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| The study of how we use cognitive processes, such as perception memory and thought to help make sense of other people as well as ourselves |
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| Ex: Tyrone beleives most women are sensitive warm and dependent, he finds that michelle's behavior fits this pattern |
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| Ex. John is very attentie toward sandy at the party, bringing her refreshments and introducing her to her friends. sandy relaxes, she begins to open up and make witty coments. |
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| When groups and their members are evaluated in a negative way |
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| when beleifs lead to behaviors that are directed against members of a group |
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| Ira smiles because of the excercises he does |
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| Ex. Ira smiles because he has a great personality |
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| Fundamental Attribution error. |
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| Ex. A driver cuts you off and you immediately assume that the guy is a bad driver not that he has an emergency and accidently missed his exit |
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| Ex. Dave says he fails a math test because he had too much other homework but his roomate failed the test because he is a lazy fuck |
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| Ex. Dave gets an A on a math test and says he did it because he is smart but he failed his bio quiz because his teacher is an asshole |
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| Dave isnt sure who to vote for so he gets information on both candidates and makes his decision from that |
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| Dave votes for obama because he was funny on snl |
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| Dave is usually a republican, but his girlfriend is a democrat. He recently has been seeing the democratic way |
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| Dave gets a call from a third party cadidate needing money. He donates money. Looking back on it he must support the third party candidate |
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| Elaboration Likelihod model |
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| The central route and the peripheral route make up the... |
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| When our motivation to process the message is low, were much more likely to be persuaded by _______, things such as celebrity, attrictiveness, or power. |
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| The festinger and carlsmith study (cognitive dissonance) |
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| The inconsistent behavior produces tension |
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| whether we'll act in a way that shows unselfish concern for the welfare of others. |
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| The reluctance to come to someone's aid when other people are present. |
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| Diffusion of Responsibility |
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| We beleive others have already done something to help or will soon get involved |
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| All the people at a party dave is at start getting naked because they are so wasted. He does it too because he feels less accountable for his behavior in a group scenario |
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| Dave likes punk rock because everybody else does |
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| Form of compliance that occurs when people respond to the orders of an authority figure. |
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| Liking and Loving- The closeness of quarters |
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| Liking and Loving-We tend to form relationships with people that are like us |
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| Liking and Loving- Our tendency to return in kind the feelings that are shown towards us. |
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| An intense emotional state in which the individual is enveloped by powerful longing to be with the other person |
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| Feelings of trust and warmth that are more enduring than emotional and intense feelings |
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| Campares behaviors to existing cultural norms |
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| People suffer from psychological disorders often experience great despair and unhappiness |
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| A breakdown in normal functioning. unable to function in daily activites |
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| According to the _____ abnormal behavior is caused by a disease or mental illness |
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| Diagnostic Labeling Effects |
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| Labeling s a psychological problem as an illness or a disorder tends to attach a stigma that can be difficult to over come. |
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| The purpose of this study was to see how an initial diagnosis of schizophrenia would affect subsequent treatment |
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| Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
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| excessive and chronic worrying that lasts for a period of at least six months |
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| People suffer from recurrent episodes of extremely intense fear or dread |
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| People with this disorder avoid crowded or public places because they are afraid they might have a panic attack and not be able to cope with it. |
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| highly focused fear of a specific object or situation |
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| A persistent preoccupation with the idea that you've developed a serious desease. |
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| Same as hypochodriasis but the person is in demand of attention |
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| unlike hypochondriasis and Somatization, there is real physicial or nuerological inpairment |
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| The person is unable to remember personal information. Ex: adam sandler in reign on me |
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| People forget who they are- but its accompanied by and escape or flight from a home environment. |
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| Dissociative Identity disorder |
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| aka multiple personality disorder |
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1. Depressed mood for most of the day
2. Loss of interest in a normal daily activity
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8. Trouble concentrating or making desicions
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| When depression symptoms show less, but are worse |
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| Hyperactive, euphoric condtion |
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| Positive symptom of scizophrenia the person is famous or more important than they actually are |
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| positive schizo-a belief that others are conspiring or ploting against them |
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| Positive Schizo-"the monkey farted which made the moon black and the cat jumped slow because im cooler than ronnie jacobs" |
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| Positive Schizo- John swings his arms around in the middle of the halls for 5 hours singing la la la |
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| Negative Schizo-Showing little or no reaction to events |
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| Bio-psycho-social perspective |
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| The recognition that biological, cognitive, and environmental factors are influential to mental health |
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| if individuals repeatedly fail while attempting to control their environment, they aquire general sense of helplessness |
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| The processes involved in assigning causality to a behavior lad o behaviors that are abnormal or unproductive |
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| Therapy that deals with mental emotional and behavioral problems |
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| us psychological interventions to reduce or eliminate the symptoms of psychological disorders |
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| Treat positive schizophrenia |
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| effective for bipolar disorders |
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| Electroconvulsive therapy |
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| surgery that destroys or alters tissue in the brain in an effort to affect behavior |
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| Insight Therapy- Debbies is depressed because of her repressed fears her parents dont really love her. Her therapist tries to get debbie to talk about her childhood relationship with her parents. |
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| Insight Therapy-Daves parents want him to be a business major but he hates it. He feels bad for not following his parents wishes. His therapist tries to help him see that arguing with his parents about a college major doesnt matter. |
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| Insight Therapy- Dave pooped in the garden and his parents are pissed off. He feels bad about it but he can't help it sometimes. His therapist tries to be warm, supportive, and open to what he is saying. |
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| Psychoanalysis- Dave relaxes and freely expresses whatever comes to his mind. |
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| Psychoanalysis- An unconsciously motivated attempt to subvert or hinder the therapy |
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| Psychoanalysis- Dave tells Dr. Waranch that he loves him, though he really feels that way about his own father. |
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| Cognitive Therapy- Dr. Waranch verbally questions daves irrational thought process |
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| The client ultimately holds the key to psychological health and happiness. Must have genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and empathy. |
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| Systematic Desensitzation |
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| Behavioral Therapies-Dave is afriad of money. Daves Therapist contructs a list of situations that lead to fearful reactions starting with pennies, nickels, dimes, ect.. Than spends time teaching dave ways to acheive deep muscle relaxation. Than They work through the list. |
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| Behavioral Therapies- After dave smokes a cigarette, his therapist calls him a douchebag and the once pleasant taste of cigarettes now tastes like complete shit |
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| Behavioral Therapy- Dave gets a token every week he doesnt have a drink, he can use those tokens at the end of the month get a prize |
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| Dave doesnt seek therapy for depression but gets better over time |
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| Support, learning, and action factors |
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| Common Factors across psychotherapy. |
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| Part of behavioral medicine movement that seeks to understand the role of biological, psychological, enviromental, and cultural factors in the promotion of physical health and the prevention of illness. |
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| Dave is experiencing _____ because he has 5 exams, money owed all over town, his parents are on his back, and he thinks he has aids |
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| Dave is stressed out because of ______ |
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| General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) |
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| Hans Selye proposed that the body reacts to threat or demand in three stages (alarm, resistance, and exaustion) in this model.... |
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| General Adaptation Syndrome- Flight or flight response |
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| General Adaptation Syndrome- Body adjusts to continuing threat |
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| General Adaptation Syndrome- Energy resources depleted: body starts to give up. |
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| Whether an event will create stress depends on how that even is interpreted. |
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