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Elementary Psychology
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1. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
zone of proximal development
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Fundamental Attribution Error
Marucha Study
2. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
Cooperation
aptitude test
Token Economy
Freud's Background Info
3. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
Trust vs Mistrust
TriPartite Model: Affect
Phobia
Foot in the Door
4. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
Initiative vs Guilt
Statistical Deviance
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Trait Theory
5. 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
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Theory of Parental Investment
Milgrams Explanations
Stages of Appraisal
6. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Pygmalion effect
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Fundamental Attribution Error
Transformation of Motivation
7. 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
Working Memory
Rosenhan Experiment
Behavior: Extinction Method
GAD Treatments
8. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Conformity
Social Roles
Attitude
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
9. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Stress as a Response
Rosenhan Experiment
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Trait Theory
10. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Dysfunction
genital stage
To Reduce Dissonance...
11. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
conservation
12. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
Harlow's Experiment
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Dependence
13. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
Realistic Conflict
Token Economy
To Reduce Dissonance...
Sheridan & King Study
14. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
Theory of Parental Investment
Obedience
attachment
Conformity
15. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Fundamental Attribution Error
TriPartite Model: Cognition
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Social Roles
16. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Attributions
Conformity
Phobia Treatments
To Reduce Dissonance...
17. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Stress
Biopsychosocial Model
Marucha Study
Psychopathology
18. 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
Stress as a Response
Foot in the Door
insecure-anxious attachment
19. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion
achievement test
Flynn Effect
Kelley's Covariation Model
The Big Five
20. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others
Stress
Social Roles
Normative Influence
Generativity vs Stagnation
21. 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?
Verbal Comprehension
Attitude
Stress
Transformation of Motivation
22. Change behavior - change attitude
Stanford Prison Study
HPA axis
To Reduce Dissonance...
Internalized Standard
23. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Conformity
Eustress
Phobia
Rosenhan Experiment
24. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount
sensorimotor
Stanley Milgram Study
Token Economy
Informational Influence
25. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
insecure-avoidant attachment
egocentrism
Ego
Emotional Distress
26. Distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking - feeling - and acting
Personality
Conformity
GAD Treatments
sensorimotor
27. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount
Harlow's Experiment
Transformation of Motivation
Stanley Milgram Study
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
28. Emotions about the object
Eustress
Rational Emotive Therapy
TriPartite Model: Affect
attachment
29. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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30. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
Pygmalion effect
Criteria for Abnormal
anal stage
projective tests
31. No response to leaving or returning
Informational Influence
insecure-avoidant attachment
Behavior Therapy
MMPI
32. 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
To Reduce Dissonance...
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Stress as a Response
General Adaptation Syndrome
33. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Cultural Deviance
Stanford Prison Study
Coping Strategies for Stress
34. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Conformity
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Id
35. Inconsistent behavior/confused
Phobia Treatments
disorganized attachment
Identity vs Role Confusion
Processing Speed
36. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Obedience
General Adaptation Syndrome
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Dysfunction
37. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
Stanford Prison Study
Sheridan & King Study
WAIS
object permanence
38. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives
Cooperation
Factors that predict relationship success
Stanley Milgram Study
Dysfunction
39. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
DSM-IV-TR
Social Identity
Phobia Treatments
40. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
Prejudice
Sheridan & King Study
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Biopsychosocial Model
41. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
latency stage
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
aptitude test
disorganized attachment
42. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Cattell's Source Traits
Harlow's Experiment
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Basic Cognitive Therapy
43. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Autonomy vs Doubt
Trust vs Mistrust
Eustress
Eustress
44. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Stressors as Stimuli
Normative Influence
formal operational
Trait Theory
45. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Stages of Appraisal
Realistic Conflict
Schizophrenia
Internal Attribution
46. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
Flynn Effect
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Cognitive Dissonance
Public Conformity
47. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
MMPI
Stress
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
48. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Autonomy vs Doubt
Cognitive Dissonance
Initiative vs Guilt
49. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality
Milgrams Explanations
Freud's Background Info
anxiety
Informational Influence
50. 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
Health Psychology
Stressors as Stimuli
Foot in the Door
DSM Axes
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