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Elementary Psychology
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1. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures
Perceptual Organization
Stress
Cooperation
Generativity vs Stagnation
2. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Personality
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
girl phallic stage
Stress
3. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others
Normative Influence
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
oedipus complex
egocentrism
4. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process
Sheridan & King Study
Internalized Standard
Verbal Comprehension
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
5. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
projective tests
Internal Attribution
Freud's Background Info
6. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
zone of proximal development
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Stressors as Stimuli
7. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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8. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Statistical Deviance
preoperational
HPA axis
Dysfunction
9. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism
castration complex
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Dependence
General Adaptation Syndrome
10. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
DSM Axes
Dependence
attachment
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
11. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
Sheridan & King Study
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
insecure-avoidant attachment
Interdependence Theory
12. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
Obedience
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
egocentrism
Personality
13. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Stages of Appraisal
Stress as a Response
Stress as a Transaction
Cooperation
14. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
Asch study
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Obedience
Integrity vs Despair
15. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity
TriPartite Model: Cognition
insecure-anxious attachment
Anxiety Disorder
Personality
16. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Clinical Psychology
Obedience
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Conformity
17. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
Emotional Distress
internalization
Eustress
Sheridan & King Study
18. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Stress
Internalized Standard
Superego
boy phallic stage
19. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Causes of Schizophrenia
Ecclectic Therapists
castration complex
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
20. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Eustress
External Attribution
TriPartite Model: Cognition
21. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Social Roles
HPA axis
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
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
Theory of Parental Investment
Processing Speed
Satisfaction
Stress as a Response
23. 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
Satisfaction
castration complex
Door in the Face
Id
24. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
Emotional Distress
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
The Big Five
Social Psychology
25. Distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking - feeling - and acting
General Adaptation Syndrome
Discrimination
Personality
Verbal Comprehension
26. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
Milgrams Explanations
Conformity
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Behavior Therapy
27. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Perceptual Organization
boy phallic stage
Causes for Phobias
28. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
HPA axis
attachment
Autonomy vs Doubt
Interdependence Theory
29. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
Stages of Appraisal
oedipus complex
Asch study
Health Psychology
30. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through
anal stage
Attributions
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
object permanence
31. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
External Attribution
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
TAT
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
32. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
TriPartite Model: Affect
egocentrism
Cooperation
lexical hypothesis
33. 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?
genital stage
Cattell's Source Traits
Verbal Comprehension
lexical hypothesis
34. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
Causes for Phobias
projective tests
Door in the Face
Stressors
35. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Superego
Processing Speed
Intimacy vs Isolation
36. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Behavior Therapy
Trust vs Mistrust
Interdependence Theory
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
37. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
Stereotype
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
boy phallic stage
MMPI
38. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
achievement test
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Milgrams Explanations
zone of proximal development
39. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
conservation
Eustress
Interdependence Theory
oral stage
40. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
projective tests
Stages of Appraisal
preoperational
Causes for Phobias
41. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
girl phallic stage
oedipus complex
Internal Attribution
Processing Speed
42. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Kelley's Covariation Model
Cultural Deviance
Public Conformity
Private Conformity
43. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles
Interdependence Theory
Stressors as Stimuli
Behavior Therapy
Schizophrenia
44. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
phallic stage
Anxiety Disorder
TriPartite Model: Cognition
boy phallic stage
45. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Private Conformity
Interdependence Theory
Cialdini's Compliance
46. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures
Cultural Deviance
Transformation of Motivation
TAT
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
47. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
Biopsychosocial Model
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
attachment
48. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Transformation of Motivation
insecure-anxious attachment
49. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Sheridan & King Study
Behavior Therapy
Internal Attribution
Superego
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
Foot in the Door
Social Psychology
electra complex
zone of proximal development