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Elementary Psychology
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1. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Internal Attribution
Stages of Appraisal
DSM-IV-TR
TriPartite Model: Behavior
2. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Basic Cognitive Therapy
TriPartite Model: Behavior
anxiety
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
3. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Prejudice
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Identity vs Role Confusion
General Adaptation Syndrome
4. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
Anxiety Disorder
lexical hypothesis
Dysfunction
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
5. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
HPA axis
Internal Attribution
Things that can influence IQ scores
Psychosis
6. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Cialdini's Compliance
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Informational Influence
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
7. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
TAT
Harlow's Experiment
Conformity
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
8. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
girl phallic stage
Realistic Conflict
Interdependence Theory
aptitude test
9. 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)
oedipus complex
Schizophrenia
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Marucha Study
10. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Cialdini's Compliance
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Autonomy vs Doubt
11. No response to leaving or returning
Ego
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
TAT
insecure-avoidant attachment
12. Sexually desire their mother
Pygmalion effect
projective tests
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
oedipus complex
13. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Processing Speed
Discrimination
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
14. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Public Conformity
insecure-anxious attachment
Anxiety Disorder
Fundamental Attribution Error
15. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
Health Psychology
Verbal Comprehension
Stress
Conformity
16. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Eustress
Generativity vs Stagnation
sensorimotor
Transformation of Motivation
17. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles
concrete operational
Stanford Prison Study
Stressors as Stimuli
preoperational
18. Emotions about the object
TriPartite Model: Affect
Cognitive Therapy
disorganized attachment
Interdependence Theory
19. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
egocentrism
internalization
Flynn Effect
Stanley Milgram Study
20. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
Stress
Clinical Psychology
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
21. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Initiative vs Guilt
Phobia
Transformation of Motivation
22. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Discrimination
Internal Attribution
Theory of Parental Investment
Rosenhan Experiment
23. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
achievement test
Public Conformity
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Stanford Prison Study
24. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
Identity vs Role Confusion
Behavior: Extinction Method
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Shaping
25. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Verbal Comprehension
Processing Speed
Causes of Schizophrenia
anxiety
26. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
oral stage
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
object permanence
Cultural Deviance
27. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion
Criteria for Abnormal
The Big Five
Transformation of Motivation
Clinical Psychology
28. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures
anxiety
TriPartite Model: Behavior
TAT
Schizophrenia
29. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Pygmalion effect
Id
attachment
TriPartite Model: Affect
30. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology
Rational Emotive Therapy
Psychosis
WAIS
Perceptual Organization
31. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
Asch study
Personality
genital stage
Ecclectic Therapists
32. 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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33. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
preoperational
Biopsychosocial Model
Cooperation
anal stage
34. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures
Verbal Comprehension
TAT
Social Psychology
Social Roles
35. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
General Adaptation Syndrome
WAIS
Behavior: Extinction Method
formal operational
36. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Foot in the Door
Behavior Therapy
Internal Attribution
anxiety
37. 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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38. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc
Satisfaction
Criteria for Abnormal
Stress as a Response
Stressors as Stimuli
39. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
Treatment for Schizophrenia
External Attribution
Criteria for Abnormal
Cognitive Dissonance
40. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Stress as a Transaction
Obedience
insecure-anxious attachment
Integrity vs Despair
41. Change behavior - change attitude
To Reduce Dissonance...
Emotional Distress
Milgrams Explanations
Informational Influence
42. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
electra complex
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Theory of Parental Investment
object permanence
43. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
Statistical Deviance
Id
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Industry vs Inferiority
44. 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
Treatment for Schizophrenia
DSM-IV-TR
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Foot in the Door
45. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Things that can influence IQ scores
Social Identity
Foot in the Door
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
46. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism
Things that can influence IQ scores
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
GAD Treatments
Pygmalion effect
47. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
latency stage
Coping Strategies for Stress
Stanford Prison Study
Token Economy
48. Beliefs about the object
Cattell's Source Traits
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Evolutionary Psych
TriPartite Model: Cognition
49. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Integrity vs Despair
disorganized attachment
Asch study
50. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Internal Attribution
Cooperation
Prejudice
Sheridan & King Study