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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






2. Digit span: repeat a set of numbers backwards - arithmetic: If Jessica has 3 packs of gum with 4 packs each - how many sticks will she have for herself if she gives 2 sticks each to 3 friends






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






4. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






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






7. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






8. Change behavior - change attitude






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






10. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person






11. Physical vs. social interaction






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






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






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






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






16. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






17. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






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






20. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms






21. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]






22. Emotions about the object






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






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






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






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






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






28. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






29. 1. Primary: must perceive that event is a threat to personal goals 2. Secondary: must conclude that resources to meet demands of event are unavailable






30. Sexually desire their mother






31. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






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






34. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors






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






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






37. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior






38. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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






40. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






42. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming






43. Emotions about the object






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






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

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






47. 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






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






49. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






50. 1. Primary: must perceive that event is a threat to personal goals 2. Secondary: must conclude that resources to meet demands of event are unavailable