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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment






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






3. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






5. 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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6. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






14. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause






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






16. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process






17. 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






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






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






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






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. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






24. 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)






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






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






27. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?

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






29. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






31. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






33. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






34. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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

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36. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






38. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






39. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Beliefs about the object






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






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






50. 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