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Elementary Psychology
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1. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Prejudice
phallic stage
aptitude test
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
2. Objects are remembered even when out of sight
anal stage
Causes for Phobias
object permanence
Evolutionary Psych
3. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
latency stage
Obedience
Anxiety Disorder
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
4. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
insecure-anxious attachment
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Cognitive Dissonance
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
5. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Stressors
disorganized attachment
Attitude
6. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
WAIS
Cognitive Therapy
Causes of Schizophrenia
Behavior: Extinction Method
7. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back
secure attachment
disorganized attachment
Pygmalion effect
Token Economy
8. Emotions about the object
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Satisfaction
Harlow's Experiment
TriPartite Model: Affect
9. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
Distress
phallic stage
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Ego
10. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Distress
Harlow's Experiment
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Things that can influence IQ scores
11. Sexually desire their mother
oedipus complex
Cognitive Dissonance
disorganized attachment
Causes for Phobias
12. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Ego
Informational Influence
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Dependence
13. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
Behavior Therapy
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
preoperational
Phobia
14. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
sensorimotor
preoperational
Distress
Pygmalion effect
15. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity
Attitude
Obedience
castration complex
Anxiety Disorder
16. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
Attributions
Internal Attribution
Id
Internalized Standard
17. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
The Big Five
Statistical Deviance
Cattell's Source Traits
concrete operational
18. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
Social Roles
anxiety
GAD Treatments
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
19. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Health Psychology
HPA axis
Rational Emotive Therapy
20. Focus on the outcome of being in a situation that causes stress - stress is a physiological response Ex: fight or flight vs General Adaptation Syndrome
Rational Emotive Therapy
Stress as a Response
anxiety
Phobia
21. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Health Psychology
Ego
Internalized Standard
Cultural Deviance
22. 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
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Working Memory
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
23. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
Private Conformity
egocentrism
Informational Influence
Stressors as Stimuli
24. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]
Trust vs Mistrust
Evolutionary Psych
Door in the Face
projective tests
25. Sexually desire their mother
General Adaptation Syndrome
oedipus complex
Trait Theory
Integrity vs Despair
26. Most common/successful intelligence test
Statistical Deviance
WAIS
Autonomy vs Doubt
Ecclectic Therapists
27. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Attributions
Social Identity
Generativity vs Stagnation
28. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Biopsychosocial Model
Fundamental Attribution Error
Dysfunction
Cognitive Therapy
29. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
genital stage
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
HPA axis
30. 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
Obedience
Personality
Door in the Face
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
31. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Generativity vs Stagnation
genital stage
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
32. Study of the mental illness of the brain
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Psychopathology
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
aptitude test
33. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Dysfunction
TriPartite Model: Cognition
MMPI
insecure-avoidant attachment
34. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
Ego
Sheridan & King Study
attachment
Trust vs Mistrust
35. Jealousy/hatred of all other women
aptitude test
Superego
electra complex
achievement test
36. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
DSM-IV-TR
Social Psychology
Rational Emotive Therapy
Flynn Effect
37. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
insecure-avoidant attachment
anal stage
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Cognitive Therapy
38. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]
Integrity vs Despair
sensorimotor
Informational Influence
Public Conformity
39. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Criteria for Abnormal
Factors that predict relationship success
40. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others
Processing Speed
Social Psychology
Superego
TriPartite Model: Affect
41. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Fundamental Attribution Error
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Psychopathology
insecure-anxious attachment
42. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
Interdependence Theory
Biopsychosocial Model
Sheridan & King Study
latency stage
43. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
Stanford Prison Study
Personality
Intimacy vs Isolation
Prejudice
44. 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
Prejudice
Conformity
Cooperation
Foot in the Door
45. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
Verbal Comprehension
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Integrity vs Despair
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
46. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Personality
Informational Influence
Flynn Effect
47. 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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48. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods
Causes of Schizophrenia
Cognitive Therapy
Things that can influence IQ scores
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
49. 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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50. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
Personality
Personality
Emotional Distress
Initiative vs Guilt