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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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16. 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






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






18. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






19. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






21. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Beliefs about the object






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






31. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]






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






33. 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?






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






35. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






36. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk






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






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






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






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






41. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause






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






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






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






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






46. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






48. Inconsistent behavior/confused






49. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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