stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination
All texans are cowboys
What is a stereotype?
Believing everything a professor says because you think they know more than you is an example of?
What is informational influence?
You see something you are extremely attracted to at a party. You feel extremely nervous but want to go up to them. What type of 'love' is this?
What is passionate love?
A treatment for psychological disorders where a therapist works with a client to help them understand their problems and work toward solutions.
What is psychotherapy?
Dysfunctional, Distress, and Deviance
What are the 3 D's of psychological disorders?
You are constantly annoyed when an individual from a certain cultural group goes near you.
What is prejudice?
The Milgram experiment showed what about human behavior and social influence?
What is "authority figures can cause our behavior to be influenced and changed"?
You and your significant other get into an argument, but eventually you resolve it. According to a theory, you could go watch a movie, cook a dinner together, say good things about each other, hug each other, and one other positive thing. What is this called?
What is Gottman's ratio?
Evidence-based treatment and Client-therapist relationship.
What are the two main aspects of psychotherapy?
This is the Bible of the mental disorders.
A company is known to avoid hiring individuals from a certain ethnicity.
What is discrimination?
This study showed participants saying the wrong answer because of the rest of group's answers. This study gave an example of people being influenced by normative influence and conformity. Overall, people may follow a trend that is apparently wrong, in order to fit in.
What study was this and which psychologist did this study?
What is the 'line study' by Solomon Asch?
Your significant other has dinner ready when you get home from work. You think to yourself, "oh God, what did he do? How did he mess up this time?"
What is this called?
What are distress-enhancing attributions?
You want to start going to therapy. While researching different therapists in your area, you find one psychologist that focuses on your childhood and exploring unconscious conflicts from your past. This psychologist use a technique called dream analysis as well. What type of therapy does this psychologist most likely use?
What is the psychodynamic therapy?
You were recently diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Some of your symptoms included intense worry about your safety worry about your loved ones dying soon. Also, even when life is looking good, you have an intense worry and anxiety always or randomly. What anxiety disorder did you most likely get diagnosed with?
What is generalized anxiety disorder or GAD?
You are a member of the women's volleyball team at SFA and every time someone mentions another school's volleyball team, you get defensive and say things like "my team is the best" and "we have a better coach than their team!"
What is ingroup favoritism?
Kitty Genovese was attacked and killed by a man and her neighbors heard the whole attack, yet they did nothing. What is this an example of?
What is the "bystander effect"?
You have been dating someone for 2 years but now the relationship is no longer exciting you and the bond is not as special as it used to be. Although your feelings for them are fading away, you decide to stay because you have invested so much into this relationship. It is easier to stay with them than start all over again with someone new.
What are "sunk costs"?
You want to start going to therapy. While researching different therapists in your area, you find one psychologist that focuses on thought processes and examines how those thoughts lead to maladaptive behaviors. What type of therapy does this therapist most likely use?
What is cognitive therapy?
This disorder includes super low moods and super high moods.
What is bipolar disorder?
A reason prejudice exists is because sometimes it is easier to assume the individual is like everyone else in their "group".
What are heuristics?
This is the worst thing to say in an emergency situation.
What is 'help me!!!'
(What should you say/do instead?)
Gottman's ratio, relationship enhancing attributions, devaluing alternatives, sunk costs, etc. are all part of which model of romantic relationships?
What is the investment model?
Recently you have been going to therapy and you recently got broken up with. When you first therapy, you had thoughts of "I am worthless" and "I will never find love." After time in therapy, your thoughts consist more of "this past relationship didn't work out but I will find someone new one day" and "their behavior has nothing to do with my worth." What is this called?
What is cognitive restructuring?
Mark has symptoms of anhedonia (loss of interest), has been daydreaming in class instead of taking notes, has not been sleeping consistently, and feelings of hopelessness.
What is major depressive disorder?