Disorders
What are the 3 main things that must be present for somehting to be considered a disorder?
1) Has lead to distress/impairment
2) caused some sort of dysfunction biologically,developmentally, or psychologically
3) significant disturbances in thoughts, feeling, behaviors
The key feature for those with Borderline Personality Disorder is a fear of real or imagined _________________.
abandonment
Social Exchange Theory is the way we decide the ratio of ________ versus ________ in forming and maintaining a relationship.
costs,benefits
What is the key difference between social psychology and psychology?
Social psychology takes the situation into account when assessing behavior, and how we influence one another.
T/F: Psychopath and sociopath are clinical diagnosis.
True or False: Those with agoraphobia are actually afraid of situations that they cannot escape, not just leaving the house.
True
T/F: Obsessions are behaviors that are used to alleviate the compulsions.
False, obsessions are urges or intrusive thoughts, and compulsions are actions to alleviate those obsessions
T/F: Opposites always attract, we like to be around others, and form relationships with those we are more different from.
False
A _____ _______ is/are patterns of behaviors that are expected of person in a given setting or group, usually has a _______ to go along with it.
Social role, script
This is the route of an argument uses association with good positive feelings to make its point. Usually the behavior change is short. It is easier to process this type of argument.
Peripheral route
The DSM-5 emphasizes _________ or the co-occurrence of disorders.
comorbidity
What is the main difference between Bipolar 1 and Bipolar 2 disorder?
The length and severity of the symptoms
Bp2 has hypomania which is shorter than mania
What is the single most predictive factor in determining who we become friends with, date, marry, form business with?
Proximity, AKA those we are around the most
Name one way we can make better group decisions and avoid groupthink.
seeking outside opinions, allowing private voting, weighing cons and pros of decisions
Why is OCD different from Obsessive Compulsive personality?
OC-personality does not have the compulsions or compulsions, but is more obsessed with rules.
The diathesis-stress model is that __________ predisposition, added with psychological events or _______ is what leads to the disorder.
genetic, stress
What are positive symptoms? What are negative symptoms? (in relation to psychotic disorders)
things added to the person's experience, or beliefs (hallucinations, delusions, flight of thoughts, loose associations) and things taken away from someone like cataplexy, or inability to feel pleasure
The Triangular Theory of Love has what 3 components?
intimacy, commitment, and passion
What are the 3 components that make up an attitude (evaluation of a person/idea/object)?
Affective component (how we feel about it)
Cognitive component
Behavioral component (we act toward what we believe,feel, think)
James sees a man laying in the street on the ground, he takes a moment to look at the man, and thinks he doesn't have the time to check on him, but remembers he learned in class the ____________ effect can cause people not to act to help, so he checks on the man.
bystander effect
What is the Supernatural perspective of disorders?
The old idea that disorders are from supernatural forces like witches, demons, etc.
What is the differentiator between binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa?
Binge eating disorder does not have behaviors to prevent weight gain after binges
T/F: We tend to go for the person we find to be similar to us in attractiveness levels, we don't just go for the most attractive person in the room.
True
What are some things we have to consider when making a persuasive argument?
The message itself, the audience, who is delivering the message
What is the door in the face technique?
asking for a huge request (knowing it will be denied) then asking for a smaller request you wanted.