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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






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






3. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






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






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






7. Change behavior - change attitude






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Persistent - disproportionate fear of specific object or situation that presents no real danger (irrational) - interfere with daily life






15. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?

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16. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






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






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






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






21. 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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22. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






23. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






24. 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






25. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]






26. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute






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






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






29. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






39. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






42. Beliefs about the object






43. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






44. 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






45. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






46. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction






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

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