Chapter 21 Questions
Section 1:
1. Explain the phenomena of social facilitation, social loafing, and the risky shift. Why does each occur?
2. Discuss the different types of group decision making.
3. When and how does polarization occur?
4. Explain the styles of group leadership. Which type of leader do you tend to be?
Section 2:
5. What does it mean to conform? Explain the rle of groups and social norms.
6. What does Asch’s study show?
7. Why do people conform? Explain when and why you conform in your life.
Section 3:
8. What does Milgram’s experiment show about obedience?
9. Why do people obey? Why do you (sometimes) obey your teachers/parents?
Section 4:
10. Explain the five views of aggression. Which do you think is most accurate? Why?
Section 5:
11. Why does altruism exist? What factors promote and inhibit altruism? Explain the bystander effect.
12. Give an example where you acted altruistically, and explain why you did so.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Chapter 20
Chapter 20 Questions
Section 1:
1. What are attitudes? How do they shape our lives?
2. Discuss the ways our attitudes develop.
3. How do attitudes lead to behavior? When does the opposite happen?
Section 2:
4. What are two methods of persuasion?
5. What effect does repetition have on a message? Discuss two ways that messages can be presented persuasively.
6. Discuss the role of the messenger, situation, and audience on persuasion.
7. Why are some people more resistant to persuasion, and others more easily influenced?
Section 3:
8. What are the causes and effects of stereotypes?
9. Discuss the causes of prejudice.
10. How can we overcome prejudice?
11. Read W.E.B. DuBois’ account on page 467. How do you think the experience of being black in America has changed? What forms of prejudice remain?
Section 4:
12. How do the primary and recency effects affect how we think of other people?
13. What are the mistakes we tend to make in attributing behavior in ourselves and others to dispositional and situational causes?
14. Discuss the different forms of nonverbal communication
Section 5:
15. How does physical appearance influence attraction?
16. What other factors influence attraction?
17. What is friendship? How is love different from friendship?
18. What do you find attractive? What kind of person can you fall in love with? What kind of person do you like as a friend?
Section 1:
1. What are attitudes? How do they shape our lives?
2. Discuss the ways our attitudes develop.
3. How do attitudes lead to behavior? When does the opposite happen?
Section 2:
4. What are two methods of persuasion?
5. What effect does repetition have on a message? Discuss two ways that messages can be presented persuasively.
6. Discuss the role of the messenger, situation, and audience on persuasion.
7. Why are some people more resistant to persuasion, and others more easily influenced?
Section 3:
8. What are the causes and effects of stereotypes?
9. Discuss the causes of prejudice.
10. How can we overcome prejudice?
11. Read W.E.B. DuBois’ account on page 467. How do you think the experience of being black in America has changed? What forms of prejudice remain?
Section 4:
12. How do the primary and recency effects affect how we think of other people?
13. What are the mistakes we tend to make in attributing behavior in ourselves and others to dispositional and situational causes?
14. Discuss the different forms of nonverbal communication
Section 5:
