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Elementary Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Schizophrenia
Social Roles
Perceptual Organization
2. Physical vs. social interaction
Perceptual Organization
insecure-avoidant attachment
Integrity vs Despair
difference between piaget and vygotsky
3. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
Interdependence Theory
Verbal Comprehension
Stressors
Private Conformity
4. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship
Transformation of Motivation
DSM-IV-TR
Internal Attribution
Psychopathology
5. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]
6. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology
Transformation of Motivation
Psychosis
Eustress
Realistic Conflict
7. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
anal stage
aptitude test
Flynn Effect
phallic stage
8. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Causes of Schizophrenia
Superego
Coping Strategies for Stress
aptitude test
9. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
Token Economy
Interdependence Theory
Attributions
Cooperation
10. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
projective tests
Rosenhan Experiment
Milgrams Explanations
Treatment for Schizophrenia
11. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
castration complex
Shaping
Cooperation
Internal Attribution
12. 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
Autonomy vs Doubt
General Adaptation Syndrome
Working Memory
Personality
13. Most common/successful intelligence test
Cattell's Source Traits
WAIS
Ego
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
14. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Stages of Appraisal
latency stage
DSM Axes
15. Sexually desire their mother
Stressors
Fundamental Attribution Error
oedipus complex
oral stage
16. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
TriPartite Model: Affect
internalization
insecure-anxious attachment
General Adaptation Syndrome
17. Jealousy/hatred of all other women
Psychopathology
electra complex
Schizophrenia
Identity vs Role Confusion
18. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Discrimination
Health Psychology
Biopsychosocial Model
oral stage
19. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Cooperation
oral stage
Stress
Causes of Schizophrenia
20. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
Stress as a Response
Psychosis
object permanence
latency stage
21. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back
secure attachment
Causes of Schizophrenia
Stress as a Response
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
22. 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?
Cultural Deviance
Verbal Comprehension
secure attachment
achievement test
23. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
lexical hypothesis
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Anxiety Disorder
Things that can influence IQ scores
24. 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
Door in the Face
Social Identity
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Clinical Psychology
25. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
Causes for Phobias
Clinical Psychology
Basic Cognitive Therapy
latency stage
26. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
MMPI
Phobia Treatments
Identity vs Role Confusion
genital stage
27. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Attributions
concrete operational
Pygmalion effect
Conformity
28. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
Freud's Background Info
insecure-anxious attachment
Cognitive Therapy
Statistical Deviance
29. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Cialdini's Compliance
internalization
insecure-anxious attachment
Clinical Psychology
30. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
Conformity
Id
Rational Emotive Therapy
Stress as a Transaction
31. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
anal stage
Health Psychology
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Anxiety Disorder
32. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
Theory of Parental Investment
WAIS
Industry vs Inferiority
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
33. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Statistical Deviance
Social Psychology
Causes of Schizophrenia
TriPartite Model: Behavior
34. Inconsistent behavior/confused
Internal Attribution
Psychopathology
disorganized attachment
boy phallic stage
35. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Discrimination
Behavior Therapy
Flynn Effect
Trait Theory
36. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
Asch study
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Cultural Deviance
anxiety
37. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
preoperational
aptitude test
Phobia Treatments
Initiative vs Guilt
38. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Token Economy
Obedience
39. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
girl phallic stage
HPA axis
Behavior Therapy
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
40. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
41. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
disorganized attachment
Sheridan & King Study
Public Conformity
phallic stage
42. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Causes for Phobias
zone of proximal development
Door in the Face
insecure-anxious attachment
43. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
egocentrism
formal operational
Social Roles
Processing Speed
44. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment
Treatment for Schizophrenia
TriPartite Model: Affect
Causes of Schizophrenia
Rosenhan Experiment
45. 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?
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Stress
Verbal Comprehension
Attitude
46. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
lexical hypothesis
anxiety
TriPartite Model: Cognition
TAT
47. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
Superego
Theory of Parental Investment
Schizophrenia
Dependence
48. No response to leaving or returning
insecure-avoidant attachment
Social Identity
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
49. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Flynn Effect
Attitude
50. 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
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Working Memory
Dysfunction
zone of proximal development