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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]






2. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






4. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world






5. Beliefs about the object






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






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






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






9. Inconsistent behavior/confused






10. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






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






12. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors






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






14. Sexually desire their mother






15. Ask for a small favor first - followed up with a larger request - if you say yes once - you are more likely to say yes later






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






17. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






18. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






19. Study of the mental illness of the brain






20. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






21. 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)






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






23. 1) development is more continues than stage-like 2) changing procedures a little bit changes results a lot 3) methods culturally biased


24. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges






32. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






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






35. 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?


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






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






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






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






40. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






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






42. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events






43. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






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






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






46. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






48. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






49. 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?






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