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Elementary Psychology
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1. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
The Modern Model of Psychopathology
Theory of Parental Investment
Phobia
latency stage
2. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse
Dependence
Evolutionary Psych
genital stage
General Adaptation Syndrome
3. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots
Generativity vs Stagnation
projective tests
Phobia Treatments
sensorimotor
4. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above
Stress as a Response
achievement test
Four Subtypes of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
5. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person
sensorimotor
phallic stage
Interdependence Theory
Cooperation
6. Jealousy/hatred of all other women
Promoting Healthy Behaviors
Attributions
electra complex
Anxiety Disorder
7. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures
Interdependence Theory
Public Conformity
Social Identity
TAT
8. 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
Evolutionary Psych
Social Psychology
Coping Strategies for Stress
Emotional Distress
9. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
oedipus complex
Basic Cognitive Therapy
Milgrams Explanations
10. Beliefs about the object
TriPartite Model: Cognition
Verbal Comprehension
Attitude
Sheridan & King Study
11. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams
Milgrams Explanations
Id
Coping Strategies for Stress
Token Economy
12. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion
The Big Five
Obedience
Attitude
Stereotype
13. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events
Theory of Parental Investment
Things that can influence IQ scores
Milgrams Explanations
girl phallic stage
14. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges
boy phallic stage
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Anxiety Disorder
Stress
15. Ask for a large favor first - followed up with something much smaller - if you say no - you may feel guilty and may say yes to a more reasonable request
Clinical Psychology
Door in the Face
aptitude test
External Attribution
16. Worry that father will cut their penis off
Evolutionary Psych
Trust vs Mistrust
Behavior: Extinction Method
castration complex
17. 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)
Foot in the Door
Marucha Study
Generativity vs Stagnation
Obedience
18. 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
General Adaptation Syndrome
Health Psychology
Normative Influence
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
19. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Clinical Psychology
Fundamental Attribution Error
Sternbergs Triangle Theory
20. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
Causes for Phobias
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
formal operational
Criteria for Abnormal
21. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Eustress
Freud's Background Info
Increased Likelihood of Conformity...
22. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
attachment
Integrity vs Despair
Internal Attribution
sensorimotor
23. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk
Trait Theory
sensorimotor
oral stage
Coping Strategies for Stress
24. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior
TriPartite Model: Behavior
Behavior: Reinforcement Method
Phobia Treatments
Milgrams Explanations
25. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]
formal operational
achievement test
Behavior: Extinction Method
Realistic Conflict
26. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted
Obedience
Clinical Psychology
Perceptual Organization
Behavior: Systematic Desensitization Method
27. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill
insecure-anxious attachment
Discrimination
Schizophrenia
aptitude test
28. Worry that father will cut their penis off
Fundamental Attribution Error
castration complex
Discrimination
insecure-avoidant attachment
29. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase
Cooperation
Intimacy vs Isolation
oral stage
Private Conformity
30. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute
Distress
projective tests
Attributions
Private Conformity
31. 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?
Autonomy vs Doubt
egocentrism
WAIS
Verbal Comprehension
32. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat
Schizophrenia
Social Psychology
Discrimination
Eustress
33. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming
Industry vs Inferiority
Stressors
Processing Speed
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
34. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt
insecure-avoidant attachment
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Ecclectic Therapists
Transformation of Motivation
35. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation
Stress
Personality
conservation
phallic stage
36. 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
Cultural Deviance
DSM Axes
Stanford Prison Study
Adv/Disadv of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
37. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation
Theory of Parental Investment
Evolutionary Psych
General Adaptation Syndrome
Fundamental Attribution Error
38. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort
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39. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life
Token Economy
Kelley's Covariation Model
Phobia
Public Conformity
40. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved
Causes of Schizophrenia
Dependence
Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms
Stress
41. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods
To Reduce Dissonance...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Basic Cognitive Therapy
42. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability
Theory of Parental Investment
External Attribution
Social Roles
Cooperation
43. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc
Satisfaction
anal stage
electra complex
Cognitive Dissonance
44. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver
attachment
Milgrams Explanations
Generativity vs Stagnation
achievement test
45. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would
Initiative vs Guilt
Ego
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Rosenhan Experiment
46. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind
Behavior: Extinction Method
HPA axis
castration complex
Processing Speed
47. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts
Ego
The Big Five
GAD Treatments
Perceptual Organization
48. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner
Variation of Stanley Milgram Study
Identity vs Role Confusion
Perceptual Organization
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
49. 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
electra complex
Foot in the Door
achievement test
preoperational
50. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic
Criticisms of Attraction Theory
Behavior: Adv/Disadv
latency stage
To Reduce Dissonance...