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Elementary Psychology
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1. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
Conformity
Private Conformity
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Freud's Background Info
2. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Stereotype
DSM-IV-TR
Perceptual Organization
Transformation of Motivation
3. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
Eustress
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
castration complex
object permanence
4. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Social Identity
Shaping
Identity vs Role Confusion
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
5. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through
anal stage
Phobia Treatments
Flynn Effect
Id
6. Emotions about the object
Trait Theory
TriPartite Model: Affect
object permanence
Social Roles
7. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
Behavior Therapy
Stages of Appraisal
zone of proximal development
Transformation of Motivation
8. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
Stanley Milgram Study
Conformity
projective tests
phallic stage
9. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
Anxiety Disorder
MMPI
Milgrams Explanations
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
10. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
Transformation of Motivation
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Basic Cognitive Therapy
11. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Psychosis
Perceptual Organization
insecure-avoidant attachment
12. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work
Ecclectic Therapists
Processing Speed
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
phallic stage
13. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
Intimacy vs Isolation
General Adaptation Syndrome
GAD Treatments
Stereotype
14. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment
Attitude
DSM Axes
Behavior: Extinction Method
Treatment for Schizophrenia
15. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Basic Cognitive Therapy
zone of proximal development
formal operational
Interdependence Theory
16. 1. Intrustions: thinking about it when you don't want to 2. Avoidance: avoid anything that reminds you of the incident 3. Arousal: physically aroused from stimuli of event
Identity vs Role Confusion
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
phallic stage
17. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Pygmalion effect
Stressors
Obedience
Transformation of Motivation
18. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Asch study
Ego
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Internal Attribution
19. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation
Kelley's Covariation Model
Satisfaction
Stress as a Transaction
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
20. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Harlow's Experiment
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
TriPartite Model: Affect
HPA axis
21. Intended to reflect what you have already learned
electra complex
Asch study
Causes for Phobias
achievement test
22. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Stereotype
Processing Speed
Eustress
Id
23. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)
Flynn Effect
Private Conformity
Stress
oral stage
24. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Stereotype
Personality
Ecclectic Therapists
25. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
Evolutionary Psych
Social Roles
Cognitive Dissonance
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
26. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality
Informational Influence
Trait Theory
disorganized attachment
TriPartite Model: Affect
27. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
Emotional Distress
Integrity vs Despair
Dysfunction
Cognitive Dissonance
28. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?
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29. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Foot in the Door
Attributions
Theory of Parental Investment
DSM-IV-TR
30. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?
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31. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
sensorimotor
oral stage
Token Economy
achievement test
32. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Sheridan & King Study
Working Memory
Stressors as Stimuli
33. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Obedience
MMPI
Phobia
lexical hypothesis
34. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
Conformity
boy phallic stage
Criteria for Abnormal
conservation
35. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Discrimination
36. Sexually desire their mother
Evolutionary Psych
oedipus complex
Trait Theory
Working Memory
37. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
Foot in the Door
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Satisfaction
38. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
MMPI
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Ego
39. 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
Social Roles
The Big Five
Distress
40. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Trait Theory
Dysfunction
Stressors
Industry vs Inferiority
41. 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
Flynn Effect
aptitude test
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
General Adaptation Syndrome
42. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors
Asch study
Evolutionary Psych
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Generativity vs Stagnation
43. 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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44. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
lexical hypothesis
Dysfunction
Stressors as Stimuli
Prejudice
45. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
phallic stage
Distress
Stress as a Response
Transformation of Motivation
46. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
The Big Five
zone of proximal development
Asch study
Shaping
47. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Schizophrenia
Integrity vs Despair
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
48. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
Trait Theory
internalization
MMPI
Schizophrenia
49. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Autonomy vs Doubt
Basic Cognitive Therapy
concrete operational
50. Worry that father will cut their penis off
boy phallic stage
anxiety
castration complex
Processing Speed