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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through






2. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction






3. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'






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






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






6. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through






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






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






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

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






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






15. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






17. Study of the mental illness of the brain






18. Most common/successful intelligence test






19. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






21. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






22. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






23. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






25. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]






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






27. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem






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






29. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms






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






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






32. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy






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






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






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






36. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?

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37. Dental students were given a puncture wound in their mouth and measure how long it would heal - Results: wounds took longer to heal during exams than during the summer (stress)






38. Most common/successful intelligence test






39. 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






40. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






41. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






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






44. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups






45. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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46. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?

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






48. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






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