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Elementary Psychology
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1. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology
Distress
girl phallic stage
Stress
Psychosis
2. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
Flynn Effect
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Stanford Prison Study
Trait Theory
3. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
Perceptual Organization
Public Conformity
genital stage
aptitude test
4. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Phobia Treatments
Verbal Comprehension
aptitude test
DSM-IV-TR
5. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
internalization
Personality
disorganized attachment
Emotional Distress
6. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
Integrity vs Despair
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Cognitive Dissonance
Eustress
7. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Personality
Sheridan & King Study
Psychopathology
Initiative vs Guilt
8. 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?
object permanence
Verbal Comprehension
projective tests
preoperational
9. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process
Internalized Standard
Marucha Study
zone of proximal development
Harlow's Experiment
10. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc
TriPartite Model: Affect
formal operational
conservation
Satisfaction
11. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Harlow's Experiment
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Things that can influence IQ scores
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
12. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
Statistical Deviance
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
secure attachment
Stereotype
13. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
Industry vs Inferiority
electra complex
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
14. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
Things that can influence IQ scores
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
External Attribution
TriPartite Model: Behavior
15. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
Stressors
Biopsychosocial Model
Stages of Appraisal
Generativity vs Stagnation
16. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
disorganized attachment
Trust vs Mistrust
Public Conformity
17. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
boy phallic stage
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Cognitive Dissonance
Foot in the Door
18. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Interdependence Theory
Stress
Foot in the Door
Social Roles
19. Jealousy/hatred of all other women
electra complex
Identity vs Role Confusion
Interdependence Theory
Flynn Effect
20. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
preoperational
DSM-IV-TR
Normative Influence
zone of proximal development
21. + 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
egocentrism
Social Identity
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
22. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back
Rosenhan Experiment
secure attachment
formal operational
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
23. 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
anal stage
Behavior: Extinction Method
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Door in the Face
24. 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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25. 1. Intrustions: thinking about it when you don't want to 2. Avoidance: avoid anything that reminds you of the incident 3. Arousal: physically aroused from stimuli of event
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Behavior: Extinction Method
Initiative vs Guilt
sensorimotor
26. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
WAIS
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Therapy
Attitude
27. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
Intimacy vs Isolation
Statistical Deviance
Dysfunction
Rosenhan Experiment
28. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
anal stage
Satisfaction
insecure-anxious attachment
29. 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
Verbal Comprehension
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
HPA axis
30. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
latency stage
Phobia
Statistical Deviance
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
31. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
achievement test
Behavior: Extinction Method
Conformity
Milgrams Explanations
32. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology
Psychosis
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Satisfaction
insecure-anxious attachment
33. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
latency stage
Private Conformity
girl phallic stage
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
34. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
egocentrism
TAT
Cooperation
Integrity vs Despair
35. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality
Anxiety Disorder
girl phallic stage
Informational Influence
Integrity vs Despair
36. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Criteria for Abnormal
Social Psychology
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Door in the Face
37. 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
Cialdini's Compliance
Stress as a Response
Generativity vs Stagnation
Normative Influence
38. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Trait Theory
Processing Speed
Shaping
Informational Influence
39. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
TriPartite Model: Affect
Causes of Schizophrenia
Fundamental Attribution Error
Stanley Milgram Study
40. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
Asch study
Ego
Evolutionary Psych
anxiety
41. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles
Causes for Phobias
Schizophrenia
Discrimination
Stressors as Stimuli
42. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
Industry vs Inferiority
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
TriPartite Model: Cognition
43. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation
disorganized attachment
Stages of Appraisal
conservation
Harlow's Experiment
44. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Phobia Treatments
formal operational
Stereotype
Things that can influence IQ scores
45. Physical vs. social interaction
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Health Psychology
Verbal Comprehension
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
46. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Flynn Effect
lexical hypothesis
General Adaptation Syndrome
Initiative vs Guilt
47. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship
Transformation of Motivation
lexical hypothesis
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Stereotype
48. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
object permanence
Social Roles
girl phallic stage
Identity vs Role Confusion
49. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
Ego
internalization
sensorimotor
aptitude test
50. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Basic Cognitive Therapy
oedipus complex
Sheridan & King Study
Eustress
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