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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






3. Worry that father will cut their penis off






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






5. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'






6. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]






7. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have






8. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation






9. Sexually desire their mother






10. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]






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






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






13. Inconsistent behavior/confused






14. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world






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






16. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty






17. Dental students were given a puncture wound in their mouth and measure how long it would heal - Results: wounds took longer to heal during exams than during the summer (stress)






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






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






20. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology






21. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






23. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]






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






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






26. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]






27. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams






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






29. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






30. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic






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






32. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family






33. Study of the mental illness of the brain






34. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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






36. 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






37. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






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






39. 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






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






41. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






43. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]






44. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]






45. Focus on the outcome of being in a situation that causes stress - stress is a physiological response Ex: fight or flight vs General Adaptation Syndrome






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






47. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation






48. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person






49. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






50. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives