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Elementary Psychology
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1. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Stereotype
HPA axis
Criteria for Abnormal
2. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
Stanley Milgram Study
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
To Reduce Dissonance...
Stereotype
3. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Social Identity
Causes of Schizophrenia
Health Psychology
sensorimotor
4. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Prejudice
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Stress as a Transaction
Treatment for Schizophrenia
5. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Social Roles
Normative Influence
Causes of Schizophrenia
6. 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
Realistic Conflict
Asch study
Stanford Prison Study
Working Memory
7. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
projective tests
Cognitive Dissonance
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
8. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Interdependence Theory
Obedience
disorganized attachment
Things that can influence IQ scores
9. Change behavior - change attitude
Freud's Background Info
Social Roles
To Reduce Dissonance...
TriPartite Model: Cognition
10. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Private Conformity
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Cooperation
formal operational
11. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
attachment
castration complex
Factors that predict relationship success
Behavior: Extinction Method
12. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Eustress
Superego
Clinical Psychology
Generativity vs Stagnation
13. 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
GAD Treatments
Stressors
lexical hypothesis
Foot in the Door
14. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
Normative Influence
Fundamental Attribution Error
attachment
Stereotype
15. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Psychopathology
Dysfunction
Theory of Parental Investment
Discrimination
16. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
internalization
Intimacy vs Isolation
oral stage
Normative Influence
17. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Autonomy vs Doubt
Causes for Phobias
TAT
18. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth
girl phallic stage
egocentrism
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Id
19. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Id
Id
anal stage
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
20. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have
Social Psychology
Dependence
Stress
Behavior Therapy
21. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
Anxiety Disorder
Emotional Distress
lexical hypothesis
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
22. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation
HPA axis
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Stress as a Transaction
Verbal Comprehension
23. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work
Satisfaction
Ecclectic Therapists
Social Identity
Private Conformity
24. 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
To Reduce Dissonance...
TriPartite Model: Affect
disorganized attachment
25. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
HPA axis
Stressors
Asch study
oedipus complex
26. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Stanford Prison Study
Behavior Therapy
Social Roles
Internalized Standard
27. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Autonomy vs Doubt
Personality
Eustress
28. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
anxiety
Cognitive Dissonance
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
internalization
29. Worry that father will cut their penis off
GAD Treatments
Foot in the Door
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
castration complex
30. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism
Trust vs Mistrust
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Conformity
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
31. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Intimacy vs Isolation
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Psychosis
32. 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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33. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Obedience
Intimacy vs Isolation
MMPI
Cialdini's Compliance
34. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
disorganized attachment
Identity vs Role Confusion
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Stressors
35. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Stereotype
Generativity vs Stagnation
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Clinical Psychology
36. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
General Adaptation Syndrome
Stress
Psychopathology
Integrity vs Despair
37. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
The Big Five
boy phallic stage
Cognitive Therapy
Verbal Comprehension
38. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc
latency stage
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Satisfaction
formal operational
39. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
anxiety
concrete operational
conservation
Industry vs Inferiority
40. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Trust vs Mistrust
Coping Strategies for Stress
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
TriPartite Model: Behavior
41. Physical vs. social interaction
Shaping
Obedience
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Obedience
42. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Transformation of Motivation
External Attribution
Schizophrenia
Generativity vs Stagnation
43. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
Flynn Effect
Factors that predict relationship success
boy phallic stage
GAD Treatments
44. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
Integrity vs Despair
Public Conformity
Stress as a Response
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
45. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Schizophrenia
Coping Strategies for Stress
Processing Speed
WAIS
46. 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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47. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
Industry vs Inferiority
Sheridan & King Study
Statistical Deviance
Autonomy vs Doubt
48. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles
Foot in the Door
Stressors as Stimuli
Autonomy vs Doubt
Harlow's Experiment
49. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Clinical Psychology
Realistic Conflict
Basic Cognitive Therapy
50. 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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