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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






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






3. Should I make decisions on my own - or listen to others? [childhood]






4. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






5. Measuring the ability to concentrate - similarities: how are a thermometer and a ruler alike? - vocabulary: what does covert mean? - information: who was George Washington Carver?






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






7. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system






8. 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






9. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic






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






11. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute






12. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






13. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty






14. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)






15. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)






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






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






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






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






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






21. Inconsistent behavior/confused






22. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






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






26. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






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






28. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family






29. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






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






32. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






33. 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






34. Sexually desire their mother






35. Physical vs. social interaction






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






37. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






39. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world






40. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






41. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease






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






43. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]






44. Most common/successful intelligence test






45. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]






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






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






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






49. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






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