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Elementary Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Internalized Standard
Internal Attribution
Intimacy vs Isolation
Foot in the Door
2. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
External Attribution
Dependence
Coping Strategies for Stress
3. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
Dependence
External Attribution
Emotional Distress
attachment
4. Foot in the door vs door in the face
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5. Worry that father will cut their penis off
HPA axis
Interdependence Theory
castration complex
GAD Treatments
6. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship
Health Psychology
Sheridan & King Study
Ecclectic Therapists
Transformation of Motivation
7. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Evolutionary Psych
TriPartite Model: Affect
Milgrams Explanations
8. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Evolutionary Psych
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
internalization
9. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work
Processing Speed
disorganized attachment
Sheridan & King Study
Ecclectic Therapists
10. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
oedipus complex
formal operational
DSM-IV-TR
Causes of Schizophrenia
11. 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
Psychosis
Cooperation
Foot in the Door
Intimacy vs Isolation
12. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
object permanence
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Pygmalion effect
Psychosis
13. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Behavior: Extinction Method
Internal Attribution
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
14. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Social Psychology
concrete operational
15. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
Factors that predict relationship success
Biopsychosocial Model
insecure-anxious attachment
Ego
16. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
Attributions
Ecclectic Therapists
genital stage
girl phallic stage
17. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Statistical Deviance
Trait Theory
Normative Influence
Social Identity
18. 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
Ego
Sheridan & King Study
Verbal Comprehension
19. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior
genital stage
Evolutionary Psych
Health Psychology
Cooperation
20. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Trait Theory
Public Conformity
Things that can influence IQ scores
21. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
sensorimotor
Generativity vs Stagnation
General Adaptation Syndrome
Cialdini's Compliance
22. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others
girl phallic stage
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Normative Influence
The Big Five
23. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
Foot in the Door
Cattell's Source Traits
Dependence
Token Economy
24. 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
Phobia
lexical hypothesis
Behavior: Extinction Method
Stages of Appraisal
25. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)
Autonomy vs Doubt
Industry vs Inferiority
DSM-IV-TR
Private Conformity
26. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Social Psychology
Shaping
Rosenhan Experiment
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
27. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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28. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
Social Identity
Stressors as Stimuli
Stanford Prison Study
Ego
29. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Obedience
Conformity
Coping Strategies for Stress
TriPartite Model: Behavior
30. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something
Internal Attribution
HPA axis
Stanley Milgram Study
Attitude
31. 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
Stages of Appraisal
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Perceptual Organization
anxiety
32. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
Evolutionary Psych
achievement test
Coping Strategies for Stress
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
33. Physical vs. social interaction
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Prejudice
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
difference between piaget and vygotsky
34. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
genital stage
Cognitive Therapy
Psychopathology
Trait Theory
35. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father
Asch study
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
aptitude test
boy phallic stage
36. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
Flynn Effect
electra complex
Behavior Therapy
Milgrams Explanations
37. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment
Initiative vs Guilt
anal stage
Cattell's Source Traits
Treatment for Schizophrenia
38. Foot in the door vs door in the face
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39. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
concrete operational
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Harlow's Experiment
Basic Cognitive Therapy
40. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
Schizophrenia
Cognitive Therapy
achievement test
Rational Emotive Therapy
41. Emotions about the object
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Phobia Treatments
Obedience
TriPartite Model: Affect
42. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
insecure-anxious attachment
Interdependence Theory
Internal Attribution
Phobia Treatments
43. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Processing Speed
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Initiative vs Guilt
44. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
Milgrams Explanations
The Big Five
aptitude test
egocentrism
45. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
The Big Five
GAD Treatments
preoperational
oedipus complex
46. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
aptitude test
castration complex
Asch study
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
47. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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48. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
Stress
Stress as a Response
Clinical Psychology
Freud's Background Info
49. 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
concrete operational
zone of proximal development
Working Memory
electra complex
50. 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
Milgrams Explanations
egocentrism
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Working Memory