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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed






2. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






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






5. Beliefs about the object






6. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






7. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request






8. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






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






11. No response to leaving or returning






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






13. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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22. Sexually desire their mother






23. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






39. Most common/successful intelligence test






40. 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






41. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






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






43. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






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






46. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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






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






49. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system






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