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Elementary Psychology
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1. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
concrete operational
Cognitive Therapy
Causes of Schizophrenia
Basic Cognitive Therapy
2. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
Stress
Social Identity
Cialdini's Compliance
Obedience
3. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Phobia Treatments
Causes for Phobias
Shaping
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
4. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
MMPI
castration complex
Causes for Phobias
Realistic Conflict
5. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Trait Theory
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Satisfaction
Eustress
6. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
Stress
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Milgrams Explanations
Eustress
7. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior
General Adaptation Syndrome
Attributions
Health Psychology
TAT
8. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Normative Influence
Emotional Distress
Rational Emotive Therapy
9. Inconsistent behavior/confused
Social Psychology
Industry vs Inferiority
disorganized attachment
Asch study
10. 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
MMPI
Foot in the Door
Health Psychology
TAT
11. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Superego
Cognitive Dissonance
Cooperation
Social Roles
12. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Identity vs Role Confusion
Transformation of Motivation
Schizophrenia
13. 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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14. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Stress as a Response
castration complex
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Industry vs Inferiority
15. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Public Conformity
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Coping Strategies for Stress
16. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
Rosenhan Experiment
preoperational
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
boy phallic stage
17. 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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18. Jealousy/hatred of all other women
Clinical Psychology
Biopsychosocial Model
Theory of Parental Investment
electra complex
19. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back
Intimacy vs Isolation
aptitude test
secure attachment
Obedience
20. 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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21. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
Public Conformity
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
insecure-avoidant attachment
Phobia
22. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
object permanence
Basic Cognitive Therapy
anal stage
23. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
Verbal Comprehension
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Biopsychosocial Model
Transformation of Motivation
24. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Industry vs Inferiority
castration complex
25. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Clinical Psychology
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Prejudice
Cultural Deviance
26. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Obedience
Behavior Therapy
boy phallic stage
27. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Causes of Schizophrenia
Criteria for Abnormal
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
28. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Pygmalion effect
attachment
oral stage
29. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
Processing Speed
phallic stage
Transformation of Motivation
Cultural Deviance
30. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
Flynn Effect
Harlow's Experiment
Id
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
31. 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
Psychopathology
Stages of Appraisal
Eustress
lexical hypothesis
32. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]
HPA axis
sensorimotor
Causes of Schizophrenia
insecure-avoidant attachment
33. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
lexical hypothesis
Informational Influence
Eustress
conservation
34. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
TAT
Integrity vs Despair
Satisfaction
Cooperation
35. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source
Initiative vs Guilt
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Pygmalion effect
oedipus complex
36. Beliefs about the object
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Trait Theory
Theory of Parental Investment
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
37. 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?
Rosenhan Experiment
Things that can influence IQ scores
Verbal Comprehension
Cultural Deviance
38. Sexually desire their mother
Social Psychology
Behavior: Extinction Method
oedipus complex
Theory of Parental Investment
39. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
oral stage
Cialdini's Compliance
Generativity vs Stagnation
Foot in the Door
40. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
phallic stage
Public Conformity
Intimacy vs Isolation
Kelley's Covariation Model
41. Distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking - feeling - and acting
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
preoperational
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Personality
42. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
preoperational
Social Psychology
Stressors as Stimuli
Cultural Deviance
43. Change behavior - change attitude
castration complex
Integrity vs Despair
To Reduce Dissonance...
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
44. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Cattell's Source Traits
Fundamental Attribution Error
DSM-IV-TR
Stress
45. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity
anxiety
Cooperation
internalization
Anxiety Disorder
46. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
Realistic Conflict
Stress
Stress as a Transaction
Harlow's Experiment
47. Intended to reflect what you have already learned
achievement test
Ecclectic Therapists
Psychopathology
Prejudice
48. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Public Conformity
Internalized Standard
Psychopathology
Evolutionary Psych
49. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Informational Influence
Private Conformity
WAIS
formal operational
50. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
Attributions
Generativity vs Stagnation
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
oral stage