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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]






2. Change behavior - change attitude






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






4. 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






5. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






7. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change






8. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






10. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]






11. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request






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






13. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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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25. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






27. Worry that father will cut their penis off






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






29. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






31. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion






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






33. Sexually desire their mother






34. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior






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






36. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






38. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






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






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






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






49. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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