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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment






2. 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






3. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs






4. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts






5. 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






6. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






7. Beliefs about the object






8. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






9. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






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






12. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






14. Inconsistent behavior/confused






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






16. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors






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






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






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






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






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






22. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source






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






24. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






25. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles






26. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others






27. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]






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






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






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






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






32. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






33. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave






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






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






36. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






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






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






39. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






41. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses






42. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk






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






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






45. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)






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






47. Lived in End of Romatic Era (emphasis on expression - art - passion - sexuality relatively liberal) -grew up in Victorian Age (sexuality is taboo - emphasis on public decency/morality - paternal) -mothers first born and favorite child -love/hate rela

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






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






50. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk