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for all material prior to Midterm
Drive Reduction Theory
Please Explain the Arousal Theory of Motivation
Peak performance comes with a moderate level of
arousal. What is the name of this principle?
Yerkes-Dodson Law
Fill it in
Approach-approach
Other similar conflicts that cause stress
Avoidance-avoidance
Approach-avoidance
Multiple Approach-avoidance
Fight or Flight >
When you remember events in great detail, it
is called:
Flashbulb memory/Eidetic memory
Why do stressful events in particular stay
with us?
Adrenaline
“I want 7 ice cream cones give or take one or
two.” Short term memory storage 7 +/- 1 or 2
1776194118122015 Chunking
Which of these items will you likely remember because
of the serial position effect? aka primacy and recency.
Different from the imagery example – that’s when you
can remember words because you can picture them.
Explain the tip of the tongue phenomenon.
Happens because of a Retrieval Malfunction
What’s the difference between these two?
Aptitude vs. achievement.
All tests, especially intelligence tests have
to be reliable and valid. What’s the
difference?
Alfred Binet – French psychologist who
began studying intelligence levels.
Louis Terman – Stanford professor who
developed our current IQ test.
WAIS
Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale
(C) For Children
What percentage of scores fall between one
standard deviation of the mean?
68%
Charles Spearman
Who’s theory claimed that our personality stems
from the conflicts we all have hidden in our
unconscious from early childhood?
Please explain.
What are our built in, unconscious, protections
for anxiety arousing thoughts?
Which defense mechanism is this?
Displacement
You’re really the one
not to be trusted:
Projection
Denial
Displacement
Projection
Reaction Formation
Regression
Rationalization
Intellectualization
Sublimation
Alfred Adler
Carl Jung
Karen Horney
Raymond Cattell
Mneumonics: I Cattell 16 things about your
personality just by lookin at ya.
Hans Eyesenck: “Eye Sink you are introverted, just like
your father.” Introversion and Extroversion traits.
Gordon Allport: Cardinal (Everything you do),
Central (significant aspects)and Secondary personality
traits (less dominant)
William Sheldon
Endomorph
friendly, outgoing
Ectomorph
Shy secretive
Mesomorph
Assertive, confident
Body types play a role in personality. Never took hold.
TAT Test
Thematic Apperception Test
MMPI
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
What are the four characteristics of abnormality?
Maladaptive (harmful)
Disturbing (to others)
Atypical (unusual)
Irrational (unjustifiable)
Please refer to review handout for changes from DSM4 to the DSM-5.
GAD
Phobias
When a psychological issue/stress shows
up as a bodily symptom.
Somatoform Disorder.
What’s it called when you think you exaggerate
small symptoms into great illnesses?
Most likely caused by only getting attention when
you were sick.
Hypochondriasis
Fugue.
Watch your mouth.
Try again.
What is psychogenic fugue?
Stress and anxiety get pushed under the
surface and then come out as a different
identity.
Old name: Multiple personality disorder
New name: Dissociative identity disorder
When people experience depression during certain times
of the year, usually winter. Light therapy sometimes
helps.
Which disorder does this pic
represent?
Don’t confuse
Schizophrenia with
Multiple Personality
(DID)
Disregard for others
feelings.
No guilt, remorse.
View world as a hostile
place.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Center of universe.
Histrionic: Overly dramatic behavior. Need attention.
Borderline: Teeters on border of neurosis and psychosis.
Mental problems vs. out of touch with reality.
Many, many more.
Type of therapy that analyzes any thoughts that
come to the mind of a client when asked about
dreams, relationships, memories.
Free Association
Strong positive or negative feelings of the
client directed toward the therapist.
Transference
Humanistic
Take ownership and responsibility for actions with
Gestalt Therapy
Softer version: Cognitive therapy for depression –
Aaron Beck
What’s the term that describes the therapeutic use
of drugs?
Psychopharmacology/neurobioligical approach
The form of psychosurgery in which part of this part
of the brain is severed in an effort to prevent seizures
from affecting the other side of the brain.
Corpus Callosum
Roger Sperry studied split brain patients.
Please explain Cognitive Dissonance
When no one wants to go against the tide.
Groupthink
Be there 11:30
100 multiple choice (no blanks)
2 free response
2 hour test
Pencils (no mechanical)
Pens
Read entire question for each
There will be a few bullets that you do not know.
Try to answer each in order, then move on.
Answer easier essay first.