EPPP Flashcards
What are the states of gender development?
Gender identity: 9 months to 3 years, identify gender
Gender stability: by about 4 years: understand gender is stable
Gender constancy: by about 5/6 years: understand gender doesn’t change with appearance
What is paired comparison used for?
Used to appraise work performance by comparing one person to every other person
What are Selye’s GAS stress response stages?
Alarm: initial response
Resistance: responding to stressor
Exhaustion: recovery after dealing with it
What are Piaget’s developmental stages?
Sensorimotor: birth to 2 years: develop senses and object permanence, deferred imitation (imitate later)
Preoperational: 2-7 years: symbolic thought
Concrete operational: 7-11 years: reversibility and degeneration, transitivity (be able to mentally sort objects)
Formal operational: 11-16 years: abstract reasoning, propositional thought
What are the Big Five personality traits and the most/least stable?
Extraversion - most stable Openness Conscientiousness Agreeableness Neuroticism - least stable
What’s commonly used to treat Alzheimer’s?
Increase Ach levels.
Prevent Ach breakdown in mild mod symptoms
Examples: Cognex, Aricept
What’s Craik and Lockhart’s Levels of Processing Theory?
When you process info more deeply/complexly, leads to better retention. Better to utilize in abstract way than straight memorization
What medication works best for neuropathic pain?
Antidepressants (amitriptyline)
What are common medications?
Amitriptyline: antidepressants
Fluoxetine: SSRI
What medication works best for bulimia?
Boosting serotonin, SSRIs
What happens with damage to the right frontal lobe?
Disinhibition, indifference, and jocularity
What happens with damage to the left frontal lobe?
Decreased speech, depression, apathy
What are anticholinergic symptoms?
Dry mouth, blurred vision, constipation, tachycardia, dizziness, confusion, urinary retention
From tricyclics and antipsychotics
What’s fluoxetine?
SSRI, Prozac
What’s the difference between schizophrenia type I and II?
I has more positive symptoms.
II has more negative symptoms
What are vegetative symptoms?
Sleep difficulty, appetite changes, psychomotor retardation
What are the leading causes of death in US across age groups?
Heart disease, then cancer, then stroke
I/O: what’s the difference between base rate and selection ratio?
Base rate: the proportion of people who could do a job
Selection ratio: proportion of openings to applications
What are Marcia’s identity statuses?
Foreclosure: commitment to a group based on others pressure
Moratorium: actively figuring out identity
Achievement: gotten through crisis and committed to identity and group
Diffusion: not feeling crisis/not committed to an identity