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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






3. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






9. Study of the mental illness of the brain






10. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?

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11. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work






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






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






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






15. Distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking - feeling - and acting






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






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






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






19. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






20. Sexually desire their mother






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






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






23. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person






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

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






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






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






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






30. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]






31. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






32. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






33. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution






34. 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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35. 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






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






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






38. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






39. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






40. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work






41. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






42. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






44. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






46. 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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47. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute






48. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






49. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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