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Elementary Psychology
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1. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
anal stage
Schizophrenia
Biopsychosocial Model
lexical hypothesis
2. Distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking - feeling - and acting
Personality
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Kelley's Covariation Model
Shaping
3. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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4. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
Attributions
oral stage
Token Economy
The Big Five
5. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion
External Attribution
insecure-avoidant attachment
Stress as a Response
The Big Five
6. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Working Memory
Pygmalion effect
Criteria for Abnormal
7. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Door in the Face
Internalized Standard
Psychopathology
Generativity vs Stagnation
8. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Social Roles
Industry vs Inferiority
electra complex
Verbal Comprehension
9. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Attitude
formal operational
Initiative vs Guilt
Stressors
10. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Obedience
Shaping
insecure-anxious attachment
Satisfaction
11. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism
Cooperation
phallic stage
achievement test
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
12. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
Biopsychosocial Model
projective tests
Integrity vs Despair
TriPartite Model: Affect
13. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies
Sheridan & King Study
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Rational Emotive Therapy
Stressors as Stimuli
14. Change behavior - change attitude
Biopsychosocial Model
Obedience
To Reduce Dissonance...
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
15. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
Working Memory
Transformation of Motivation
HPA axis
Stressors as Stimuli
16. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
phallic stage
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Stanford Prison Study
Asch study
17. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process
Asch study
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Internalized Standard
Normative Influence
18. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
Emotional Distress
zone of proximal development
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Internal Attribution
19. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
insecure-anxious attachment
Phobia
oedipus complex
Pygmalion effect
20. 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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21. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
TriPartite Model: Affect
Private Conformity
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Milgrams Explanations
22. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Cialdini's Compliance
Emotional Distress
Verbal Comprehension
23. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Phobia Treatments
Pygmalion effect
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Stereotype
24. 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
DSM-IV-TR
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Stages of Appraisal
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
25. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
conservation
Fundamental Attribution Error
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Coping Strategies for Stress
26. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
Working Memory
Causes of Schizophrenia
Harlow's Experiment
Schizophrenia
27. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
Clinical Psychology
Coping Strategies for Stress
Cultural Deviance
External Attribution
28. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
zone of proximal development
Theory of Parental Investment
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
29. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment
Phobia
zone of proximal development
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
30. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth
Behavior: Extinction Method
Door in the Face
girl phallic stage
Public Conformity
31. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
DSM-IV-TR
Stanford Prison Study
Pygmalion effect
Cognitive Dissonance
32. Jealousy/hatred of all other women
Token Economy
Working Memory
Ego
electra complex
33. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Internal Attribution
Attributions
formal operational
Initiative vs Guilt
34. 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
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Coping Strategies for Stress
Realistic Conflict
Transformation of Motivation
35. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
conservation
Integrity vs Despair
aptitude test
electra complex
36. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
Internal Attribution
Causes for Phobias
conservation
Flynn Effect
37. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Foot in the Door
Statistical Deviance
Informational Influence
38. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
Trait Theory
Conformity
Ego
Perceptual Organization
39. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
Attitude
preoperational
Coping Strategies for Stress
Foot in the Door
40. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Theory of Parental Investment
Anxiety Disorder
Processing Speed
To Reduce Dissonance...
41. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Stages of Appraisal
Evolutionary Psych
Identity vs Role Confusion
Things that can influence IQ scores
42. 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)
Marucha Study
electra complex
Phobia Treatments
Evolutionary Psych
43. 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
Working Memory
egocentrism
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Criteria for Abnormal
44. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Stereotype
Stages of Appraisal
concrete operational
45. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
lexical hypothesis
Realistic Conflict
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Stress as a Response
46. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation
Harlow's Experiment
Satisfaction
castration complex
conservation
47. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
Statistical Deviance
Cultural Deviance
Psychopathology
Factors that predict relationship success
48. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
anal stage
disorganized attachment
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
GAD Treatments
49. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Dysfunction
preoperational
phallic stage
50. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Rational Emotive Therapy
Cooperation
Normative Influence
Informational Influence
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