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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Change behavior - change attitude






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. 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






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






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






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






7. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






8. Sexually desire their mother






9. Most common/successful intelligence test






10. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






11. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






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






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






15. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)






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






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






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






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






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






36. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






37. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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


39. 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






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






41. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






43. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






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






46. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






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






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






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






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