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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'






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






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






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






16. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






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






23. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges






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






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






26. 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






27. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups






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






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






30. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






31. 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






32. Beliefs about the object






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






34. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work






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






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






37. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






38. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






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






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






42. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Study of the mental illness of the brain






50. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives