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Elementary Psychology
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1. Foot in the door vs door in the face
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2. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Trait Theory
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Asch study
3. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
The Big Five
aptitude test
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Id
4. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something
Stress as a Transaction
Attitude
girl phallic stage
Causes of Schizophrenia
5. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
preoperational
lexical hypothesis
Token Economy
zone of proximal development
6. 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
Things that can influence IQ scores
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
oedipus complex
Foot in the Door
7. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity
Anxiety Disorder
genital stage
projective tests
Internalized Standard
8. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
Health Psychology
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
9. 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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10. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Factors that predict relationship success
Intimacy vs Isolation
DSM-IV-TR
Autonomy vs Doubt
11. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Realistic Conflict
oral stage
Phobia Treatments
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
12. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
insecure-anxious attachment
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Ecclectic Therapists
oedipus complex
13. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Psychopathology
Generativity vs Stagnation
castration complex
TriPartite Model: Behavior
14. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work
secure attachment
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Social Roles
Ecclectic Therapists
15. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
Harlow's Experiment
The Big Five
Schizophrenia
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
16. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
Discrimination
Rational Emotive Therapy
Social Psychology
Attributions
17. 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
Realistic Conflict
Door in the Face
Initiative vs Guilt
Superego
18. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
genital stage
Evolutionary Psych
DSM-IV-TR
Identity vs Role Confusion
19. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms
Informational Influence
Ego
Cooperation
Schizophrenia
20. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
Trust vs Mistrust
preoperational
anxiety
Basic Cognitive Therapy
21. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
conservation
Stereotype
Clinical Psychology
zone of proximal development
22. 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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23. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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24. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality
Informational Influence
Flynn Effect
Causes of Schizophrenia
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
25. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
GAD Treatments
Causes for Phobias
Anxiety Disorder
Freud's Background Info
26. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Statistical Deviance
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Cognitive Therapy
27. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Schizophrenia
Phobia Treatments
Social Psychology
Intimacy vs Isolation
28. Inconsistent behavior/confused
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
GAD Treatments
secure attachment
disorganized attachment
29. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Social Roles
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Cattell's Source Traits
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
30. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
attachment
zone of proximal development
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Transformation of Motivation
31. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have
secure attachment
Behavior: Extinction Method
MMPI
Dependence
32. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Emotional Distress
Cultural Deviance
Integrity vs Despair
33. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]
Fundamental Attribution Error
sensorimotor
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Trust vs Mistrust
34. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Autonomy vs Doubt
Marucha Study
Verbal Comprehension
Internal Attribution
35. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
Criteria for Abnormal
attachment
Integrity vs Despair
girl phallic stage
36. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
The Big Five
zone of proximal development
Initiative vs Guilt
GAD Treatments
37. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
preoperational
Social Psychology
difference between piaget and vygotsky
The Big Five
38. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives
Factors that predict relationship success
Freud's Background Info
Processing Speed
Informational Influence
39. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
Rosenhan Experiment
Shaping
disorganized attachment
phallic stage
40. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
Theory of Parental Investment
Verbal Comprehension
Milgrams Explanations
oedipus complex
41. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
Attitude
anal stage
Interdependence Theory
insecure-anxious attachment
42. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Autonomy vs Doubt
Health Psychology
anxiety
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
43. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Phobia Treatments
Psychosis
Emotional Distress
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
44. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
oedipus complex
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
zone of proximal development
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
45. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
achievement test
Trait Theory
WAIS
Obedience
46. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Prejudice
latency stage
HPA axis
Cultural Deviance
47. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Stages of Appraisal
formal operational
Informational Influence
48. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
General Adaptation Syndrome
Cognitive Dissonance
Stressors
Intimacy vs Isolation
49. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner
phallic stage
Processing Speed
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
To Reduce Dissonance...
50. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology
electra complex
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Psychosis
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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