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Elementary Psychology
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1. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back
secure attachment
Internal Attribution
Harlow's Experiment
attachment
2. Physical vs. social interaction
Stressors as Stimuli
projective tests
anal stage
difference between piaget and vygotsky
3. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Milgrams Explanations
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Fundamental Attribution Error
preoperational
4. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
Stressors
sensorimotor
Intimacy vs Isolation
TriPartite Model: Behavior
5. 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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6. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
TriPartite Model: Behavior
General Adaptation Syndrome
Trait Theory
Health Psychology
7. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
anal stage
Ecclectic Therapists
Informational Influence
Social Roles
8. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment
DSM-IV-TR
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Stress as a Response
9. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
latency stage
Anxiety Disorder
10. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
Conformity
HPA axis
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Realistic Conflict
11. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Verbal Comprehension
Pygmalion effect
Public Conformity
Internal Attribution
12. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Realistic Conflict
Causes of Schizophrenia
Ego
Treatment for Schizophrenia
13. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
Distress
Intimacy vs Isolation
Evolutionary Psych
Behavior Therapy
14. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
Token Economy
Eustress
The Big Five
achievement test
15. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Obedience
Asch study
Dependence
Shaping
16. + 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
Obedience
Realistic Conflict
genital stage
17. 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
Public Conformity
boy phallic stage
object permanence
18. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms
Ego
To Reduce Dissonance...
Causes of Schizophrenia
Psychosis
19. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
Generativity vs Stagnation
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Trait Theory
Shaping
20. 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
Door in the Face
TriPartite Model: Affect
Obedience
Foot in the Door
21. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
phallic stage
Discrimination
Stressors as Stimuli
object permanence
22. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
HPA axis
DSM-IV-TR
Conformity
23. 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
Interdependence Theory
Verbal Comprehension
Stanford Prison Study
Emotional Distress
24. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
anal stage
HPA axis
genital stage
Distress
25. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
disorganized attachment
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Coping Strategies for Stress
Dysfunction
26. 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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27. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
Evolutionary Psych
Industry vs Inferiority
formal operational
Anxiety Disorder
28. 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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29. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner
General Adaptation Syndrome
Autonomy vs Doubt
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
30. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Fundamental Attribution Error
Superego
TAT
attachment
31. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
Evolutionary Psych
Attributions
Stressors as Stimuli
Factors that predict relationship success
32. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
Identity vs Role Confusion
Processing Speed
Phobia
phallic stage
33. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
secure attachment
Distress
Behavior: Extinction Method
concrete operational
34. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Cooperation
Asch study
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Evolutionary Psych
35. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
To Reduce Dissonance...
oral stage
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Social Identity
36. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
Causes for Phobias
Token Economy
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
aptitude test
37. 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
Stages of Appraisal
Industry vs Inferiority
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Marucha Study
38. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Integrity vs Despair
The Big Five
lexical hypothesis
39. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Milgrams Explanations
To Reduce Dissonance...
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
TriPartite Model: Cognition
40. 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
Factors that predict relationship success
Generativity vs Stagnation
The Big Five
General Adaptation Syndrome
41. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through
oedipus complex
Cialdini's Compliance
projective tests
anal stage
42. 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
Behavior: Extinction Method
Stanford Prison Study
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
External Attribution
43. Distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking - feeling - and acting
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Personality
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
44. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
castration complex
Initiative vs Guilt
Public Conformity
Cialdini's Compliance
45. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Discrimination
castration complex
To Reduce Dissonance...
Token Economy
46. Emotions about the object
Autonomy vs Doubt
HPA axis
TriPartite Model: Affect
Anxiety Disorder
47. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
TAT
Internal Attribution
Rosenhan Experiment
Factors that predict relationship success
48. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Shaping
49. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
MMPI
Milgrams Explanations
DSM-IV-TR
Private Conformity
50. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Initiative vs Guilt
projective tests
formal operational
genital stage