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Elementary Psychology

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






2. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






3. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic






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






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






6. Physical vs. social interaction






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






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






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






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






12. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability






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






14. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






16. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability






17. Emotions about the object






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






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






20. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






21. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






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

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






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






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






27. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






28. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






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






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






31. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






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






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






34. 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






35. Physical vs. social interaction






36. Beliefs about the object






37. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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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44. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






45. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology






46. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem






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






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






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






50. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem