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Elementary Psychology
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1. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process
Interdependence Theory
Sheridan & King Study
Marucha Study
Internalized Standard
2. 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
HPA axis
Milgrams Explanations
Stanford Prison Study
Kelley's Covariation Model
3. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Generativity vs Stagnation
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Cultural Deviance
formal operational
4. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
girl phallic stage
Initiative vs Guilt
Stress as a Transaction
Stanford Prison Study
5. Sexually desire their mother
Working Memory
oedipus complex
Harlow's Experiment
Identity vs Role Confusion
6. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
Autonomy vs Doubt
Stress as a Transaction
Evolutionary Psych
Biopsychosocial Model
7. Inconsistent behavior/confused
Public Conformity
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Interdependence Theory
disorganized attachment
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
zone of proximal development
concrete operational
HPA axis
Stages of Appraisal
9. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
Trait Theory
Integrity vs Despair
anxiety
GAD Treatments
10. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
Emotional Distress
Social Psychology
Ecclectic Therapists
TriPartite Model: Behavior
11. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
object permanence
Causes of Schizophrenia
Normative Influence
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
12. Physical vs. social interaction
difference between piaget and vygotsky
achievement test
Social Identity
anal stage
13. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
conservation
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Criteria for Abnormal
General Adaptation Syndrome
14. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Cooperation
insecure-avoidant attachment
Health Psychology
15. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
Token Economy
General Adaptation Syndrome
Stressors
Autonomy vs Doubt
16. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
anal stage
Internal Attribution
Stereotype
Industry vs Inferiority
17. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
projective tests
Superego
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Rational Emotive Therapy
18. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Internal Attribution
Shaping
Clinical Psychology
19. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Verbal Comprehension
Rosenhan Experiment
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
20. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease
General Adaptation Syndrome
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
object permanence
Things that can influence IQ scores
21. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
GAD Treatments
Cultural Deviance
Internalized Standard
Behavior: Extinction Method
22. 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
Flynn Effect
Generativity vs Stagnation
Fundamental Attribution Error
DSM Axes
23. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Pygmalion effect
Milgrams Explanations
Stressors
24. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
Foot in the Door
MMPI
Normative Influence
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
25. 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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26. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
External Attribution
projective tests
Flynn Effect
Causes for Phobias
27. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
achievement test
Integrity vs Despair
insecure-avoidant attachment
28. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Obedience
insecure-anxious attachment
Autonomy vs Doubt
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
29. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]
Trust vs Mistrust
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Freud's Background Info
HPA axis
30. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something
Emotional Distress
Attitude
Harlow's Experiment
TriPartite Model: Cognition
31. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Prejudice
difference between piaget and vygotsky
insecure-anxious attachment
32. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Things that can influence IQ scores
oral stage
projective tests
formal operational
33. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Stressors
anal stage
Dysfunction
34. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
Stages of Appraisal
Psychopathology
projective tests
Stress
35. 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
egocentrism
GAD Treatments
Stereotype
DSM Axes
36. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Door in the Face
castration complex
conservation
Theory of Parental Investment
37. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Public Conformity
To Reduce Dissonance...
TAT
38. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Things that can influence IQ scores
Statistical Deviance
Satisfaction
Normative Influence
39. 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
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Foot in the Door
Public Conformity
Basic Cognitive Therapy
40. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
Personality
Cognitive Therapy
genital stage
Industry vs Inferiority
41. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
zone of proximal development
Coping Strategies for Stress
Trait Theory
Cognitive Therapy
42. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others
Autonomy vs Doubt
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Normative Influence
egocentrism
43. 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
egocentrism
concrete operational
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Stress as a Response
44. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Fundamental Attribution Error
Phobia Treatments
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
The Big Five
45. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Evolutionary Psych
Generativity vs Stagnation
Stress
46. No response to leaving or returning
Personality
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Social Roles
insecure-avoidant attachment
47. Worry that father will cut their penis off
electra complex
Basic Cognitive Therapy
castration complex
phallic stage
48. 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
secure attachment
Coping Strategies for Stress
phallic stage
attachment
49. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
girl phallic stage
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
50. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Industry vs Inferiority
Dysfunction
Private Conformity
Emotional Distress
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