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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others






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






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






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






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






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






7. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






9. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






10. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






11. Beliefs about the object






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Digit span: repeat a set of numbers backwards - arithmetic: If Jessica has 3 packs of gum with 4 packs each - how many sticks will she have for herself if she gives 2 sticks each to 3 friends






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






19. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ






20. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods






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






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






23. Physical vs. social interaction






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






25. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






27. 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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28. Emotions about the object






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






30. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts






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






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






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






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






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






36. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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37. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt






38. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






39. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts






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






41. Dental students were given a puncture wound in their mouth and measure how long it would heal - Results: wounds took longer to heal during exams than during the summer (stress)






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






43. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






45. Physical vs. social interaction






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






47. Worry that father will cut their penis off






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






49. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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