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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms






2. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy






3. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs






4. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






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






6. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation






7. Sexually desire their mother






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






9. Measuring the ability to concentrate - similarities: how are a thermometer and a ruler alike? - vocabulary: what does covert mean? - information: who was George Washington Carver?






10. Change behavior - change attitude






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






12. 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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13. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]

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






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






16. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]






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






18. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






19. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)






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






21. 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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22. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






23. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk






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






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






26. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






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

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29. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?

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30. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






31. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]






32. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]






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






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






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






36. Beliefs about the object






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






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






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






40. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






41. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted






42. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others






43. Built a mock prison at Stanford and paid students to play the roles of prisons and guards - Results: power of social roles took over - promotes brutality






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






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






46. 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






47. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






48. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk






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






50. 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







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