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Elementary Psychology
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1. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)
insecure-anxious attachment
Private Conformity
conservation
Autonomy vs Doubt
2. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process
Social Psychology
Internalized Standard
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
3. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
secure attachment
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
To Reduce Dissonance...
Shaping
4. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Behavior Therapy
Psychosis
Autonomy vs Doubt
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
5. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
Sheridan & King Study
Cooperation
attachment
Behavior: Extinction Method
6. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Causes of Schizophrenia
formal operational
Cultural Deviance
anal stage
7. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
Stereotype
Stress as a Transaction
Harlow's Experiment
Cooperation
8. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Stress as a Transaction
Marucha Study
Initiative vs Guilt
insecure-anxious attachment
9. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]
sensorimotor
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Biopsychosocial Model
Theory of Parental Investment
10. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
Freud's Background Info
Cooperation
anxiety
Normative Influence
11. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something
Private Conformity
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Attitude
lexical hypothesis
12. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Conformity
disorganized attachment
oral stage
13. No response to leaving or returning
Transformation of Motivation
Stress as a Transaction
insecure-avoidant attachment
Cooperation
14. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
egocentrism
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Discrimination
MMPI
15. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Cattell's Source Traits
Discrimination
Asch study
difference between piaget and vygotsky
16. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father
Flynn Effect
boy phallic stage
castration complex
Health Psychology
17. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others
Normative Influence
Personality
Id
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
18. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Initiative vs Guilt
Private Conformity
Psychopathology
oral stage
19. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
Cultural Deviance
Schizophrenia
Phobia
Basic Cognitive Therapy
20. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Emotional Distress
Marucha Study
Theory of Parental Investment
Processing Speed
21. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
Stress
Informational Influence
Cooperation
Generativity vs Stagnation
22. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
Causes of Schizophrenia
DSM Axes
TriPartite Model: Behavior
boy phallic stage
23. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something
internalization
Attitude
Prejudice
Foot in the Door
24. Beliefs about the object
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Stanford Prison Study
Transformation of Motivation
concrete operational
25. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Generativity vs Stagnation
HPA axis
Psychopathology
Stress as a Transaction
26. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Ecclectic Therapists
MMPI
formal operational
Phobia
27. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
Transformation of Motivation
Social Roles
boy phallic stage
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
28. 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
Realistic Conflict
oedipus complex
Attributions
29. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
Interdependence Theory
Statistical Deviance
MMPI
Rational Emotive Therapy
30. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
secure attachment
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Freud's Background Info
aptitude test
31. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process
Marucha Study
Internalized Standard
Biopsychosocial Model
Prejudice
32. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
DSM Axes
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Causes of Schizophrenia
Conformity
33. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth
Personality
Social Identity
Distress
girl phallic stage
34. Physical vs. social interaction
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Social Psychology
Stereotype
difference between piaget and vygotsky
35. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
Sheridan & King Study
lexical hypothesis
preoperational
Psychosis
36. 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
attachment
Transformation of Motivation
MMPI
37. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Conformity
Door in the Face
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
preoperational
38. 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?
Causes of Schizophrenia
conservation
Verbal Comprehension
Criteria for Abnormal
39. Emotions about the object
TriPartite Model: Affect
Cognitive Therapy
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Internal Attribution
40. 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
Attitude
Working Memory
To Reduce Dissonance...
Phobia
41. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Behavior: Extinction Method
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Prejudice
Realistic Conflict
42. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
Statistical Deviance
Trait Theory
Asch study
HPA axis
43. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
TAT
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
aptitude test
Theory of Parental Investment
44. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Causes of Schizophrenia
Causes for Phobias
MMPI
45. Foot in the door vs door in the face
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46. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Attitude
Trait Theory
47. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Superego
Asch study
boy phallic stage
48. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Statistical Deviance
preoperational
Dysfunction
projective tests
49. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Phobia
Causes of Schizophrenia
attachment
50. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Eustress
Token Economy
Anxiety Disorder