User:Masmace/Mason psychology

My study guide... PSY2012ch.9-11, Supplement wiki/handout - non-search material \

Chapter 9 - .Optimal arousal= go over this peek and performance will decline. - .Ventromedial hypothalamus is satiety center. - .Metabolic rate-burn calories to produce energy. - .Mass loss from caloric reduction and exercise.

Chapter 10 - .Daily Stressors hassels - .Positive experiences uplifts - .Workplace variables: 1.Task variety, 2. Mental challenge, 3. Job status, 4. Accountability. - .High Job stress: 1.Low morale, 2.Alcoholism, 3.Absenteeism. - .Behavior that increases cancer risk: 1.Early sexual activity, 2.Smoking, 3.Excessive alcohol. - .Behavior that increases coronary heart disease: 1.High cholesterol, 2.Sedentary lifestyle. 3.Obesity, 4.Smoking.

Chapter 11 - .Personality-Freud; Conscious, preconscious, unconscious. 1.Sexual instinct, 2.Unconscious, 3.Infantile sexuality. - .ID_Libido, Ego --- available to conscious: Pleasure---reality---morality. Superego has conscience and ego ideal. - .Superego @ 5-6 years, guilt. Defense mechanisms;Rationalization, Reaction Formation, Repression. - .Oedipus Complex= Sexual feelings for mother. Resolution= Identify with father and repress feelings for mother. - .Oral stage= passive/aggressive. Anal stage= retentive/expulsive. Latency= sexual calm. Genital=Commit to other sex. Phallic stage= Penis envy/castration anxiety.