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Elementary Psychology
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1. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Cognitive Therapy
Door in the Face
Sheridan & King Study
2. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
Rosenhan Experiment
Processing Speed
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
phallic stage
3. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Ecclectic Therapists
Stress as a Response
Satisfaction
4. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
preoperational
Stages of Appraisal
5. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process
Internalized Standard
TriPartite Model: Cognition
oral stage
Superego
6. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Dependence
Fundamental Attribution Error
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
7. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity
Normative Influence
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Anxiety Disorder
General Adaptation Syndrome
8. 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
Ego
Stages of Appraisal
Attitude
Dependence
9. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
Stanford Prison Study
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
internalization
Autonomy vs Doubt
10. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
Integrity vs Despair
Behavior: Extinction Method
Health Psychology
TriPartite Model: Behavior
11. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
Stanford Prison Study
HPA axis
Emotional Distress
Realistic Conflict
12. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Rational Emotive Therapy
Superego
Health Psychology
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
13. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
TAT
Schizophrenia
Attitude
object permanence
14. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Ego
Trait Theory
Social Psychology
Basic Cognitive Therapy
15. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
Ego
Distress
TriPartite Model: Affect
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
16. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Ecclectic Therapists
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
insecure-avoidant attachment
17. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
Eustress
Ecclectic Therapists
object permanence
Rational Emotive Therapy
18. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]
sensorimotor
formal operational
Attitude
Health Psychology
19. 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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20. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Ecclectic Therapists
Sheridan & King Study
Dependence
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
21. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
Basic Cognitive Therapy
The Big Five
Autonomy vs Doubt
Evolutionary Psych
22. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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23. Worry that father will cut their penis off
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Behavior: Extinction Method
Phobia Treatments
castration complex
24. Jealousy/hatred of all other women
Realistic Conflict
To Reduce Dissonance...
Evolutionary Psych
electra complex
25. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
conservation
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Behavior: Extinction Method
Cooperation
26. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Harlow's Experiment
TriPartite Model: Affect
Token Economy
oral stage
27. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Cultural Deviance
Behavior: Extinction Method
Verbal Comprehension
28. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount
Interdependence Theory
Attitude
Stanley Milgram Study
Autonomy vs Doubt
29. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
Stressors
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
secure attachment
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
30. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Superego
conservation
formal operational
Marucha Study
31. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
Ecclectic Therapists
Rational Emotive Therapy
object permanence
Factors that predict relationship success
32. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Door in the Face
electra complex
insecure-anxious attachment
Internalized Standard
33. 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
Token Economy
girl phallic stage
Public Conformity
Foot in the Door
34. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity
anal stage
Rational Emotive Therapy
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Anxiety Disorder
35. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Processing Speed
Eustress
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Basic Cognitive Therapy
36. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies
Realistic Conflict
Sheridan & King Study
Coping Strategies for Stress
disorganized attachment
37. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
Health Psychology
Evolutionary Psych
The Big Five
genital stage
38. 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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39. 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
Health Psychology
Fundamental Attribution Error
General Adaptation Syndrome
40. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Cognitive Dissonance
Stanley Milgram Study
Internalized Standard
Behavior Therapy
41. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
boy phallic stage
MMPI
Identity vs Role Confusion
TAT
42. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
To Reduce Dissonance...
secure attachment
concrete operational
43. 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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44. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth
Stages of Appraisal
Phobia Treatments
girl phallic stage
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
45. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
Verbal Comprehension
Door in the Face
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Rosenhan Experiment
46. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
Autonomy vs Doubt
To Reduce Dissonance...
Cognitive Therapy
Fundamental Attribution Error
47. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc
Token Economy
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Satisfaction
48. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
difference between piaget and vygotsky
The Big Five
oral stage
49. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
Stress
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
HPA axis
preoperational
50. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Eustress
Generativity vs Stagnation
Social Identity
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