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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. 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






2. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






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






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






5. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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6. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






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






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






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






11. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






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






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






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






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






17. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]






25. 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?






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






27. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'






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






29. 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






30. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






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






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






34. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






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






36. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion






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






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






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






40. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]






47. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]






48. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






50. 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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