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Elementary Psychology
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1. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Token Economy
Dysfunction
GAD Treatments
Sheridan & King Study
2. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
Social Roles
Cooperation
anxiety
Psychosis
3. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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4. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
WAIS
Behavior Therapy
lexical hypothesis
Stress as a Transaction
5. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Flynn Effect
Cooperation
oedipus complex
6. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Social Psychology
Causes of Schizophrenia
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Sheridan & King Study
7. 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
MMPI
Stages of Appraisal
Clinical Psychology
8. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
Obedience
Stress as a Transaction
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Transformation of Motivation
9. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
DSM Axes
TriPartite Model: Affect
Rosenhan Experiment
Fundamental Attribution Error
10. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
DSM-IV-TR
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Anxiety Disorder
11. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
General Adaptation Syndrome
Pygmalion effect
Shaping
Stereotype
12. Dental students were given a puncture wound in their mouth and measure how long it would heal - Results: wounds took longer to heal during exams than during the summer (stress)
Stress
Verbal Comprehension
Marucha Study
Realistic Conflict
13. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
Criteria for Abnormal
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
MMPI
Internalized Standard
14. 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
Attributions
Phobia
Working Memory
secure attachment
15. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
Distress
insecure-avoidant attachment
Stressors
Cognitive Dissonance
16. Dental students were given a puncture wound in their mouth and measure how long it would heal - Results: wounds took longer to heal during exams than during the summer (stress)
Initiative vs Guilt
Phobia Treatments
Stanley Milgram Study
Marucha Study
17. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth
girl phallic stage
External Attribution
conservation
Id
18. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
zone of proximal development
insecure-avoidant attachment
attachment
Asch study
19. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Internalized Standard
Initiative vs Guilt
insecure-avoidant attachment
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
20. Change behavior - change attitude
To Reduce Dissonance...
Normative Influence
oedipus complex
object permanence
21. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
oedipus complex
Social Identity
lexical hypothesis
TriPartite Model: Behavior
22. 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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23. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Psychosis
Personality
Attitude
24. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Pygmalion effect
Cooperation
Ego
General Adaptation Syndrome
25. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
anxiety
DSM Axes
Fundamental Attribution Error
Generativity vs Stagnation
26. 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?
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Verbal Comprehension
anal stage
27. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Theory of Parental Investment
insecure-avoidant attachment
Satisfaction
28. 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
Coping Strategies for Stress
Cognitive Therapy
DSM-IV-TR
The Big Five
29. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles
Stressors as Stimuli
Coping Strategies for Stress
Stress as a Transaction
oedipus complex
30. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Perceptual Organization
Normative Influence
Cultural Deviance
31. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms
sensorimotor
achievement test
MMPI
Ego
32. No response to leaving or returning
Attitude
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
insecure-avoidant attachment
Freud's Background Info
33. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
Private Conformity
oedipus complex
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
The Big Five
34. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Satisfaction
Intimacy vs Isolation
phallic stage
Phobia Treatments
35. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
object permanence
Social Roles
Realistic Conflict
Phobia Treatments
36. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Rosenhan Experiment
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
disorganized attachment
The Big Five
37. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Causes of Schizophrenia
oedipus complex
Fundamental Attribution Error
Sheridan & King Study
38. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Fundamental Attribution Error
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Processing Speed
Social Psychology
39. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Internal Attribution
Anxiety Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Autonomy vs Doubt
40. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something
Shaping
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Autonomy vs Doubt
Attitude
41. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Phobia Treatments
Autonomy vs Doubt
Stanford Prison Study
42. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
electra complex
Schizophrenia
Rational Emotive Therapy
Obedience
43. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Internal Attribution
Schizophrenia
Health Psychology
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
44. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies
Stressors as Stimuli
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Sheridan & King Study
Milgrams Explanations
45. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
Intimacy vs Isolation
Trait Theory
Phobia Treatments
Stress
46. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
Evolutionary Psych
Psychosis
Statistical Deviance
attachment
47. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Clinical Psychology
Discrimination
oedipus complex
Personality
48. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Asch study
Internal Attribution
External Attribution
49. 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
Door in the Face
Stereotype
Internal Attribution
anxiety
50. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
Social Identity
Stress as a Transaction
Asch study
preoperational
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