15. How does physical appearance influence attraction?
16. What other factors influence attraction?
17. What is friendship? How is love different from friendship?
18. What do you find attractive? What kind of person can you fall in love with? What kind of person do you like as a friend?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Unit Seven Test Review
Test - Thursday April 30
Psychology - Unit Seven Test - Stress, Health, Disorders and Therapy
Stress
Frustration, Daily Hassles, Life Changes
Conflict – approach/avoidance
Type A v. Type B Personality
Self-Efficacy Expectations
Psychological Hardiness
Sense of Humor
Predictability
Social Support
General Adaptation Syndrome
Alarm Reaction, Resistance Stage,Exhaustion Stage
Stress and the Immune System
Muscle-Tension Headaches
Migraine Headaches
Heart Disease/Cancer
Defensive Coping
Active Coping
Relaxation
Exercise
Psychological Disorder
Typicality
Maladaptivity
Emotional Discomfort
Socially Unacceptable Behavior
DSM-IV
Anxiety Disorders
Phobic Disorders/Phobias
Social Phobia
Panic Disorder
Agoraphobia
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Acute Stress Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Biological v. Psychological Factors
Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Depersonalization Disorder
Somatoform Disorders
Conversion Disorder
Hypochondriasis
Mood Disorders
Major Depression
Dysthymia
Bipolar Disorder
Manic Episodes
Learned Helplessness
Internal, Stable, Global Explanations
Serotonin & Noradenaline deficiency
Schizophrenia
Paranoid Schizophrenia
Disorganized Schizophrenia
Catatonic Schizophrenia
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Drug Abuse/Dependence Disorder
Psychotherapy
Psychologists v. Psychiatrists
Individual v. Group Therapy
Self-help Groups
Encounter Groups
Psychoanalysis
Free Association
Dream Analysis
Manifest v. Latent content
Transference
Brief Psychoanalysis
Humanistic Therapy
Person-Centered Therapy
Active Listening
Cognitive Therapy
Rational-Emotive Therapy
Beck’s Cognitive Therapy
Behavior Therapy
Counterconditioning
Aversive Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Successive Approximations
Drug Therapy
Antianxiety Drugs
Antidepressant Drugs
Lithium
Antipsychotic Drugs
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Psychosurgery
Prefrontal Lobotomy
Insanity Defense
John Nash
Andrea Yates
Psychology - Unit Seven Test - Stress, Health, Disorders and Therapy
Stress
Frustration, Daily Hassles, Life Changes
Conflict – approach/avoidance
Type A v. Type B Personality
Self-Efficacy Expectations
Psychological Hardiness
Sense of Humor
Predictability
Social Support
General Adaptation Syndrome
Alarm Reaction, Resistance Stage,Exhaustion Stage
Stress and the Immune System
Muscle-Tension Headaches
Migraine Headaches
Heart Disease/Cancer
Defensive Coping
Active Coping
Relaxation
Exercise
Psychological Disorder
Typicality
Maladaptivity
Emotional Discomfort
Socially Unacceptable Behavior
DSM-IV
Anxiety Disorders
Phobic Disorders/Phobias
Social Phobia
Panic Disorder
Agoraphobia
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Acute Stress Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Biological v. Psychological Factors
Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative Amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Depersonalization Disorder
Somatoform Disorders
Conversion Disorder
Hypochondriasis
Mood Disorders
Major Depression
Dysthymia
Bipolar Disorder
Manic Episodes
Learned Helplessness
Internal, Stable, Global Explanations
Serotonin & Noradenaline deficiency
Schizophrenia
Paranoid Schizophrenia
Disorganized Schizophrenia
Catatonic Schizophrenia
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Drug Abuse/Dependence Disorder
Psychotherapy
Psychologists v. Psychiatrists
Individual v. Group Therapy
Self-help Groups
Encounter Groups
Psychoanalysis
Free Association
Dream Analysis
Manifest v. Latent content
Transference
Brief Psychoanalysis
Humanistic Therapy
Person-Centered Therapy
Active Listening
Cognitive Therapy
Rational-Emotive Therapy
Beck’s Cognitive Therapy
Behavior Therapy
Counterconditioning
Aversive Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Successive Approximations
Drug Therapy
Antianxiety Drugs
Antidepressant Drugs
Lithium
Antipsychotic Drugs
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Psychosurgery
Prefrontal Lobotomy
Insanity Defense
John Nash
Andrea Yates
Chapter 19
Psychology
Mr. Dickson
Chapter 19 Questions
Section 1:
1. What are the goals of psychotherapy? What methods are used?
2. What are the differences between psychologists and psychiatrists?
3. What are the comparative advantages of individual and group therapy?
4. Discuss the different types of group therapy.
Section 2:
5. Describe the three main techniques of psychoanalysis.
6. How effective is psychoanalysis? How does brief psychoanalysis work?
Section 3:
7. Describe the humanistic approach of person-centered therapy.
8. When does person-centered therapy seem to be effective? When is it not?
Section 4;
9. Discuss the different types of cognitive therapy and their usefulness.
10. Explain how behavior therapy works. How effective is it?
Section 5:
11. Describe the different types of drugs used to treat disorders, and what they seem to be useful for.
12. Explain how electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery are used.
13. Of these different techniques, which seem the most useful? Which might you use in addressing problems in your life, should you experience mental illness?
