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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality






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






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






4. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute






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






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






7. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)






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






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






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






11. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Most common/successful intelligence test






25. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






26. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges






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






29. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






30. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






31. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






32. 1. Primary: must perceive that event is a threat to personal goals 2. Secondary: must conclude that resources to meet demands of event are unavailable






33. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






34. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






35. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)






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






48. 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






49. Physical vs. social interaction






50. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives