AP PSYCH

Actor-Observer Bias

Tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes while attributing other people's behaviors to internal causes

False Consensus Effect

Tendency to overestimate how much other people agree with us

Just-World Phenomenon

Tendency to believe that the world is just and that people get what they deserve

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Prediction that causes itself to come true due to the simple fact that the prediction was made

Central Route of Persuasion

The process by which a person thinks carefully about a communication and is influenced by the strength of its arguments

Peripheral Route of Persuasion

The process by which a person does not think carefully about a communication and is influenced instead by superficial cues

Foot-In-The-Door Phenomenon

Tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request

Door-In-The-Face Technique

Asking for a large commitment and being refused and then asking for a smaller commitment and getting agreement

Cognitive Dissonance

Sense of discomfort or distress that occurs when a person's behavior does not correspond to that person's attitudes

Clinical Psychology

Psychologist- can't prescribe meds, supports people through psychotherapy; Psychiatrist-can prescribe meds, diagnose disorders, generally works inside hospitals

Abnormal Behavior in DSM-5

Defined as Deviant, Distressing, Dysfunctional, Dangerous

Deinstitutionalization

Movement to remove non-threatening patients from mental hospitals due to better psychotropic drugs

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Experience excessive anxiety under most circumstances and worry about practically anything

Panic Disorder

Anxiety disorder marked by recurrent and unpredictable panic attacks

Specific Phobia

Intense, irrational fear responses to specific stimuli

Agoraphobia

Fear of being in public situations from which escape might be difficult or help unavailable if panic-like or embarrassing symptoms were to occur