Psychology 30 Flashcards

Flashcards for Psychology 30 lecture notes.

Biological Psychology

Focuses on the nervous system, hormones, and genetics to examine the relationship between mind and body.

Clinical Psychology

Deals with abnormal behavior, theory, and diagnosis to relieve or prevent stress.

Social Psychology

Studies individuals' behavior (gender, race, etc.) and how it's influenced.

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Applies psychology in the workforce, including assessments for hiring and motivation strategies.

Cognitive Psychology

Focuses on language, memory, and information processing, including states of consciousness.

Developmental Psychology

Studies growth, change, and moral development across the lifespan.

Sports Psychology

Helps with factors that influence athletic performance.

Psychiatrist

Medical doctors for the mind who can prescribe medication.

Monozygotic twins

Identical twins that split into two embryos.

Dizygotic twins

Fraternal twins from two eggs and sperm.

Teratogens

Harmful substances like alcohol, drugs, and viruses that affect prenatal development.

Rooting reflex

Turns head toward cheek, helpful for breastfeeding.

Sucking reflex

Sucks on anything in mouth.

Moro (Startle) reflex

Arms/legs extend when startled.

Grasping reflex

Grasps objects in palm.

Babinski reflex

Toes fan out when foot is rubbed.

Stepping reflex

Walking motion when held upright.

Sensorimotor Stage (0-2 years)

Learns through senses & actions, develops object permanence.

Preoperational Stage (2-7 years)

Egocentric, symbolic thinking but lacks logical reasoning.

Concrete Operational Stage (7-11 years)

Logical thinking and understanding consequences.

Formal Operational Stage (12+ years)

Abstract reasoning and problem-solving.

Frontal Lobe

Thinking, planning, personality, movement.

Parietal Lobe

Touch, body position, spatial awareness.

Occipital Lobe

Vision.

Temporal Lobe

Hearing, language, memory.

Limbic System

Part of brain involved in behavior & emotional responses.

Thalamus

"Relay system", Sensory relay station.

Hypothalamus

Fighting, feeding, fleeing, fucking (4Fs), in charge of body's temp, hormones, hunger, fatigue.

Hippocampus

Memory formation (short into long-term), located in temporal lobe.

Amygdala

Responsible for emotions especially fear & aggression, is the emergency override, gives adrenaline & cortisol.

Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)

What a child can do with help.

Scaffolding

Support that helps a child learn in the ZPD.

Solitary play

Playing alone.

Onlooker play

Watches others play.

Parallel Play

Plays side-by-side but not together.

Associative play

Plays together with no rules.

Cooperative play

Shared goals, and organized roles.

ID

Unconscious psychic energy satisfies basic drives to survive: reproduce and be aggressive (Devil thoughts).

Ego

Conscious part of personality (you).

Super Ego

Represents internalized ideas and provides standards for judgement, and future aspirations (Angle thoughts & ideas).

Repression

Forgetting distressing thoughts.

Denial

Refusing to accept reality.

Projection

Pushing your feelings onto others.

Displacement

Taking out your feeling about something on someone or thing else.

Regression

Reverting to past behaviour (continuing the cycle).

Sublimation

Channeling urges into acceptable actions.

Oral stage (0-1 years)

Feeding.

Anal stage (1-3 years)

Toilet training.

Phallic stage (3-6 years)

Genitals, Oedipus complex (child's unconscious situal desire for the opposite sex parent: feelings of Jealousy).

Latency stage (6-12 years)

Dormant situal feelings.

Genital stage (12+ years)

Mature glavni interests.

Trust vs. Mistrust (0-1 years)

Depends on caregivers.

Autonomy vs. Shame (1-3 years)

Independence.

Initiative vs. guilt (3-6 years)

Assertiveness.

Industry vs. Inferiority (6-12 years)

Confidence from success.

Identity vs. role confusion (12-18 years)

Who am I?

Intimacy vs. Isolation (18-30s)

Deep relationships.

Generativity vs. Stagnation (30s-60s)

Giving back.

Integrity vs. despair (60+)

Life reflection.

Good long-lasting marriage

Mutual respect and communication.

Object permanence

Understanding that objects still exist when out of sight.

Object permanence

Develops in sensorimotor stage (Piaget).

Classical conditioning

Learning through association.

Operant conditioning

Learning through consequences.

Social learning (observational)

Learning by watching others.