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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved






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






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






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






5. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family






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






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

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8. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






9. Ask for a large favor first - followed up with something much smaller - if you say no - you may feel guilty and may say yes to a more reasonable request






10. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






11. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






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






14. Emotions about the object






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






16. 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






17. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]






18. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






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






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






22. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






23. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






29. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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






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






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






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






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






35. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






36. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






37. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






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






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






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






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






43. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






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






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






46. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






47. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses






48. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs






49. Sexually desire their mother






50. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures