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Which therapies are associated with/based on classical conditioning?

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flooding, implosion, systematic desensitization, and conditioned aversion

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Which therapies are associated with/based on operant conditioning?

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contingency management, behavioural contract, time-out, Premack principle

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flooding

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forcing client to directly experience the feared object

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implosion

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forcing the client to imagine the feared object

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cognitive-physiological theory of emotion

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physiological arousal occurs first, and then the individual must identify the reason for this arousal to experience and label it as an emotion

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James-Lange theory of emotion

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emotions occur as a result of physiological reactions to events

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Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion

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physical and psychological experience of emotion happen at the same time and that one does not cause the other

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Jung’s archetypes

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anima, animus, persona, shadow

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two-point threshold

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amount of distance between two pins necessary for each to be perceived as a distinct sensation - just noticeable difference

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congruence

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Carl Rogers; goal of psychotherapy was congruence between who one is and one’s ego ideal

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self-actualization, choice, peak experiences

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Maslow

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death wish

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Freud; not supported by psychologists

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nomothetic vs. idiographic approach to personality theory

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Nomothetic is group and societal norms, idiographic is individual case studies (Allport)

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Adler

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need for superiority & inferiority complex

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Bem

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androgyny

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Lewin

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field theory; field dependence and field independence; personality can be divided dynamically into ever-changing regions so boundaries can be fluid or rigid

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field dependence

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more influenced by environmental factors and the perceptions of others

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two-sided communication

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communication that includes arguments both for and against a position

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Type I error

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rejection of a true null hypothesis

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most sensitive to outliers

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mean

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21
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telegraphic speech

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children frequently omit words or word endings

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four components of language

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phonology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics

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23
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Hering

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opponent process theory

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24
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Helmholtz

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trichromatic theory as well as place theory

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place theory

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Helmholtz and Young

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Kandel

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study of aplysia, found that as they learned new behavioural responses, their neural pathways underwent related changes

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left brain in right handed people

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language comprehension and production, logic

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right brain of right handed people

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musical ability, spatial ability, mathematical and artistics abilities

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29
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rational emotive therapy

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Albert Ellis; form of CBT

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30
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Winnicott

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object relations therapy; centered around analyst or patient as an object

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31
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abreaction

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Freudian term - uncovering and discharge of a repressed emotion

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32
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Wolpe

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systematic desensitization

33
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von Frisch

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honeybees

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equity theory

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we expect to be rewarded for good behaviour and punished for poor or negligent behaviour

35
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techniques of Freudian therapy

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free association, dream interpretation, analysis of transference, analysis of resistance

36
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where does fertilization occur

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Fallopian tubes

37
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Oedipal conflict resolution

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phallic stage

38
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social facilitation theory

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Zajonc; learning a relatively easy task is enhanced when in the presence of others

39
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Guilford

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divergent and convergent thinking

40
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Eysenck

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dimensional approach to personality centering on variation along certain major traits: stability-instability and introversion-extroversion

41
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Mischel

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critic of trait theories as they don’t take into account situations

42
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Ainsworth types of attachment

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secure, insecure-avoidant, insecure-resistant

43
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tendency to attribute one’s feelings and thoughts to an external object

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projection

44
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What kind of stimuli increase conformity?

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ambiguous

45
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main thing to remember about Piaget and intelligence

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assimilation and accommodation are necessary for development of intelligence

46
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Emmett’s Law

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the farther away the object, the more the scaling device in the brain will compensate for its retinal size by enlarging our perception of the object

47
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concurrent validity

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criterion measure is obtained at about the same time as the test score

48
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primary process

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forming a mental image of the desired object in order to satisfy the desire for that object; works to resolve tension created by the pleasure principle

49
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subjective properties of sound

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loudness, pitch, timbre

50
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physical properties of sound

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frequency, amplitude

51
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McClelland and Rumelhart

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parallel distributed processing

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beginnings of true thought

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marks the beginning of preoperational (child has begun to acquire the ability to make internal representations and symbolizations of external objects)

53
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interposition

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depth cue; images on retina are two dimensional but we perceive three dimensions. Image on retina contains certain cues about depth

54
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Olds and Milner

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electrodes in septal nuclei; rats can electrically stimulate septal nuclei which is very pleasurable

55
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Galton

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individual differences

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dual code hypothesis

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concrete information is encoded into memory both visually and verbally; abstract information is encoded into memory only verbally

57
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Paivio

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dual code hypothesis

58
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hypothetico-deductive method

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scientists first define and formulate their hypotheses, perform experiments to test, and interpret results

59
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confabulation

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filling in of gaps in memory with distorted, fanciful material (symptom of Korsakoff’s)

60
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unconscious process associated with transference

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displacement

61
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the thicker the myelin sheath…

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the faster the conduction

62
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how to calculate IQ

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divide mental age by chronological age and multiply by 100

63
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clinical method

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case study method; developmental psychologists look at small number of people in depth

64
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social facilitation

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Zajonc; in presence of others, performance of correct responses improves only in dominant responses (when you know what you’re doing)

65
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Turner’s syndrome

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females with only one X chromosome (XO); failure to develop secondary sex characteristics

66
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Klinefelter’s syndrome

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males who possess an extra X chromosome; sterility and intellectually disabled

67
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Herman Witkin

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relationship between personality and how person perceives the world

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process vs. reactive schizophrenia

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lengthy prodromal phase vs. brief prodromal phase

69
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long-term memory is organized how?

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semantically, not phonetically

70
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volley principle

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high rates of neural firing can be maintained if nerve fibers work together

71
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Wever and Bray

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volley principle

72
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frequency theory

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basilar membrane vibrates as a whole in response to incoming stimulation, and rate of vibration equals frequency of the stimulus

73
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autoshaping

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the form of an existing response is gradually changed across successive trials towards a desired target behavior by reinforcing exact segments of behavior

74
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categorical perception

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the ability to ignore differences in sound that do not denote differences in meaning while attending to those differences in sound that do denote differences in meaning

75
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shadowing

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repeat one of the messages heard in dichotic listening tasks

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latent learning

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learning that is present but not visible or revealed through behaviour; depends on distinction between learning and performance

77
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social exchange theory

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person weighs rewards and costs of interacting with another person; the more the rewards outweigh the costs, the greater the attraction to the person

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equity theory

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consider other person’s costs and rewards and want our ratio to be similar to theirs

79
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Kelly

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the fundamental characteristics of human personality was that people need to know and control their environment

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