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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause






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






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






4. 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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5. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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






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






8. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






10. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family






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






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






13. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount






14. Measuring the ability to concentrate - similarities: how are a thermometer and a ruler alike? - vocabulary: what does covert mean? - information: who was George Washington Carver?






15. 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)






16. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk






17. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk






18. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






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






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






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






23. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






24. 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






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






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






27. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






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






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






31. 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






32. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]






33. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






34. Study of the mental illness of the brain






35. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]






36. No response to leaving or returning






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






38. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






39. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill






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






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






42. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






43. Beliefs about the object






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

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45. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






48. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






50. 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)