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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
12/09/2010

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prenatal period
Definition
period beginning at conception
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germinal stage
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stage 1 of prenatal period - involving mitosis to form a blastocyst
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embryonic stage
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stage 2 of prenatal period - "critical period"
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fetal stage
Definition
stage 3 of prenatal period - 8 weeks to birth
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teratogen
Definition
any substance that can cause birth defects
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alcohol
Definition
most often abused substance by pregnant mothers
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rooting reflex
Definition
when you touch/stroke a babys cheek it will turn in that direction
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Eleanor Gibson
Definition
did the visual cliff experiment
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Jean Piaget
Definition
studied cognitive development
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sensori motor stage
Definition
stage 1 of cognitive development - birth - 2 years
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preoperational stage
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stage 2 of cognitive development - 2 - 7 years old
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concrete operational
Definition
stage 3 of cognitive development - 7 - 11 years old
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formal operations
Definition
stage 4 of cognitive development - 12 - adult
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object permanence
Definition
understanding that things still exist when you can't see them
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ego centric thinking
Definition
child only thinks from their perspective
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animism
Definition
children think inanimate objects are alive
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conversation
Definition
understanding that something doesn't change just because it appears to change
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Noam Chomsky
Definition
psychologist who said we are born with ability to learn language
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language acquisition device
Definition
device in our brain that allows us to learn language
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Erik Erikson
Definition
came up with 4 psychosocial stages
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trust vs. mistrust
Definition
psychosocial crisis - 1st year
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autonomy vs. shame and doubt
Definition
independence vs. self doubt
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initiative vs. guilt
Definition
come up with own ideas, ask why, vs. feel like their ideas are no good
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industry vs. inferiority
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sense of competence at skills vs. incompetence
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Diana Baumrind
Definition
came up with parenting styles
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authoritative
Definition
most successful parenting style
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authoritarian
Definition
parenting style - controlling
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permissive
Definition
parenting style - allowing
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id
Definition
operates by pleasure principle
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ego
Definition
operates by reality principle
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super ego
Definition
operates by the morality principle
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denial
Definition
I didn't eat the cookie
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repression
Definition
forgetting painful experiences
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phallic stage
Definition
where the oedipus complex occurs
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Alfred Adler
Definition
who came up with inferiority complex
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persona
Definition
archetype - mask
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shadow
Definition
archetype - there is a dark side
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Carl Rogers
Definition
a fully functioning person must receive unconditional positive regard
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change, frustration, and conflict
Definition
three sources of stress
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approach - approach
Definition
have to choose one over another, can't do both
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avoidance - avoidance
Definition
two things you have to do, you'd rather avoid all of them
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approach - avoidance
Definition
you are attracted but repulsed by a choice, want success but fear failure
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Hans Selye
Definition
General Adaptation System
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alarm
Definition
1st reaction to stressor
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resistance
Definition
continuance of dealing with stress
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exhaustion
Definition
3rd stage of GAS
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chronic anger
Definition
type A behavior pattern is prone to this
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chronic anger
Definition
type A behavior pattern is prone to this
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Phillipe Pinel
Definition
advocated more humane treatment of mental patients
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Dorothea Dix
Definition
reform movements to treat mental people better
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drug abuse
Definition
what is the most common mental disorder?
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intern's syndrome
Definition
student's tendency to think you have the disorder you're studying
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DSM IV
Definition
manual of mental disorders
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depression
Definition
most common mood disorder
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bipolar
Definition
manic depressive mood disorder
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agoraphobia
Definition
fear of leaving one's home
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social phobia
Definition
fear of doing something in front of other people
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generalized anxiety disorder
Definition
excessive amount of anxiety - neurotic
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obsessions
Definition
thoughts, frightening, persistent
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compulsions
Definition
behaviors, repetitive, ritual-like
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post traumatic stress disorder
Definition
prone to flashbacks, nightmares after a terrible event
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free association
Definition
Freud's method - talking freely about whatever comes to mind
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transference
Definition
patient transfers their feelings to therapist
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psychoanalysis
Definition
Freud's therapy
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client centered therapy
Definition
Carl Rogers' therapy
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lithium carbonate
Definition
treats bipolar or manic depression
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cognitive misers
Definition
stubborn with thinking
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primacy effect
Definition
first impression is most lasting
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attribution
Definition
determining the cause of behavior - why did she do it?
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fundamental attribution error
Definition
misjudgement
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just world hypothesis
Definition
people get what they deserve
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proximity, physical attractiveness, similarity, exchange, intimacy
Definition
5 reasons for interpersonal attraction, why we select certain ppl to be friends
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prejudice
Definition
negative attitude towards someone based on difference
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Solomon Asch
Definition
studied conformity, did the stanley milgram test
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Stanley Milgram test
Definition
shock machine - 2/3 of patients shocked the max
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Philip Zimbardo
Definition
Stanford Prison Experiment
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systematic desensitization
Definition
method to gradually reduce fear and anxieties, esp. phobias
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flooding
Definition
full intensity exposure to feared object to overcome fear
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cognitive therapy
Definition
therapy to change negative beliefs
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Albert Ellis
Definition
developed rational-emotive therapy, to get patients to think more positively
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anti-psychotic meds
Definition
treatments for mental disorders, esp. schizophrenia
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tardive dyskinesia
Definition
side effect of taking snti psychotic meds for 20+ years
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