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Elementary Psychology
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1. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Industry vs Inferiority
Internal Attribution
External Attribution
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
2. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
object permanence
Theory of Parental Investment
MMPI
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
3. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
Obedience
Social Roles
internalization
Ego
4. 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
Trust vs Mistrust
Attitude
Shaping
5. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Satisfaction
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Social Roles
Freud's Background Info
6. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity
Industry vs Inferiority
sensorimotor
Anxiety Disorder
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
7. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
electra complex
Normative Influence
Attributions
General Adaptation Syndrome
8. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Eustress
Interdependence Theory
Distress
anxiety
9. 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
Door in the Face
concrete operational
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
10. 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
Stress as a Response
Cognitive Dissonance
Identity vs Role Confusion
11. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Personality
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Realistic Conflict
Processing Speed
12. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Rosenhan Experiment
Door in the Face
WAIS
Biopsychosocial Model
13. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
Cattell's Source Traits
Informational Influence
Stress
latency stage
14. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Coping Strategies for Stress
Asch study
formal operational
Prejudice
15. Physical vs. social interaction
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
achievement test
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Cultural Deviance
16. No response to leaving or returning
Phobia Treatments
Public Conformity
insecure-avoidant attachment
Stages of Appraisal
17. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
Industry vs Inferiority
Attributions
HPA axis
Coping Strategies for Stress
18. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
Verbal Comprehension
Distress
disorganized attachment
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
19. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Marucha Study
Schizophrenia
Cultural Deviance
Clinical Psychology
20. Sexually desire their mother
oral stage
oedipus complex
internalization
Asch study
21. 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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22. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]
concrete operational
Treatment for Schizophrenia
castration complex
oral stage
23. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
Initiative vs Guilt
Cognitive Dissonance
Evolutionary Psych
Biopsychosocial Model
24. No response to leaving or returning
Trust vs Mistrust
Stressors as Stimuli
insecure-avoidant attachment
Stereotype
25. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
aptitude test
Cooperation
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Eustress
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
Psychopathology
Sheridan & King Study
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Pygmalion effect
27. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
Distress
Social Psychology
Informational Influence
projective tests
28. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Psychopathology
Normative Influence
Coping Strategies for Stress
29. 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
Dependence
DSM Axes
object permanence
Stereotype
30. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
Internal Attribution
Coping Strategies for Stress
The Big Five
MMPI
31. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior
Pygmalion effect
Public Conformity
girl phallic stage
Health Psychology
32. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Freud's Background Info
MMPI
Pygmalion effect
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
33. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
conservation
formal operational
Initiative vs Guilt
Cultural Deviance
34. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Conformity
Factors that predict relationship success
Psychopathology
35. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
Stanley Milgram Study
Emotional Distress
Stages of Appraisal
Behavior: Extinction Method
36. 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)
Marucha Study
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Conformity
internalization
37. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms
Sheridan & King Study
Ego
Normative Influence
Emotional Distress
38. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Evolutionary Psych
Rosenhan Experiment
Cultural Deviance
Biopsychosocial Model
39. Measuring the ability to concentrate - similarities: how are a thermometer and a ruler alike? - vocabulary: what does covert mean? - information: who was George Washington Carver?
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Verbal Comprehension
oedipus complex
Distress
40. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
DSM-IV-TR
Anxiety Disorder
Harlow's Experiment
Conformity
41. 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
latency stage
Phobia
Foot in the Door
Behavior Therapy
42. Inconsistent behavior/confused
disorganized attachment
Marucha Study
Intimacy vs Isolation
Pygmalion effect
43. 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
insecure-anxious attachment
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
DSM Axes
44. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
Health Psychology
genital stage
Behavior: Extinction Method
Autonomy vs Doubt
45. 1. Intrustions: thinking about it when you don't want to 2. Avoidance: avoid anything that reminds you of the incident 3. Arousal: physically aroused from stimuli of event
Stereotype
concrete operational
Things that can influence IQ scores
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
46. Change behavior - change attitude
To Reduce Dissonance...
secure attachment
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Realistic Conflict
47. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Obedience
Stressors as Stimuli
Integrity vs Despair
Statistical Deviance
48. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father
Stages of Appraisal
genital stage
Behavior: Extinction Method
boy phallic stage
49. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]
Cialdini's Compliance
Stages of Appraisal
Rational Emotive Therapy
sensorimotor
50. Inconsistent behavior/confused
disorganized attachment
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
castration complex
Processing Speed