The behavior seriously disrupts social, academic,
or vocational life.
What is the criterion for Maladaptiveness?
200
Our subjective feelings of anxiety, depression, or
other unpleasant emotions.
What is the criterion for personal distress?
300
You’re facing a unanimous decision by a group of 4 or
more people. You must give your response in front of the group. You have not already expressed commitment to a
different idea or opinion.
What are Factors that promote Conformity?
300
allows us to make inferences about the data we have (ex: those that studied did better on the exam than those that did not---studying for exam example from last week)
Central feature is a constant worry, often about many
different topics (e.g., school, relationships, finances,
etc.). More common in women than in men. 5 to 6% of the
population has experienced GAD.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
300
The mental process of inferring the causes of, or
providing an explanation for, people’s behavior.
What is Attribution?
400
Subjects made their response after the four
confederates, and all responses were made out loud.More than 1/3 of the time, the subjects gave the
same wrong answer as the rest of the group.
What is Conformity: Solomon Asch's experiment?
400
measure of how spread out the data is
What is measures of Dispersion?
400
Noises, meals, social interactions, temperature
changes, clocks, etc.
What are types of Zeitgeibers?
400
Characterized by the reexperiencing of
an extremely traumatic event accompanied by
symptoms of increased arousal and by avoidance of
stimuli associated with the trauma.
What is Post Traumatic Disorder?
400
An action that you feel compelled to perform
repeatedly.
What is Compulsion?
500
An ex: A bystander who is in the presence of other people is
_less___ likely to help.
What is Bystander Effect?
500
Mean and Range compared to other measures
What are heavily influenced by outliers in a data?
500
-Waking and Sleeping
– Frequency of Eating and Drinking
– Body Temperature
– Secretion of some Hormones
– Volume of Urination
– Sensitivity to Certain Drugs
What are Endogenous Circadian Rhythms?
500
The assumption that psychological disorders
are consequences of the interaction of
biological, inherited predispositions and
exposure to stressful life experiences.
What is the Diathesis stress model?
500
Signals the Pineal Gland to produce Melatonin. Melatonin is primarily produced between 8 and 10
P.M. Bright light regulates the functioning of this