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Elementary Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation
Emotional Distress
insecure-anxious attachment
conservation
HPA axis
2. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
phallic stage
lexical hypothesis
Anxiety Disorder
projective tests
3. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
Pygmalion effect
Sheridan & King Study
Identity vs Role Confusion
Fundamental Attribution Error
4. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles
Asch study
Phobia
HPA axis
Stressors as Stimuli
5. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]
Dependence
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Trust vs Mistrust
girl phallic stage
6. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
oedipus complex
Cognitive Dissonance
preoperational
phallic stage
7. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
Sheridan & King Study
Phobia
Factors that predict relationship success
Ego
8. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Discrimination
Cultural Deviance
object permanence
anal stage
9. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
preoperational
Psychosis
Identity vs Role Confusion
Freud's Background Info
10. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
sensorimotor
secure attachment
anxiety
Realistic Conflict
11. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Health Psychology
Stanley Milgram Study
Intimacy vs Isolation
12. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Marucha Study
phallic stage
13. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
Public Conformity
Cultural Deviance
preoperational
Clinical Psychology
14. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
External Attribution
Flynn Effect
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Stress as a Response
15. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
anxiety
Attitude
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Marucha Study
16. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
aptitude test
Attitude
WAIS
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
17. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
Coping Strategies for Stress
Shaping
TriPartite Model: Behavior
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
18. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back
Attributions
Clinical Psychology
secure attachment
phallic stage
19. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
Ecclectic Therapists
MMPI
Theory of Parental Investment
GAD Treatments
20. No response to leaving or returning
Behavior: Extinction Method
insecure-avoidant attachment
TAT
insecure-anxious attachment
21. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives
Rational Emotive Therapy
Personality
electra complex
Factors that predict relationship success
22. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
Milgrams Explanations
GAD Treatments
Verbal Comprehension
Social Psychology
23. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
egocentrism
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Cognitive Dissonance
Behavior Therapy
24. 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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25. I. Clinical Disorders (alcohol dependence) II. Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation (antisocial personality disorder) III. Medical Conditions (cirrhosis of liver) IV. Social Functioning & stressors (death of child - marital stress) V. Global as
DSM Axes
Causes of Schizophrenia
TriPartite Model: Affect
attachment
26. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
Asch study
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
GAD Treatments
Integrity vs Despair
27. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality
egocentrism
External Attribution
Informational Influence
Stress as a Transaction
28. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Perceptual Organization
Causes of Schizophrenia
Initiative vs Guilt
Dysfunction
29. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Stress as a Transaction
formal operational
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Harlow's Experiment
30. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Emotional Distress
Behavior Therapy
31. 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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32. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Clinical Psychology
GAD Treatments
Verbal Comprehension
Foot in the Door
33. Worry that father will cut their penis off
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
zone of proximal development
Discrimination
castration complex
34. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation
Phobia Treatments
Private Conformity
Identity vs Role Confusion
Stress as a Transaction
35. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
attachment
Rosenhan Experiment
projective tests
General Adaptation Syndrome
36. Sexually desire their mother
Asch study
Normative Influence
oedipus complex
egocentrism
37. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
zone of proximal development
boy phallic stage
Perceptual Organization
Prejudice
38. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Cognitive Dissonance
Attitude
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Prejudice
39. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
sensorimotor
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Working Memory
Cognitive Dissonance
40. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
Social Psychology
Evolutionary Psych
zone of proximal development
Conformity
41. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives
Token Economy
Factors that predict relationship success
Cognitive Dissonance
Distress
42. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
GAD Treatments
Biopsychosocial Model
Stanley Milgram Study
Cognitive Dissonance
43. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
object permanence
egocentrism
Foot in the Door
44. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Realistic Conflict
Biopsychosocial Model
girl phallic stage
Personality
45. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
achievement test
Intimacy vs Isolation
Autonomy vs Doubt
formal operational
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. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
Shaping
Flynn Effect
Perceptual Organization
Conformity
48. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Realistic Conflict
Clinical Psychology
phallic stage
Social Roles
49. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Discrimination
Milgrams Explanations
Working Memory
Health Psychology
50. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
insecure-avoidant attachment
Normative Influence
insecure-anxious attachment
External Attribution