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Elementary Psychology
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1. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
aptitude test
Rosenhan Experiment
Interdependence Theory
Verbal Comprehension
2. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
aptitude test
Industry vs Inferiority
Behavior: Extinction Method
disorganized attachment
3. 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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4. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
Stressors as Stimuli
concrete operational
Public Conformity
egocentrism
5. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation
conservation
Social Roles
oedipus complex
HPA axis
6. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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7. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
Asch study
Prejudice
Anxiety Disorder
formal operational
8. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
preoperational
Perceptual Organization
Theory of Parental Investment
anxiety
9. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Social Psychology
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Emotional Distress
attachment
10. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Distress
HPA axis
MMPI
Psychopathology
11. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
Intimacy vs Isolation
Rosenhan Experiment
Personality
Stanley Milgram Study
12. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Internalized Standard
Verbal Comprehension
Causes for Phobias
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
13. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount
Social Roles
Stanley Milgram Study
Superego
Factors that predict relationship success
14. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
aptitude test
Trait Theory
Stereotype
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
15. Emotions about the object
TriPartite Model: Affect
Working Memory
Obedience
Attitude
16. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Ego
Biopsychosocial Model
Generativity vs Stagnation
17. 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
Fundamental Attribution Error
sensorimotor
achievement test
Stages of Appraisal
18. No response to leaving or returning
Social Identity
Processing Speed
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
insecure-avoidant attachment
19. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Freud's Background Info
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Eustress
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
20. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
Obedience
genital stage
Behavior: Extinction Method
Evolutionary Psych
21. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology
Psychosis
Intimacy vs Isolation
Normative Influence
object permanence
22. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Stages of Appraisal
Public Conformity
concrete operational
23. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies
genital stage
DSM-IV-TR
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Sheridan & King Study
24. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Asch study
HPA axis
Rational Emotive Therapy
25. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
aptitude test
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Stanley Milgram Study
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
26. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Dysfunction
boy phallic stage
Perceptual Organization
Theory of Parental Investment
27. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
Satisfaction
Identity vs Role Confusion
Prejudice
conservation
28. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship
Identity vs Role Confusion
Cooperation
Transformation of Motivation
Internal Attribution
29. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something
Attitude
Satisfaction
Cattell's Source Traits
Stress as a Transaction
30. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior
Health Psychology
Conformity
Emotional Distress
Stressors as Stimuli
31. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Ecclectic Therapists
TAT
Initiative vs Guilt
32. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Cultural Deviance
Stressors as Stimuli
secure attachment
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
33. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)
phallic stage
Distress
Private Conformity
Psychopathology
34. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Stressors
General Adaptation Syndrome
Foot in the Door
35. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
Attitude
Industry vs Inferiority
Phobia
Cialdini's Compliance
36. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
TAT
zone of proximal development
egocentrism
Causes of Schizophrenia
37. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
castration complex
Eustress
zone of proximal development
internalization
38. 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
Door in the Face
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Cattell's Source Traits
TriPartite Model: Behavior
39. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
insecure-anxious attachment
Stages of Appraisal
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
TAT
40. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Trait Theory
zone of proximal development
difference between piaget and vygotsky
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
41. Inconsistent behavior/confused
Prejudice
Stress
disorganized attachment
Stress as a Transaction
42. Distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking - feeling - and acting
sensorimotor
Personality
Processing Speed
Identity vs Role Confusion
43. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation
Behavior Therapy
conservation
Clinical Psychology
Processing Speed
44. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Trait Theory
Behavior Therapy
anxiety
45. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Statistical Deviance
Autonomy vs Doubt
Fundamental Attribution Error
TriPartite Model: Cognition
46. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through
Processing Speed
Cattell's Source Traits
anal stage
Psychopathology
47. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Stress as a Transaction
Internal Attribution
Intimacy vs Isolation
Initiative vs Guilt
48. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
girl phallic stage
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Cognitive Dissonance
49. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
Intimacy vs Isolation
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Public Conformity
Ecclectic Therapists
50. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Trait Theory
genital stage
Phobia