Col Psych Final Test Misc.

Front 1

** Holmes and Rahe

Back 1

Scheduale of Recent Events- Marriage= 50 life change units

Front 2

** moderator variable

Back 2

when stress will have bad outcomes and when it wont

Front 3

** mediator variable

Back 3

hte LINK between stress and outcome (ex: proximity- FAMILIARITY- relationship)

Front 4

** Primary

Back 4

do I care? Is it relavant to me?

Front 5

** Secondary

Back 5

can I cope with it?

Front 6

** Problem vs. Emotion-focused

Back 6

problem- try to solve the problem (controllable)
emotion- try to deal with emotion (uncontrollable)

Front 7

** stress generation

Back 7

depression and reassurance seeking

Front 8

** schlemeil factor

Back 8

someone who brings on bad results themselves- poor copin strategies (ex: black cloud)

Front 9

** Pennebaker

Back 9

Trauma disclosure- getting what happend off your chest

Front 10

** Proximity

Back 10

become close to the people who are physically close to you because they are familiar to you

Front 11

** similarity

Back 11

we like people who are similar to us

Front 12

** Latane and Darley

Back 12

Kitty Genovese- bystander intervention study

Front 13

** Asch line judging test

Back 13

sbjects more likely to conform to what everyone elses answers were

Front 14

** Ph.D vs. Psy.D

Back 14

Ph.D does more research

Front 15

** systematic desensitization

Back 15

pair anxiety with relatxation to confront fear
-constructs image hierarchy

Front 16

** flooding

Back 16

you continue to present the fear until the fear response dies out

Front 17

** token economy

Back 17

get something (sitckers) for doing something good and you can cash them in at a later date

Front 18

** Beck's cognitive therapy

Back 18

keep diary of what you are feeling- challenge your thoughts- explory underlying things

Front 19

** roger's therapy

Back 19

empathy, warmth, genuiness, therapist understands you and acts as a friend not a higher being

Front 20

** Gestalt therapy

Back 20

focus on current feelings- empty chair talk to it to release emotions

Front 21

** Meta-analysis

Back 21

asses large amounts of results/info. without using p values

Front 22

** Effectiveness vs. Efficacy

Back 22

effectiveness is sloppy with not a lot of internal validity

Front 23

** Seligman

Back 23

more people got better with mental health help

Front 24

** civil commitment

Back 24

civally commiting you to a psych hospital against ure will

Front 25

** competency to stand trial

Back 25

are you competant to understand trial

Front 26

** insanity

Back 26

refers to your state of mind at the time of the crime

Front 27

** Tarasoff

Back 27

therapist can be held responsible for not informing potential vicitms

Front 28

**client relations

Back 28

must be 2 yrs. after therapy in order to have realtions with therapit/client