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Elementary Psychology
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1. 1) development is more continues than stage-like 2) changing procedures a little bit changes results a lot 3) methods culturally biased
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2. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
Perceptual Organization
Shaping
Freud's Background Info
GAD Treatments
3. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams
HPA axis
Informational Influence
Transformation of Motivation
Id
4. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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5. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Superego
Identity vs Role Confusion
Rosenhan Experiment
Attributions
6. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Social Roles
girl phallic stage
formal operational
7. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
Eustress
Stress
Token Economy
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
8. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
Public Conformity
disorganized attachment
Conformity
Attitude
9. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through
Treatment for Schizophrenia
anal stage
preoperational
insecure-avoidant attachment
10. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Cultural Deviance
Interdependence Theory
lexical hypothesis
11. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Trait Theory
Behavior Therapy
Clinical Psychology
DSM-IV-TR
12. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Id
Stages of Appraisal
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Trait Theory
13. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Behavior: Extinction Method
Cooperation
TriPartite Model: Affect
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
14. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures
TAT
GAD Treatments
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Discrimination
15. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]
TriPartite Model: Behavior
sensorimotor
Milgrams Explanations
Intimacy vs Isolation
16. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism
Fundamental Attribution Error
internalization
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Psychosis
17. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality
Informational Influence
Fundamental Attribution Error
egocentrism
oral stage
18. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation
Stress as a Transaction
Cooperation
Processing Speed
Identity vs Role Confusion
19. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
TAT
GAD Treatments
The Big Five
To Reduce Dissonance...
20. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
Statistical Deviance
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Biopsychosocial Model
21. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Transformation of Motivation
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
conservation
22. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)
Private Conformity
formal operational
Trust vs Mistrust
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
23. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Trait Theory
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Personality
Psychosis
24. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Processing Speed
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Foot in the Door
25. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
castration complex
anal stage
egocentrism
MMPI
26. Foot in the door vs door in the face
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27. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
Cialdini's Compliance
castration complex
boy phallic stage
object permanence
28. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
MMPI
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Shaping
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
29. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
conservation
Flynn Effect
Stereotype
Id
30. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
Discrimination
Milgrams Explanations
Industry vs Inferiority
Stages of Appraisal
31. 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?
Verbal Comprehension
Rational Emotive Therapy
Identity vs Role Confusion
Obedience
32. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods
Informational Influence
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cialdini's Compliance
Causes of Schizophrenia
33. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Shaping
internalization
Clinical Psychology
34. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
projective tests
electra complex
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Dependence
35. No response to leaving or returning
insecure-avoidant attachment
Prejudice
Stress as a Transaction
insecure-anxious attachment
36. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Stereotype
oral stage
Intimacy vs Isolation
Social Psychology
37. + 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
Stereotype
Public Conformity
achievement test
38. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
achievement test
insecure-anxious attachment
Processing Speed
Social Identity
39. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Theory of Parental Investment
Internal Attribution
object permanence
Social Psychology
40. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Eustress
Pygmalion effect
Prejudice
sensorimotor
41. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
HPA axis
castration complex
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
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
Stanford Prison Study
Factors that predict relationship success
Basic Cognitive Therapy
zone of proximal development
43. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Kelley's Covariation Model
Factors that predict relationship success
Stages of Appraisal
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
44. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
oedipus complex
Causes for Phobias
Satisfaction
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
45. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
Intimacy vs Isolation
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Conformity
Treatment for Schizophrenia
46. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Schizophrenia
Health Psychology
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Realistic Conflict
47. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
Attributions
Psychopathology
Foot in the Door
General Adaptation Syndrome
48. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
MMPI
Biopsychosocial Model
Stanford Prison Study
49. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
Phobia Treatments
Working Memory
Industry vs Inferiority
Trust vs Mistrust
50. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
phallic stage
Private Conformity
Token Economy
Intimacy vs Isolation
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