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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion






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






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






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






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






6. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






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






9. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






10. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






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






13. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






14. Beliefs about the object






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






16. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






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






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






20. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life






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






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






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






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






25. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






26. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






28. 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






29. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






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






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






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






34. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






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






37. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt






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






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






40. No response to leaving or returning






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






42. Digit span: repeat a set of numbers backwards - arithmetic: If Jessica has 3 packs of gum with 4 packs each - how many sticks will she have for herself if she gives 2 sticks each to 3 friends






43. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






45. Sexually desire their mother






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






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






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






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






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