Mr. Dickson
Chapter 19 Questions
Section 1:
1. What are the goals of psychotherapy? What methods are used?
2. What are the differences between psychologists and psychiatrists?
3. What are the comparative advantages of individual and group therapy?
4. Discuss the different types of group therapy.
Section 2:
5. Describe the three main techniques of psychoanalysis.
6. How effective is psychoanalysis? How does brief psychoanalysis work?
Section 3:
7. Describe the humanistic approach of person-centered therapy.
8. When does person-centered therapy seem to be effective? When is it not?
Section 4;
9. Discuss the different types of cognitive therapy and their usefulness.
10. Explain how behavior therapy works. How effective is it?
Section 5:
11. Describe the different types of drugs used to treat disorders, and what they seem to be useful for.
12. Explain how electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery are used.
13. Of these different techniques, which seem the most useful? Which might you use in addressing problems in your life, should you experience mental illness?
Chapter 18
Chapter 18 Questions
Section 1:
1. How common are psychological disorders? Is this surprising? Explain.
2. Describe the four symptoms of psychological disorders.
3. What is the DSM-IV? How does it classify disorders?
4. Read page 412. Does it make sense for people to sometimes be found innocent by reason of insanity? When and why?
Section 2:
5. Give a general description of anxiety disorders.
6. Describe the five types of anxiety disorders.
7. Discuss the possible psychological and biological origins of anxiety.
8. Read page 418. Describe some of the effects of 9/11.
Section 3:
9. What is dissociation?
10. Describe the four types of dissociative disorders.
11. What may cause dissociative disorders?
Section 4:
12. Describe the two main forms of somatoform disorders.
13. What causes somatoform disorders?
Section 5:
14. What is depression? How is it diagnosed?
15. How is bipolar disorder different from depression?
16. What is learned helplessness? How does it lead to depression?
17. How do certain types of cognitive explanations for life events lead to depression?
18. What biological factors affect depression? How do biological and psychological factors interact to make depression worse?
19. We all feel depressed sometimes. Have you ever felt depressed for a long period of time, and experiences the other symptoms listed on page 423? How can you overcome feelings of depression?
Section 6:
20. Describe the types of schizophrenia.
21. What causes schizophrenia according to the psychological and biological views? Briefly explain the multifactorial model.
Section 7:
22. What are personality disorders? How are they different from other disorders?
23. Describe the types of personality disorders.
24. Summarize the explanations of personality disorders.
Section 1:
1. How common are psychological disorders? Is this surprising? Explain.
2. Describe the four symptoms of psychological disorders.
3. What is the DSM-IV? How does it classify disorders?
4. Read page 412. Does it make sense for people to sometimes be found innocent by reason of insanity? When and why?
Section 2:
5. Give a general description of anxiety disorders.
6. Describe the five types of anxiety disorders.
7. Discuss the possible psychological and biological origins of anxiety.
8. Read page 418. Describe some of the effects of 9/11.
Section 3:
9. What is dissociation?
10. Describe the four types of dissociative disorders.
11. What may cause dissociative disorders?
Section 4:
12. Describe the two main forms of somatoform disorders.
13. What causes somatoform disorders?
Section 5:
14. What is depression? How is it diagnosed?
15. How is bipolar disorder different from depression?
16. What is learned helplessness? How does it lead to depression?
17. How do certain types of cognitive explanations for life events lead to depression?
18. What biological factors affect depression? How do biological and psychological factors interact to make depression worse?
19. We all feel depressed sometimes. Have you ever felt depressed for a long period of time, and experiences the other symptoms listed on page 423? How can you overcome feelings of depression?
Section 6:
20. Describe the types of schizophrenia.
21. What causes schizophrenia according to the psychological and biological views? Briefly explain the multifactorial model.
