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Elementary Psychology
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1. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Stanley Milgram Study
Prejudice
Schizophrenia
Perceptual Organization
2. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
Dysfunction
Intimacy vs Isolation
Prejudice
Stressors as Stimuli
3. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams
Id
Normative Influence
Interdependence Theory
Token Economy
4. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Cognitive Therapy
Private Conformity
anxiety
Eustress
5. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
MMPI
External Attribution
WAIS
Psychosis
6. 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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7. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
GAD Treatments
Rational Emotive Therapy
egocentrism
oral stage
8. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Stereotype
formal operational
Autonomy vs Doubt
Private Conformity
9. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Attributions
Psychopathology
Stanford Prison Study
DSM-IV-TR
10. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures
TAT
anxiety
Shaping
Id
11. 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
Realistic Conflict
Psychosis
Coping Strategies for Stress
Identity vs Role Confusion
12. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
phallic stage
Marucha Study
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
attachment
13. 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
Milgrams Explanations
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Working Memory
Stress
14. 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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15. Measuring the ability to concentrate - similarities: how are a thermometer and a ruler alike? - vocabulary: what does covert mean? - information: who was George Washington Carver?
insecure-avoidant attachment
Verbal Comprehension
Distress
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
16. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]
attachment
TriPartite Model: Behavior
concrete operational
Social Psychology
17. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Obedience
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
formal operational
18. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Superego
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Trust vs Mistrust
egocentrism
19. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
insecure-avoidant attachment
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Marucha Study
Stress
20. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
External Attribution
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
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
Stanley Milgram Study
oedipus complex
HPA axis
difference between piaget and vygotsky
22. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through
difference between piaget and vygotsky
MMPI
Stress as a Transaction
anal stage
23. 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
Rosenhan Experiment
Integrity vs Despair
Stages of Appraisal
anal stage
24. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back
Social Identity
secure attachment
Dysfunction
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
25. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
projective tests
Emotional Distress
Psychopathology
HPA axis
26. 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)
insecure-anxious attachment
Ego
Stress
Marucha Study
27. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
projective tests
Milgrams Explanations
anal stage
Causes for Phobias
28. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Psychopathology
The Big Five
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Internalized Standard
29. Change behavior - change attitude
To Reduce Dissonance...
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Things that can influence IQ scores
Attitude
30. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Pygmalion effect
Interdependence Theory
Sheridan & King Study
Cooperation
31. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Cooperation
Realistic Conflict
Discrimination
Obedience
32. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion
concrete operational
Evolutionary Psych
Evolutionary Psych
The Big Five
33. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
preoperational
Social Identity
attachment
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
34. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
DSM-IV-TR
Rosenhan Experiment
HPA axis
Social Identity
35. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
girl phallic stage
Criteria for Abnormal
Dependence
Statistical Deviance
36. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]
Industry vs Inferiority
Autonomy vs Doubt
Conformity
Dysfunction
37. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Generativity vs Stagnation
Stress as a Response
boy phallic stage
38. 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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39. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures
Prejudice
Verbal Comprehension
Perceptual Organization
Interdependence Theory
40. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting
sensorimotor
Trait Theory
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
41. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]
Integrity vs Despair
Discrimination
Theory of Parental Investment
The Big Five
42. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Statistical Deviance
Shaping
Rosenhan Experiment
43. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Demonic Model of Psychopathology
Social Roles
General Adaptation Syndrome
The Big Five
44. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have
Cattell's Source Traits
Dependence
Marucha Study
lexical hypothesis
45. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
egocentrism
Evolutionary Psych
Processing Speed
Theory of Parental Investment
46. 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
Rosenhan Experiment
aptitude test
aptitude test
General Adaptation Syndrome
47. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Dysfunction
Superego
Statistical Deviance
Discrimination
48. 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
Foot in the Door
insecure-anxious attachment
Personality
Rosenhan Experiment
49. 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
boy phallic stage
DSM Axes
General Adaptation Syndrome
Intimacy vs Isolation
50. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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