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Elementary Psychology
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1. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
Health Psychology
castration complex
zone of proximal development
Dysfunction
2. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
Interdependence Theory
Evolutionary Psych
Stereotype
Generativity vs Stagnation
3. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
Cognitive Therapy
Evolutionary Psych
sensorimotor
Criteria for Abnormal
4. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Cultural Deviance
Identity vs Role Confusion
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
DSM-IV-TR
5. No response to leaving or returning
Stressors as Stimuli
Stress as a Transaction
phallic stage
insecure-avoidant attachment
6. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
TriPartite Model: Affect
Behavior: Extinction Method
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Emotional Distress
7. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity
castration complex
Pygmalion effect
Stanford Prison Study
Anxiety Disorder
8. Built a mock prison at Stanford and paid students to play the roles of prisons and guards - Results: power of social roles took over - promotes brutality
Stanford Prison Study
Things that can influence IQ scores
Cognitive Therapy
Private Conformity
9. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
anxiety
Rosenhan Experiment
Social Identity
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
10. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
Shaping
Autonomy vs Doubt
Schizophrenia
Causes of Schizophrenia
11. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]
sensorimotor
boy phallic stage
Pygmalion effect
concrete operational
12. Jealousy/hatred of all other women
Cognitive Therapy
To Reduce Dissonance...
Social Identity
electra complex
13. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
concrete operational
projective tests
Psychosis
Psychopathology
14. 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
Verbal Comprehension
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Foot in the Door
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
15. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Stanford Prison Study
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Realistic Conflict
16. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father
Social Identity
projective tests
boy phallic stage
girl phallic stage
17. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something
TriPartite Model: Affect
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Attitude
Token Economy
18. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
Trust vs Mistrust
Phobia
Superego
Flynn Effect
19. 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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20. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
anxiety
The Big Five
Social Identity
21. 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
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Generativity vs Stagnation
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Working Memory
22. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
latency stage
projective tests
Trust vs Mistrust
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
23. Focus on the outcome of being in a situation that causes stress - stress is a physiological response Ex: fight or flight vs General Adaptation Syndrome
attachment
egocentrism
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Stress as a Response
24. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Eustress
Ecclectic Therapists
Clinical Psychology
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
25. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Verbal Comprehension
Trust vs Mistrust
achievement test
26. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work
Shaping
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Pygmalion effect
Ecclectic Therapists
27. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Generativity vs Stagnation
Stress
Informational Influence
Internalized Standard
28. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
egocentrism
Stressors
Social Roles
29. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Asch study
Social Roles
HPA axis
30. 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
General Adaptation Syndrome
projective tests
Evolutionary Psych
Treatment for Schizophrenia
31. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
Public Conformity
Rosenhan Experiment
phallic stage
Shaping
32. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship
Transformation of Motivation
Dysfunction
Realistic Conflict
Cultural Deviance
33. + 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
Theory of Parental Investment
HPA axis
insecure-avoidant attachment
34. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Rosenhan Experiment
Normative Influence
Eustress
Cooperation
35. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
Superego
phallic stage
Trait Theory
Cattell's Source Traits
36. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
internalization
formal operational
genital stage
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
37. Foot in the door vs door in the face
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38. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father
boy phallic stage
Perceptual Organization
Social Roles
Stressors
39. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
Processing Speed
preoperational
secure attachment
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
40. Measuring the ability to concentrate - similarities: how are a thermometer and a ruler alike? - vocabulary: what does covert mean? - information: who was George Washington Carver?
Verbal Comprehension
latency stage
Transformation of Motivation
Cognitive Dissonance
41. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
Attributions
Biopsychosocial Model
Cognitive Therapy
Statistical Deviance
42. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship
Transformation of Motivation
conservation
Stanley Milgram Study
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
43. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
Stress
latency stage
Cultural Deviance
GAD Treatments
44. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Stress
Superego
formal operational
Ego
45. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Stress
Rosenhan Experiment
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Stress as a Transaction
46. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Schizophrenia
latency stage
Sheridan & King Study
Cooperation
47. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
oedipus complex
Causes for Phobias
Token Economy
attachment
48. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Health Psychology
secure attachment
insecure-anxious attachment
Obedience
49. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
aptitude test
Schizophrenia
To Reduce Dissonance...
Satisfaction
50. 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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