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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Focus on the outcome of being in a situation that causes stress - stress is a physiological response Ex: fight or flight vs General Adaptation Syndrome






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






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






4. No response to leaving or returning






5. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






6. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






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






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






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






10. 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






11. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






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






13. Sexually desire their mother






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






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






16. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






18. No response to leaving or returning






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






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






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






22. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






23. 1. Primary: must perceive that event is a threat to personal goals 2. Secondary: must conclude that resources to meet demands of event are unavailable






24. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause






25. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]






26. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






27. Lived in End of Romatic Era (emphasis on expression - art - passion - sexuality relatively liberal) -grew up in Victorian Age (sexuality is taboo - emphasis on public decency/morality - paternal) -mothers first born and favorite child -love/hate rela

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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






36. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






37. Physical vs. social interaction






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






39. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






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






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






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






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






45. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety






46. 1. Primary: must perceive that event is a threat to personal goals 2. Secondary: must conclude that resources to meet demands of event are unavailable






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






48. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted






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






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