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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. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






2. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






3. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges






4. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






5. Change behavior - change attitude






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






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






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






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






10. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic






11. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






12. Most common/successful intelligence test






13. 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






14. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






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






16. Sexually desire their mother






17. 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






18. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






19. 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






20. 1. Primary: must perceive that event is a threat to personal goals 2. Secondary: must conclude that resources to meet demands of event are unavailable






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






22. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






32. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






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






35. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'






36. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 1. Primary: must perceive that event is a threat to personal goals 2. Secondary: must conclude that resources to meet demands of event are unavailable






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






44. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'






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






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






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






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






49. Worry that father will cut their penis off






50. 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