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PSY Final Exam Flashcards

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Behaviorism

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Watson and Skinner believed this, idea that the mind is like a black box

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Theory

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organizes observations
falsifiable/ testable
Can never be fully 100% proven, always going to be an outlier

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Replication

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across samples, materials, cultures, situations

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Naturalistic Observation

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observing behavior in natural setting

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Correlation

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when there is a relationship between two variables

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Independent variable

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experimental factor that varies between groups, independent of other variables/factors

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Dependent variable

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outcome/measures variable, depends on the IV

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Limbic System

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has a significant influence on behavior (fear, aggression, anxiety) almost connects lots of pieces of the brain together

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Nueron

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a nerve cell, the basic building block of the nervous system

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Broca’s area

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when this area of the brain was destroyed it was made clear that the brain’s ability to produce speech was gone

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Wernicke’s area

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when this area of the brain was destroyed it was made clear that the brain’s ability to comprehend speech was gone

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rods

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helps see black and white, low light vision

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cones

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help see color as well as fine detail

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psychophysiological illness

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physical diseases that are either brought about or worsened by stress and other emotional factors

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Nature v Nurture

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both genetics and environment can significantly impact a person

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Operant Conditioning

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you have a behavior and you introduce a punishment or reward to get desired response

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Classical Conditioning

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A third party is involved as a neutral stimulus

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Unconditioned Stimulus

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Something that automatically delivers a response (good smelling food)

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Unconditioned Response

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Naturally occurring unlearned response to the US (mouth waters to the good smelling food)

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Neutral Stimulus

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On its own it gets no response (Bell in the dog and food example)

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Conditioned Stimulus

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Old neutral stimulus that has changed after conditioning (bell now makes dog’s mouth water)

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Rorschach test

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show you a distorted image and interpret what you see

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Thematic Apperception Test

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Show you a picture of a situation and have you interpret them in order to understand your mental processing

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Repression

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Hiding your feelings by ignoring them so that they don’t cause pain

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Reaction formation

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bullying others for your insecurity

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Projection

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Put your feelings on others (“you look very stressed”)

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Displacement

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Putting your feelings on a safer target

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Sublimation

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when someone replaces a desire with an acceptable action (aggressive –> sports)

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Denial

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rejecting claims

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Regression

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retreating to an earlier developmental stage to cope with stress

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Rationalization

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people justify difficult or unacceptable feelings with seemingly logical reasons and explanations

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Neuroticism

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how irritated you get in situations

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Id

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Pleasure principle, based around hunger and sex

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Ego

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Reality, balance between Id and SuperEgo

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SuperEgo

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Morals, right thing to do

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What happens when personality structures compete?

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Conflicts arise between Id, Ego, and SuperEgo and disorders can form

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Oral

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0-18 months, biting and chewing

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Anal

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18-36 months, likes control and is sloppy

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Phallic

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3-6 years, child’s pleasure focuses on genitals

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Latency

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6-puberty, cooties stage

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Genital

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Puberty-forever, mature sexual functioning and intercourse

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fixation

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getting stuck in a psychosexual stage

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Anal retentiveness

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person who pays such attention to detail that it becomes an obsession and may be an annoyance to others

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anal expulsive

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person who exhibits cruelty, emotional outbursts, disorganization, self-confidence, artistic ability, generosity, rebelliousness and general carelessness

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Oedipal conflict

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a boy who acts possessive of his mother and tells the father not to touch her, being attracted to your parent

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factor analysis

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technique that is used to reduce a large number of variables into fewer numbers of factors

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Assessing traits (MMPI)

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the MMPi is the most widely researched and clinically used personality test

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social psychology

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study of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors due to the implied presence of other people

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Self

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most complex and elaborate schema

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The Big Five

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Open to new experiences
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

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reciprocal determinism

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exists among environment, behavior, and the individual

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learned helplessness

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lack of self-esteem, low motivation, a lack of persistence, the conviction of being inept, and ultimately failure due to repeated failure

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Dispositional

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internal, aggressive personality

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Situational

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external, Abusive parents

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Attitudes

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Global evaluation of stimulus which guides our behavior and is shaped by beliefs

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Cognitive Dissonance

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we like consistency, dissonance is uncomfy and this motivates us to change

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Social Influence

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intentional and unintentional efforts to change another person’s beliefs, attitudes, or behavior

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Conformity

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Adjusting our behaviors to the standards of others

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Normative social influence

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change to be socially accepted

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Informational Social Influence

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we change in order to be correct

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Obedience

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following orders of a legit authority figure

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Deindividualization

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we lose our sense of self because we are aroused and totally anonymous (concerts)

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Social Loafing

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exert less when in a group because we are less concerned about being evaluated

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Social Facilitation

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being in the presence of others improves individual task performance (packed gym in basketball = better game)

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Prejudice

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based solely on emotions you FEEL for a certain group

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Stereotypes

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what we THINK is the representation of a typical group member

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Discriminization

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how we ACT or behave

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Modeling

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We look to others to copy their behavior

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Social Scripts

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TV shows and movies constantly show us that aggression is acceptable

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Proximity

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Being around others makes us like them even more

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Physical Attractiveness

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tend to think that these people are more funny and social than they actually are

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What is attractive?

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symmetry
average faces
waist to hip ratio
baby face

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Similarity

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We very much like people who have attitudes and beliefs that are similar

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Physical Love

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physical arousal and cognitive appraisal

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Companionate love

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fostered by equity and self disclosure (marry your best friend)

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Altruism

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prosocial behavior that has no benefit to yourself

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Bystander Effect

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the more people that are present the less likely help will be given

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Helping

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Anything that benefits others

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Social Exchange Theory

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helping others so that they will exchange a favor and return it eventually

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Reciprocity Norm

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the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit (bringing someone to the airport)

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Social Responsibility

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Helping another person because it is socially your job to do

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Reliability

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refers to the consistency of a measure

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Validity

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refers to the accuracy of a measure

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central nervous system

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brain and spinal

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