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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability






2. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave






3. Beliefs about the object






4. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






5. Built a mock prison at Stanford and paid students to play the roles of prisons and guards - Results: power of social roles took over - promotes brutality






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






7. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






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






9. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)






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






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






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






13. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase






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






15. Emotions about the object






16. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






18. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






19. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation






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






21. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation






22. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






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






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






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






26. No response to leaving or returning






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






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






29. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave






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






31. 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?






32. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






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






35. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)






36. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






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






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






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






40. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






49. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






50. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]