PSYCH-225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Psych, Amygdala, Psychodynamics
7 Jul 2020
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When you"re in a good mood you think more + thoughts automatically. When you"re in a good mood you think more + thoughts controlled. When you"re in a bad mood you think more - thoughts automatically. When you"re in a bad mood you think more + thoughts controlled. Negative state > helping > positive state. What will happen to helping if something else occurs here to relieve or improve mood. Mood lability : stable / fixed or labile/changeable. In-group: the group with which an individual identifies as a memebr. Out-group: any group with which an individual does not identify. Altruistic personality: the qualities that cause an individual to help others in a wide variety of situations. Urban overload hypothesis: theory that people living in cities are constantly bombarded with stimuli and that they keep to themselves to avoid being overwhelmed by it.
