Psychology exam 4

Chapter 12 – Social Behavior
What is social psychology?
Attitudes, their 3 components, explicit and implicit attitudes
Cognitive dissonance Examples?
Attribution theory, internal + external attribution, fundamental attribution error, examples?
Actor/Observer Bias
Self-Serving Bias
Conformity – 2 types Asch’s experiment
Obedience – how different from compliance? Milgram’s research – findings
Prosocial behavior + altruism
Bystander effect + diffusion of responsibility When are we most likely to help others?
Social Loafing
Group Polarization
Groupthink, why it happens, problems related to it
Stereotype, Prejudice, Discrimination; How do people learn to be prejudiced
In-group bias, Out-group homogeneity Realistic conflict theory Scapegoating
Compliance – foot-in-the-door, door-in-the-face, low-balling, that’s-not-all, reciprocity norm, artificial scarcity

Chapter 13 – Psychological Disorders
What is a psychological disorder – the 4 D’s
About how many Americans (%) have a mental disorder in any given year?
How has mental illness been explained in history?
Models of abnormality – biological, psychological, sociocultural
What is the DSM-5-TR?
Basic features of the types of disorders + symptoms of the specific disorders discussed in the book:
Anxiety – GAD, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Phobias (Specific, Social), OCD, PTSD
Dissociative – amnesia, fugue, DID
Mood – Major Depression, Dysthymia, S.A.D., Bipolar I, II, Cyclothymic
Schizophrenia – how common? positive and negative symptoms, catatonia
causes of schizophrenia, starts earlier in males or females?
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Personality Disorders – antisocial, borderline
Eating Disorders – anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder