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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed






2. Lived in End of Romatic Era (emphasis on expression - art - passion - sexuality relatively liberal) -grew up in Victorian Age (sexuality is taboo - emphasis on public decency/morality - paternal) -mothers first born and favorite child -love/hate rela

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3. Emotions about the object






4. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






6. 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






7. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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

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






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






11. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]






12. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life






13. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through






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






15. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)






16. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs






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






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






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






20. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






22. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






23. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






25. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






26. 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






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






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






29. Most common/successful intelligence test






30. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]






31. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots






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






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

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






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






36. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease






37. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






39. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






40. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles






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






42. 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?






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






44. Study of the mental illness of the brain






45. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation






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






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






48. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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






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