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Elementary Psychology
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1. 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: Extinction Method
Coping Strategies for Stress
TAT
Stanley Milgram Study
2. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work
Statistical Deviance
Ecclectic Therapists
Stressors as Stimuli
DSM Axes
3. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
lexical hypothesis
Interdependence Theory
Coping Strategies for Stress
attachment
4. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
zone of proximal development
object permanence
DSM Axes
Freud's Background Info
5. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Working Memory
Trust vs Mistrust
formal operational
Theory of Parental Investment
6. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
Attributions
Attitude
Generativity vs Stagnation
Interdependence Theory
7. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Milgrams Explanations
Discrimination
Stereotype
Phobia
8. 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
zone of proximal development
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
DSM Axes
Initiative vs Guilt
9. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
preoperational
Biopsychosocial Model
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Prejudice
10. Most common/successful intelligence test
lexical hypothesis
WAIS
egocentrism
Prejudice
11. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
Cultural Deviance
Factors that predict relationship success
Phobia
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
12. 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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13. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
Clinical Psychology
anxiety
Schizophrenia
Harlow's Experiment
14. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave
Social Roles
Distress
boy phallic stage
insecure-avoidant attachment
15. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups
Personality
Realistic Conflict
Door in the Face
Autonomy vs Doubt
16. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount
Foot in the Door
Stanley Milgram Study
Stressors as Stimuli
Autonomy vs Doubt
17. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures
genital stage
TAT
Statistical Deviance
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
18. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
Phobia
Shaping
insecure-avoidant attachment
Identity vs Role Confusion
19. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Obedience
Dependence
Discrimination
Superego
20. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
Shaping
Phobia
Behavior: Extinction Method
Intimacy vs Isolation
21. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)
Psychopathology
oedipus complex
Stressors
Private Conformity
22. 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
Stanford Prison Study
conservation
Verbal Comprehension
Trust vs Mistrust
23. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Eustress
preoperational
lexical hypothesis
24. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
disorganized attachment
Asch study
egocentrism
Autonomy vs Doubt
25. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
preoperational
attachment
Flynn Effect
Token Economy
26. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
castration complex
Superego
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Stages of Appraisal
27. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
DSM-IV-TR
Integrity vs Despair
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Token Economy
28. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Anxiety Disorder
TriPartite Model: Affect
Pygmalion effect
Intimacy vs Isolation
29. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm
Harlow's Experiment
Autonomy vs Doubt
Conformity
Health Psychology
30. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Theory of Parental Investment
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
phallic stage
Phobia Treatments
31. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Flynn Effect
anal stage
Eustress
Stressors as Stimuli
32. 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)
Stress
Marucha Study
Phobia
Stanford Prison Study
33. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Factors that predict relationship success
Social Identity
aptitude test
34. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Internal Attribution
General Adaptation Syndrome
Initiative vs Guilt
Private Conformity
35. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process
Internalized Standard
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Processing Speed
TriPartite Model: Affect
36. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
projective tests
Ecclectic Therapists
Trust vs Mistrust
Processing Speed
37. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
Normative Influence
sensorimotor
genital stage
secure attachment
38. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
General Adaptation Syndrome
Stressors
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Interdependence Theory
39. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Coping Strategies for Stress
Trait Theory
anal stage
Rosenhan Experiment
40. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
conservation
Things that can influence IQ scores
Trust vs Mistrust
Social Psychology
41. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Discrimination
Realistic Conflict
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
42. 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?
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Verbal Comprehension
Emotional Distress
Marucha Study
43. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures
Behavior Therapy
Identity vs Role Confusion
girl phallic stage
Perceptual Organization
44. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)
Foot in the Door
Emotional Distress
WAIS
anal stage
45. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
Cognitive Dissonance
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
46. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
Phobia
Rational Emotive Therapy
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Freud's Background Info
47. 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
Harlow's Experiment
Coping Strategies for Stress
Harlow's Experiment
achievement test
48. Beliefs about the object
Satisfaction
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Superego
phallic stage
49. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
Pygmalion effect
Freud's Background Info
TriPartite Model: Affect
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
50. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner
Things that can influence IQ scores
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Harlow's Experiment
Industry vs Inferiority