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Elementary Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?
Pygmalion effect
Verbal Comprehension
External Attribution
Theory of Parental Investment
2. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams
Distress
Id
Prejudice
The Big Five
3. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
Intimacy vs Isolation
Stress as a Response
Initiative vs Guilt
anxiety
4. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Causes of Schizophrenia
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Social Roles
5. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
Door in the Face
TriPartite Model: Cognition
HPA axis
Stereotype
6. Worry that father will cut their penis off
castration complex
Verbal Comprehension
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
aptitude test
7. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Milgrams Explanations
DSM-IV-TR
girl phallic stage
8. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
Realistic Conflict
insecure-avoidant attachment
phallic stage
Stages of Appraisal
9. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
Emotional Distress
HPA axis
formal operational
Working Memory
10. Change behavior - change attitude
Perceptual Organization
Pygmalion effect
Sheridan & King Study
To Reduce Dissonance...
11. 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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12. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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13. 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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14. Intended to reflect what you have already learned
TriPartite Model: Affect
Biopsychosocial Model
achievement test
Stressors
15. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
Cattell's Source Traits
Schizophrenia
Stages of Appraisal
internalization
16. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Anxiety Disorder
Phobia
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Stereotype
17. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
Criteria for Abnormal
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Stress as a Response
difference between piaget and vygotsky
18. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation
Satisfaction
conservation
preoperational
Sheridan & King Study
19. 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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20. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
zone of proximal development
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
anal stage
21. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives
latency stage
Trait Theory
Interdependence Theory
Factors that predict relationship success
22. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]
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23. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
TAT
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
24. Dental students were given a puncture wound in their mouth and measure how long it would heal - Results: wounds took longer to heal during exams than during the summer (stress)
Interdependence Theory
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Marucha Study
Psychosis
25. Emotions about the object
Marucha Study
Distress
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
TriPartite Model: Affect
26. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Normative Influence
Superego
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
castration complex
27. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Stress
Emotional Distress
Fundamental Attribution Error
28. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Rosenhan Experiment
anxiety
Cognitive Therapy
Psychosis
29. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
Internal Attribution
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
formal operational
Id
30. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Stanford Prison Study
Ego
Discrimination
31. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
disorganized attachment
Social Roles
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Working Memory
32. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
TAT
Evolutionary Psych
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Internal Attribution
33. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Stress as a Response
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Biopsychosocial Model
Stages of Appraisal
34. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Processing Speed
formal operational
Evolutionary Psych
Realistic Conflict
35. 1. Problem Focused: tackle the stressor head on - usually occurs when optimistic and believe we can achieve our goals 2. Emotion Focused: try to place a more positive outlook on emotions - engage in behaviors to reduce painful emotions
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Transformation of Motivation
Coping Strategies for Stress
anxiety
36. Sexually desire their mother
Theory of Parental Investment
egocentrism
Sheridan & King Study
oedipus complex
37. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
Realistic Conflict
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Interdependence Theory
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
38. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
zone of proximal development
genital stage
Biopsychosocial Model
Normative Influence
39. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
zone of proximal development
Stressors
Attributions
latency stage
40. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
zone of proximal development
sensorimotor
Phobia
Eustress
41. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
Dependence
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Factors that predict relationship success
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
42. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work
secure attachment
Asch study
Causes of Schizophrenia
Ecclectic Therapists
43. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures
internalization
Psychosis
Perceptual Organization
Theory of Parental Investment
44. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Basic Cognitive Therapy
formal operational
Social Roles
secure attachment
45. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
Social Identity
Milgrams Explanations
internalization
DSM Axes
46. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Statistical Deviance
Autonomy vs Doubt
Verbal Comprehension
difference between piaget and vygotsky
47. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
Sheridan & King Study
Behavior Therapy
Rosenhan Experiment
Rational Emotive Therapy
48. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
projective tests
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Health Psychology
object permanence
49. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
Asch study
Criteria for Abnormal
Evolutionary Psych
Clinical Psychology
50. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cooperation
Pygmalion effect
disorganized attachment