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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort

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2. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism






3. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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






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






6. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father






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






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






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






10. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted






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






12. No response to leaving or returning






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






14. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior






15. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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






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






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






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






20. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors






21. 1) development is more continues than stage-like 2) changing procedures a little bit changes results a lot 3) methods culturally biased

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






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






24. 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






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






26. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






27. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






28. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






30. Emotions about the object






31. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






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






34. Emotions about the object






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






36. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






37. 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?






38. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Most common/successful intelligence test






47. 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






48. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world






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






50. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events