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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. 1. Intrustions: thinking about it when you don't want to 2. Avoidance: avoid anything that reminds you of the incident 3. Arousal: physically aroused from stimuli of event






2. Sexually desire their mother






3. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction






4. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events






5. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






6. 1. Problem Focused: tackle the stressor head on - usually occurs when optimistic and believe we can achieve our goals 2. Emotion Focused: try to place a more positive outlook on emotions - engage in behaviors to reduce painful emotions






7. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase






8. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease






9. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction






10. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting






11. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion






12. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through






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






14. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat






15. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






16. Digit span: repeat a set of numbers backwards - arithmetic: If Jessica has 3 packs of gum with 4 packs each - how many sticks will she have for herself if she gives 2 sticks each to 3 friends






17. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






18. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]






19. 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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20. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior






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






22. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill






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






24. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior






25. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






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






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






28. I. Clinical Disorders (alcohol dependence) II. Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation (antisocial personality disorder) III. Medical Conditions (cirrhosis of liver) IV. Social Functioning & stressors (death of child - marital stress) V. Global as






29. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming






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






31. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work






32. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ






33. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






34. Sexually desire their mother






35. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth






36. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation






37. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation






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






39. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups






40. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]






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






42. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others






43. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'






44. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior






45. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)






46. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






47. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods






48. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship






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






50. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation