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Elementary Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams
Processing Speed
Stressors
Obedience
Id
2. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
Social Identity
oral stage
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Rational Emotive Therapy
3. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
WAIS
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Conformity
Psychopathology
4. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Behavior Therapy
Dysfunction
genital stage
TriPartite Model: Affect
5. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
oral stage
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
6. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
Cooperation
concrete operational
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Behavior: Extinction Method
7. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Internal Attribution
Schizophrenia
projective tests
8. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]
sensorimotor
Evolutionary Psych
Dependence
Discrimination
9. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
Sheridan & King Study
Satisfaction
Biopsychosocial Model
genital stage
10. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
anxiety
Integrity vs Despair
phallic stage
Things that can influence IQ scores
11. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship
Transformation of Motivation
Causes of Schizophrenia
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Initiative vs Guilt
12. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Public Conformity
Asch study
Fundamental Attribution Error
DSM-IV-TR
13. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
boy phallic stage
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Pygmalion effect
Milgrams Explanations
14. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Obedience
Eustress
Dependence
15. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
Processing Speed
Intimacy vs Isolation
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Evolutionary Psych
16. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Dependence
Generativity vs Stagnation
latency stage
preoperational
17. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work
Token Economy
Social Psychology
Cialdini's Compliance
Ecclectic Therapists
18. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
genital stage
Pygmalion effect
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Prejudice
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
latency stage
Milgrams Explanations
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
20. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
attachment
Cognitive Therapy
attachment
Token Economy
21. Emotions about the object
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
TriPartite Model: Affect
girl phallic stage
Door in the Face
22. 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
Social Roles
Public Conformity
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Stress as a Response
23. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods
insecure-avoidant attachment
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Asch study
Phobia
24. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through
Cattell's Source Traits
oedipus complex
anal stage
Phobia Treatments
25. 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
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Working Memory
projective tests
insecure-anxious attachment
26. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
Fundamental Attribution Error
Biopsychosocial Model
Working Memory
Personality
27. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Cognitive Dissonance
Cooperation
Stress
Cattell's Source Traits
28. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism
Things that can influence IQ scores
Anxiety Disorder
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Obedience
29. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
lexical hypothesis
insecure-anxious attachment
Marucha Study
Superego
30. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives
Factors that predict relationship success
Cultural Deviance
Kelley's Covariation Model
Stages of Appraisal
31. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
secure attachment
Autonomy vs Doubt
Factors that predict relationship success
Integrity vs Despair
32. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
TAT
Cattell's Source Traits
Integrity vs Despair
33. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
Causes for Phobias
DSM-IV-TR
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Intimacy vs Isolation
34. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
Causes for Phobias
The Big Five
latency stage
Things that can influence IQ scores
35. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
GAD Treatments
HPA axis
Cattell's Source Traits
Psychopathology
36. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
Initiative vs Guilt
Flynn Effect
Eustress
Realistic Conflict
37. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
latency stage
Industry vs Inferiority
Statistical Deviance
preoperational
38. 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)
Phobia Treatments
girl phallic stage
Marucha Study
castration complex
39. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
Social Psychology
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Shaping
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
40. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Integrity vs Despair
Social Identity
External Attribution
Trait Theory
41. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Kelley's Covariation Model
Verbal Comprehension
Working Memory
42. Intended to reflect what you have already learned
achievement test
concrete operational
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Causes for Phobias
43. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
DSM-IV-TR
Conformity
Superego
Trust vs Mistrust
44. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
Flynn Effect
Stereotype
Dependence
Health Psychology
45. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
lexical hypothesis
oedipus complex
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Shaping
46. 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
Identity vs Role Confusion
Emotional Distress
Door in the Face
Kelley's Covariation Model
47. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Perceptual Organization
Prejudice
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
48. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
concrete operational
Ecclectic Therapists
boy phallic stage
49. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Biopsychosocial Model
Satisfaction
Rosenhan Experiment
50. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Stages of Appraisal
Integrity vs Despair
oral stage
Pygmalion effect