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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship






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






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






4. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]






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






6. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






8. 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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9. Beliefs about the object






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes






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






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






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






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






20. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person






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






22. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






23. Oedipus complex - realize father is a sexual rival/more powerful - castration complex - learn to identify with father






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






25. 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






26. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






28. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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






30. 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






31. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






32. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






34. Emotions about the object






35. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






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






38. 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)






39. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause






40. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






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






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






45. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






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






49. Beliefs about the object






50. Objects are remembered even when out of sight