175.101 psychology as a social science

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1. Psychodynamic Theories
Sigmond freud s theory that psych...,
Which model used as spatial metap...,
What mental processes are rationa...
45  cards
2. Cognitive-social Theories
Develop from behaviourist and cog...,
Reflects a constant interplay bet...,
Several conditions must be meet f...
14  cards
3. Trait Theories
Emotional cognitive and behaviour...,
A descriptive approach an attempt...,
Who said on the one hand a trait ...
20  cards
4. Humanistic Theories
Who believed that human beings ar...,
The way people conceive of realit...,
The capacity to understand anothe...
13  cards
5. Developmental Psychology
Studies the way humans develop an...,
The extent to which changes and i...,
Refers to biologically based chan...
29  cards
6. Ageing
Cognitive changes associated with...,
People show tremendous variabilit...,
A progressive and incurable illne...
3  cards
7. Attachment
Involves changes in interpersonal...,
Refers to the enduring tires chil...,
The tendency of young animals of ...
31  cards
8. Socialisation
To function as adults children mu...,
Children learn from a variety of ...,
Caveat 1 socialisation is not a _...
40  cards
9. Perspective Taking/Theory of the Mind
An important social cognitive abi...,
A prerequisite to perspective tak...,
It appears to arise somewhere in ...
6  cards
10. Gender
Cognitive developmental theory in...,
The second stage ____ ____ occurs...,
The ____ stage gender constancy o...
9  cards
11. Health Psychology
____ ____ is devoted to understan...,
History of health psychology earl...,
This surgery called ____ involved...
26  cards
12. Health Compromising Behaviours
In spite of knowledge of the nega...,
____ refers to an excessive accum...,
People are identified as being __...
16  cards
13. Barriers to Health Promotion
Individual barriers lack of ____ ...,
One reason is that negative behav...,
Health promotion behaviours such ...
13  cards
14. Stress
Refers to a challenge to a person...,
Stressful experiences typically p...,
Stress is a ____ ____ with both p...
36  cards
15. Coping
Most people who experienced life ...,
Coping strategies strategies aime...,
Efforts to alter thoughts about t...
11  cards
16. Culture and Context of Psychopathology
Sickness or pathology of the mind...,
_____ theory argued that diagnosi...,
Labelling can be dangerous becaus...
8  cards
17. Mental Health and Mental Disorders
____ ____ can be thought of as a ...,
____ ____ ____ include the wide r...,
A ____ ____ implies the existence...
4  cards
18. Contemporary Approaches to Psychopathology
____ theorists distinguish three ...,
Problems in living such as phobia...,
Categorised by enduring maladapti...
24  cards
19. Descriptive Diagnosis: DSM and Psychopathological Syndromes
A ____ ____ attempts to be atheor...,
In ____ ____ mental disorders are...,
Descriptive diagnosis allows rese...
12  cards
20. Disorders
A less severe type of depression ...,
Research is clearly demonstrated ...,
Marked by recurrent obsessions pe...
67  cards
21. Mental Health Services
There are a variety of treatments...,
Often practice in a hospital or o...,
The ____ model adopted by austral...
7  cards
22. Psychodynamic Therapies
Psychodynamic therapies modern __...,
The ____ ____ to therapeutic chan...,
Refers to the understanding of on...
18  cards
23. Cognitive-Behavioural Therapies
Use methods derived from behaviou...,
Early approaches viewed symptoms ...,
Although many therapists continue...
43  cards
24. Humanistic Therapies
Focus on the way each person cons...,
They aim to help people get __ __...,
An approach to treatment that emp...
30  cards
25. Electroconvulsive Therapy and Psychosurgery
Aka electroshock therapy is curre...,
Ect is also effective in the trea...,
Patients lie on an insulated cart...
7  cards
26. Evaluating Psychological Treatments
Culture and treatment it is usefu...,
The concept of what is abnormal a...,
The ability of therapists to asse...
25  cards
27. Attitudes
An association between an act or ...,
Refers to the durability and impa...,
An attitude is ____ if it tends t...
39  cards
28. Cognitive Dissonance
According to leon festinger 1957 ...,
Refers to a perceived discrepancy...,
According to festinger this kind ...
16  cards
29. Social Cognition
Suppressing a stereotype however ...,
As in other cognitive domains sch...,
Solomon asch 1946 suggested that ...
95  cards
30. The Self
The person including mental proce...,
The person s concept of himself a...,
Refers to a person s evaluation o...
36  cards
31. Relationships
Social psychologists believe that...,
Much of what we do and do not do ...,
According to social psychologists...
6  cards
32. Altruism
Refers to behaviours that help ot...,
Philosophers and psychologists di...,
People can behave altruistically ...
7  cards
33. Social Influence
Refers to the effects of the pres...,
Sociologist and philosophers had ...,
They become anonymous and no long...
63  cards

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