Mors 200 Arts Final - Chapters 11-12 Discovering Psychology Vocabulary Part 3
This deck covers key psychological concepts and phenomena from chapters 11-12, including terms related to social behavior, emotions, and end-of-life decisions.
A phenomenon in which the greater the number of people present, the less likely each individual is to help someone in distress.
Bystander effect
Key Terms
A phenomenon in which the greater the number of people present, the less likely each individual is to help someone in distress.
Bystander effect
A phenomenon in which the presence of other people makes it less likely that any individual will help someone in distress because the obligation to intervene is shared among all the onlookers.
Diffusion of responsibility
Verbal or physical behavior intended to cause harm to other people.
Aggression
The deliberate attempt to influence the attitudes or behavior of another person in a situation in which that person has some freedom of choice.
Persuasion
The reactions of the body to an event often experienced emotionally as a sudden, violent and upsetting disturbance.
Feelings
Blame directed at oneself, may be based on real or unreal conditions.
Guilt
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
A phenomenon in which the greater the number of people present, the less likely each individual is to help someone in distress. | Bystander effect |
A phenomenon in which the presence of other people makes it less likely that any individual will help someone in distress because the obligation to intervene is shared among all the onlookers. | Diffusion of responsibility |
Verbal or physical behavior intended to cause harm to other people. | Aggression |
The deliberate attempt to influence the attitudes or behavior of another person in a situation in which that person has some freedom of choice. | Persuasion |
The reactions of the body to an event often experienced emotionally as a sudden, violent and upsetting disturbance. | Feelings |
Blame directed at oneself, may be based on real or unreal conditions. | Guilt |
A state of tension typically characterized by rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath. An emotion characterized by a vague fear or premonition that something undesirable is going to happen. | Anxiety |
The killing of one human being by another. | Homicide |
The deliberate act of killing oneself. | Suicide |
The assumption of blame directed at oneself by others. | Shame |
Strong emotion marked by such reactions as alarm, dread, and disquiet. | Fear |
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (crib death).The sudden unexpected death of a seemingly healthy infant between four months and one year of age for which no other cause of death has been found after thorough examination of the death scene, review of medical history, and a complete autopsy. Suffocation, disease, neglect, or abuse does not cause this. | SIDS |
An occurrence of a severity and magnitude that normally results in death, injuries, property damage, and cannot be managed though the routine procedures and resources of the government. | Disasters |
When the condition of the bodies reflects the violence of the disaster. | Horror factor |
Exposure of victims to life-threatening situations. Directly witness or directly experience life-threatening situations. | Terror |
An act or practice of allowing the death of a person suffering from a life-limiting condition. | Euthanasia |
Involves a competent, terminally ill person who makes a fully voluntary and persistent request for aid in dying.- emphasize that such an act is one of kindness. | Voluntary active euthanasia |
An intervention intended to kill a person who is incapable of making a request to die: an infant or a young child, a mentally incompetent patient or someone, who because of impaired consciousness, is unable to give voice to their opinion. | Involuntary active euthanasia |
The forgoing or withdraw of medical treatment that offers no hope or benefit to the total well-being of the patient with the intent of causing death. | Passive euthanasia |
When a physician provides medications or other means for a patient to use on himself or end life. The physician does not control the act, the patient does. | Physician-assisted suicide |
An abnormal grief response that is more intense than normal grief, yet different than clinical depression. | Complicated grief |