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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Monkeys preferred the comfortable mom vs the mom that provided food - contact comfort

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2. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill






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






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






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






6. Influence resulting from a persons desire to gain approval or to avoid disapproval from others






7. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






8. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






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






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






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






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

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






14. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above






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






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






17. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






18. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






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






21. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors






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






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






24. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






25. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would






26. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






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






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






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






31. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






32. 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






33. Discomfort created when our attitudes do not match our behavior






34. 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






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






36. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






37. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






46. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)






47. 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






48. Change behavior - change attitude






49. 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






50. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm