AP AND FINAL EXAMPOST MIDTERM REVIEW

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Midterm

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

ABRAHAM MASLOWFill it in

NAME THESE 3 EATING DISORDERS

“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

HANS SEYLE’SGENERAL ADAPTATION

SYNDROME

Fight or Flight >

3 STAGES OF MEMORY:GET IT IN, HOLD ON TO IT, GET IT OUT

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.

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.

WHAT IS THE MOST WIDELY USED

INTELLIGENCE TEST TODAY?

WAISWeschler Adult Intelligence Scale(C) For Children

What percentage of scores fall between one standard deviation of the mean?68%

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?

Please explain.

What are our built in, unconscious, protections for anxiety arousing thoughts?

“LITTLE JOHNNY IS GIFTED AND TALENTED. HE’S ONLY GETTING BAD GRADES BECAUSE OTHER STUDENTS IN THE CLASS ARE BRINGING HIM DOWN!”

Which defense mechanism is this?Displacement

“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

“GET OUT OF MY LOCKER ROOM, DON’T YOU BELONG IN THE GIRLS LOCKER ROOM?!”

DEFENSE MECHANISMSDenialDisplacementProjectionReaction FormationRegressionRationalizationIntellectualizationSublimation

PSYCHODYNAMICS/NEOFREUDIANS

Alfred Adler

Carl Jung Karen

Horney

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.

RORSCHACH INKBLOT TEST

TAT TestThematic Apperception Test

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)

Please refer to review handout for changes from DSM-4 to the DSM-5.

GAD Phobias

OCD’S

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

HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE THIS WORD?

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 disorderNew 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)

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

Strong positive or negative feelings of the client directed toward the therapist.Transference

CARL ROGERSABRAHAM MASLOWMOST POSITIVE THERAPY

Humanistic

Take ownership and responsibility for actions with Gestalt Therapy

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

Please explain Cognitive Dissonance

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONFORMITY

AND COMPLIANCE?

When no one wants to go against the tide.Groupthink

AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAMMONDAY, MAY 4TH

Be there 11:30100 multiple choice (no blanks)2 free response2 hour testPencils (no mechanical)PensRead entire question for eachThere will be a few bullets that you do not know. Try to answer each in order, then move on.Answer easier essay first.