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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors






2. I. Clinical Disorders (alcohol dependence) II. Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation (antisocial personality disorder) III. Medical Conditions (cirrhosis of liver) IV. Social Functioning & stressors (death of child - marital stress) V. Global as






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






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






5. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






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






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






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






9. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






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






18. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion






19. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges






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






21. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






24. 1. Intrustions: thinking about it when you don't want to 2. Avoidance: avoid anything that reminds you of the incident 3. Arousal: physically aroused from stimuli of event






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






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






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






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






29. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






30. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






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






32. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






33. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others






34. 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






35. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






47. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






48. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology






49. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






50. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group