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Psychology Flashcards

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Pyschology definition

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The study of behaviors, cognitions, and motivations

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Medical Psychology

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Includes the study of biological, psychological, and social mechanisms related to physical and mental health
Emphasizes biological mechanisms

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Health Psychology

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Studies how general wellness can be influenced by behaviors and attitudes

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Behavioral medicine

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Application of psychological techniques to practice of medicine
Interdisciplinary

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Psychiatry

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Study, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental health disorders

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Why should medical students study psychology?

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Behaviors contribute heavily to health
Attitudes effect doctor patient communication
Motivations effect behaviors and attitudes relavent to resiliency

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What are critical domains for teaching medical students

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Mind/body interactions
Patient behavior
Physician behavior
Physician patient interactions
Social and cultural issues
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Social psychology

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Study of more than on person

Includes reactions interactions and influence

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Psychology of learning

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Study of processes that increase or decrease liklihood of engaging in a behavior

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Associationism

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mid 19th century Germany
Wundt and Werthermer
Stimuli become associated with each other through contiguity space or time
(Marlboro Country)

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Functionalism

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late 19th century US
William James
Psychology considered in adaptation to environment (Darwinian)
Function of disorder should be considered in treating disorder

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Classical Conditioning

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late 19th early 20th
Pavlov
US with Neutral Stimulus
Neutral Stimulus comes first
(Chemo foods)
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Operant Conditioning

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early 20th century
Thorndike, Watson, Skinner
US with Neutral Stimulus
US comes first
Positive v negative reinforcement
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Social Facilitation

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late 19th century
Triplett and Zajonc
When evaluated dominant behaviors are exaggerated and subordinate behaviors suppressed
(Good under pressure)

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Group Dynamics

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early 20th
Sherif, Lewin, Milgram
Behavior is function of person and their environment (field theory)
Individuals change to align with group
(Maintain individual thought)
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Informal Social Communication

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Mid 20th
Festinger Schacter and Back
People are influenced by people they interact with frequently
(Physical layout of walter reed incorporates whole care team)

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Social Comparison

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Mid 20th
Festinger
In absence of physical standards people compare themselves to others to see how they are doing
(Transition from top dog to average)

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Affiliation

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Mid 20th
Schacter
Innate need to feel like part of a group when uncomfortable

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Deindividuation/Individuation

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Mid 20th
Festinger
In a group people need to be distinct, when outside a group people need to be part of the group
(Want to go back to my unit)

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Social Learning Theory

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Mid to late 20th
Miller and Dollard
Other peoples behaviors toward our actions effect whether we will do them again
(Med students follow behaviors demonstrated by valued superiors)

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Cognitive Dissonance

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Mid to late 20th
Festinger
People strive for cognitive consistency
(Soldiers aren’t weak, i’m a soldier, so i’m not weak)

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Social Loafing

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mid 20th
Darley and Latane
Individual responsibility is minimized when people act as a group
(yell fire instead of rape)

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Attribution and misattribution

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Mid 20th
Jones Keith and Davis
People give themselves credit for successes and blame others for failures
(Patients who are obese are lazy)

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Attitude formation and change

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Mid 20th Century
Hovland and Janis
Several things affect how well a message is received

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Behavioral Economics

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Late 20th
Kahneman, Tversky, Bickel
Likelihood of a behavior decreases as cost of behavior increases

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Major components of cognition

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consciousness
perception
attention
memory
learning
decision making
self-awareness
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Consciousness and perception

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Dualism (matter includes mind and body)
Psychophysics (psychological response to physical stimuli)
Study of the mind (Hypnosis/modern mental health)

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Attention

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William James

“Goal of psychology to perceive, conceive, remember, shorten reaction time”

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Memory

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Explicit -Late 19th (Ebbinghaus)

Implicit - Late 19th (Influence of hidden memories on future behaviors)

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Learning

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Operant and classical conditioning, observational and social learning

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Decision making

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Cognitive development stages and Neurobiology

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Piaget’s stages of Cognitive Development

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Sensorimotor <2years
Preoperational (2-7)
Concrete Operational (7-11)
Formal Operational (11-16)

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Motivation

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Tripartite theory became judeo-christian which became far eastern which became machiavellian

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Instinct

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Darwinian survival lead to funcitonalism lead to imprinting by social factors

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Drive theories

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Triplett (Dynamogenic forces)
Freud (Conscious and unconscious motivations)
Cannon (Fight or Flight)
Hull
Dollar and Miller (drive reduction and homeostasis)

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Reinforcement Theories

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Thorndike (Law of Effect)
Skinner (Reward and Punishment)
Olds and Milner (Neurobiology of reward system)

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Field Theory

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Lewin (Learned vs Innate needs)

Asch, Newcomb (Motivation of group members)

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Incentive theory

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Cofer

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Need based theories

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Lewin (Needs and quasineeds)
Maslow (Hierarchy of needs)
McClelland (Need for Achievement)
Festinger (Social comparasin)
Schacter (affiliation, social comparasin)
Deci and Ryan (Autonomy0
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Who experiences Stress

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Everyone

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