolved
Regarding identity: For whom is ethnic identity difficult and why? - answerIs especially
difficult for two U.S. groups
-Dreamers: Unauthorized U.S. immigrants who meet five criteria; cannot be citizens;
different from peers in original nations
