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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods






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






3. Emotions about the object






4. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






5. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods






6. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






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






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






9. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






10. 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






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






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






13. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment






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






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






16. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






18. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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)






27. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






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






29. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






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






40. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation






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






42. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting






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






44. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






45. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






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






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






48. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






49. Worry that father will cut their penis off






50. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger