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puberty - 4 years

females start about 2 years earlier - average age is 11

reproduction

more complex and abstract thinking

family and peers

not as bad as you think - conflict over trivial thing - lots of agreement on important issues

spend time with people like you

identify who you are - morals, values, etc

social contact is critical to personality development - 8 stages - 1-4 childhood, 5- adolescent, 6-8 adulthood - ex: babies that have good parents will develop a sense of trust in their environment - trust vs mistrust stage 1

integrity vs despair- old people look back at their lives and evaluate

identity vs role confusion

females have a higher rate of anxiety and depression that carries over into adulthood- 2:1 ratio - specific phobias show higher in adolescence

what you consider to be right and wrong changes over time

children- sense of morality is based on rewards and punishment

adolescents- conformity - tend to agree with people close to them - golden rule

adults- personal moral code

-logical reasoning, reaction time, information processing, decreases with age - peak mid 20s

draws upon experiences - increases with age

recall - processing speed

1. openness 2. conscientiousness 3. extroversion 4. agreeableness 5. neuroticism

significant life events

how old do you feel and are you satisfied with your aging - positive = better aging

perception of your life - middle being the lowest

emotional component of well-being - older you get less negative emotion you have

a category of degenerative brain disorders

most common type of dementia - 4-7 years after diagnoses - if everyone lived long enough they would get it

ventricle- pockets get bigger - start to shrink creates large caps

they loose dendrites

the study of how other people influence your behavior - explicit or implicit

your behavior changes even though no one has asked you to

what do others think of me

am I doing it correctly

we change our behavior because a request to do so

small request is accepted which is then followed by a larger request

a large request then followed by a small request

an agreement between 2 people is made and after the details of the agreement change ex: buying a car

when our behavior changes because of a direct order to do so

shocking people example - 2/3 people went to the highest shock

any behavior that benefits another person

helping others with nothing in return

if you are in need of help you stand the best chance of getting help if there is only one person to witness

more bystanders there are the less responsible any person feels

when we explain the behavior of other people or ourselves

action because of situational events - ex: late student because of traffic

actions because of personality of character - ex: homeless because they are lazy

when we explain our behavior we tend to use situational causes - when we explain others behavior we tend to use dispositional causes

biased thoughts

biased actions

conscious beliefs that are freely admitted - hostile towards others, favor their own groups

in- group which you identify - out - everyone else

you've got certain beliefs 1. group heiracrches are inevitable 2. some groups are better than others 3. those outside "your group" are inferior 4. there are limited resources that we compete for

police, military and business

your unique thinking, acting and feeling throughout your life

Freuds theory(iceberg) you only see the top - only aware of that much of your mind, most is unconscious - 3 parts

only part of personality you are born with - needs and drives - very impulsive - wants immediate satisfaction

starts to develop around 4-5 - sense of morality - right and wrong - parents biggest influence

decision maker -satisfy the ID in a way that is social acceptable

people are good deep down - within everyone deep enough

the drive for you to reach your potential

MZ twins vs DZ twins raised together vs apart

basic dimensions on which people differ

stable/ consistent - introverted now = same later in life

standard questions - most widely used - no interpretation needed - people are asked to describe themselves - self report - lying

you describe someone else that you know very well

MMPI-2

ambiguous stimuli - no right or wrong answer - not as valid - ex: ink blot test

study of abnormal behavior

frequency of behavior - subjective discomfort or distress - inability to function normally

DSM - 5 - describes about 250 disorders - criteria of symptoms

someone has multiple mental disorders

most commonly diagnosed - 2x more common in females - symptoms - behavior, emotion and mood changes

not finding enjoyment in things you used to do

involves extreme changes in mood

manic episodes - depressive episode not necessary - full of energy/optimism

episodes go back/forth - mania and depression

16.6% lifetime prevalence - women more likely - average 20s - diagnosed once = more likely to experience it again

4.4% lifetime prevalence - often comorbid with other disorders - symptoms tend to begin in adolescence

medications - SSRIs - cognitive therapy - try to change the way people think

medication - ex: lithium

depression comes from changes in seasons - technically type of depression - worsen fall into winter - disruption to biological clock - sunlight= melatonin - light therapy

nervous system arousal and sense of dread - increase hr,br,bp

6% lifetime prevalence - DSM - 5-6 months of excessive worry

panic attacks - often comorbid with agoraphobia (fear of open spaces where escape may be hard) - unpredictable extreme anxiety - feels the need to always be safe

irrational fears of objects/situations - 12.5% prevalence rate

embarressment - only when interacting with others - 92% were bullied as kids

post traumatic stress disorder - experiencing of arousal after experience has passed - after trauma - ex: war veterans, rape victims, natural disaster survivors

obsession - thought - compulsion - action - upsetting idea followed by temporally fixing action

cleaners - themselves/enviorment - checkers- recheck things - counters- numerical

behavioral exposure therapy - medicine

1% of population - late teens early 20s

made known by its presence ] - does something they shouldn't be doing - delusion/persecution/grandeur/hallucination/speech and thought

false belief

people are out to harm you

you are superior

false sensory experiences

speech/thinking is disturbed - jump from topic to topic

made known by absence - not doing something they should be doing - flat affect/social withdraw

delusions and hallucinations

speech and thought

-disorder of movement

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