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Elementary Psychology
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1. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Shaping
object permanence
Social Psychology
Causes of Schizophrenia
2. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
lexical hypothesis
Cialdini's Compliance
Door in the Face
aptitude test
3. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount
Kelley's Covariation Model
Sheridan & King Study
Stanley Milgram Study
DSM-IV-TR
4. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures
Perceptual Organization
egocentrism
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Cialdini's Compliance
5. 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
achievement test
Verbal Comprehension
anal stage
Stages of Appraisal
6. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
Psychopathology
genital stage
Attitude
anxiety
7. 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?
Internal Attribution
Attributions
Verbal Comprehension
Social Identity
8. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
object permanence
Stereotype
Conformity
Phobia Treatments
9. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Token Economy
electra complex
Pygmalion effect
10. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth
achievement test
Eustress
Token Economy
girl phallic stage
11. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Dependence
Dysfunction
Milgrams Explanations
Superego
12. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Informational Influence
Initiative vs Guilt
Obedience
Clinical Psychology
13. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
internalization
Cultural Deviance
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Id
14. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Informational Influence
Distress
Initiative vs Guilt
15. Beliefs about the object
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
TriPartite Model: Cognition
difference between piaget and vygotsky
16. 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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17. Change behavior - change attitude
genital stage
Harlow's Experiment
Ecclectic Therapists
To Reduce Dissonance...
18. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment
Treatment for Schizophrenia
egocentrism
Stanford Prison Study
Foot in the Door
19. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures
insecure-avoidant attachment
Stereotype
formal operational
TAT
20. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Statistical Deviance
formal operational
Autonomy vs Doubt
Eustress
21. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
Identity vs Role Confusion
Foot in the Door
Cognitive Therapy
Stages of Appraisal
22. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Emotional Distress
Milgrams Explanations
concrete operational
23. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
Trust vs Mistrust
Schizophrenia
Superego
lexical hypothesis
24. Inconsistent behavior/confused
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Stressors as Stimuli
disorganized attachment
Autonomy vs Doubt
25. 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
General Adaptation Syndrome
Trait Theory
Stress as a Response
Ecclectic Therapists
26. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Schizophrenia
Internal Attribution
Psychopathology
sensorimotor
27. Emotions about the object
TriPartite Model: Affect
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
MMPI
28. I. Clinical Disorders (alcohol dependence) II. Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation (antisocial personality disorder) III. Medical Conditions (cirrhosis of liver) IV. Social Functioning & stressors (death of child - marital stress) V. Global as
TAT
Marucha Study
DSM Axes
Private Conformity
29. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
lexical hypothesis
Generativity vs Stagnation
30. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
Things that can influence IQ scores
Statistical Deviance
Causes for Phobias
Criteria for Abnormal
31. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation
To Reduce Dissonance...
Personality
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Stress as a Transaction
32. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Realistic Conflict
Initiative vs Guilt
Transformation of Motivation
Discrimination
33. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
Door in the Face
Industry vs Inferiority
Stressors
aptitude test
34. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
Cognitive Dissonance
insecure-avoidant attachment
Generativity vs Stagnation
Door in the Face
35. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Cooperation
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Stress
36. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion
The Big Five
Working Memory
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Harlow's Experiment
37. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
Industry vs Inferiority
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Interdependence Theory
38. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
Biopsychosocial Model
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
lexical hypothesis
Stressors
39. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Causes for Phobias
Freud's Background Info
Social Roles
Dependence
40. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
HPA axis
electra complex
internalization
Id
41. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others
Ego
projective tests
Normative Influence
Criteria for Abnormal
42. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Eustress
DSM-IV-TR
43. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
anal stage
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Phobia Treatments
insecure-anxious attachment
44. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
Sheridan & King Study
conservation
Health Psychology
MMPI
45. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
Intimacy vs Isolation
Trust vs Mistrust
anal stage
Private Conformity
46. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc
MMPI
Milgrams Explanations
Satisfaction
Initiative vs Guilt
47. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Things that can influence IQ scores
Token Economy
Rational Emotive Therapy
aptitude test
48. 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
Token Economy
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Door in the Face
anxiety
49. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
Stressors as Stimuli
Informational Influence
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
50. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
WAIS
Biopsychosocial Model
Phobia Treatments
Statistical Deviance