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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Emotions about the object






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






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






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






5. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






6. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts






7. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






9. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






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






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






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






14. Change behavior - change attitude






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






21. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)






22. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






24. 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






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






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

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27. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






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






30. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






31. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






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






34. Worry that father will cut their penis off






35. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






36. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






37. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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






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






40. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events






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






42. 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






43. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]






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






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






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






47. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'






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






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






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