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Elementary Psychology
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1. 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)
Marucha Study
Rational Emotive Therapy
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Attributions
2. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
Cognitive Dissonance
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Criteria for Abnormal
Causes of Schizophrenia
3. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Conformity
DSM-IV-TR
Stanley Milgram Study
4. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]
Cattell's Source Traits
Behavior Therapy
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
sensorimotor
5. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father
Health Psychology
Transformation of Motivation
Intimacy vs Isolation
boy phallic stage
6. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles
Health Psychology
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Stressors as Stimuli
Treatment for Schizophrenia
7. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Criteria for Abnormal
Kelley's Covariation Model
Cooperation
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
8. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Realistic Conflict
Shaping
Eustress
attachment
9. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Conformity
Internalized Standard
Phobia
10. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Psychopathology
genital stage
Statistical Deviance
Obedience
11. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Industry vs Inferiority
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Things that can influence IQ scores
12. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have
Psychosis
Stressors
Stages of Appraisal
Dependence
13. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Initiative vs Guilt
Cialdini's Compliance
Autonomy vs Doubt
Causes for Phobias
14. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Foot in the Door
Clinical Psychology
Eustress
15. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion
Cultural Deviance
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
The Big Five
insecure-anxious attachment
16. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
To Reduce Dissonance...
Stanley Milgram Study
Superego
Internal Attribution
17. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]
concrete operational
DSM-IV-TR
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
18. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work
Attitude
Realistic Conflict
Ecclectic Therapists
Verbal Comprehension
19. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
General Adaptation Syndrome
conservation
phallic stage
Identity vs Role Confusion
20. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
aptitude test
Identity vs Role Confusion
Basic Cognitive Therapy
21. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
DSM Axes
Intimacy vs Isolation
Schizophrenia
Freud's Background Info
22. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
GAD Treatments
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Criteria for Abnormal
Coping Strategies for Stress
23. I. Clinical Disorders (alcohol dependence) II. Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation (antisocial personality disorder) III. Medical Conditions (cirrhosis of liver) IV. Social Functioning & stressors (death of child - marital stress) V. Global as
Cattell's Source Traits
projective tests
DSM Axes
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
24. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have
Dependence
lexical hypothesis
oral stage
Sheridan & King Study
25. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Distress
Trait Theory
Stanford Prison Study
26. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
General Adaptation Syndrome
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
anxiety
27. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality
Token Economy
insecure-avoidant attachment
Cognitive Dissonance
Informational Influence
28. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
DSM-IV-TR
Verbal Comprehension
Phobia
29. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Normative Influence
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
boy phallic stage
insecure-anxious attachment
30. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
Sheridan & King Study
Integrity vs Despair
Social Identity
Stressors
31. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Behavior Therapy
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Distress
Realistic Conflict
32. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
disorganized attachment
Integrity vs Despair
Behavior Therapy
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
33. 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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34. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Ego
Shaping
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
35. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Private Conformity
Trait Theory
Superego
Rosenhan Experiment
36. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
Cattell's Source Traits
Shaping
secure attachment
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
37. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Biopsychosocial Model
Discrimination
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
insecure-anxious attachment
38. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Stressors
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Fundamental Attribution Error
39. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
Integrity vs Despair
The Big Five
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
TriPartite Model: Affect
40. 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
egocentrism
Coping Strategies for Stress
Things that can influence IQ scores
WAIS
41. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Theory of Parental Investment
Cooperation
42. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology
Discrimination
Private Conformity
castration complex
Psychosis
43. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
Behavior Therapy
Identity vs Role Confusion
Transformation of Motivation
Emotional Distress
44. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship
conservation
WAIS
Phobia Treatments
Transformation of Motivation
45. 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
External Attribution
phallic stage
Stages of Appraisal
Stressors as Stimuli
46. Digit span: repeat a set of numbers backwards - arithmetic: If Jessica has 3 packs of gum with 4 packs each - how many sticks will she have for herself if she gives 2 sticks each to 3 friends
Harlow's Experiment
Stanford Prison Study
WAIS
Working Memory
47. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity
genital stage
lexical hypothesis
Anxiety Disorder
Trust vs Mistrust
48. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
Harlow's Experiment
Stress
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
aptitude test
49. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Trust vs Mistrust
Rational Emotive Therapy
Cooperation
Factors that predict relationship success
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
Working Memory
Foot in the Door
Stereotype
achievement test