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Elementary Psychology

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






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






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






14. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






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






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






18. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty






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






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






21. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






23. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






25. 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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26. Inconsistent behavior/confused






27. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






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






30. 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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31. No response to leaving or returning






32. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






38. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






39. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above






40. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams






41. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality






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






43. Sexually desire their mother






44. Change behavior - change attitude






45. Inconsistent behavior/confused






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity