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Elementary Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
MMPI
Stressors
Cognitive Dissonance
Stressors as Stimuli
2. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
GAD Treatments
projective tests
Realistic Conflict
Trait Theory
3. Foot in the door vs door in the face
4. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
Statistical Deviance
Internalized Standard
Processing Speed
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
5. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something
Things that can influence IQ scores
Anxiety Disorder
preoperational
Attitude
6. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies
Marucha Study
Health Psychology
Cattell's Source Traits
Sheridan & King Study
7. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
Sheridan & King Study
lexical hypothesis
Distress
TAT
8. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
Stress as a Response
concrete operational
HPA axis
girl phallic stage
9. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
lexical hypothesis
Biopsychosocial Model
DSM-IV-TR
Intimacy vs Isolation
10. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
External Attribution
The Big Five
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Biopsychosocial Model
11. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
Social Psychology
Conformity
The Big Five
Social Roles
12. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Stanley Milgram Study
Realistic Conflict
Criteria for Abnormal
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
13. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Stress
electra complex
latency stage
oral stage
14. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner
Eustress
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Behavior Therapy
Obedience
15. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
Flynn Effect
Conformity
General Adaptation Syndrome
MMPI
16. 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?
Trust vs Mistrust
Verbal Comprehension
Social Psychology
Harlow's Experiment
17. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease
Satisfaction
internalization
General Adaptation Syndrome
Informational Influence
18. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Prejudice
electra complex
insecure-anxious attachment
19. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]
20. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Satisfaction
formal operational
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
External Attribution
21. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
Stress
The Big Five
Eustress
boy phallic stage
22. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Clinical Psychology
anxiety
Intimacy vs Isolation
Causes of Schizophrenia
23. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
Stress
Integrity vs Despair
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Stanley Milgram Study
24. Physical vs. social interaction
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Trait Theory
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
25. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Stereotype
projective tests
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Stanley Milgram Study
26. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Causes of Schizophrenia
Flynn Effect
Id
Social Roles
27. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
Interdependence Theory
Anxiety Disorder
Cialdini's Compliance
Emotional Distress
28. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
Attributions
formal operational
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
29. 1) development is more continues than stage-like 2) changing procedures a little bit changes results a lot 3) methods culturally biased
30. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
latency stage
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Cooperation
31. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
Obedience
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
sensorimotor
Causes for Phobias
32. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
Causes for Phobias
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Asch study
Treatment for Schizophrenia
33. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Stanley Milgram Study
conservation
sensorimotor
Dysfunction
34. Emotions about the object
zone of proximal development
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Causes for Phobias
TriPartite Model: Affect
35. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Autonomy vs Doubt
Clinical Psychology
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Processing Speed
36. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
Generativity vs Stagnation
preoperational
latency stage
Cognitive Dissonance
37. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Trait Theory
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Health Psychology
38. Inconsistent behavior/confused
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
disorganized attachment
MMPI
Flynn Effect
39. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
Statistical Deviance
Dependence
genital stage
Phobia Treatments
40. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Behavior Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Pygmalion effect
41. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Cattell's Source Traits
Stressors
Harlow's Experiment
Things that can influence IQ scores
42. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
Schizophrenia
secure attachment
Public Conformity
latency stage
43. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
Behavior Therapy
Theory of Parental Investment
Rational Emotive Therapy
Cialdini's Compliance
44. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
secure attachment
Verbal Comprehension
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Asch study
45. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles
aptitude test
TriPartite Model: Affect
Stressors as Stimuli
Theory of Parental Investment
46. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Social Roles
Interdependence Theory
Autonomy vs Doubt
Informational Influence
47. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Phobia Treatments
anxiety
Superego
Dependence
48. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
Rational Emotive Therapy
Phobia
Milgrams Explanations
Treatment for Schizophrenia
49. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams
Id
Prejudice
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Shaping
50. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Cultural Deviance
External Attribution
anxiety
Generativity vs Stagnation