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Elementary Psychology
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1. Distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking - feeling - and acting
Integrity vs Despair
Trust vs Mistrust
Personality
Causes of Schizophrenia
2. Beliefs about the object
TriPartite Model: Cognition
egocentrism
Discrimination
Attributions
3. Lived in End of Romatic Era (emphasis on expression - art - passion - sexuality relatively liberal) -grew up in Victorian Age (sexuality is taboo - emphasis on public decency/morality - paternal) -mothers first born and favorite child -love/hate rela
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4. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods
Integrity vs Despair
Shaping
Behavior Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
5. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
WAIS
preoperational
aptitude test
Theory of Parental Investment
6. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
sensorimotor
Stressors
Normative Influence
phallic stage
7. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Personality
Behavior Therapy
Evolutionary Psych
TriPartite Model: Affect
8. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Attributions
MMPI
Private Conformity
Clinical Psychology
9. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Behavior Therapy
Harlow's Experiment
Social Psychology
10. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Internal Attribution
Pygmalion effect
Social Psychology
11. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism
Cultural Deviance
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Superego
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
12. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
Distress
Realistic Conflict
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Basic Cognitive Therapy
13. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology
Cooperation
insecure-anxious attachment
Milgrams Explanations
Psychosis
14. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Stress as a Transaction
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
WAIS
Asch study
15. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Behavior Therapy
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
phallic stage
Distress
16. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back
secure attachment
To Reduce Dissonance...
Asch study
Id
17. Emotions about the object
Conformity
TriPartite Model: Affect
Statistical Deviance
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
18. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
internalization
Fundamental Attribution Error
egocentrism
Public Conformity
19. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Private Conformity
difference between piaget and vygotsky
External Attribution
20. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
HPA axis
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
phallic stage
aptitude test
21. 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
Cognitive Therapy
attachment
Kelley's Covariation Model
22. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
oral stage
Public Conformity
Causes of Schizophrenia
Normative Influence
23. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
Ecclectic Therapists
External Attribution
Asch study
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
24. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
MMPI
Internal Attribution
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Ecclectic Therapists
25. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Processing Speed
Social Identity
Harlow's Experiment
girl phallic stage
26. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
object permanence
Private Conformity
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Cognitive Dissonance
27. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
Clinical Psychology
Ecclectic Therapists
Integrity vs Despair
Stressors as Stimuli
28. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
Stereotype
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Informational Influence
Attributions
29. + 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
Pygmalion effect
Stages of Appraisal
Informational Influence
30. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Eustress
Id
Token Economy
Rational Emotive Therapy
31. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
Attributions
aptitude test
Cooperation
WAIS
32. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
genital stage
Industry vs Inferiority
The Big Five
Criteria for Abnormal
33. 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
Private Conformity
insecure-anxious attachment
Working Memory
phallic stage
34. Most common/successful intelligence test
oral stage
Industry vs Inferiority
Obedience
WAIS
35. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
Asch study
TriPartite Model: Affect
zone of proximal development
Dysfunction
36. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Sheridan & King Study
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
phallic stage
formal operational
37. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Cultural Deviance
Rosenhan Experiment
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Causes for Phobias
38. 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
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Social Identity
sensorimotor
Coping Strategies for Stress
39. 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
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Stanford Prison Study
Trait Theory
Ego
40. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
Attributions
Clinical Psychology
Causes for Phobias
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
41. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Factors that predict relationship success
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Criteria for Abnormal
42. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
Coping Strategies for Stress
Flynn Effect
Cognitive Dissonance
HPA axis
43. 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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44. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Obedience
Factors that predict relationship success
Public Conformity
Psychopathology
45. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
Phobia
TriPartite Model: Affect
Token Economy
Industry vs Inferiority
46. Sexually desire their mother
oedipus complex
Causes of Schizophrenia
castration complex
Ecclectic Therapists
47. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]
Cattell's Source Traits
Emotional Distress
internalization
concrete operational
48. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Obedience
DSM-IV-TR
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
49. Inconsistent behavior/confused
Trust vs Mistrust
Stages of Appraisal
disorganized attachment
Attributions
50. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
Emotional Distress
Rosenhan Experiment
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
The Modern Model of Psychopathology