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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed






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






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






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






5. No response to leaving or returning






6. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]






7. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






8. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






10. 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)






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






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






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






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






15. 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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16. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






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






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






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






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






22. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family






23. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






24. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






26. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






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






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






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






31. Emotions about the object






32. Beliefs about the object






33. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






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






36. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






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






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






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






41. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]






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






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

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44. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause






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






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






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






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






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






50. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior