PSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Dominance Orientation, Agreeableness, Stereotype Threat
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Use psycho-edu. to develop coping skills, b interventions. Increase phy. activity, improve nutrition, stress management, risky b reduction, weight man- agement. Greater health or longevity is assoc. w/ social connections, being married, religious engagement, exposure to nature. Friedman and rosenman in the 50s hypothesized that there are physiological mechanisms defin- ing type a or b personalities. Equal stressors don"t induce stress equally for everyone. Neuroticism is more predictive of anxiety, panic, depression. Belief about one"s ability to complete tasks or reach goals. Ability to delay our own self-gratification and/or inhibit our impulsive b. Beliefs about the characteristics of an individual based on group membership. B toward a group and its members that is based solely on group membership. Prejudice is neg. emotional responses to ppl based on group membership. Desire for group-based dominance and hierarchy (in=ity) in a soc. system. Negatively correlates w/ empathy, tolerance, communality, and altruism. Found sdo to be relatively stable across time, related to explicit racism.
