Abnormal Psych
During the medieval times and Victorian era, where did people think psychological disorders came from
Demons and evil spirits
What is the Superego's role
The part of the subconscious that wants to attain perfection
What is a Double-Blind study?
A double-blind study is when the subjects and researchers do not know which group is the control and the experimental group
Give me an example of Deindividuation?
An example of deindividuation can ocurr in result of your running club becoming very popular
What's an example of Selective empathy, and briefly define it?
Selective empathy is the distinction of in group out group with zero care for the out-group
Why is identifying Atypicality important
Because it distinguishes a one-time case from abnormal psychology
What was Freud's idea
Psychonanalysis and that the childhood is the key to understanding trauma
What is a correlation coefficient, and what number signifies a strong correlation
The correlation coefficient demonstrates whether the independent variable has a correlation with the dependent variable. A strong correlation coefficient is 0.70 to 1.00
What was Philip Zimbardo's experiment about
His experiments were about understanding the power of authority and the hierarchies that surround it. It also shows how we morph and adopt in-group statuses. (Fun fact: it was funded by the US Navy)
What does REM sleep do?
It allows you to dream (Fun fact: a study looking at people who just got out of a harsh divorce showed that people who dreamed about the divorce actually recovered quicker. That's what it means to say sleep on it)
What is multiple personality disorder, and how does it manifest?
Multiple personality disorder is when a person, due to trauma, develops multiple personas which they morph in and out of depending on the context
What role does ecology play in personality, and give me an example
Ecology means: the surrounding environment, terrain and climate
Ecology influences personality, as the terrain, climate and natural resources all play a massive role. For example, in rural China, due to the heavy abundance of rice, collectivism arises as it takes many people to grow and collect the rice.
Who is Ivan Pavlov
HE DEVELOPED PAVLOV's DOG. It happens more often then you think, especially in fearful scenarios.
What is it called when someone's performance deteriorates when they understand there is a crowd
Social inhibition
What is the Neurotransmitter that helps contract our muscles?
What medication do people who are depressed take, and how does it work?
Acetylcholine
SSRIs work by inhibiting the reuptake enzymes in the synaptic cleft, leaving serotonin in the cleft for longer, allowing for more absorption.
A woman in her late 40s works in HR, and her co-workers start sending emails to their boss about her impulsive behaviour, unstable mood, and projecting her insecurities onto co-workers. What does she have?
She has Borderline Personality Disorder
What did Erik Erikson theorize in Personality Psychology?
The 8 stages of social development starting
What board reviews studies for ethical violations, and what are the three things the board states you cannot do?
The IRB (International Review Board)
1. Deception
2. Informed Consent
3. Confidentiality and Anonymity
What is the central and peripheral route of persuasion
The Central route of persuasion uses logic and omits emotion from the argument.
The peripheral route of persuasion focuses on the use of emotion and is especially useful when the audience is not interested, as appealing to emotions works the best in that case.
Their prefrontal cortex is not developed as much as ours is, nor is their brain in general. (This is a really fascinating part of psychology, like really cool)
During sleep, PTSD disrupts sleep, particularly in REM sleep. Knowing that the Amygdala helps secrete stress hormones, what would be a way to stop PTSD from interrupting your sleep
You can inhibit the amygdala using electrical stimulation, thus reducing stress during sleep and allowing painful memories to heal.
What was Carl Jung's idea of the Unconscious, and what did they both entail?
Carl Jung saw the unconscious as having two parts: the Personal unconscious and the Collective unconscious
The Personal Unconscious contains all the repressed thoughts
The Collective unconscious stores the shared idea of human nature.
Jung is wrong psychologically, yet philosophers love it because it is a really cool theory
A study looking at social media intake and deep sleep has multiple confounding variables. However, one in particular is the wavelength of their iPhone. Why might that be?
Sleep can get deregulated with certain wavelengths, and thus, controlling for certain wavelengths can allow for a stronger internal validity. (Fun Fact: the reason red light is good is partially evolutionary, as when we were hunter-gatherers, we would sit around a fire late at night, and when the sun goes down, it primes our circadian rhythm and emits red wavelengths.
What is a fundamental attribution error
The idea is that when looking at another person's actions, you can accurately diagnose their personality, but when it comes to yourself, you'd be quick to attribute these characteristics to yourself.
What neural processes form Crystaline intelligence
Long-term potentiation (it is really cool, it's like a hand reaching out into darkness and finding another hand and slowly building a strong connection