Psych 10

Final Exam Review

Personality Stuf

Ways of viewing personality

Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic
Id/ego/superego
Psychosexual stages
Defense mechanisms

Humanistic
Maslow: Self-actualization
Rogers: Genuineness, acceptance, empathy

Trait
Personality Testing (e.g., Big Five)

Social-Cognitive
Person-situation interaction

Psychoanalytic: Psychosexual
Stages

Oral (0-18 months)

Anal (18-36 months)
Phallic (3-6 years)
Latency (6-puberty)
Genital (puberty on)

Psychoanalytic: Defense
Mechanisms

Regression
Reaction Formation
Projection
Rationalization
Displacement
Denial

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how-i-met-your-mother-tv-clip-thechain-of-screaming

Yeah, I know I got a 3% and a 7% on

the last two midterms, and its two
hours before the final and I havent
attended a single lecture and Ive
studied for a grand total of nineteen
minutes. But Im pretty sure I can
swing an A- for the class.

A guy: Huh, that guy has really nice

eyes. I mean, uh, Football! And beer
and objectifying women! Homophobic
slurs! Im absolutely not gay!

Ive just broken of my engagement,

and hes moved out with all his stuf.
Im building a blanket fort and bingewatching Disney movies because that
makes me feel better.

I read Playboy for the articles.

Yeah, my sister eats like a pig. I dont

know why she doesnt show more selfcontrol. Hey, is that pie?

Humanistic
Youre all special snowflakes
Ideal self v actual self
Maslow: Hierarchy of needs
Food water shelter air safety
belonging esteem self-actualization

Rogers: Personal growth needs:

Genuineness
Acceptance
Empathy

Trait
Trait = Characteristic pattern of behavior
Questionnaires- based on clusters of
variables to ID these patterns (Cattell
IDed some of these)
Allport Trait Theory
Were all made up of traits that result in
consistent behavior

Eysenck
Introversion-Extraversion
Emotional Stability-Instability

Big Five- CANOE

Social Cognitive Perspective

Emphasizes interaction between
person and environment (Bandura)
Self-Control
Optimism vs. Pessimism
External vs Internal Locus of Control
Learned Helplessness

Seligman: Learned
Helplessness

Seligman: Learned
Helplessness

Seligman: Learned
Helplessness

Social Psychology Stuf

Some topics in Social Psych

Elaboration Likelihood Model
Central
Peripheral

Foot in the door

Small request big request

Cognitive Dissonance
Changing attitudes to match behavior

Fundamental Attribution Error

Dispositional:When you run into me on the sidewalk
without apologizing, youre a rude person
Situational: When I run into you on the sidewalk
without apologizing, Im in a rush

What makes us like

someone
Proximity
Mere exposure efect

Similarity
YOU like puppies?! I like puppies!!!

Attractiveness

Conformity
Milgram study of authority explicit
demand to conform
Asch study of students

Group Behavior

Social facilitation
Social loafing
Deindividuation
Group polarization
Groupthink
(Bystander efect)

Health Psychology Stuf

 Interactions between physical and

psychological health
Promoting wellness, coping with
illness
Stress = stressor + appraisal +
stress response
Acute vs chronic stress
General Adaptation Syndrome

Disorder Stuf

Disorder or Not
Dysfunctional
I cant get my work done.

Distressing
Im miserable all the time.

Deviant
Im more manic than your average
bear.
Cultural considerations

Mania vs. Hypomania (i.e. Mania

Jr.)
Similarities:
Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
Decreased need for sleep
Pressured Speech/Flight of Ideas
Distractibility
Goal-directed Activity
Risky Behavior

Diference = severity
Psychosis
Hospitalization
If neither, duration matters: At least 1 week vs. at least 4
days

Can you have both?

