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Elementary Psychology
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1. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
Working Memory
Social Psychology
disorganized attachment
MMPI
2. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Cultural Deviance
Interdependence Theory
Social Psychology
3. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
latency stage
Integrity vs Despair
Dysfunction
achievement test
4. 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
Internal Attribution
Asch study
Stages of Appraisal
Social Psychology
5. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father
Foot in the Door
boy phallic stage
Coping Strategies for Stress
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
6. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
Autonomy vs Doubt
Obedience
Flynn Effect
preoperational
7. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have
Satisfaction
preoperational
Dependence
Things that can influence IQ scores
8. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
Normative Influence
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Stressors as Stimuli
GAD Treatments
9. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
Causes for Phobias
concrete operational
Cognitive Dissonance
Processing Speed
10. 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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11. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Stress as a Transaction
Factors that predict relationship success
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
formal operational
12. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Distress
Rosenhan Experiment
WAIS
Dysfunction
13. 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)
DSM-IV-TR
Marucha Study
Stereotype
Stanford Prison Study
14. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Trait Theory
Clinical Psychology
Identity vs Role Confusion
Prejudice
15. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies
Internal Attribution
Sheridan & King Study
Distress
Informational Influence
16. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity
Cultural Deviance
Anxiety Disorder
Superego
TriPartite Model: Affect
17. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
TriPartite Model: Behavior
DSM-IV-TR
attachment
18. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Ecclectic Therapists
Pygmalion effect
internalization
insecure-avoidant attachment
19. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
latency stage
formal operational
Theory of Parental Investment
disorganized attachment
20. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Obedience
Kelley's Covariation Model
Stages of Appraisal
Dysfunction
21. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Phobia Treatments
Interdependence Theory
disorganized attachment
Realistic Conflict
22. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
anal stage
Cooperation
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
General Adaptation Syndrome
23. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Perceptual Organization
Asch study
Eustress
Social Psychology
24. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
Interdependence Theory
Freud's Background Info
object permanence
Social Roles
25. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
genital stage
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Cialdini's Compliance
26. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others
electra complex
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Normative Influence
phallic stage
27. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
Door in the Face
TAT
Pygmalion effect
Stress
28. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Perceptual Organization
Social Roles
Coping Strategies for Stress
TriPartite Model: Cognition
29. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
Token Economy
Ecclectic Therapists
Autonomy vs Doubt
Behavior Therapy
30. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams
Id
Stanley Milgram Study
attachment
Stress as a Transaction
31. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
girl phallic stage
preoperational
Stanley Milgram Study
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
32. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Stressors as Stimuli
Conformity
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
oral stage
33. 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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34. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Internalized Standard
Prejudice
GAD Treatments
Informational Influence
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
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
DSM Axes
Behavior Therapy
Superego
36. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment
Informational Influence
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Ego
difference between piaget and vygotsky
37. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Basic Cognitive Therapy
oedipus complex
Fundamental Attribution Error
Verbal Comprehension
38. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
phallic stage
anal stage
Harlow's Experiment
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
39. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Realistic Conflict
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Biopsychosocial Model
Anxiety Disorder
40. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Cattell's Source Traits
Public Conformity
Theory of Parental Investment
Things that can influence IQ scores
41. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms
secure attachment
Ego
Clinical Psychology
latency stage
42. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
anxiety
Stressors
Stereotype
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
43. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc
Asch study
Satisfaction
Behavior Therapy
Things that can influence IQ scores
44. 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
WAIS
HPA axis
Working Memory
achievement test
45. Change behavior - change attitude
To Reduce Dissonance...
Internal Attribution
Obedience
Superego
46. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
formal operational
Milgrams Explanations
Cultural Deviance
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
47. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Foot in the Door
Stages of Appraisal
Internal Attribution
Conformity
48. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Evolutionary Psych
Causes for Phobias
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Autonomy vs Doubt
49. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process
oral stage
Factors that predict relationship success
Door in the Face
Internalized Standard
50. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
Normative Influence
Phobia
Stress
Criteria for Abnormal