Section 7:
22. What are personality disorders? How are they different from other disorders?
23. Describe the types of personality disorders.
24. Summarize the explanations of personality disorders.
Chapter 17
Psychology
Mr. Dickson
Chapter 17 Questions
Section 1:
1. Define stress, and the difference between negative and positive stress.
2. What are the main sources of stress? Give several examples.
3. Discuss how different types of conflict cause stress.
4. What is the difference between type A and type B personalities? Which are you closer to?
Section 2:
5. What are self-efficacy expectations? How do they affect responses to stress?
6. What makes someone “psychologically hardy”?
7. How does humor reduce stress?
8. How can you give support to someone dealing with stress?
Section 3:
9. Describe the three stages of General Adaptation Syndrome.
10. Why is the immune system important? How does stress impact it?
11. Have you ever gotten sick because of stress? Give an example.
Section 4:
12. How are the different kinds of headaches related to stress?
13. What are some of the factors that may cause hearth disease? What can you do to prevent it?
14. Discuss the risk factors for cancer, and the psychological effects of cancer.
15. What experiences have you had in your family with cancer and heart disease?
Section 5:
16. Why are defensive coping mechanisms not generally successful at dealing with stress? Give an example.
17. Discuss how each of active coping mechanisms can help relieve stress:
a. changing stressful thoughts
b. relaxation
c. exercise
18. Which coping mechanisms do you find to be most successful in your own life? Which might help if you used them more?
Mr. Dickson
Chapter 17 Questions
Section 1:
1. Define stress, and the difference between negative and positive stress.
2. What are the main sources of stress? Give several examples.
3. Discuss how different types of conflict cause stress.
4. What is the difference between type A and type B personalities? Which are you closer to?
Section 2:
5. What are self-efficacy expectations? How do they affect responses to stress?
6. What makes someone “psychologically hardy”?
7. How does humor reduce stress?
8. How can you give support to someone dealing with stress?
Section 3:
9. Describe the three stages of General Adaptation Syndrome.
10. Why is the immune system important? How does stress impact it?
11. Have you ever gotten sick because of stress? Give an example.
Section 4:
12. How are the different kinds of headaches related to stress?
13. What are some of the factors that may cause hearth disease? What can you do to prevent it?
14. Discuss the risk factors for cancer, and the psychological effects of cancer.
15. What experiences have you had in your family with cancer and heart disease?
Section 5:
16. Why are defensive coping mechanisms not generally successful at dealing with stress? Give an example.
17. Discuss how each of active coping mechanisms can help relieve stress:
a. changing stressful thoughts
b. relaxation
c. exercise
18. Which coping mechanisms do you find to be most successful in your own life? Which might help if you used them more?
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Gender Survey Lab
Due Monday 3/16
Gender Survey Lab
Purpose:
-To use the survey method to investigate gender difference
Method:
-Divide into pairs
-Choose a target area of behavior to investigate in which you think there may be some gender difference, or in which people often assume there is some gender difference
-Develop a hypothesis about the target behavior (i.e. how much gender difference you will find)
-Compose 2-4 questions to give measurable data related to the
hypothesis
-Administer the survey
-Compile the data on your selected questions
-Analyze the results
Analysis:
-Record the data for all relevant questions from each survey
-Assess and categorize the responses
-Calculate averages, where appropriate
-If useful, create scatter or bar graphs to assemble and display the data
-Analyze the results, looking for patterns and/or correlations
Conclusions:
-Draw possible conclusions from your results
-Does you hypothesis appear correct? To what extent?
-Consider possible flaws and uncertainties in your results
-Discuss ways of improving the survey relative to your target behavior
Gender Survey Lab
Purpose:
-To use the survey method to investigate gender difference
Method:
-Divide into pairs
-Choose a target area of behavior to investigate in which you think there may be some gender difference, or in which people often assume there is some gender difference
-Develop a hypothesis about the target behavior (i.e. how much gender difference you will find)
-Compose 2-4 questions to give measurable data related to the
hypothesis
-Administer the survey
-Compile the data on your selected questions
-Analyze the results
Analysis:
-Record the data for all relevant questions from each survey
-Assess and categorize the responses
-Calculate averages, where appropriate
-If useful, create scatter or bar graphs to assemble and display the data
-Analyze the results, looking for patterns and/or correlations
Conclusions:
-Draw possible conclusions from your results
-Does you hypothesis appear correct? To what extent?
-Consider possible flaws and uncertainties in your results
-Discuss ways of improving the survey relative to your target behavior
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