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Elementary Psychology
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1. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have
castration complex
Fundamental Attribution Error
Dependence
anal stage
2. Ask for a large favor first - followed up with something much smaller - if you say no - you may feel guilty and may say yes to a more reasonable request
Interdependence Theory
conservation
Cognitive Therapy
Door in the Face
3. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
anxiety
Phobia
Things that can influence IQ scores
Theory of Parental Investment
4. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality
Informational Influence
Asch study
Stanley Milgram Study
Identity vs Role Confusion
5. Change behavior - change attitude
Criteria for Abnormal
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
To Reduce Dissonance...
6. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
attachment
Industry vs Inferiority
Stress
7. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Stress as a Response
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Causes of Schizophrenia
attachment
8. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
Internal Attribution
Attributions
Identity vs Role Confusion
object permanence
9. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
Cognitive Dissonance
Public Conformity
Distress
Schizophrenia
10. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]
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11. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures
anal stage
Things that can influence IQ scores
Perceptual Organization
Dysfunction
12. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
TriPartite Model: Affect
MMPI
projective tests
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
13. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship
DSM-IV-TR
Pygmalion effect
Transformation of Motivation
Stanley Milgram Study
14. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Generativity vs Stagnation
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Id
15. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism
Freud's Background Info
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
achievement test
16. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
egocentrism
conservation
Freud's Background Info
MMPI
17. Worry that father will cut their penis off
castration complex
Asch study
Anxiety Disorder
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
18. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
Eustress
Stress
External Attribution
Statistical Deviance
19. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
Shaping
Harlow's Experiment
Distress
preoperational
20. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
WAIS
boy phallic stage
DSM-IV-TR
Stages of Appraisal
21. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
zone of proximal development
Foot in the Door
disorganized attachment
Behavior Therapy
22. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
Generativity vs Stagnation
genital stage
GAD Treatments
Fundamental Attribution Error
23. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
DSM-IV-TR
lexical hypothesis
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Public Conformity
24. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Rosenhan Experiment
attachment
Informational Influence
Foot in the Door
25. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
Things that can influence IQ scores
zone of proximal development
MMPI
Shaping
26. I. Clinical Disorders (alcohol dependence) II. Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation (antisocial personality disorder) III. Medical Conditions (cirrhosis of liver) IV. Social Functioning & stressors (death of child - marital stress) V. Global as
projective tests
DSM Axes
Cultural Deviance
internalization
27. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
insecure-avoidant attachment
Transformation of Motivation
formal operational
28. 1) development is more continues than stage-like 2) changing procedures a little bit changes results a lot 3) methods culturally biased
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29. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
sensorimotor
anal stage
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Criteria for Abnormal
30. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment
Trait Theory
Attributions
insecure-anxious attachment
Treatment for Schizophrenia
31. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
Informational Influence
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Cognitive Dissonance
girl phallic stage
32. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Fundamental Attribution Error
Shaping
Rational Emotive Therapy
Stressors
33. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source
Psychopathology
Perceptual Organization
Schizophrenia
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
34. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Phobia Treatments
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Social Psychology
35. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Trait Theory
Social Roles
Eustress
Statistical Deviance
36. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Eustress
Cognitive Therapy
To Reduce Dissonance...
Phobia Treatments
37. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
Id
Interdependence Theory
To Reduce Dissonance...
Anxiety Disorder
38. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
Things that can influence IQ scores
Normative Influence
TriPartite Model: Behavior
disorganized attachment
39. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]
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40. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Cooperation
Factors that predict relationship success
Fundamental Attribution Error
Interdependence Theory
41. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures
preoperational
boy phallic stage
Perceptual Organization
Trait Theory
42. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
formal operational
object permanence
Distress
Pygmalion effect
43. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Interdependence Theory
Prejudice
Dependence
44. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc
Satisfaction
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
anal stage
Stress as a Transaction
45. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Eustress
Cultural Deviance
conservation
Coping Strategies for Stress
46. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
Attitude
conservation
electra complex
Biopsychosocial Model
47. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Attributions
General Adaptation Syndrome
48. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Causes of Schizophrenia
Dysfunction
Criteria for Abnormal
Industry vs Inferiority
49. 1. Problem Focused: tackle the stressor head on - usually occurs when optimistic and believe we can achieve our goals 2. Emotion Focused: try to place a more positive outlook on emotions - engage in behaviors to reduce painful emotions
Sheridan & King Study
Token Economy
Coping Strategies for Stress
GAD Treatments
50. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
Phobia Treatments
Industry vs Inferiority
insecure-anxious attachment
Sternbergs Triangle Theory