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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Change behavior - change attitude






2. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability






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






4. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt






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






6. 1) development is more continues than stage-like 2) changing procedures a little bit changes results a lot 3) methods culturally biased

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






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






9. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






16. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic






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






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






19. Sexually desire their mother






20. Sexually desire their mother






21. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






22. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety






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






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






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






26. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






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






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






30. Most common/successful intelligence test






31. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort

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32. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






33. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking - feeling - and acting






41. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






42. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






43. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed






44. 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)






45. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment






46. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal






47. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






48. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






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






50. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]