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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






2. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






4. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






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






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






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






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






9. Sexually desire their mother






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






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






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






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






15. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation






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






17. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






18. Change behavior - change attitude






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






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






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






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






23. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






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






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






27. No response to leaving or returning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






36. 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






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






38. Change behavior - change attitude






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






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






41. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






43. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease






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






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






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






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






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






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






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