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Elementary Psychology
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1. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Door in the Face
Harlow's Experiment
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
2. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Dependence
Cognitive Dissonance
anal stage
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
3. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
aptitude test
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Identity vs Role Confusion
Asch study
4. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives
Fundamental Attribution Error
Cognitive Therapy
Stress as a Transaction
Factors that predict relationship success
5. Emotions about the object
Intimacy vs Isolation
TriPartite Model: Affect
Eustress
aptitude test
6. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures
Harlow's Experiment
Perceptual Organization
Stress
Social Identity
7. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
Freud's Background Info
Conformity
genital stage
disorganized attachment
8. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Attributions
Intimacy vs Isolation
formal operational
9. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
insecure-anxious attachment
Asch study
Prejudice
TAT
10. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
aptitude test
sensorimotor
projective tests
Sheridan & King Study
11. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Stress as a Transaction
Rational Emotive Therapy
Behavior Therapy
Conformity
12. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
preoperational
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
object permanence
Prejudice
13. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source
oral stage
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Ego
zone of proximal development
14. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Prejudice
MMPI
Autonomy vs Doubt
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
15. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Psychopathology
Dysfunction
Perceptual Organization
16. 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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17. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Stereotype
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Flynn Effect
Cognitive Dissonance
18. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount
Stress
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Stanley Milgram Study
formal operational
19. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
Informational Influence
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
insecure-avoidant attachment
20. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Emotional Distress
To Reduce Dissonance...
Theory of Parental Investment
21. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Stress as a Response
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
22. 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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23. 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
oral stage
Health Psychology
Door in the Face
concrete operational
24. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
Anxiety Disorder
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Clinical Psychology
GAD Treatments
25. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Social Roles
Cultural Deviance
boy phallic stage
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
26. 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
genital stage
Stages of Appraisal
Public Conformity
Behavior Therapy
27. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
Factors that predict relationship success
Industry vs Inferiority
Biopsychosocial Model
Rational Emotive Therapy
28. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
Realistic Conflict
Cognitive Therapy
General Adaptation Syndrome
Attitude
29. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures
Clinical Psychology
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Transformation of Motivation
Perceptual Organization
30. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
Statistical Deviance
Personality
Stages of Appraisal
Stressors
31. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
Generativity vs Stagnation
genital stage
Normative Influence
preoperational
32. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures
Shaping
TAT
Behavior: Extinction Method
Ego
33. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation
electra complex
WAIS
Stress as a Transaction
Behavior Therapy
34. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Causes of Schizophrenia
Psychopathology
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Attitude
35. 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
Social Roles
Foot in the Door
Rosenhan Experiment
36. Change behavior - change attitude
To Reduce Dissonance...
Biopsychosocial Model
Interdependence Theory
Schizophrenia
37. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
Evolutionary Psych
sensorimotor
Causes for Phobias
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
38. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
To Reduce Dissonance...
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Schizophrenia
internalization
39. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Discrimination
Trait Theory
Cattell's Source Traits
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
40. 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
Phobia
Social Identity
Rosenhan Experiment
41. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation
Stress as a Transaction
Asch study
Behavior Therapy
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
42. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
zone of proximal development
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Statistical Deviance
43. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
formal operational
conservation
Attributions
44. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Industry vs Inferiority
45. Emotions about the object
General Adaptation Syndrome
concrete operational
Prejudice
TriPartite Model: Affect
46. Sexually desire their mother
Intimacy vs Isolation
TriPartite Model: Cognition
oedipus complex
Integrity vs Despair
47. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
External Attribution
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
formal operational
Dysfunction
48. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Criteria for Abnormal
Things that can influence IQ scores
Private Conformity
49. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
Generativity vs Stagnation
Intimacy vs Isolation
GAD Treatments
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
50. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
Autonomy vs Doubt
disorganized attachment
Door in the Face
attachment