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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






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






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






5. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






6. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots






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






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






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






10. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






11. 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






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






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






14. Physical vs. social interaction






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






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






17. Change behavior - change attitude






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






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






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






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






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






23. Dental students were given a puncture wound in their mouth and measure how long it would heal - Results: wounds took longer to heal during exams than during the summer (stress)






24. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






26. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'






27. Beliefs about the object






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






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






30. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior






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






32. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






34. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'






35. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






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






38. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs






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






40. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






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






43. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






45. Worry that father will cut their penis off






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






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






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






49. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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