Gretel’s AP Psychology Blog

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS a "harmful dysfunction" in which behavior is judged to be atypical disturbing, maladaptive, and unjustifiable. U - unjustifiable  M - maladaptive  A - atypical D - disturbing   DSM-V will classify disorders and describe the symptoms  will NOT explain the causes or possible cures Anxiety Disorders a group of conditions where the primary symptoms are anxiety or defenses against anxiety  the patient fears something awful will happen to them  they are in a state of intense apprehension, uneasiness, uncertainty, or fear  Phobias a person experiences sudden episodes of intense dread  Panic Disorder an anxiety disorder marked by a minutes-long episode of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, and other frightening sensations Generalized Anxiety Disorder an anxiety disorder in which a person is continuously tense, apprehensi...

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY the study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another SOCIAL THINKING: Attribution Theory  The idea that we give a casual explanation for someone's behavior  we credit that behavior either to the situation or to the person's disposition  Fundamental Attribution Error  the tendency to underestimate the impact of a situation and overestimate the impact of personal disposition  Attitudes a belief or feeling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to something  Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon  the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request  Door-in-Face Phenomenon  the tendency for people who say no to a huge request, to comply with a smaller one  Cognitive Dissonance Theory  we do not like when we have either conflicting attitudes or when our attitudes do not match ...