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Elementary Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
To Reduce Dissonance...
Internalized Standard
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
attachment
2. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Flynn Effect
Door in the Face
Factors that predict relationship success
3. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process
Harlow's Experiment
Realistic Conflict
Satisfaction
Internalized Standard
4. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
GAD Treatments
Distress
Cattell's Source Traits
anal stage
5. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Trust vs Mistrust
oral stage
formal operational
Satisfaction
6. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Eustress
Interdependence Theory
Cognitive Dissonance
preoperational
7. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
Coping Strategies for Stress
Personality
Conformity
Evolutionary Psych
8. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
Token Economy
Criteria for Abnormal
Flynn Effect
Treatment for Schizophrenia
9. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
object permanence
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
internalization
Prejudice
10. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Social Identity
Theory of Parental Investment
Processing Speed
attachment
11. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Cognitive Dissonance
Clinical Psychology
zone of proximal development
12. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
Harlow's Experiment
Public Conformity
Distress
achievement test
13. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
secure attachment
Stressors
TAT
14. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
projective tests
Causes for Phobias
Stages of Appraisal
Biopsychosocial Model
15. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Processing Speed
Behavior: Extinction Method
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Factors that predict relationship success
16. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Intimacy vs Isolation
Stages of Appraisal
Dysfunction
formal operational
17. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
attachment
Trait Theory
Asch study
Industry vs Inferiority
18. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
attachment
DSM Axes
Verbal Comprehension
19. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Cognitive Therapy
projective tests
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Cialdini's Compliance
20. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
Freud's Background Info
latency stage
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Generativity vs Stagnation
21. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount
Behavior Therapy
Shaping
Stanley Milgram Study
Attitude
22. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
castration complex
projective tests
Autonomy vs Doubt
Cognitive Therapy
23. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
Things that can influence IQ scores
Cooperation
Schizophrenia
Industry vs Inferiority
24. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Shaping
Initiative vs Guilt
Stressors as Stimuli
Psychopathology
25. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
secure attachment
Behavior: Extinction Method
oedipus complex
26. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Cognitive Therapy
Generativity vs Stagnation
Realistic Conflict
27. Beliefs about the object
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Emotional Distress
concrete operational
Coping Strategies for Stress
28. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Autonomy vs Doubt
Door in the Face
Discrimination
Basic Cognitive Therapy
29. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
achievement test
Clinical Psychology
Interdependence Theory
Dysfunction
30. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Sheridan & King Study
Processing Speed
Foot in the Door
Rational Emotive Therapy
31. 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)
genital stage
object permanence
Marucha Study
To Reduce Dissonance...
32. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed
Social Identity
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Cognitive Dissonance
33. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
electra complex
Foot in the Door
boy phallic stage
HPA axis
34. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Ecclectic Therapists
Theory of Parental Investment
Coping Strategies for Stress
GAD Treatments
35. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
Initiative vs Guilt
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Distress
castration complex
36. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Generativity vs Stagnation
Dependence
Eustress
Stages of Appraisal
37. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Trust vs Mistrust
Freud's Background Info
DSM-IV-TR
Harlow's Experiment
38. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion
Statistical Deviance
The Big Five
phallic stage
TriPartite Model: Cognition
39. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]
Kelley's Covariation Model
concrete operational
Social Roles
Health Psychology
40. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
Informational Influence
MMPI
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Fundamental Attribution Error
41. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others
General Adaptation Syndrome
Kelley's Covariation Model
Normative Influence
Cialdini's Compliance
42. Change behavior - change attitude
Cognitive Therapy
insecure-anxious attachment
To Reduce Dissonance...
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
43. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior
Personality
Health Psychology
Asch study
Freud's Background Info
44. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Treatment for Schizophrenia
formal operational
anxiety
45. 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
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
HPA axis
46. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
MMPI
Rational Emotive Therapy
Cognitive Dissonance
Causes of Schizophrenia
47. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)
Stanford Prison Study
Private Conformity
Ecclectic Therapists
Token Economy
48. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
Biopsychosocial Model
Shaping
Behavior: Extinction Method
preoperational
49. Physical vs. social interaction
Realistic Conflict
Stress
TriPartite Model: Affect
difference between piaget and vygotsky
50. Jealousy/hatred of all other women
Cultural Deviance
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
internalization
electra complex