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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism






2. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease






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






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






5. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






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






7. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]






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






9. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






11. No response to leaving or returning






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






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






14. 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






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






16. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






17. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






19. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






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






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






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






24. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events






25. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others






26. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






27. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies






28. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming






29. 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






30. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






33. 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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34. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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






36. No response to leaving or returning






37. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






38. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






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






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. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






43. Change behavior - change attitude






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






45. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






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






48. Change behavior - change attitude






49. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






50. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc







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