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Elementary Psychology
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1. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
Prejudice
formal operational
Asch study
Interdependence Theory
2. Study of the mental illness of the brain
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Psychopathology
Eustress
Door in the Face
3. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)
Kelley's Covariation Model
MMPI
Dysfunction
Public Conformity
4. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Phobia
Trait Theory
latency stage
anal stage
5. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ
Pygmalion effect
TAT
aptitude test
Satisfaction
6. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity
Normative Influence
Superego
Anxiety Disorder
formal operational
7. 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
Autonomy vs Doubt
Treatment for Schizophrenia
Working Memory
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
8. Most common/successful intelligence test
Clinical Psychology
Stress as a Transaction
Autonomy vs Doubt
WAIS
9. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Private Conformity
Superego
formal operational
Rosenhan Experiment
10. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc
Satisfaction
The Big Five
Cooperation
To Reduce Dissonance...
11. Emotions about the object
insecure-avoidant attachment
Social Psychology
TriPartite Model: Affect
Transformation of Motivation
12. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal
Public Conformity
Causes of Schizophrenia
Stressors
TriPartite Model: Cognition
13. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
Freud's Background Info
egocentrism
Autonomy vs Doubt
Identity vs Role Confusion
14. Beliefs about the object
Clinical Psychology
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Behavior: Extinction Method
zone of proximal development
15. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
object permanence
Rational Emotive Therapy
Emotional Distress
Id
16. Beliefs about the object
Generativity vs Stagnation
Dependence
HPA axis
TriPartite Model: Cognition
17. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
concrete operational
aptitude test
Causes of Schizophrenia
Eustress
18. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source
Distress
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Shaping
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
19. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
Psychopathology
Cognitive Dissonance
Treatment for Schizophrenia
TriPartite Model: Affect
20. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Conformity
DSM-IV-TR
Shaping
egocentrism
21. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior
Normative Influence
Cognitive Dissonance
Stereotype
Social Roles
22. Change behavior - change attitude
Stress as a Transaction
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
internalization
To Reduce Dissonance...
23. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures
Perceptual Organization
Ego
Psychosis
Pygmalion effect
24. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses
Asch study
Stereotype
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
TriPartite Model: Cognition
25. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Internal Attribution
Working Memory
boy phallic stage
Eustress
26. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
genital stage
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
Cattell's Source Traits
Trait Theory
27. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]
Schizophrenia
Token Economy
Prejudice
Stress as a Response
28. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Transformation of Motivation
Door in the Face
conservation
Processing Speed
29. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Attributions
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Basic Cognitive Therapy
30. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount
Criteria for Abnormal
Stanley Milgram Study
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
DSM Axes
31. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]
Stressors as Stimuli
zone of proximal development
GAD Treatments
Social Identity
32. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation
HPA axis
conservation
achievement test
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
33. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
TriPartite Model: Cognition
oral stage
Trust vs Mistrust
Dysfunction
34. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]
concrete operational
Informational Influence
Things that can influence IQ scores
Eustress
35. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
Phobia Treatments
Trust vs Mistrust
Id
Psychopathology
36. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures
Autonomy vs Doubt
General Adaptation Syndrome
Perceptual Organization
Statistical Deviance
37. Distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking - feeling - and acting
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Stressors as Stimuli
Personality
Cialdini's Compliance
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. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth
girl phallic stage
Ecclectic Therapists
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
TriPartite Model: Affect
40. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount
Id
castration complex
Intimacy vs Isolation
Stanley Milgram Study
41. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
Public Conformity
Processing Speed
genital stage
egocentrism
42. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
oral stage
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Theory of Parental Investment
TriPartite Model: Affect
43. 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
Social Psychology
DSM Axes
genital stage
External Attribution
44. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
MMPI
Dysfunction
Harlow's Experiment
Cooperation
45. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system
Working Memory
HPA axis
Dependence
preoperational
46. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
sensorimotor
Rational Emotive Therapy
secure attachment
47. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
Clinical Psychology
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Industry vs Inferiority
aptitude test
48. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner
Stressors
Private Conformity
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Internal Attribution
49. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Trait Theory
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Autonomy vs Doubt
Stress as a Transaction
50. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Superego
Obedience
Personality
Processing Speed