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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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






3. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






5. 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






6. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill






7. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






8. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






9. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem






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






11. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]

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12. Ask for a small favor first - followed up with a larger request - if you say yes once - you are more likely to say yes later






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






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






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






16. Built a mock prison at Stanford and paid students to play the roles of prisons and guards - Results: power of social roles took over - promotes brutality






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

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






19. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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?






27. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






28. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment






29. No response to leaving or returning






30. 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






31. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution






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






33. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes






34. 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






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






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






37. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






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






40. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk






41. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






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






44. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






45. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment






46. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process






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






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






49. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)






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