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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat






2. 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






3. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






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






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






6. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






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






9. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






11. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'






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






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






14. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






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






16. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts






17. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty






18. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed






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






20. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






27. Physical vs. social interaction






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






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






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






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






32. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






33. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






34. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






35. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality






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






37. Sexually desire their mother






38. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






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






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






42. Digit span: repeat a set of numbers backwards - arithmetic: If Jessica has 3 packs of gum with 4 packs each - how many sticks will she have for herself if she gives 2 sticks each to 3 friends






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Intended to reflect what you have already learned