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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality






2. Worry that father will cut their penis off






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






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






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






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






7. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






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






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






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






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






12. Inconsistent behavior/confused






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






14. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






15. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes






16. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






18. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






19. Beliefs about the object






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






21. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






22. Emotions about the object






23. 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?






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

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25. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






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






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






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






29. If there are traits to describe human behavior - then we must have a word for them






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






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






32. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'






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






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






35. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






36. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work






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






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






39. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






40. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion






41. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem






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






43. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






44. Emotions about the object






45. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






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






49. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies






50. Physical vs. social interaction