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Elementary Psychology
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1. Most common/successful intelligence test
Rosenhan Experiment
lexical hypothesis
WAIS
Theory of Parental Investment
2. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
lexical hypothesis
Realistic Conflict
Cognitive Dissonance
Autonomy vs Doubt
3. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
Rational Emotive Therapy
Generativity vs Stagnation
Schizophrenia
Stages of Appraisal
4. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
oral stage
Cooperation
Flynn Effect
Things that can influence IQ scores
5. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Statistical Deviance
aptitude test
Cultural Deviance
Kelley's Covariation Model
6. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
DSM-IV-TR
Evolutionary Psych
Causes for Phobias
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
7. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Harlow's Experiment
Cognitive Therapy
Theory of Parental Investment
8. 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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9. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Phobia Treatments
Interdependence Theory
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
10. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Evolutionary Psych
Phobia
Processing Speed
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
11. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Phobia Treatments
Stressors as Stimuli
preoperational
insecure-avoidant attachment
12. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Distress
Interdependence Theory
boy phallic stage
13. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
achievement test
latency stage
TriPartite Model: Affect
14. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Asch study
Milgrams Explanations
Pygmalion effect
Conformity
15. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation
Sheridan & King Study
External Attribution
Stress as a Transaction
Realistic Conflict
16. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Internal Attribution
Causes of Schizophrenia
Stages of Appraisal
The Big Five
17. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
object permanence
internalization
Kelley's Covariation Model
Attitude
18. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion
Social Identity
Initiative vs Guilt
The Big Five
Satisfaction
19. 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
Health Psychology
Coping Strategies for Stress
lexical hypothesis
Harlow's Experiment
20. 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
HPA axis
Psychopathology
Token Economy
21. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
GAD Treatments
object permanence
Milgrams Explanations
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
22. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Autonomy vs Doubt
anal stage
Identity vs Role Confusion
Industry vs Inferiority
23. Foot in the door vs door in the face
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24. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Psychopathology
Clinical Psychology
Factors that predict relationship success
Working Memory
25. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
formal operational
Working Memory
Rational Emotive Therapy
Realistic Conflict
26. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
genital stage
External Attribution
Psychopathology
DSM Axes
27. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Shaping
preoperational
Conformity
Eustress
28. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
TriPartite Model: Affect
oral stage
Harlow's Experiment
Processing Speed
29. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology
Psychosis
Autonomy vs Doubt
GAD Treatments
Internal Attribution
30. Change behavior - change attitude
girl phallic stage
girl phallic stage
To Reduce Dissonance...
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
31. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
phallic stage
Working Memory
Internal Attribution
insecure-anxious attachment
32. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
girl phallic stage
Discrimination
Normative Influence
33. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
TAT
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
34. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
conservation
MMPI
DSM Axes
insecure-anxious attachment
35. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
General Adaptation Syndrome
Emotional Distress
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
egocentrism
36. Most common/successful intelligence test
WAIS
latency stage
Stereotype
Causes of Schizophrenia
37. Emotions about the object
Initiative vs Guilt
TriPartite Model: Affect
projective tests
Perceptual Organization
38. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Behavior: Extinction Method
preoperational
Discrimination
secure attachment
39. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality
Informational Influence
Milgrams Explanations
WAIS
Intimacy vs Isolation
40. Beliefs about the object
TriPartite Model: Cognition
phallic stage
conservation
electra complex
41. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
WAIS
External Attribution
Superego
Door in the Face
42. 1. Primary: must perceive that event is a threat to personal goals 2. Secondary: must conclude that resources to meet demands of event are unavailable
anal stage
Trust vs Mistrust
anxiety
Stages of Appraisal
43. Dental students were given a puncture wound in their mouth and measure how long it would heal - Results: wounds took longer to heal during exams than during the summer (stress)
Marucha Study
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Cultural Deviance
44. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Prejudice
lexical hypothesis
Asch study
45. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
Biopsychosocial Model
TriPartite Model: Cognition
MMPI
Identity vs Role Confusion
46. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Generativity vs Stagnation
conservation
difference between piaget and vygotsky
DSM-IV-TR
47. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Initiative vs Guilt
Prejudice
aptitude test
Factors that predict relationship success
48. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
preoperational
Sheridan & King Study
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
49. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
Biopsychosocial Model
Token Economy
Clinical Psychology
difference between piaget and vygotsky
50. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Biopsychosocial Model
Attitude
anal stage
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