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Elementary Psychology
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1. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]
phallic stage
Public Conformity
Freud's Background Info
Intimacy vs Isolation
2. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Marucha Study
Criteria for Abnormal
Psychopathology
Stress as a Transaction
3. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]
External Attribution
Obedience
conservation
Industry vs Inferiority
4. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction
Clinical Psychology
Criteria for Abnormal
anal stage
MMPI
5. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Stressors
formal operational
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
6. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Informational Influence
insecure-anxious attachment
Milgrams Explanations
7. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Health Psychology
Obedience
Trust vs Mistrust
difference between piaget and vygotsky
8. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Theory of Parental Investment
sensorimotor
Fundamental Attribution Error
To Reduce Dissonance...
9. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
DSM Axes
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
genital stage
10. 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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11. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger
anxiety
Obedience
Foot in the Door
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
12. 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
oral stage
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Foot in the Door
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
13. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles
electra complex
boy phallic stage
Sheridan & King Study
Stressors as Stimuli
14. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior
DSM Axes
Shaping
oedipus complex
oral stage
15. Most common/successful intelligence test
disorganized attachment
formal operational
WAIS
latency stage
16. 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
Theory of Parental Investment
object permanence
Stages of Appraisal
Coping Strategies for Stress
17. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior
Trait Theory
Public Conformity
Dependence
Internal Attribution
18. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Superego
Theory of Parental Investment
Ecclectic Therapists
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
19. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges
Processing Speed
Behavior: Extinction Method
Token Economy
Stressors
20. 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
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Pygmalion effect
General Adaptation Syndrome
Coping Strategies for Stress
21. Study of the mental illness of the brain
Psychopathology
Social Identity
External Attribution
Obedience
22. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth
Anxiety Disorder
Phobia Treatments
object permanence
girl phallic 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
Stages of Appraisal
Fundamental Attribution Error
Kelley's Covariation Model
Social Psychology
24. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
oral stage
Rational Emotive Therapy
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
25. No response to leaving or returning
insecure-avoidant attachment
Dependence
Emotional Distress
Transformation of Motivation
26. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'
Interdependence Theory
achievement test
Schizophrenia
Foot in the Door
27. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)
Private Conformity
Phobia
Factors that predict relationship success
Interdependence Theory
28. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Rational Emotive Therapy
Internal Attribution
Informational Influence
Rosenhan Experiment
29. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
Harlow's Experiment
Id
Behavior Therapy
egocentrism
30. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams
Id
WAIS
Generativity vs Stagnation
Trait Theory
31. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]
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32. 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
Working Memory
Psychosis
achievement test
castration complex
33. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
Transformation of Motivation
Stress as a Transaction
Normative Influence
MMPI
34. 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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35. 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
Flynn Effect
Foot in the Door
Stress as a Response
Autonomy vs Doubt
36. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
Cialdini's Compliance
Distress
External Attribution
Attitude
37. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Phobia
Public Conformity
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
38. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Statistical Deviance
Factors that predict relationship success
Private Conformity
39. Genetic component & environmental conditioning
Causes for Phobias
DSM Axes
anal stage
achievement test
40. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion
DSM Axes
The Big Five
Public Conformity
Processing Speed
41. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through
egocentrism
castration complex
TAT
anal stage
42. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
Identity vs Role Confusion
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Ecclectic Therapists
insecure-avoidant attachment
43. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty
GAD Treatments
Psychosis
latency stage
oral stage
44. 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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45. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]
Biopsychosocial Model
External Attribution
Kelley's Covariation Model
Trust vs Mistrust
46. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]
Stressors
internalization
WAIS
Theory of Parental Investment
47. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them
lexical hypothesis
WAIS
Ego
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
48. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Foot in the Door
Flynn Effect
Phobia Treatments
Initiative vs Guilt
49. Change behavior - change attitude
Eustress
To Reduce Dissonance...
Cultural Deviance
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
50. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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