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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy






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






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






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






5. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






6. Most common/successful intelligence test






7. Physical vs. social interaction






8. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






9. 1. Problem Focused: tackle the stressor head on - usually occurs when optimistic and believe we can achieve our goals 2. Emotion Focused: try to place a more positive outlook on emotions - engage in behaviors to reduce painful emotions






10. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams






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






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






13. Most common/successful intelligence test






14. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






16. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






18. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






20. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting






21. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]

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






23. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship






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






25. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?

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






34. Worry that father will cut their penis off






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






36. Worry that father will cut their penis off






37. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






38. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






39. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






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






41. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






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






44. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






46. 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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47. I. Clinical Disorders (alcohol dependence) II. Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation (antisocial personality disorder) III. Medical Conditions (cirrhosis of liver) IV. Social Functioning & stressors (death of child - marital stress) V. Global as






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






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






50. 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