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AP AND FINAL EXAMPOST MIDTERM REVIEW
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WHEN WE ARE IN NEED OF SOMETHING, THE BODY
MOTIVATES US, OR WE ARE DRIVEN TO SEEK THAT
SOMETHING OUTDrive Reduction Theory
Please Explain the Arousal Theory of MotivationPeak performance comes with a moderate level of arousal. What is the name of this principle?Yerkes-Dodson Law
“I’M REALLY STRESSING BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW IF I SHOULD GO TO HARVARD OR YALE.”Approach-approachOther similar conflicts that cause stressAvoidance-avoidanceApproach-avoidanceMultiple Approach-avoidance
When you remember events in great detail, it is called:Flashbulb memory/Eidetic memoryWhy 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.
Alfred Binet – French psychologist who began studying intelligence levels.Louis Terman – Stanford professor who developed our current IQ test.
WHAT IS THE MOST WIDELY USED
INTELLIGENCE TEST TODAY?
WAISWeschler Adult Intelligence Scale(C) For Children
WHO ARGUED THAT INTELLIGENCE COULD BE BOILED DOWN TO ONE GENERAL ABILITY ACROSS THE BOARD?
Charles Spearman
Who’s theory claimed that our personality stems from the conflicts we all have hidden in our unconscious from early childhood?
“LITTLE JOHNNY IS GIFTED AND TALENTED. HE’S ONLY GETTING BAD GRADES BECAUSE OTHER STUDENTS IN THE CLASS ARE BRINGING HIM DOWN!”
“WHO WERE YOU OUT WITH LAST NIGHT? I DON’T TRUST YOUR FRIENDS! WHAT TIME DID YOU GET HOME?”
You’re really the one not to be trusted:Projection
DEFENSE MECHANISMSDenialDisplacementProjectionReaction FormationRegressionRationalizationIntellectualizationSublimation
TRAIT THEORIESRaymond CattellMneumonics: 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)
BIOLOGICAL PERSONALITY THEORIES
William SheldonEndomorph friendly, outgoing
EctomorphShy secretive
Mesomorph Assertive, confident
Body types play a role in personality. Never took hold.
A FAR EASIER WAY TO TEST PERSONALITY WOULD BE A QUESTIONNAIRE INVENTORY STYLE TEST. THE MOST POPULAR TODAY IS THE:MMPI
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
What are the four characteristics of abnormality?Maladaptive (harmful)Disturbing (to others)Atypical (unusual)Irrational (unjustifiable)
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
Stress and anxiety get pushed under the surface and then come out as a different identity.Old name: Multiple personality disorderNew name: Dissociative identity disorder
When people experience depression during certain times of the year, usually winter. Light therapy sometimes helps.
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
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
FOUNDER OF RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY/REBT
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 CallosumRoger Sperry studied split brain patients.
ANTÓNIO EGAS MONIZLOBOTOMY