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Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms

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Withdrawal Symptoms are usually the opposite of the drug symptoms
-Pupillary dilation, tremors, increased anxiety, increased respiration, inc HR, vascoconstriction

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Drive reduction theory

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-Need = deprivation that will energize drive/arousal
-Drive is the aroused state
-Fulfilling drive will reduce the need
Ex: At gym and need water
-Trainer says to do more pushups
-Need=water, drive=thirst
-You do pushups so you can fulfill drive for water

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Brain structures with abnormal activity during depression

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  • Dec. activity in frontal lobe
  • Inc activity in limbic structures
  • Inc/Dec activity in hippocampus
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schemata definition

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Mental bluebprint of aspects of the world

-Info can be retrieved from schema

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Ethnocentrism

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Judging someone else’s culture from position of your own culture
-Own culture is superior
-Leads to cultrual bias and prejudice
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Ethnography

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Study of particular people and places

  • Captures sense of place and people
  • Combines many research methods
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Reconstructive bias

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  • related to memory

- Memories of past are not as accurate as we think

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Attrition bias

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When participants drop out of a long term experiment or study

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Social desirability bias

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-tendency of research subjects to choose responses they believe are more socially acceptable rather than ones that reflect their own thoughts/feelings

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Selection Bias

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Distortion in measure of association due to sample selection not accurately reflecting target population
-Dropouts association between risk and outcome differs from study participants

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Deindividuation def

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Those in groups more likely to act inapropriately in a crowd that conceal’s the person’s identity
Ex: Black friday: large group of shoppers leads to dec inhibition/guilt and inc antisocial behavior

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Informational social influence

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Social influence in which individual turns to others for info about what is correct

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Three components of emotion

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Physiological, cognitive and behavioral

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Behavioral component of emotion

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body language or facial expressions

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Physiolgical component of emotion

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Physical response to emotion

-Heart rate inc or muscles tensing

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Cognitive component of emotion

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Thought processes associated with emotion

-confusion or amazement

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List these reinforcement schedules in order of least to most likely to exhibit extinction:
Fixed ratio, variable ratio, continuous reinforcement, variable interval, fixed interval

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Variable ratio, variable interval, fixed ratio, fixed interval, continuous

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Schacter-Singer theory of emotion

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Two-factor theory

  • Physiological/cognitive responses simultaneous from experience of emotion
  • Don’t feel specific emotion until able to identify reason
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schacter singer order of events

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event -> physiological response and label situation/identify reason for physiological response -> emotion

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shacter singer ex

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Man is allergic to bees and sees a bee -> interprets allergy making this threatening and HR inc and starts sweating -> Gets scared

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cognitive dissonance

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Discomfort experienced when holding 2 or more conflicting cognitions
-Ex: high school math teacher who went to college tells his own son to skip college

22
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Stroop effect

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Interference in reaction time of a task
-Name of color is shown in color that is not matching the name
Ex: the word red is shown in green so reaction time is slowed as brain wants to say green

23
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criterion validity

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Whether a test reflects a certain set of abilities

-Whether a variable can predict a certain outcome

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Construct validity

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Extent to which theory is supported by results of research study
-How well the terms in the study are defined

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Job applicant takes a performance test during interview process. The test accurately predicts how well employee will perform on the job. What type of validity is this?

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Criterion validity

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Study develops a questionnaire assessing instance of depression. If the questionnaire accuaretly measures levels of depression, what type of validity is this?

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Construct validity

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Content validity

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Whether a test is represntative of all aspects of the construct
-Must contain all aspects of measurement needed for assessment

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An algebra teacher makes final for her class. Some types of algebra are left out. This test is no longer a valid measure of algebra knowledge. What type of validity does this fail to ensure?

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Content validity

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Attribution theory

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How we explain behaviors of others around us

-Situational or dispositional attribution

30
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Vertical movement/mobility def

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Movement from one social level to a higher or lower one by changing jobs or marrying

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Urbanization def

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Pattern of movement from rural areas to cities

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Globalization sociology def

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Inc amount of interaction and integration on international scale
-exchange of products, serives, ideas, info

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Population growth definition

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Inc of number of individuals within a certain population

34
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prejudice def

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Attitudes that prejudge a group
-Usually negative
-Usually not based on fact
Ex: CEO doesn’t think women can run a team

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Discrimination definition

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Differential treatment and harmful actions against minorities
-Actions are taken based on negative attitude
Ex: Boss doesn’t promote a person because she’s a woman

36
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What is the main difference between discrimination and prejudice

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Prejudice is a belief/attitude

Discrimination is action based on a belief/attitude

37
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Stereotyping

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Cognitive decision made based on attitude/belief

-No action taken

38
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Ingratiation def

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Attempt to get someone to like you to get them to comply with your requests

39
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Normative influence

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Conformation with expectations of others to gain social approval

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Informative influence

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Looking to group guidance when you don’t know what to do or you assume the group is correct
Ex: Never interacted with infants before so ask a mother what to do because you assume they know what to do

41
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Opponent-process theory application to emotion/motivation

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Every process has an affective balance followed by a secondary opponent process

  • Opponent process sets in once primary process is quieted
  • With repeated exposure, opponent process is strengthened
42
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Application of opponent process theory to addiction

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Drug addiction is result of emotional pairing of pleasure and emotional symptoms of withdrawal

  • At beginning, drug use has high pleasure, low withdrawal
  • Over time, levels of pleasure inc and withdrawal also inc
43
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Expectancy value theory

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Amount of motivation req to achieve goal is affected by both person’s expectation of reaching the goal and how much person values reaching that goal
Ex: Person expects to reach goal and values reaching it highly, so less motivation req

44
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Approach approach conflict

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Both options are appealing

45
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Avoidant avoidant conflicts

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Both options are unappealing

46
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Approach avoidant conflict

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One option has both appealing and unappealing aspects

47
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Double approach avoidant conflict

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Forced choice between two approach avoidant conflicts

  • Choose between two options
  • Each option has both appealing and unappealing aspects
48
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Cialdini’s 6 aspects of persuasion

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  1. Reciprocity
  2. Commitment/consistency
    - Beliefs consistent with values
  3. Social proof
    - People doing what they observe other people doing
  4. Authority: tendency to obey authority figures
  5. Liking: the more people liek someone, the more they will be persuaded by them
  6. Scarcity: conveying limited supply of something can persuade people to want it
49
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Meritocracy def

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People achieve social position based on solely ability and achievements
-Extreme social mobility

50
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Horizontal movement/movement def

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Individual moving within the same class
Ex: accountant switches jobs to another accounting company
51
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Caste system construct of social mobility

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Very little mobility

-Role determined entirely by background born into or married to

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