Review for Psychology Final

• Part I: Early Psychology and Definitions• Part II. Psychological Theories• Part III. Research Methods• Part IV. Defense Mechanisms and Control• Part V. Neurobiology• Part VI. Abnormal Psych• Part VII. Autism, Eating Disorders, Sleep

and Consciousness

• Part I: Early Psychology and Definitions

• Part I: Psychological Theories

The definition for psychology; includes The term “processes”

Goals of Psychology: acronym is D.P.U.I.

He was # 1 – first Psychologist

First American PsychologistHad a lab

Not a dog – the other kind

Theory: All my problems are due to my repressed sexual and aggressive needs

and also because I never got a red bike as a kid, (insert crying)

Theory: “Stop that!”“NO”

“If you stop beating your brother I’ll give you a cookie”(gives cookie)

Next day….give cookieBrother survives another day

Theory: It’s all in your head…really…I mean that…your brain dude.

Theory: If everyone was treated with “unconditional positive regard”, we would all reach our potential

Theory: Change your thinking, change your habits, change your life

Theory: Tell me about your past, talk therapy, go to a meeting, take this prescription,

feel better about yourself and make an appointment next week at the desk

• Part II: Research Methods

Research Methods: “I believe this will happen”IF this happens Then this results

My belief in what will happen is called the _______________

Research Methods: One group gets the real pill,

one group gets the placebo pillThe group that gets the placebo pill is the

Research Methods: This group GETS the pill

Research Methods: This group may have a member with a cold

who wouldSkew the results of the experiment…

Research Methods IF a mall cop is dressed in a uniform; THEN people will listen to him more: Which is the Independent Variable?Which is the Dependent Variable?

Research Methods: This makes an experiment non biased

Research Methods: Study that follows a group of people

over a long span of time

Research Methods: Observing people in their natural environment with no discussion

Research Methods: Study that compiles a diverse group of differentTypes of people from multiple ages, races, etc.

Research Methods: A long-term research study thatLooks at all aspects of one person’s life.

Research Methods: An experiment where every aspect of it can be controlled.

Pros: You can control everything in environmentCons: Not reflective of real life

• Part IV. Defense Mechanisms and Locus of Control

Locus of Control“It isn’t my fault, the teacher hates me,

I always have bad luck,They like her better, if I had her money I’d be fine…

Locus of Control“If I work hard, I have a better chance of getting what I want,

I didn’t study for my testSo that’s why I probably didn’t do as well as usual.

It’s how we protect our minds from emotional pain, much

Like you would defend yourself against physical pain…to avoid

The impact.

Defense Mechanisms“After witnessing a tragic event,

no longer actually remembering what happened.

Defense Mechanisms“After witnessing a tragic event,

You push away the memories and choose not to remember them

Defense Mechanisms“Going backward in time to a

place where we felt safe, often a better timeIn our lives….behaving younger than we are.

Defense MechanismAfter a big

disappointment,Sometimes you will say “I didn’t careAnyway!’,

expressing the opposite of

What you really feel

Defense MechanismsAfter listening to his parents argue all the time, Johnny decides

To leave the house and take a walk, soon he starts running, eventually he runsRegularly and it helps him deal with his parents arguments.

Your boyfriend/girlfriend breaks up with youYour best friend takes up with your boy/girlfriend

You take a math test and fail itYou get cut in lunch line and complain, nobody believes you

After you get off the bus on the way home you drop your iphone into a sewer

You open the door and your puppy runs up to you happily barking and jumping on you out of

JoyYou yell: BE QUIET YOU STUPID PUPPY…

I DON”T EVEN LIKE YOU!”

Defense MechanismsYou feel bad about not liking

Your Aunt Nancy, she always teases you When she comes over and compares you

To her perfect kids…but when she comes over, youMake her favorite dessert and give her a hug.

Defense Mechanisms“After witnessing a tragic event,

no longer actually remembering what happened.

• Part VI Brain and Sleep

BrainThe Hypothalamus controls these autonomic functions throughout

The day…….

BrainThe outermost layer of your brain

Holds all your higher thoughtsUnless you’ve lost it

In a vortex

BrainIf you damage this lobe, your personality can change

BrainWhen you rub your

eyes and seeFlashing lights

And colors – you arePutting pressure on this

Part of your brainIn the back of your skull

BrainThe part of your brain known for emotion –

in the mid brain but referred to as

BrainThis part of your brain connects the left

And right hemispheres – it’s the I 84 of your brainBetween Newburgh and Beacon

BrainLatin for little brain – the ____________ controls balance

And movement

BrainThis part of your brain controls impulse and decision making

And doesn’t totally develop until 25

BrainAlso known as your C.N.S. - which stands for

BrainNeurotransmitter for movement.

