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Elementary Psychology
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1. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc
Social Identity
Satisfaction
insecure-avoidant attachment
Cognitive Dissonance
2. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Realistic Conflict
Stress as a Transaction
Asch study
Social Psychology
3. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
genital stage
Social Psychology
Private Conformity
4. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Perceptual Organization
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Autonomy vs Doubt
Treatment for Schizophrenia
5. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
oral stage
HPA axis
Trust vs Mistrust
Discrimination
6. Digit span: repeat a set of numbers backwards - arithmetic: If Jessica has 3 packs of gum with 4 packs each - how many sticks will she have for herself if she gives 2 sticks each to 3 friends
Attitude
Phobia Treatments
Working Memory
TriPartite Model: Cognition
7. Ask for a small favor first - followed up with a larger request - if you say yes once - you are more likely to say yes later
Causes for Phobias
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Foot in the Door
oedipus complex
8. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Health Psychology
Public Conformity
Pygmalion effect
9. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease
Id
General Adaptation Syndrome
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
10. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Basic Cognitive Therapy
concrete operational
Id
electra complex
11. Digit span: repeat a set of numbers backwards - arithmetic: If Jessica has 3 packs of gum with 4 packs each - how many sticks will she have for herself if she gives 2 sticks each to 3 friends
Working Memory
Kelley's Covariation Model
Trust vs Mistrust
Distress
12. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
latency stage
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Prejudice
Superego
13. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
Generativity vs Stagnation
Attributions
General Adaptation Syndrome
object permanence
14. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
Phobia
Shaping
achievement test
Conformity
15. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Identity vs Role Confusion
Autonomy vs Doubt
Internal Attribution
16. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
Autonomy vs Doubt
anxiety
Eustress
phallic stage
17. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Theory of Parental Investment
Autonomy vs Doubt
Informational Influence
Stages of Appraisal
18. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Anxiety Disorder
insecure-anxious attachment
Asch study
19. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
Satisfaction
Attributions
Interdependence Theory
Harlow's Experiment
20. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?
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21. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Cooperation
oedipus complex
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Trust vs Mistrust
22. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
TAT
Working Memory
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Biopsychosocial Model
23. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
electra complex
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
TAT
The Big Five
24. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Generativity vs Stagnation
TriPartite Model: Affect
preoperational
25. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
Emotional Distress
Treatment for Schizophrenia
boy phallic stage
Criteria for Abnormal
26. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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27. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
anxiety
Integrity vs Despair
Phobia Treatments
28. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation
Stress as a Transaction
Shaping
Shaping
insecure-anxious attachment
29. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Social Roles
Internalized Standard
Processing Speed
WAIS
30. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]
Biopsychosocial Model
TriPartite Model: Behavior
TAT
Trust vs Mistrust
31. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Verbal Comprehension
Cultural Deviance
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
32. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Theory of Parental Investment
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
TAT
Stress as a Response
33. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
zone of proximal development
Superego
Things that can influence IQ scores
Flynn Effect
34. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Behavior Therapy
Attributions
MMPI
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
35. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
Social Psychology
Milgrams Explanations
Asch study
Dependence
36. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Social Psychology
TriPartite Model: Cognition
disorganized attachment
Asch study
37. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
anal stage
Obedience
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
concrete operational
38. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
General Adaptation Syndrome
Biopsychosocial Model
Cognitive Therapy
39. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
Working Memory
Fundamental Attribution Error
Treatment for Schizophrenia
GAD Treatments
40. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
General Adaptation Syndrome
electra complex
Cognitive Dissonance
Eustress
41. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives
Shaping
electra complex
genital stage
Factors that predict relationship success
42. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
Kelley's Covariation Model
aptitude test
zone of proximal development
Personality
43. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies
Statistical Deviance
Door in the Face
External Attribution
Sheridan & King Study
44. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Private Conformity
Behavior Therapy
Stress as a Transaction
formal operational
45. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
insecure-anxious attachment
Industry vs Inferiority
Working Memory
Flynn Effect
46. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Flynn Effect
Causes of Schizophrenia
Internal Attribution
Social Roles
47. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
Cialdini's Compliance
Ecclectic Therapists
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
MMPI
48. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]
Attributions
Trust vs Mistrust
egocentrism
aptitude test
49. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
projective tests
Initiative vs Guilt
Attitude
disorganized attachment
50. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
anxiety
Initiative vs Guilt
Generativity vs Stagnation
object permanence