Characteristics of Abnormal Psychology
- Statistical Rarity
- Violation of Norms
- Maladaptive Behavior
- Personal Distress
Classical Conditioning
- UCS (UnConditioned Stimulus)
- UCR (UnConditioned Response)
- NS (Neutral Stimulus)
- CS (Conditioned Stimulus)
- CR (Conditioned Response)
Criteria of Science
- Empiricism
- Testability
- Parsimony
- Determinism
Five Major Channels of Nonverbal Behaviors
- Paralanguage
- Kinesics
- Proxemics
- Facial Expression
- Visual Behavior
Measures of Memory
- Explicit Memories
- Conscious Recollection
- Recall
- Previous Experiences
- Implicit Memories
- Unconscious and Unintentional
- Emotional
- Cognitive Learning
- Motor Skills
Model of Sensation and Perception
- Object
- Information reaches the perceiver
- Sense organ gets information to the receptor cells
- Receptor cells engage in process of transduction
- Neural impulses in sensory nerves transmitted to brain
- Pattern of activity initiated in brain projection area
- Other brain areas engage in additional processing
- Perceptual experience of the object in the environment
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
- Sensorimotor (Birth to 2 years)
- Preoperational (2 to 7 years)
- Concrete Operational (7 to 11 years)
- Formal Operational (11 years and up)
Techniques for Decreasing Rates of Inappropriate Responses
- Extinction
- Timeout
- Response Cost
- Punishment
The "Big Five" Personality Factors
- Openness
- Conscientiousness
- Extroversion
- Agreeableness
- Neuroticism
The 4 Goals of Psychology
- Description
- Explanation
- Prediction
- Modification