Not at the same time
BUT if you have both in your lifetime Bipolar I

Bipolar I vs. Bipolar II

Bipolar I
Ever had mania ever. Thats it.
Can also have:
Major Depressive Episode
Hypomanic Episode

Bipolar II
Hypomania (NOT mania EVER.) AND Major
Depressive Episode

Note: If you were on drugs for the elevated

mood, it was NOT mania or hypomania

Conditioning and Anxiety

Disorders
Applying (think of NS as Not Scary,
US is Unlearned Scariness, CS is
Connected to Scary thing )
Not going to ask you how it applies
to GAD, OCD

PTSD
Conditioned
Stimulus

Unconditioned
Stimulus

Panic Disorder
Conditioned
Stimulus

Unconditioned Stimulus

Specific Phobia

Disorders Together
Anxiety:
Specific Phobia
Social Anxiety Disorder
PTSD
GAD
OCD

Mood
MDD
PDD
Bipolar I
Bipolar II

Schizophrenia

Dissociative Disorders:
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Dissociative Identity
Disorder

Eating Disorders
Anorexia
Bulimia
Binge Eating Disorder

Personality Disorders
Borderline
Antisocial
(Narcissistic, Schizotypal,
Avoidant, Obsessivecompulsive)

Therapy Stuf

Diferent Psychotherapies

Psychoanalysis/Psychodynamic
Humanistic
Behavior
Cognitive

Client: Everyone hates me.

Therapist: Really? Everyone? Every
single person? Does the stranger next
to you on the bus this morning hate
you?

Therapist: I notice that whenever the

topic of your mother comes up, you
change the subject. Where do you
think that comes from?

Client: Sometimes Im afraid Ill never

get my life together.
Therapist: It sounds like theres a lot
of uncertainty that makes you feel
anxious.

Therapist: What are the diferent

situations that make you feel afraid?
Lets rank them all from 1-10. .what?
Oh, yes Im going to make you do all of
them.

Extended Office Hours

12pm-5pm Wednesday (day before the
test)

Quiz!
(just for funsies.)

1
Morgan has a history of volatile,
unstable relationships. You always feel
like youre on walking on eggshells
when you talk to her because she
takes everything so personally. If you
dont answer her texts right away she
becomes suddenly very angry and
hurt, feeling abandoned. You also know
that she frequently engages in selfharm behaviors like cutting. Whats up

2:
Name the Big Five

Conscientiousness
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
Openness
Extraversion

3
You are walking on the street and see a
delicious looking cake in a shop
window. Which of the following is
something the id might say?
a) That cake looks really good, but
Im on a diet
b) I shouldnt spend my money on
that cake. c) Yum! Chocolate! Mine!
Take it!
d) Im bad for wanting to steal that

4
Mike tends to avoid air travel, because
it would be difficult or embarrassing to
get away from people if he were to
have a panic attack. What disorder
does he probably have?

5
Name the phenomenon where you
start to like someone better just
because youve been around it a lot?

6
A child begs her mother to take her to the toy
store just to look at them. After persistent
whining, the mother complies and takes the kid to
the toy store. When they get there, the child sees
the newest, shiniest nerf gun and turns to her
mother begging her to get it for her. The mother
finally buys it. Mom has fallen prey to the:
a) door in the face phenomenon
b) cognitive dissonance
c) foot in the door phenomenon
d) the spotlight efect

7
What are the 9 possible symptoms of
depression?

Sx of depression

Depressed mood
Anhedonia
Weight change
Difficulty sleeping
Difficulty concentrating
Fatigue
Appearing restless or the opposite, slowed
down (psychomotor retardation)
Feelings of guilt/worthlessness
Thoughts of suicide

8
A premise of Freudian psychoanalytic
theory, refers to a lingering focus of
pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier
psychosexual stage where conflicts
were unresolved.

9
Which of the following is likely to be true of identical
twins raised in two very diferent cultures:
a) they will be similar on all the big five personality
traits
b) they will be very diferent on all the big five
personality traits
c) they will be similar on openness and
agreeableness but diferent on conscientiousness,
neuroticism, and extraversion
d) they will be similar on neuroticism and
conscientiousness but diferent on agreeableness,
extraversion, and openness

10
According to this model, if a person is
willing and able to think deeply then
persuasion follows a central route that
relies on controlled and efortful
thinking. If a person is for some reason
unable or unwilling to think deeply,
then persuasion follows a peripheral
route.

11
Matt has been showing a lot of weird
behavior lately. Hes been staying up
all night but not complaining that hes
tired, hes talking so fast its hard to
keep up with what hes saying, hes
been doing a lot of hard drugs, and
hes become preoccupied with the
notion that hes going to start a
restaurant tomorrow and is reviewing
applications for chefs. How would you

Q & A?