Cannabis with/d (NSAID-FLU)
N ervousness/anxiety S leep difficulty A nger I rritability D ecreased appetite/depressed mood F lu like symptoms (fever, headache, sweating, chills, shakiness/tremors)
Alcohol Intoxication SAM’s Gin
S lurred Speech A ttention impairment M emory impairment S tupor/coma G ait unsteady I ncoordination N ystagmus
Belief in a Just World
Common tendency to blame the victim
Mildred Parten (1932) categorized children’s play as being:
nonsocial or social
Stages of sleep
BATS - Drinks Blood Subject awake & eye open- Beta Subject awake & eyes closed - Alpha Stage 1 -Theta Stage II - Spindler & K complex Stage III & IV - Delta REM sleep - Beta
Self Verification Theory
People need and seek confirmation of their self-concept, regardless of whether their self-concept is positive or negative e.g. depressed seek neg feedback.
Self-Perception Theory – Bem
people infer what they think or how they feel by observing their own behavior and the situation in which it takes place.
Limbic system CASH
C - Cingulate gyrus
A - Amygdala
S - Septal nuclei
H - Hippocampus formation
Trait Negativity Bias
we weight negative information more heavily than positive information.
Right Hemisphere (Negative)
Indifference
SSRI’s
Drug Name (Effective For Sadness,
Panic, & Compulsions)
E scitolopram F luoxetine, Fluvoxamine S ertraline P aroxetine C italopram
oppositional defiant disorder.
emotional dysregulation (which takes the form of an angry and irritable mood), vindictiveness, and refusing to comply with rules a
Hostile Attribution Bias
Tendency to believe that others are trying to cause harm even in neutral or unclear situations.
contrast error occurs
when a rater’s ratings of an employee’s performance are affected by the performance of a previously evaluated employee.
Moderator Variable
affects the strength or direction of the relationship btw two other variables
Left Hemisphere (Positive)
Catastrophic reaction
Overlearning
involves continuing to practice newly acquired skills beyond the point of mastery.
SSNRI’s Drug Name (LVD)
L evomilnacipran
V enlafaxine
D esvenlafaxine
D uloxetine
Opiod Intox (SAD P)
S lurred speech
A ttention/memory impairment
D rowsiness
P upillary constriction
Top Down
Concept driven
House’s (1971) path-goal theory,
an effective leader adopts the style (directive, achievement-oriented, supportive, or participative) that best fits certain characteristics of the employee and the employee’s tasks.
Avoidance conditioning
classical conditioning and negative reinforcement.
Lifespan in Sleep
Newborn - more time in active REM
also begin sleep period w/ active sleep followed w/ non- REM
Older Adults- do not req less sleep, have trouble falling asleep, less time in deep sleep (esp stage 4) experience advanced sleep phase (going to sleep earlier and waking up earlier)
neurocognitive disorder due to HIV infection or other subcortical neurocognitive disorder?
Forgetfulnes
Apathy
Psychomotor retardation
SB5
five factors: Fluid Reasoning, Knowledge, Quantitative Reasoning, Visual-Spatial Processing, and Working Memory.
Halstead-Reitan Impairment Index indicates the proportion of subtests that show evidence of brain damage and ranges from 0 to 1.0.
An Impairment Index score of .4 to .5 or above on the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery (HRNB) is usually indicative of brain damage
Informed consents are not necessary when the study i
involves investigating normal educational practices.
tendency to overestimate the extent to which members of certain minority groups engage in criminal behavior to the fact that minority group status and criminal behavior are distinctive and relatively rare phenomena
illusory correlation
According to the DSM-5, _____ of women experience a major depressive episode during pregnancy or during the weeks or months after delivery and, of these episodes, about _____ begin before delivery.
3 to 6%; 50%
Cannabis Intox (MEAT)
M outh dry
E rythmatous conjunctiva (red eyes)
A ppetite increase
T achycardia
False Consensus Bias
Tendency to overestimate the degree to which others conform to us in terms of their opinions, attributes, and behavior.
Memory Brain Areas
Hippocampus - long term declarative memories & spatial memory
Basal Ganglia, Cerebellum and Supp Motor Area- implicit memories, trouble learning new skills and performing previously learned skills
Amygdala - emotions to memories
Prefrontal Cortex - working memory and prospective memory
Thalamus and Mammillary Bodies - antegrade and retrograde amnesia
Tricyclies Drug Side effect (HE TRIED)
H e adache Tr emor I ndigestion E levated heart rate D ry mouth, drowsiness
Bottom Up
Data driven
older unhappily married couples were less likely than middle-aged unhappily married couples to engage in
negative start-up
SSRI’s Side effects (7 S’s)
S exual dysfunction S erotonin syndrome S ize increase/weight gain S leeping difficulties (insomnia) S tomach upset (GI issues) S tress (agitation/anxiety) S uicidal ideations
Holland’s six occupational themes
realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional.
Tricyclies Drug Name (I am Depressed, Close
Noradrenalin Door)
I mipramine A m itriptyline D esipramine C lomiprimine N ortriptyline D oxepine
Which of the following is least susceptible to satiation?
generalized reinforcers
SSNRI’s Side effects (7 S’s plus HAT)
S exual dysfunction
S erotonin syndrome
S ize increase/weight gain
S leeping difficulties (insomnia)
“no matter what I do, I feel like I’m still unattractive, so I must be unattractive.”
emotional reasoning.
Alcohol Withdrawal PAST NITES
P sychomotor agitation A nxiety S eizures (grand mal) T ransient hallucinations N ausea/vomiting I nsomnia T remors E xcitatory-autonomic (increase HR/BP) S weating)
Mum Effect
1) Tendency to be reluctant to provide negative feedback to other group members
An organizational psychologist is hired by the manager of a small software company to help him find ways to motivate programmers who have the skills to the do their jobs but are not as productive as the manager would like them to be.
consultee-centered case consultation
Conduct Disorder
repeated acts of aggressions
Approach-Approach Conflict
i. Initial response is ambivalence but as move toward one it becomes more attractive and other goal becomes less attractive
When use of deception in a research study-
Psychologists may use deception when it’s justified by the study’s prospective value and participants are allowed to withdraw from the study at any time
most similar to “old-fashioned” racism.
microassault
Social Comparison Theory
they evaluate themselves by comparing themselves to similar others.
Opiod With/d (ARMY FINDS)
R hinorrhea (nasal drip) or lacrimation (excessive =secretion of tears) M ood dysphoria Y awning F ever I nsomnia N ausea D iarrhea S weating
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
i. Avoidance gradient is steeper than approach gradient and eventually the avoidance responses becomes much stronger.
What is the effect of____on the ___
IV on the DV
Mediator Variable
Responsible for the relationship btw 2 other variables
• variation in the IV must be associated with variation in the mediator variable
• variation in the mediator variable must be associated with variation in the
DV
• when the mediator is absent or controlled, the relationship between the IV
and DV is reduced or eliminated
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
i. If possible, will avoid both. If not, will vacillate between them and achieve an equilibrium where forces are pushing the person away from each goal equally.
Solomon four group
pretest sensitazation
counterbalancing
controls carryover effect
Single subject
act as it “own” control
Dissociative Identity Ds (due to abuse)
Generalized - RARE
Continuous - from event until present
Systematize- forgets one category of info
Dissociative fuge is a specifer
Female sexual dysfunction
Female sexual arousal - no lubrication
Female organismic- no orgasm
Genital/Pelvic pain- spasm - use Kegel exercises
specifier-lifelong, generlaized