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Elementary Psychology
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1. 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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2. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Prejudice
insecure-avoidant attachment
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
3. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior
Theory of Parental Investment
Statistical Deviance
Health Psychology
Shaping
4. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Behavior: Extinction Method
Coping Strategies for Stress
Initiative vs Guilt
Milgrams Explanations
5. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Factors that predict relationship success
Cooperation
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Phobia
6. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Flynn Effect
castration complex
7. Most common/successful intelligence test
WAIS
Schizophrenia
oedipus complex
genital stage
8. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
castration complex
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Dependence
zone of proximal development
9. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
TAT
Pygmalion effect
Stress as a Transaction
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
10. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
The Big Five
Eustress
genital stage
Anxiety Disorder
11. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams
sensorimotor
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Id
Integrity vs Despair
12. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]
Behavior Therapy
sensorimotor
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
aptitude test
13. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
Statistical Deviance
Causes of Schizophrenia
Cognitive Dissonance
Prejudice
14. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
attachment
concrete operational
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
oral stage
15. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
anal stage
Interdependence Theory
Fundamental Attribution Error
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
16. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Cooperation
Factors that predict relationship success
Internalized Standard
Verbal Comprehension
17. Worry that father will cut their penis off
castration complex
Kelley's Covariation Model
Ecclectic Therapists
Stressors as Stimuli
18. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
lexical hypothesis
Internal Attribution
Internalized Standard
Cattell's Source Traits
19. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
Harlow's Experiment
anxiety
Behavior: Extinction Method
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
20. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
castration complex
Internalized Standard
genital stage
Attributions
21. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Anxiety Disorder
Personality
Marucha Study
Social Psychology
22. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Normative Influence
Stress as a Response
insecure-avoidant attachment
insecure-anxious attachment
23. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Realistic Conflict
Freud's Background Info
Identity vs Role Confusion
Stanley Milgram Study
24. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
Rational Emotive Therapy
Informational Influence
Interdependence Theory
Asch study
25. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
Stereotype
Asch study
internalization
Transformation of Motivation
26. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others
anxiety
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Normative Influence
Ecclectic Therapists
27. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
TriPartite Model: Affect
Realistic Conflict
Theory of Parental Investment
Criteria for Abnormal
28. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
Things that can influence IQ scores
projective tests
Social Identity
Phobia
29. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Stages of Appraisal
aptitude test
Prejudice
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
30. Intended to reflect what you have already learned
TriPartite Model: Affect
achievement test
Foot in the Door
girl phallic stage
31. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth
girl phallic stage
Milgrams Explanations
attachment
difference between piaget and vygotsky
32. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father
MMPI
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
TriPartite Model: Affect
boy phallic stage
33. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship
Evolutionary Psych
aptitude test
Verbal Comprehension
Transformation of Motivation
34. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
conservation
HPA axis
genital stage
aptitude test
35. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Behavior Therapy
Trust vs Mistrust
Causes for Phobias
Pygmalion effect
36. 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
Stress as a Response
Theory of Parental Investment
Id
TriPartite Model: Cognition
37. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Anxiety Disorder
38. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Distress
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
39. 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
Rosenhan Experiment
Coping Strategies for Stress
Cooperation
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
40. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Perceptual Organization
Discrimination
Processing Speed
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
41. 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
Biopsychosocial Model
Marucha Study
Foot in the Door
Asch study
42. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Social Roles
Dysfunction
External Attribution
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
43. 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)
Rosenhan Experiment
Asch study
Marucha Study
DSM-IV-TR
44. Beliefs about the object
Conformity
Internalized Standard
Shaping
TriPartite Model: Cognition
45. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
internalization
attachment
Shaping
Discrimination
46. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
Ego
Cognitive Therapy
formal operational
MMPI
47. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
Identity vs Role Confusion
Marucha Study
GAD Treatments
Processing Speed
48. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through
preoperational
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Health Psychology
anal stage
49. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
Intimacy vs Isolation
Discrimination
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Informational Influence
50. 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
Cooperation
Door in the Face
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Evolutionary Psych