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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






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






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






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






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






7. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]






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






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






10. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system






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






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






13. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






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






16. Change behavior - change attitude






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






18. 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)






19. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






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






22. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






23. 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






24. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk






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






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






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






29. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






30. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






31. Inconsistent behavior/confused






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






39. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






40. 1. Intrustions: thinking about it when you don't want to 2. Avoidance: avoid anything that reminds you of the incident 3. Arousal: physically aroused from stimuli of event






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






42. 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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43. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system






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






45. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






46. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






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






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






50. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)







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