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Elementary Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?
Cognitive Therapy
DSM-IV-TR
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Verbal Comprehension
2. 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
Asch study
Satisfaction
Stereotype
3. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Cooperation
Initiative vs Guilt
Social Roles
4. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world
Causes of Schizophrenia
Eustress
Flynn Effect
genital stage
5. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Things that can influence IQ scores
Dysfunction
formal operational
6. 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
Cognitive Dissonance
formal operational
Working Memory
Internalized Standard
7. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Pygmalion effect
Theory of Parental Investment
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
anxiety
8. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]
Discrimination
attachment
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
9. Most common/successful intelligence test
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
WAIS
projective tests
HPA axis
10. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family
anal stage
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Marucha Study
Biopsychosocial Model
11. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs
Working Memory
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
TAT
TriPartite Model: Behavior
12. 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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13. Cannot see things from another persons perspective
aptitude test
egocentrism
Ecclectic Therapists
girl phallic stage
14. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
Internalized Standard
Asch study
External Attribution
Phobia
15. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors
HPA axis
Behavior Therapy
Biopsychosocial Model
aptitude test
16. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes
Prejudice
DSM-IV-TR
Foot in the Door
Stressors as Stimuli
17. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Rational Emotive Therapy
Biopsychosocial Model
Initiative vs Guilt
18. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'
disorganized attachment
formal operational
Phobia
MMPI
19. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return
Fundamental Attribution Error
insecure-anxious attachment
Autonomy vs Doubt
Normative Influence
20. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Token Economy
phallic stage
Stanley Milgram Study
21. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
Biopsychosocial Model
Flynn Effect
Causes of Schizophrenia
projective tests
22. 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
Causes for Phobias
Foot in the Door
Integrity vs Despair
Cognitive Dissonance
23. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Personality
oral stage
Behavior Therapy
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
24. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]
Discrimination
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Generativity vs Stagnation
Phobia
25. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments
achievement test
Things that can influence IQ scores
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
Internal Attribution
26. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
anal stage
Kelley's Covariation Model
attachment
27. Intended to reflect what you have already learned
Theory of Parental Investment
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
achievement test
Emotional Distress
28. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)
Informational Influence
WAIS
Stress
Statistical Deviance
29. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner
Statistical Deviance
Dependence
TriPartite Model: Affect
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
30. Worry that father will cut their penis off
phallic stage
castration complex
Things that can influence IQ scores
formal operational
31. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal
Things that can influence IQ scores
Behavior: Extinction Method
Superego
Public Conformity
32. 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
Cattell's Source Traits
To Reduce Dissonance...
Factors that predict relationship success
Stanford Prison Study
33. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)
projective tests
Informational Influence
Cultural Deviance
Anxiety Disorder
34. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others
Fundamental Attribution Error
Internal Attribution
Cattell's Source Traits
Attributions
35. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request
Obedience
Integrity vs Despair
Social Roles
aptitude test
36. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
Harlow's Experiment
Public Conformity
Ecclectic Therapists
37. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]
Criticisms of Piaget's Theory
Kelley's Covariation Model
Trust vs Mistrust
Public Conformity
38. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]
Initiative vs Guilt
Social Identity
Personality
Discrimination
39. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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40. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy
Trait Theory
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
insecure-anxious attachment
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
41. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation
Flynn Effect
Fundamental Attribution Error
conservation
Industry vs Inferiority
42. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Marucha Study
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
Eustress
Cognitive Therapy
43. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Causes of Schizophrenia
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Token Economy
44. Emotions about the object
TriPartite Model: Affect
Private Conformity
Industry vs Inferiority
Ego
45. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding
difference between piaget and vygotsky
Phobia Treatments
Stress as a Transaction
aptitude test
46. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Evolutionary Psych
Trust vs Mistrust
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
47. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship
External Attribution
Transformation of Motivation
MMPI
Stressors
48. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]
Fundamental Attribution Error
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Identity vs Role Confusion
insecure-avoidant attachment
49. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause
Integrity vs Despair
Obedience
External Attribution
Stress as a Response
50. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem
External Attribution
Cognitive Therapy
preoperational
difference between piaget and vygotsky