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Elementary Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
Ego
Trait Theory
Evolutionary Psych
WAIS
2. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
conservation
Flynn Effect
Causes for Phobias
DSM Axes
3. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
Internalized Standard
zone of proximal development
Stress
Autonomy vs Doubt
4. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]
Social Psychology
concrete operational
formal operational
Industry vs Inferiority
5. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Health Psychology
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Discrimination
6. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
achievement test
Stress as a Transaction
Phobia Treatments
Cialdini's Compliance
7. Built a mock prison at Stanford and paid students to play the roles of prisons and guards - Results: power of social roles took over - promotes brutality
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Dysfunction
Stanford Prison Study
Identity vs Role Confusion
8. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Perceptual Organization
Stanford Prison Study
object permanence
9. Beliefs about the object
oedipus complex
achievement test
MMPI
TriPartite Model: Cognition
10. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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11. Lived in End of Romatic Era (emphasis on expression - art - passion - sexuality relatively liberal) -grew up in Victorian Age (sexuality is taboo - emphasis on public decency/morality - paternal) -mothers first born and favorite child -love/hate rela
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12. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Behavior Therapy
Health Psychology
Generativity vs Stagnation
Prejudice
13. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Dependence
Trait Theory
WAIS
Causes of Schizophrenia
14. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
Stress as a Transaction
Stanley Milgram Study
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
egocentrism
15. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
Rational Emotive Therapy
egocentrism
Things that can influence IQ scores
Kelley's Covariation Model
16. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
Distress
Cultural Deviance
Superego
Attitude
17. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Internal Attribution
Obedience
attachment
Attributions
18. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Autonomy vs Doubt
zone of proximal development
Private Conformity
Marucha Study
19. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
object permanence
Rosenhan Experiment
Social Identity
Intimacy vs Isolation
20. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Industry vs Inferiority
lexical hypothesis
Stanley Milgram Study
Obedience
21. 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
disorganized attachment
Cooperation
Causes of Schizophrenia
DSM Axes
22. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Transformation of Motivation
Cognitive Therapy
The Big Five
23. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Transformation of Motivation
Token Economy
Conformity
24. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
Rosenhan Experiment
aptitude test
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Biopsychosocial Model
25. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
Freud's Background Info
Statistical Deviance
Id
insecure-anxious attachment
26. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
projective tests
aptitude test
27. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Social Psychology
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Freud's Background Info
28. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
Attitude
Harlow's Experiment
Flynn Effect
anxiety
29. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Basic Cognitive Therapy
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Fundamental Attribution Error
attachment
30. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
Attitude
Sheridan & King Study
genital stage
Behavior: Extinction Method
31. Physical vs. social interaction
difference between piaget and vygotsky
phallic stage
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Attributions
32. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
Eustress
Personality
Cognitive Dissonance
Informational Influence
33. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have
Id
Normative Influence
Personality
Dependence
34. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms
egocentrism
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Ego
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
35. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion
Ego
The Big Five
Informational Influence
latency stage
36. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
Milgrams Explanations
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Internal Attribution
Stereotype
37. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
Ego
Social Psychology
DSM Axes
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
38. Sexually desire their mother
Working Memory
Stanley Milgram Study
oedipus complex
Behavior: Extinction Method
39. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
Interdependence Theory
castration complex
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Normative Influence
40. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
phallic stage
Public Conformity
Intimacy vs Isolation
TriPartite Model: Cognition
41. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
Stereotype
Kelley's Covariation Model
TAT
object permanence
42. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
achievement test
internalization
Psychopathology
secure attachment
43. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
Phobia
Harlow's Experiment
attachment
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
44. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
Asch study
Behavior: Extinction Method
Token Economy
Initiative vs Guilt
45. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
egocentrism
Asch study
Causes of Schizophrenia
anxiety
46. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
External Attribution
Dependence
Emotional Distress
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
47. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Kelley's Covariation Model
Initiative vs Guilt
Pygmalion effect
48. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
DSM Axes
Cattell's Source Traits
Cooperation
49. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
Realistic Conflict
Initiative vs Guilt
castration complex
Schizophrenia
50. Inconsistent behavior/confused
disorganized attachment
Informational Influence
internalization
Internalized Standard