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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots






2. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved






3. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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4. Worry that father will cut their penis off






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






6. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






7. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






8. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy






9. 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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10. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






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






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






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






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






15. 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?






16. 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






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






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






19. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)






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






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






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






23. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others






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






25. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






26. Focus on the outcome of being in a situation that causes stress - stress is a physiological response Ex: fight or flight vs General Adaptation Syndrome






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

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






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






30. 1. Primary: must perceive that event is a threat to personal goals 2. Secondary: must conclude that resources to meet demands of event are unavailable






31. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






32. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation






33. Inconsistent behavior/confused






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






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






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






37. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming






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






39. 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






40. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc






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






42. Inconsistent behavior/confused






43. No response to leaving or returning






44. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






45. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






46. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc






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






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






49. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy






50. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source