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Psychology Final Exam Review Flashcards

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What is Psychology?

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The study of people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours

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Psychodynamic Theory

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Freud. An approach to therapy that focuses on resolving a patients conflicted conscious and unconscious feelings

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Behavioural Psychology

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John Watson. The prediction and control of human behaviour

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Cognitive Psychology

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Study and application of how the brain learns

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Humanist Psychology

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Developed out of the patient relationship of therapy. Client involved in their recovery

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Development Psychology

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Piaget, Erikson. Concerned with explaining how we change

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Sigmund Freud

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ID, ego, superego, defence mechanisms, free association

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Karen Horney

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Feminine Psychology

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Carl Jung

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Analytical psychology, unconscious archetypes, introvert vs extrovert

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Ivan Pavlov

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Conditioning, dog experiment

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B.F Skinner

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Operant condition, skinner box

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Abraham Maslow

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Self-actualizing, hierarchy of needs

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Victor Frankl

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Concentration camps

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Carl Rogers

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Client-centred therapy

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Albert Bandura

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Bobo doll experiment, social cognitive theory

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Elizabeth Loftus

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False memories, lost in a mall

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Jean Piaget

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Cognitive development

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Erik Erikson

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Psychosocial development, identity crisis

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Harry harlow

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surrogate mother experiment

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Mary Ainsworth

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The strange situation experiment

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Process of inquiry

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  1. Define a problem
  2. Develop hypothesis
  3. Procedure
  4. Gather data/information
  5. Compile/Analyze data
  6. Draw conclusions
  7. Raise Questions
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Ethical

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When studying human subject guidelines must be followed

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Bias

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The tendency for one’s preexisting beliefs to detroit logical reasoning by making invalid conclusions seem valid or valid conclusions seem invalid.

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Validity

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The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it’s supposed to.

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Reliable

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Produces the same result whenever it’s repeated.

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Ethical considerations:

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Voluntary participation: The right to withdrawal.
Informed consent
Anonymity
Confidentiality
Potential for harm
Results Communication

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Extroversion vs Introversion

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Directing interest outwards vs inwards

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Big 5 Factors

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Openness
Consientiousness
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Neutroicism

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Carl Jung - 4 Function Types

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Inquiring Green - Life’s Visionary
Organised gold - life’s planner
Authentic blue - life’s communicator
Resourceful orange - life’s negotiator

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Motivation

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Desire to do something and focus on how someone is motivated

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Factors that influence motivation

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Attitude, motivation, social thinking, mental health

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Intrinsic vs Extrinsic

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Your own sake vs other rewards and punishments

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Negativity Bias

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The threat of punishment for not doing something

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Defense Mechanisms

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Mental devices that distort reality to cope with something

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Why do we use defence mechanisms

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Fantasy, repression, rationalization, sour grapes, regression, denial, identification, compulsive behavior, procrastination, displaced aggression, projection

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NATURE VS. NURTURE

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Genetics vs the way you’re raised

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Twin Studies (What, Why, Who, How)

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Identical twins have the same DNA , twins raised apart, Minnesota Twins Project

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Adoption Studies

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Seeing how kids would be raised differently

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Three Identical Strangers

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Triplets seperated at birth
David, Bobby, and Eddie
Severe effects on their mental health
Extremely unethical

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Mental Health

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Psychological well being and satisfactory adjustment to society and to the ordinary demands of life.

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Ways to look after your mental health

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Sleep, self care, therapy, relationships, seeking help when needed

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CMHA

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Founded in 1918, the Canadian Mental Health Association
Prevent suicide, mental illness, promotes awareness

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Phobias

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An intense fear around a specific thing like an object, animal, or situation

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Panic Disorder

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Involved repeated and unexpected panic attacks. A panic attack is a feeling of sudden and intense fear that lasts for a short period of time.

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Social Anxiety Disorder

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Intense fear of being embarrassed or evaluated negatively by others. People with this disorder tend to avoid social situations.

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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Made up of unwanted thoughts, images, or urges that cause anxiety or repeated actions meant to reduce that anxiety.

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PTSD

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Can occur after a very scary or traumatic event such as abuse, an accident, or a natural disaster. Symptoms include reliving the event through nightmares or flashbacks

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Bi-polar disorder

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People experience episodes of depression and episodes of mania. An episode of depression in bipolar disorder is the same as other types of depression.

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Depression

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A mental illness that affects a person’s mood. Depression can last a long time. Feeling sad, worthless, hopeless, guilty, or anxious.

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Post-Partum Disorder

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A depression that may start during pregnancy or at any time up to a year after the birth of the child.

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Schizophrenia

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An illness that affects the way you understand and interact with the world around you. At the beginning of an episode, people many feel that things around them seem different or strange.

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Stigma/Stereotypes for Mental illness

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Mentally ill people are violent, always the same, etc…

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