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Elementary Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
Phobia
Identity vs Role Confusion
Cialdini's Compliance
Stress
2. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
TriPartite Model: Cognition
phallic stage
Evolutionary Psych
Things that can influence IQ scores
3. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
Coping Strategies for Stress
Shaping
DSM-IV-TR
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
4. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
Behavior: Extinction Method
boy phallic stage
concrete operational
TriPartite Model: Affect
5. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
egocentrism
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Milgrams Explanations
General Adaptation Syndrome
6. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Dysfunction
Cognitive Dissonance
Superego
formal operational
7. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
Kelley's Covariation Model
attachment
WAIS
Psychosis
8. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Prejudice
TAT
TriPartite Model: Cognition
9. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
Verbal Comprehension
Public Conformity
zone of proximal development
Cialdini's Compliance
10. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
Flynn Effect
Clinical Psychology
General Adaptation Syndrome
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
11. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
girl phallic stage
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
The Big Five
Obedience
12. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Attitude
Conformity
Generativity vs Stagnation
13. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
Freud's Background Info
Satisfaction
aptitude test
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
14. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
Cognitive Dissonance
latency stage
Cognitive Dissonance
object permanence
15. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Distress
phallic stage
Initiative vs Guilt
phallic stage
16. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
Cooperation
electra complex
Sheridan & King Study
latency stage
17. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment
achievement test
Door in the Face
Treatment for Schizophrenia
General Adaptation Syndrome
18. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
Statistical Deviance
genital stage
Kelley's Covariation Model
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
19. 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
Trust vs Mistrust
Personality
Working Memory
Behavior Therapy
20. 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
Stanford Prison Study
Stress as a Response
Clinical Psychology
Industry vs Inferiority
21. Intended to reflect what you have already learned
Shaping
Initiative vs Guilt
Internalized Standard
achievement test
22. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Working Memory
Factors that predict relationship success
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Criteria for Abnormal
23. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
zone of proximal development
Token Economy
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
DSM Axes
24. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Industry vs Inferiority
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
insecure-anxious attachment
Causes of Schizophrenia
25. 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
Ego
DSM Axes
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
HPA axis
26. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner
Psychopathology
Rosenhan Experiment
To Reduce Dissonance...
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
27. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
Private Conformity
Stress
Initiative vs Guilt
Health Psychology
28. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
HPA axis
Dysfunction
Rosenhan Experiment
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
29. Worry that father will cut their penis off
castration complex
GAD Treatments
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Superego
30. 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
egocentrism
Realistic Conflict
Stages of Appraisal
Prejudice
31. Intended to reflect what you have already learned
achievement test
Informational Influence
Prejudice
Distress
32. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Prejudice
Cultural Deviance
Door in the Face
Cattell's Source Traits
33. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something
Integrity vs Despair
Attitude
Behavior Therapy
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
34. 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)
castration complex
Marucha Study
Harlow's Experiment
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
35. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Internalized Standard
Psychopathology
boy phallic stage
phallic stage
36. + 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 Response
insecure-avoidant attachment
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Internalized Standard
37. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
Stanley Milgram Study
Behavior: Extinction Method
Emotional Distress
Satisfaction
38. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Stress as a Transaction
Cialdini's Compliance
Cooperation
39. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior
Cialdini's Compliance
Evolutionary Psych
Health Psychology
Theory of Parental Investment
40. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
phallic stage
Freud's Background Info
latency stage
lexical hypothesis
41. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
Interdependence Theory
Stages of Appraisal
Attributions
Token Economy
42. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Discrimination
Emotional Distress
Transformation of Motivation
difference between piaget and vygotsky
43. Most common/successful intelligence test
WAIS
Generativity vs Stagnation
Sheridan & King Study
Psychopathology
44. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Door in the Face
Fundamental Attribution Error
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
External Attribution
45. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]
Pygmalion effect
Sheridan & King Study
concrete operational
Initiative vs Guilt
46. Sexually desire their mother
oedipus complex
Asch study
preoperational
DSM Axes
47. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Causes of Schizophrenia
Normative Influence
Private Conformity
Clinical Psychology
48. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Dysfunction
Industry vs Inferiority
Behavior Therapy
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
49. 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
Attributions
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
General Adaptation Syndrome
oral stage
50. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
conservation
Attitude
Emotional Distress
Things that can influence IQ scores