review session or the whole of psychology in under 90 minutes
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Higher Level Cognition Availability Representativeness Base Rate Fallacy Gambler’s Fallacy Anchoring Confirmation Bias Loss Avoidance Status Quo Bias Weighting Bias
Emotions Evidence of universality Biological Components Theories
James-Lange Two Factor
Current Issues Separability of emotion and cognition Emotional Intelligence
Motivation Theorists -- why do we do what we do?
Freud: “To meet an unconscious need” Hull: “To achieve homeostasis” Skinner: “To get a reward” Rotter: “Because she expected she would
get across and it was important to her to get across”
Maslow: “To achieve self actualization”
Motivation The effects of rewards
Lepper study & similar
Learned helplessness & attribution Depressive style -- internal, stable, global
Stress Types of stress:
acute and chronic physical threat, psychological/social threat.
Stress activates the sympathetic "fight or flight" response. Parasympathetic response counteracts that.
Prolonged activation can cause damage: heart disease, reproduction, growth, digestion, immunity
Stress Eustress
Methods of coping: control, humor, optimism, social support, relaxation.
Individual differences in stress response: Type A vs. B and hardiness,
Personality
Freud Contributions, criticisms &
methods Concepts
Psychic determinism Id, Superego, Ego
Theory of psychosexual stages of development
Methods of assessment Projective Paper& pencil
Big Five factors
Personality
Defense mechanisms Reaction Formation Rationalization Regression Projection Denial Repression
The Power of the Situation
Errors and Biases Fundamental Attribution Error Just Word Bias
Conformity Asch
Obedience Milgram
Social Roles Zimbardo
Social Reality & Positive Social Psych
Cognitive Dissonance (Festinger & Carlsmith) Perceiving Social Reality (Hastorf &Cantril)
Self-Fulfilling Prophesies (Rosenthal & Jacobson)
Stereotyping & Prejudice Sherif “Robber’s Cave” Role of Errors & Biases
Social Reality & Positive Social Psych
Methods of Persuasion Reciprocity, Consistency, Social Proof,
Liking, Authority, Scarcity, Foot in the Door, Door in the Face, “Even a penny will help”, “Because . . .”
Helping & Liking
Abnormal Three classic symptoms of mental
disorder: hallucinations, delusions and affective disturbances
Some symptoms of mental disorder in all of us, not cut & dry line betweenwhat is abnormal and what is not.
Medical model vs. psychological model
Abnormal
DSM-IV divides mental disorders into thematic
categories diagnoses by using symptom profiles
instead of hard and fast criteria requires distress or impairment in
functioning to be considered disorder Important to remember that must cause
problems with functioning to be considered a disorder.
Abnormality in Social Context Definitions of abnormality
Distress, Maladaptiveness, Irrationality, Unpredictability, Unconventionality, Observer Discomfort
Effects of labels
Social and political uses of labels
Abnormality in Social Context Cultural variations -- reasons
Personality / cognitive style Definitions of mental illness Acceptability of mental (as opposed to physical)
distress Usage of medical and psychological services Views of the origins and treatment of illness Bias of Clinicians? Problems with assessment tools?
Therapy Behavioral Therapy
Flooding Systematic Desensitization Aversion Therapy Social Learning Therapy Operant Conditioning Therapy
Cognitive Therapy Family Therapy
Therapy Psychoanalytic Therapy
Freud Jung – archetypes and collective unconscious Projective Tests
Humanistic Therapy Unconditional Positive Regard, Genuineness,
Non-Directive Guidance