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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams






2. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






3. Lived in End of Romatic Era (emphasis on expression - art - passion - sexuality relatively liberal) -grew up in Victorian Age (sexuality is taboo - emphasis on public decency/morality - paternal) -mothers first born and favorite child -love/hate rela

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






5. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause






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






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






8. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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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18. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic






19. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others






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






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






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






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






24. Dental students were given a puncture wound in their mouth and measure how long it would heal - Results: wounds took longer to heal during exams than during the summer (stress)






25. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups






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






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






28. Emotions about the object






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






30. Inconsistent behavior/confused






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






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






33. Emotions about the object






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






35. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






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






38. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






39. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






40. 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






41. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






42. Study of the mental illness of the brain






43. Physical vs. social interaction






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






45. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






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






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






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






49. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






50. 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?