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Elementary Psychology
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1. 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
Stress as a Response
Processing Speed
Stressors
Milgrams Explanations
2. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion
Normative Influence
Statistical Deviance
Verbal Comprehension
The Big Five
3. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Internal Attribution
phallic stage
Things that can influence IQ scores
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
4. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Interdependence Theory
Stress
lexical hypothesis
5. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Coping Strategies for Stress
6. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
Coping Strategies for Stress
Verbal Comprehension
sensorimotor
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
7. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Ego
Behavior Therapy
Prejudice
Private Conformity
8. 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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9. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives
Marucha Study
TriPartite Model: Behavior
electra complex
Factors that predict relationship success
10. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
TriPartite Model: Affect
oedipus complex
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
11. 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
Rosenhan Experiment
genital stage
Stages of Appraisal
internalization
12. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Behavior Therapy
Cognitive Dissonance
formal operational
insecure-anxious attachment
13. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Transformation of Motivation
Anxiety Disorder
Stress as a Response
14. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Realistic Conflict
Stressors
preoperational
Fundamental Attribution Error
15. 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
lexical hypothesis
Trust vs Mistrust
Working Memory
Pygmalion effect
16. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Clinical Psychology
insecure-anxious attachment
secure attachment
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
17. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]
Factors that predict relationship success
concrete operational
castration complex
Cattell's Source Traits
18. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
phallic stage
Satisfaction
Door in the Face
Things that can influence IQ scores
19. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
Cultural Deviance
Stress as a Response
Trust vs Mistrust
internalization
20. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
Identity vs Role Confusion
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Processing Speed
egocentrism
21. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
Identity vs Role Confusion
latency stage
Emotional Distress
Internal Attribution
22. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Stress as a Response
Prejudice
Discrimination
Criteria for Abnormal
23. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
Marucha Study
Fundamental Attribution Error
Autonomy vs Doubt
Causes for Phobias
24. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
attachment
Ecclectic Therapists
Pygmalion effect
25. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father
Causes of Schizophrenia
DSM-IV-TR
Statistical Deviance
boy phallic stage
26. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
MMPI
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
formal operational
27. Beliefs about the object
TriPartite Model: Cognition
TriPartite Model: Affect
Dysfunction
Prejudice
28. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Generativity vs Stagnation
TriPartite Model: Cognition
egocentrism
Normative Influence
29. 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
Initiative vs Guilt
Flynn Effect
Internalized Standard
Coping Strategies for Stress
30. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Psychosis
Verbal Comprehension
Internal Attribution
Stress as a Transaction
31. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
latency stage
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Trust vs Mistrust
Evolutionary Psych
32. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
Interdependence Theory
TriPartite Model: Affect
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Perceptual Organization
33. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Rosenhan Experiment
Factors that predict relationship success
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
34. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
Stereotype
TriPartite Model: Affect
Cultural Deviance
Industry vs Inferiority
35. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Personality
Door in the Face
formal operational
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
36. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Pygmalion effect
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Biopsychosocial Model
WAIS
37. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
Schizophrenia
Social Identity
Flynn Effect
Internalized Standard
38. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
Stress as a Transaction
genital stage
GAD Treatments
Clinical Psychology
39. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
Dysfunction
Transformation of Motivation
Personality
HPA axis
40. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Internalized Standard
Evolutionary Psych
oral stage
Marucha Study
41. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
Cognitive Therapy
Things that can influence IQ scores
formal operational
Cognitive Dissonance
42. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Prejudice
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
43. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through
External Attribution
Interdependence Theory
anal stage
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
44. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
object permanence
DSM-IV-TR
Stereotype
45. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms
Rational Emotive Therapy
Ego
Discrimination
Id
46. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
Attributions
projective tests
boy phallic stage
Rosenhan Experiment
47. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods
Anxiety Disorder
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
TriPartite Model: Behavior
48. Most common/successful intelligence test
Attributions
concrete operational
Causes for Phobias
WAIS
49. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Processing Speed
Initiative vs Guilt
Cattell's Source Traits
50. Emotions about the object
Superego
Dependence
Token Economy
TriPartite Model: Affect