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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots






2. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process






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






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






5. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






6. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






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






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






16. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation






17. 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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18. Focus on identifying different types of events that are considered stressful by most people - Ex: Catastrophic Events - Major Life Events - Daily Hassles






19. 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






20. 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






21. Ask for a small favor first - followed up with a larger request - if you say yes once - you are more likely to say yes later






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






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






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






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






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






27. 1) development is more continues than stage-like 2) changing procedures a little bit changes results a lot 3) methods culturally biased

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






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






30. Beliefs about the object






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






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






33. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






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






36. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






37. 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






38. 1) development is more continues than stage-like 2) changing procedures a little bit changes results a lot 3) methods culturally biased

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






40. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






41. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






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






43. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]






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






45. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]







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