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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]






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






3. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






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






6. 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?






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






8. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






9. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges






10. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort

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20. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






22. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts






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






24. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal






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






26. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






39. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






40. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






41. Study of the mental illness of the brain






42. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






50. Worry that father will cut their penis off