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Psychological Disorders
Techniques
100
Researchers manipulate this variable
What is independent
100
Science that scientifically studies behavior and mental processes
What is psychology
100
Did the famous "shock experiement" to test obedience
Who is Stanley Milgram
100

A psychological disorder characterized by the elevation or lowering of a person's mood or general emotional state.

What is a mood disorder

100

Sampling technique when the people most available/ volunteers are used.

What is convenience sampling

200
The reasearcher measures this variable
What is dependent
200
Adjusting your behavior or thinking towards some group standard in an attempt to avoid rejection
What is conformity
200

Proposed the 4 stages of cognitive development for children

Who is Jean Piaget

200

Issues with communication, withdrawal from social contact, delusions (strong false beliefs eg. I am a being spied upon is a delusion of persecution), hallucinations (false sensory perceptions eg. voices).

Plus example

What is a psychotic disorder

example: schizophrenia

200
A method in which a researcher brings animals or humans into a controlled setting, such as a lab or a room, to study effects of variables on their behavior
What is an experiment
300
The researcher studies the impact of variable on this group - ex. if an experimenter were conducting research on the effects of music on test scores, the classroom that receives the different types of music would be this type of group
What is experimental
300
the perspective that focuses on how processing, storing and retrieving information influences our behavior
What is cognitive
300
Medical doctor who has clinical training and can treat neurological illnesses and can treat them with prescription drugs
What is a psychiatrist
300

When someone sees you in a negative way because of your mental illness

What is stigma

300
Yields information from a large group of people about their opinions or behavior
What is a survey
400
The procedure used when neither participants nor researchers directly working with the participants know which group is recieving which treatment
What is double blind
400

the ability to apply knowledge and skills in ways that enable one to adapt to new situations

What is intelligence

400
Trained to diagnose and treat using psychotherapy
What is a clinical psychologist
400

The 4 Ps for Psychological Disorders

What is Predisposing; Precipitating; Perpetuating; Protective

400
Method that studies a topic in great detail
What is a case study
500
A specific prediction or statement of likelyhood that a certain event will occur or that a given relationship will be found between two variables
What is a hypothesis
500

the multiple intelligences

What is multiple intelligences, information processing, and emotional intelligence

500

Famous twin study

What is Minnesota Twins Study Bouchard, 1990

500

Psychological treatment eg. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), systematic therapy.

What is Psychotherapies

500

Each participant is part of both the experimental and control group; Tested on two (or more) occasions

What is repeated measures design