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Elementary Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Anxiety Disorder
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Psychopathology
Personality
2. Change behavior - change attitude
Transformation of Motivation
Phobia
To Reduce Dissonance...
Realistic Conflict
3. Jealousy/hatred of all other women
electra complex
Biopsychosocial Model
Conformity
attachment
4. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Psychopathology
Cognitive Dissonance
Attributions
5. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Id
oral stage
TriPartite Model: Affect
Obedience
6. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Door in the Face
Perceptual Organization
Stanford Prison Study
Cooperation
7. 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
Anxiety Disorder
Asch study
Door in the Face
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
8. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Phobia
girl phallic stage
Trait Theory
secure attachment
9. Sexually desire their mother
oedipus complex
Realistic Conflict
sensorimotor
aptitude test
10. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?
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11. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Identity vs Role Confusion
egocentrism
Eustress
Cultural Deviance
12. 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
Sheridan & King Study
Phobia Treatments
13. Worry that father will cut their penis off
Integrity vs Despair
castration complex
Cultural Deviance
Conformity
14. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]
TriPartite Model: Affect
sensorimotor
Cultural Deviance
Intimacy vs Isolation
15. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Initiative vs Guilt
Conformity
oral stage
Autonomy vs Doubt
16. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
genital stage
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
aptitude test
Cognitive Dissonance
17. Lived in End of Romatic Era (emphasis on expression - art - passion - sexuality relatively liberal) -grew up in Victorian Age (sexuality is taboo - emphasis on public decency/morality - paternal) -mothers first born and favorite child -love/hate rela
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18. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship
aptitude test
Dysfunction
Transformation of Motivation
Cattell's Source Traits
19. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality
formal operational
Stress as a Response
HPA axis
Informational Influence
20. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Evolutionary Psych
Autonomy vs Doubt
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Pygmalion effect
21. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Integrity vs Despair
disorganized attachment
Personality
22. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
Freud's Background Info
Token Economy
preoperational
Biopsychosocial Model
23. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
TriPartite Model: Affect
Dependence
Stereotype
concrete operational
24. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Biopsychosocial Model
Things that can influence IQ scores
Behavior: Extinction Method
The Big Five
25. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
Industry vs Inferiority
Clinical Psychology
External Attribution
Rational Emotive Therapy
26. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source
disorganized attachment
Cognitive Dissonance
Private Conformity
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
27. 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
Theory of Parental Investment
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
28. 1) development is more continues than stage-like 2) changing procedures a little bit changes results a lot 3) methods culturally biased
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29. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
Shaping
Cultural Deviance
Rational Emotive Therapy
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
30. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
Normative Influence
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Stanley Milgram Study
Stereotype
31. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
Causes of Schizophrenia
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
External Attribution
electra complex
32. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Public Conformity
Social Roles
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
33. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
Causes for Phobias
MMPI
Id
Intimacy vs Isolation
34. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Public Conformity
Ecclectic Therapists
Token Economy
35. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth
Cognitive Dissonance
girl phallic stage
Obedience
Clinical Psychology
36. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
zone of proximal development
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Stress as a Transaction
internalization
37. Inconsistent behavior/confused
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Cattell's Source Traits
Processing Speed
disorganized attachment
38. Intended to reflect what you have already learned
Stressors
Informational Influence
achievement test
Treatment for Schizophrenia
39. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Discrimination
Causes of Schizophrenia
disorganized attachment
Normative Influence
40. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
aptitude test
Processing Speed
Internal Attribution
attachment
41. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Working Memory
object permanence
formal operational
Internal Attribution
42. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]
Stereotype
insecure-avoidant attachment
Trust vs Mistrust
Health Psychology
43. Built a mock prison at Stanford and paid students to play the roles of prisons and guards - Results: power of social roles took over - promotes brutality
Stanley Milgram Study
WAIS
Stanford Prison Study
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
44. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others
Ecclectic Therapists
Foot in the Door
General Adaptation Syndrome
Normative Influence
45. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Behavior Therapy
Internalized Standard
Generativity vs Stagnation
46. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
Statistical Deviance
Cognitive Therapy
Flynn Effect
Perceptual Organization
47. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
TriPartite Model: Affect
Trait Theory
Door in the Face
Dependence
48. 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
Informational Influence
Things that can influence IQ scores
phallic stage
General Adaptation Syndrome
49. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Stages of Appraisal
Interdependence Theory
aptitude test
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
50. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
Behavior: Extinction Method
Cattell's Source Traits
Phobia Treatments
aptitude test