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Elementary Psychology

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






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






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






4. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






11. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Beliefs about the object






20. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






22. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father






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






24. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]

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25. 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






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






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






28. Ask for a large favor first - followed up with something much smaller - if you say no - you may feel guilty and may say yes to a more reasonable request






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

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30. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms






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






32. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots






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






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






35. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






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






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






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






41. Physical vs. social interaction






42. 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)






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






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






45. Most common/successful intelligence test






46. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]






47. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






48. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






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






50. 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