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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






2. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






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






5. Most common/successful intelligence test






6. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






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






9. Physical vs. social interaction






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






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






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






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






14. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






15. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






16. 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?






17. Ask for a small favor first - followed up with a larger request - if you say yes once - you are more likely to say yes later






18. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would






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






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






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






35. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






36. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world






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






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






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






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






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






42. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






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






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






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






48. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






49. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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