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Elementary Psychology
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1. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something
Internal Attribution
Attitude
Generativity vs Stagnation
Door in the Face
2. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
Cultural Deviance
Private Conformity
HPA axis
Milgrams Explanations
3. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles
projective tests
latency stage
egocentrism
Stressors as Stimuli
4. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies
Transformation of Motivation
The Big Five
Milgrams Explanations
Sheridan & King Study
5. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
boy phallic stage
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Verbal Comprehension
Phobia
6. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
DSM Axes
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Identity vs Role Confusion
7. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have
Integrity vs Despair
Dependence
Attributions
Attributions
8. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
genital stage
conservation
Rational Emotive Therapy
9. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology
Psychosis
Phobia
Stanley Milgram Study
Obedience
10. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Ecclectic Therapists
Flynn Effect
formal operational
11. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process
GAD Treatments
Cooperation
Harlow's Experiment
Internalized Standard
12. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Theory of Parental Investment
Superego
Psychosis
Satisfaction
13. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Stress
Discrimination
Phobia Treatments
attachment
14. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
Stages of Appraisal
Door in the Face
anxiety
Satisfaction
15. Inconsistent behavior/confused
disorganized attachment
projective tests
Causes of Schizophrenia
Pygmalion effect
16. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
anal stage
Internal Attribution
anxiety
Treatment for Schizophrenia
17. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Things that can influence IQ scores
Stanley Milgram Study
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
sensorimotor
18. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
Dysfunction
Things that can influence IQ scores
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Stress as a Transaction
19. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
object permanence
Processing Speed
Realistic Conflict
Industry vs Inferiority
20. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
WAIS
Attitude
Rational Emotive Therapy
Prejudice
21. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
DSM-IV-TR
Rosenhan Experiment
Attributions
disorganized attachment
22. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation
Stress as a Transaction
Kelley's Covariation Model
preoperational
Sheridan & King Study
23. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Integrity vs Despair
DSM-IV-TR
Emotional Distress
DSM Axes
24. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Causes of Schizophrenia
egocentrism
Id
Clinical Psychology
25. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams
Stress as a Transaction
Integrity vs Despair
Rosenhan Experiment
Id
26. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
DSM Axes
internalization
Causes for Phobias
Harlow's Experiment
27. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Trust vs Mistrust
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Obedience
object permanence
28. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
anal stage
Stereotype
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Rational Emotive Therapy
29. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
anal stage
Industry vs Inferiority
Trait Theory
Behavior Therapy
30. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Internal Attribution
Causes of Schizophrenia
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Informational Influence
31. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
HPA axis
Pygmalion effect
TAT
Asch study
32. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Stressors as Stimuli
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Autonomy vs Doubt
33. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Ecclectic Therapists
Phobia Treatments
Biopsychosocial Model
preoperational
34. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
object permanence
35. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
To Reduce Dissonance...
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Perceptual Organization
GAD Treatments
36. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Ecclectic Therapists
Door in the Face
Asch study
37. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
Token Economy
Psychosis
lexical hypothesis
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
38. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
DSM-IV-TR
Asch study
Emotional Distress
Transformation of Motivation
39. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Cooperation
Rational Emotive Therapy
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Obedience
40. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
projective tests
Informational Influence
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
41. 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
Coping Strategies for Stress
The Big Five
Internal Attribution
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
42. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Trust vs Mistrust
Psychosis
Integrity vs Despair
43. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Harlow's Experiment
oral stage
Verbal Comprehension
Discrimination
44. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Id
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
45. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
Emotional Distress
oral stage
lexical hypothesis
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
46. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Rosenhan Experiment
Conformity
Initiative vs Guilt
Private Conformity
47. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Theory of Parental Investment
Personality
insecure-avoidant attachment
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
48. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
conservation
Fundamental Attribution Error
Asch study
49. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
Attributions
Clinical Psychology
Public Conformity
insecure-anxious attachment
50. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
Social Roles
Discrimination
Stanford Prison Study
Phobia