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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy






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






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






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






5. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






7. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






8. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction






9. Worry that father will cut their penis off






10. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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

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






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






14. Physical vs. social interaction






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






16. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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17. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem






18. Change behavior - change attitude






19. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






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






21. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






29. Physical vs. social interaction






30. 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






31. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm






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






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






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






35. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






37. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






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






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






40. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






42. No response to leaving or returning






43. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






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






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






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






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






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






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