BrainWithout this chemical –

you mayBe depressed

BrainL-Dopa was administered to patients in 1969

With Encephalitis

BrainWhen you

are in a ComaYou

DO NOT go through_______

BrainYou are logical, mathematical and organized you are____

Brain dominant

BrainThis protects the brain from most infections

BrainYou are intuitive,artsy, creative –

you are ____Brain dominant

BrainA concussion is when your brain becomes inflamed due

To head trauma….you should always stay awake after a concussion For as long as doctors tell you to.

BrainThis disease caused by Amyloid protein plaques on

The brain causes you to lose memories – if a doctor asksYou to draw a clock – they are testing you for:

BrainA.D.H.D. can be treated with something that would cause

Someone with a non-affected brain to become awake and shaky, But calms and focuses A.D.H.D. patients

BrainMemories are located in several areas of the brain as well as

The hippocampus – however flashbulb memory can be unreliable whenUsed for eyewitness testimony

BrainLosing things can be a sign that you are sleep deprived

SleepPeriod of sleep where you are physically paralyzed

and your eyesMove back and forth – active brain

SleepYour natural biological clock is called this

Sleep“I can’t fall asleep, What’s wrong with

Me?

SleepStrong emotions, loud

Noises can make me fallDirectly into REM sleep

And fall down Wherever I am

SleepPeriod of sleep where you are physically paralyzed

and your eyesMove back and forth – active brain

SleepIf you are sleep walking you are likely in Stage____

Sleep“I can’t fall asleep, What’s wrong with

Me?

SleepStrong emotions, loud

Noises can make me fallDirectly into REM sleep

And fall down Wherever I am

SleepSleep walking can be hereditary

SleepSleep Apnea

Is when you stop Breathing during sleep…a sign you have this is snoring

• Part VII Abnormal Psych

Abnormal PsychWhat is the Global

Assessment Scale?

Abnormal PsychWhat is the Global

Assessment Scale?

Abnormal PsychWhat does D.S.M. IV Mean?

Abnormal PsychWhat does D.S.M. IV Mean?

Abnormal Psych“I’m going to paint a mural, and then go dancing right after I clean the entire

House because I have no need to sleep or eat”Days Later: “I don’t care about anything. Who cares about that mural.”

Abnormal Psych“I hate you! I love you! Don’t leave me! Get out!”

Abnormal Psych“I am perfect, some people

Need to be stepped on so I

Can succeed, I amSo beautiful everyoneIs always admiring me”

Abnormal PsychFeeling of nervousness,

impending doom and uneaseOr sometimes extreme panic

Abnormal PsychTerm Psychologists use to describe “abnormal” behavior

Abnormal PsychRepetitive thoughts only soothed by an action – than repeated again

And again as a pattern

Abnormal Psych2 weeks of nonstop sadness,Numbness, not feeling happy

About anything

Abnormal PsychMild constant depressionIs callled…

Abnormal PsychAs children they sometimes set fires and injure small animals…

As adults they do not possess empathy or ability to love

Abnormal Psych

Sudden happiness

After depression can

Be a sign of possible

Plans of suicide

Abnormal PsychLimiting calories to the point of malnutrition in order to control

Weight – sometimes to the point of death

Abnormal PsychCharacterized by eating a lot, (binging) and then vomiting

(purging) or excessive use of laxatives

Abnormal PsychEarly signs can be lining up objects

No eye contact, and hand flapping

Abnormal PsychSigns are a child thatFixates on a subject to

The inclusion of all others

Abnormal Psych

In terms of drug withdrawal, which

Is the most dangerous to do without

Medical help – sometimes fatal

Abnormal PsychMultiple Personality Disorder is actually called: __

And is usually caused by severed childhood abuse.

Abnormal PsychDesire to eat non-food objects, related to

Pregnancy, nutritional deficiency or Psychological disorder

Abnormal PsychA type of dissociative disorder (amnesia) when you take “flight”

From your regular life and relocate somewhere else but don’t remember Who you are.

Abnormal PsychVery serious Psychiatric Disorder where there is a split

From reality – early signs are sounds and visions that areNot really there but very real to the person experiencing it