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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






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






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






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






6. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution






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






8. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






10. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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


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






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






14. 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






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






16. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






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






19. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






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






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






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






23. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






24. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior






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






26. Replication of Milgram study - same study but with administering shocks to puppies






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






28. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






29. Worry that father will cut their penis off






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






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






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






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






34. 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)






35. Distinctive and relatively enduring patterns of thinking - feeling - and acting






36. 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






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






38. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






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






41. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]


42. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






48. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms






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






50. Emotions about the object