Terms Flashcards
What is Beck’s cognitive theory of depression
Depressive triad:
- negative view of the self, of the world, and of the future.
Describe Lazarus’s theory
Lazarus had a theory of Cognitie appraisal to explain the relationships between emotion, stress and coping.
- Primary appraisal-situation is initially judges as being positive, stressful, or irrelevant to personal well-being.
- Secondary appriasal- evaluation of resources the individual has available to cope with the situation
- Reappraisal- both the stimulus situation and coping strategies are monitored, and primary and secondary appraisals are modified as needed
Stress occurs when person believes he lacks resources to deal with difficult events (does not suffer stress if he believes he has such resources).
Stress and coping are thus intimately related to each other and to cognitive factors.
Describe Structural Equation Modeling
- enables researchers to make inferences about causation
- can test out many different causal pathways involving multiple predictor and criterion variables
- one type of S.E.M. is LISREL
Describe MANOVA
involves one or more independent variables with at least two dependent variables.
- test of group differences
- cannot test a causal model
Describe Trend Analysis
- a test of group differences used when the outcome data is non-linear
Describe hierarchical multiple regression
- used to test theories
- can only include one criterion variable
- cannot test multiple pathways
An Alloplastic reaction to stress involves:
trying to change the external environment or blaming the external environment.
An Autoplastic reaction involves:
responding to stress by trying to change oneself or by blaming onself
-e.g. pt saying he is not as smart as other employees or that he is going to try to improve his performance
Some theorists argue that people with personality disorders use ______ defenses
Alloplastic (vs autoplastic for neurotics)
Some theorists argue that neurotic people use ______ defenses
Autoplastic (vs alloplastic for personality disorders)
Emic
- refers to a culture specific approach (as seen in the work of Carol Gilligan)
Etic
- refers to a non-culture specific approach that looks for universal principles
- described in the work of Maslow
Sue and Sue’s Racial/Cultural Identity Model
Conformity: Has a positive attitude toward and preference for dominant cultural values; places considerable value on characteristics that represent dominant cultural groups; may devalue or hold negative views of own race or other racial/ethnic groups.
Dissonance and Appreciating: Begins to question identity; recognizes conflicting messages and observations that challenge beliefs/stereotypes of own cultural groups and value of mainstream cultural groups; develops growing sense of one’s own cultural heritage and the existence of racism; moves away from seeing dominant cultural groups as all good.
Resistance and Immersion: Embraces and holds a positive attitude toward and preference for his or her own race and cultural heritage; rejects dominant values of society and culture; focuses on eliminating oppression within own racial/cultural group; likely to possess considerable feelings—including distrust and anger—toward dominant cultural groups and anything that may represent them; places considerable value on characteristics that represent one’s own cultural groups without question; develops a growing appreciation for others from racially and culturally diverse groups.
Introspection: Begins to question the psychological cost of projecting strong feelings toward dominant cultural groups; desires to refocus more energy on personal identity while respecting own cultural groups; realigns perspective to note that not all aspects of dominant cultural groups—one’s own racial/cultural group or other diverse groups— are good or bad; may struggle with and experience conflicts of loyalty as perspective broadens.
Integrative Awareness: Has developed a secure, confident sense of racial/cultural identity; becomes multicultural; maintains pride in racial identity and cultural heritage; commits to supporting and appreciating all oppressed and diverse groups; tends to recognize racism as a societal illness by which all can be victimized.
What is face validity?
Face validity refers to what the test appears superficially to measure- whether the test “looks valid” to the examinees who take it, to technically untrained observers, etc.
What is construct validity?
- involves looking at how well a test measures an underlying construct (e.g. creativity)
- uses methods like factor analysis or the multi-trait, multi-method matrix
What is Criterion-related validity?
Criterion-related validity looks at how well a test predicts criterion outcome, by correlating scores on the predictor test with a measure of outcome.
What are the levels of Maslow’s hierarchy?
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs:
- Self-Actualization
- Esteem
- Belonging and love (described as social needs by Maslow)
- Safety
- Physiological
Equity Theory
- Inequity = motivating state
- Involves comparing ratio of one’s inputs/ outcomes vs. others’ inputs/ outcomes
(also referred to as ratio of inputs and outputs sometimes) - People adjust their performance until ratio between their own inputs/outcomes vs other’s inputs/outcomes appears to be fair.
Examples:
- An employee who works harder (compared to her co-workers) will try to increase her outcomes (e.g. salary) to match input (amount of work that she does).
- Alternatively, she may reduce her inputs (amount of work) to match her outcomes (current salary) .
Overjustification Hypothesis
- based on research showing that offering rewards/incentives for activities that had previously been intrinsically motivated resulted in subsequent decrease in interest in the rewarded activity.
Example: rewarding kids who already enjoy reading may lead to reduced interest in reading
Gain-Loss Theory
proposes that the people we like most are those who initially don’t like us and then cahnge their persepctive to come to like us.
- phenomenon is thought to result from the feeling that we have gained something.
Rational-Economic Model
aka Classical Decision Theory
- involves exhaustively compiling all relevant info, investigating all possible solutions, and choosing the very best one.
- rarely implemented in practice due to practical limitations of time and info-gathering.
What are the roots of Behavioral Marital Therapy?
According to this perspective, what is normal family functioning due to? What causes pathology?
Behavioral Marital Therapy is rooted in both social learning theory and behavioral analysis
Normal family functioning results when adaptive behavior is rewarded, maladaptive behavior is not reinforced, and benefits of being a member of the family outweigh the costs.
Pathology results from maladaptive behavior that is reinforced by family attention and reward, from deficient reward exchanges, and from communication deficits.