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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]






2. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






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






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






5. 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






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






7. Study of the mental illness of the brain






8. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






9. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






10. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






11. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






12. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






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






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






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






16. Change behavior - change attitude






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






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






19. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase






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






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






22. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






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






24. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Emotions about the object






32. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






33. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






35. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system






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






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






38. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat






39. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them






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






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






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






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






45. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






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






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






49. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal






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