Psychology Flashcards
(27 cards)
Asch experiment
Description and conclusion
Line test were subject is persuaded to give wrong answer by coach subjects
Conclusion: people in a group setting r more likely to conform
Milgram experiment
Description and conclusion
Obedience study, people have to teach others sequence, if they answer wrong authority told teacher to shock students [sharks were fake]
Conclusion
People will Conform to authority against morals and values
Zimbardo experiment
Description and conclusion
Volunteers randomly assigned role of police or prisoner in mock prison
Conclusion
People will conform to roll expectations even when role goes against morals and values
Erik Erickson’s 8 stages of psychosocial development
- Truth vs Mistrust
- Autonomy vs shame/doubt
- Initiative vs guilt
- Industry vs inferiority
- Identity vs role confusion
- Intimacy vs isolation
- Generatively vs stagnation
- Ego integrity vs despair
What psychosocial development stage are u in
What one r u going into
- Identity vs role confusion
Going into 6. Intimacy vs isolation
Classical conditioning
Type of learning where a once neutral stimulus comes to produce a particular response after pairing with conditional stimulus.
Method to change behaviour
Operant conditioning
Type of learning that uses rewards and punishments to achieve a desired behavior.
Reinforcement to keep or rid of behaviour
Generalized anxiety disorder
Constant worry and apprehension about life
OCD
Intrusive, unwanted thoughts
the performance of ritualistic behaviour that interferes with the daily life
Depression
Persistent feelings of sadness, sleep issues,
physical symptoms such as headaches stomach aches
and feelings of worthlessness for more than two weeks.
Bipolar affective disorder
Episodes of sadness interspersed with manic behaviours
include impulsive behaviours
Narcissistic personality disorder
Exaggerated sense of self importance,
being radically self-centered,
unable to accept criticism
a lack of sympathy for others
Anti social personality disorder (psychopath)
Impulsive, rule breaking behaviors,
shallow and superficial feelings towards others,
and showing no remorse or guilt for actions.
Paranoid schizophrenia
Hallucinations,
delusions,
agitation,
feeling persecuted by others,
thinking they’re someone famous
and losing touch with reality
Paranoid personality disorder
Being overly suspicious, hypersensitive, argumentative, thinking rigidly and feeling persecuted by others
Borderline personality disorder
Instability in relationships,
Erratic emotions,
violent irruptions
impulsive behaviour
Compulsive personality disorder
Perfectionism,
inflexibility,
being rigid and preoccupied with details and rules,
being cold and stubborn
lacking strong relationships
Maslow hierarchy bottom to top
+examples of each
Physiological needs- food, water, sleep
Safety and security- financial stability
Love and belongingness - sting relationships
Self esteem and cognitive needs- mastering piano
Self actualization- reaching full potential
Ego
Aka The referee
Reality principle,
rationality –
choose an action but struggles to satisfy needs of competing super ego and Id
Superego
Aka the angel
Morality principle,
conscience of rights/wrong –
develops at age 4,
wanting to do the moral/right thing
Id
Aka the devil
Pleasure principle, unconscious,
born with,
based on avoiding pain and feeling pleasure,
instinctual and impulsive
Mental health
Everyone has mental health,
the ability to enjoy life,
managing it in ways that help us reach our goals,
cope with stress, disappointment, pain, and sadness
Mental illness
Daily life is impaired/impacted
is a disturbance in thought and emotion that decrease coping capacity
Psychodynamic / psychoanalytic theory
Who and what
Freud,horney and jung
Focusses on conscious and unconscious drives which motivate behavior,
Freud theory of mind involves the interplay between the id, ego and super ego
