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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Sexually desire their mother






21. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease






22. Emotions about the object






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






24. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability






25. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






26. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






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






29. Physical vs. social interaction






30. 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?






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






32. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat






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






34. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






35. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm






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






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






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






39. Beliefs about the object






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






41. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






43. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave






44. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






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






46. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






47. 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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48. Study of the mental illness of the brain






49. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm






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