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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies






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






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






4. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






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






7. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father






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






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






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






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






12. Worry that father will cut their penis off






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






14. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






15. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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






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






18. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc






19. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






20. 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






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






22. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






33. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






34. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






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






37. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






38. Emotions about the object






39. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system






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






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






42. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods






43. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






44. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others






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






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






47. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)






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






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






50. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something







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