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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc






2. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)






3. Built a mock prison at Stanford and paid students to play the roles of prisons and guards - Results: power of social roles took over - promotes brutality






4. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above






5. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy






6. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?

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7. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others






8. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]






9. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges






10. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






11. Built a mock prison at Stanford and paid students to play the roles of prisons and guards - Results: power of social roles took over - promotes brutality






12. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change






13. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause






14. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem






15. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots






16. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism






17. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted






18. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






19. Most common/successful intelligence test






20. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process






21. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request






22. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






23. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]






24. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved






25. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]






26. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system






27. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution






28. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]






29. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






30. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies






31. Ask for a small favor first - followed up with a larger request - if you say yes once - you are more likely to say yes later






32. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request






33. Most common/successful intelligence test






34. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others






35. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)






36. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events






37. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes






38. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc






39. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father






40. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause






41. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






42. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]






43. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality






44. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism






45. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]






46. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would






47. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






48. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






49. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above






50. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'