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Elementary Psychology
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1. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality
Generativity vs Stagnation
TriPartite Model: Cognition
anxiety
Informational Influence
2. 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
General Adaptation Syndrome
Cultural Deviance
Dysfunction
object permanence
3. 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
Cooperation
Normative Influence
internalization
4. Inconsistent behavior/confused
attachment
disorganized attachment
object permanence
Stages of Appraisal
5. Sexually desire their mother
Clinical Psychology
achievement test
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
oedipus complex
6. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
Identity vs Role Confusion
Attitude
Dependence
sensorimotor
7. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
DSM-IV-TR
Trait Theory
Behavior: Extinction Method
Cattell's Source Traits
8. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
aptitude test
Cognitive Therapy
Things that can influence IQ scores
disorganized attachment
9. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)
Cognitive Dissonance
DSM-IV-TR
Processing Speed
Dysfunction
10. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Social Psychology
Satisfaction
Cognitive Dissonance
11. Beliefs about the object
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Attitude
secure attachment
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
12. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Ecclectic Therapists
Obedience
oedipus complex
13. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Rosenhan Experiment
girl phallic stage
insecure-avoidant attachment
attachment
14. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
insecure-avoidant attachment
Behavior: Extinction Method
Normative Influence
Stanley Milgram Study
15. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Realistic Conflict
Initiative vs Guilt
Behavior: Extinction Method
Discrimination
16. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Factors that predict relationship success
Freud's Background Info
Discrimination
Treatment for Schizophrenia
17. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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18. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Interdependence Theory
Processing Speed
oedipus complex
Stress as a Transaction
19. 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
Statistical Deviance
Transformation of Motivation
Ego
Stress as a Response
20. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause
HPA axis
Internal Attribution
girl phallic stage
attachment
21. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
Shaping
conservation
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Prejudice
22. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
secure attachment
Statistical Deviance
TriPartite Model: Affect
egocentrism
23. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
Statistical Deviance
Discrimination
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Cognitive Dissonance
24. Foot in the door vs door in the face
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25. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Behavior Therapy
Superego
concrete operational
26. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Harlow's Experiment
Phobia Treatments
Theory of Parental Investment
The Big Five
27. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
oral stage
Ecclectic Therapists
Cognitive Therapy
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
28. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives
Trait Theory
Industry vs Inferiority
Factors that predict relationship success
Basic Cognitive Therapy
29. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
projective tests
Dependence
TAT
Social Identity
30. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Fundamental Attribution Error
Trust vs Mistrust
Obedience
Attributions
31. 1. Problem Focused: tackle the stressor head on - usually occurs when optimistic and believe we can achieve our goals 2. Emotion Focused: try to place a more positive outlook on emotions - engage in behaviors to reduce painful emotions
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Token Economy
Initiative vs Guilt
Coping Strategies for Stress
32. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
zone of proximal development
Flynn Effect
Public Conformity
Integrity vs Despair
33. 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
Working Memory
Causes for Phobias
Trust vs Mistrust
Stanford Prison Study
34. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
girl phallic stage
Generativity vs Stagnation
Fundamental Attribution Error
Industry vs Inferiority
35. 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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36. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety
General Adaptation Syndrome
Phobia Treatments
formal operational
Behavior: Extinction Method
37. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Psychosis
Social Roles
Attributions
38. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Attitude
castration complex
lexical hypothesis
39. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work
Flynn Effect
Ecclectic Therapists
Coping Strategies for Stress
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
40. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles
Stressors as Stimuli
oedipus complex
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Normative Influence
41. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Psychopathology
castration complex
Behavior: Extinction Method
Sheridan & King Study
42. Predisposition to act - actions in the past
General Adaptation Syndrome
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Stress as a Response
43. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner
Initiative vs Guilt
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
preoperational
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
44. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others
Cooperation
Id
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Normative Influence
45. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Discrimination
Causes for Phobias
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
46. No response to leaving or returning
internalization
insecure-avoidant attachment
Dependence
TriPartite Model: Affect
47. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
Social Psychology
Stressors
Verbal Comprehension
Biopsychosocial Model
48. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Superego
Obedience
Behavior Therapy
Cooperation
49. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
Anxiety Disorder
Stress as a Transaction
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
50. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
Biopsychosocial Model
Superego
HPA axis
castration complex