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Elementary Psychology
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1. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner
External Attribution
TriPartite Model: Affect
Prejudice
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
2. Sexually desire their mother
Trait Theory
oedipus complex
Social Roles
Stanford Prison Study
3. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
Cooperation
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
lexical hypothesis
4. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
Stressors
Criteria for Abnormal
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
anxiety
5. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
Working Memory
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Freud's Background Info
Trait Theory
6. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Cooperation
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Social Roles
Coping Strategies for Stress
7. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
MMPI
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
External Attribution
Harlow's Experiment
8. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Cialdini's Compliance
Behavior Therapy
External Attribution
Phobia
9. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Pygmalion effect
disorganized attachment
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
oral stage
10. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
Social Psychology
Cognitive Dissonance
Behavior: Extinction Method
Behavior: Extinction Method
11. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
Foot in the Door
attachment
Causes for Phobias
Conformity
12. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
Stereotype
Prejudice
MMPI
difference between piaget and vygotsky
13. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Identity vs Role Confusion
Social Identity
oral stage
14. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
Criteria for Abnormal
object permanence
Psychosis
Internalized Standard
15. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Transformation of Motivation
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
projective tests
Behavior: Extinction Method
16. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Flynn Effect
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Stanford Prison Study
Criteria for Abnormal
17. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Marucha Study
Psychosis
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
18. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
Token Economy
Realistic Conflict
boy phallic stage
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
19. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies
Things that can influence IQ scores
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
phallic stage
Sheridan & King Study
20. Jealousy/hatred of all other women
electra complex
latency stage
Cattell's Source Traits
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
21. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
anal stage
Obedience
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Autonomy vs Doubt
22. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
Stereotype
Pygmalion effect
oral stage
Conformity
23. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Stages of Appraisal
TriPartite Model: Affect
Obedience
Industry vs Inferiority
24. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
object permanence
insecure-avoidant attachment
Processing Speed
Theory of Parental Investment
25. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Stress as a Response
castration complex
achievement test
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
26. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Causes of Schizophrenia
difference between piaget and vygotsky
DSM-IV-TR
Factors that predict relationship success
27. 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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28. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
GAD Treatments
Theory of Parental Investment
Stress as a Transaction
Biopsychosocial Model
29. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
insecure-anxious attachment
Basic Cognitive Therapy
attachment
30. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
Things that can influence IQ scores
Cultural Deviance
Informational Influence
aptitude test
31. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
genital stage
Stressors
Cattell's Source Traits
32. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
insecure-avoidant attachment
Informational Influence
Internal Attribution
latency stage
33. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]
Trust vs Mistrust
Psychopathology
Cattell's Source Traits
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
34. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth
girl phallic stage
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Realistic Conflict
Foot in the Door
35. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
sensorimotor
Evolutionary Psych
Clinical Psychology
Transformation of Motivation
36. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
Stages of Appraisal
Asch study
Public Conformity
Cognitive Dissonance
37. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]
Trust vs Mistrust
girl phallic stage
Cultural Deviance
Rosenhan Experiment
38. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
egocentrism
Pygmalion effect
Ego
object permanence
39. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
Interdependence Theory
Freud's Background Info
Personality
Intimacy vs Isolation
40. 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
DSM Axes
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Biopsychosocial Model
Integrity vs Despair
41. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
Stress as a Response
projective tests
Conformity
TriPartite Model: Cognition
42. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Rosenhan Experiment
Working Memory
Evolutionary Psych
Things that can influence IQ scores
43. Emotions about the object
TriPartite Model: Affect
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Kelley's Covariation Model
object permanence
44. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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45. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
Evolutionary Psych
aptitude test
Marucha Study
Superego
46. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Things that can influence IQ scores
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Social Identity
Normative Influence
47. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
projective tests
The Big Five
achievement test
MMPI
48. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
anxiety
Stress as a Transaction
Realistic Conflict
Behavior Therapy
49. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
formal operational
Conformity
Industry vs Inferiority
Psychosis
50. 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)
lexical hypothesis
Stress
Perceptual Organization
Marucha Study
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