Final study guide

Question 1

social Psychology

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Study of how people influence each others thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

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Attribution theory

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how we explain other behaviors

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fundamental Attribution Error

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Overestimating personality traits and underestimating situational factors when judging others

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Attitude

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Beliefs and feelings that influence behavior

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cognitive dissonance theory

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Mental discomfort when attitudes and behaviors don’t match leading to attitude change

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Comformity

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Adjusting behavior to match group norms

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Stereotype

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Generalized belief about a group of people

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discrimination

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unjust behavior based on group membership

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scapegoat theory

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blaming others to relieve fustration

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Zimbardo

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Stanford Prison experiment that illustrates that humans act based off the nature around them

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Milgram

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Yale professor that ran experiments to show that ordinary people obey authority figures even when those orders conflict there own moral beliefs

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Festinger

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The Festinger theory of cognitive dissonance states that when a person deals with information or actions that contradicts their personal beliefs, they will feel uneasy, become aware of the inconsistency, and be motivated to find a way to make the actions and beliefs more consistent.

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Adrenal Glands

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Releases coritsal and adrenaline

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Flight or Fight

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Immediete stress response

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HPA axis

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Hypothalamus-> Pituitary -> Adrenal glands

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General adaption syndrome

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1) Alarm
2)Resistance
3)Exhaustion

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Psychoneuroimmunology

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Study of how stress affects immune function

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Positive psychology

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Study of how stress affects immune function

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Positive Psychology

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Focus on well being resilience

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Sapolsky

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Specialization in primatology and neuroscience. Shows that chronic stress harms health

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Cannon

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Flight or FIght response theory

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Selye

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The first scientist to identify that stress is a underpinning of nonspecific signs and symptoms of illness

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Seligman

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A leading authority in the fields of positive psychology, resilience, learned helplessness, depression, optimism, and pessimism

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Diathesis Stress Model

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Genetic predisposition + stress = disorder

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DSM-V

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Classifies mental disorders

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Chronic worry

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Panic Disorder

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Sudden intense fear episodes

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Phobia

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Irrational fear

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OCD

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Obssessions + Compulsions

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PTSD

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Trauma induced symptoms

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Major depressive Disorder

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Persistent sadness

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Bipolar disorder

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Manic + depressive episodes

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Schizophrenia

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Positive Symptoms: Hallucinations and delusions Negative Symptoms: Flat affect and social withdrawls

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Dissociative Identity disorder

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Multiple identities

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Thomas Szasz

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Criticized over-medicalization of mental illness. Believes that mental illness is a myth

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Elyn Saks

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Schizophrenia researcher

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Psychoanalysis (freud)

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Free association, unconscious conflicts

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Humanistic Thearpy (Rogers)

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Client- centered, unconditional positive regard

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Cognitive- Behavioral Therapy (beck)

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Change Maladaptive thoughts/ behaviors

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Antipsychotics medications

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Thorazine, Clozaril

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Antianxiety medications

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Xanax, Valium

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Antidepressents medications

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Prozac, zoloft

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Mood Stabilizers medication

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Lithium

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ECT medications

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electroconvulsive therapy

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Pinel and Dix

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Argued for more humane treatment of people with psychological disorders

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Rogers

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developed client centered therapy

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Freud

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founding psychoanalysis, a therapeutic approach that explored the unconscious mind

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Beck

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Developed the revolutionary therapy at the university of pennsylvania in the 1960s called CBT which is a cognitive behavior therapy