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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Change behavior - change attitude






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






3. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors






4. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






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






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. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through






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






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






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

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13. 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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14. Inconsistent behavior/confused






15. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






16. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors






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






18. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others






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






20. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges






21. Sexually desire their mother






22. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






23. Change behavior - change attitude






24. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






25. 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






26. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






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






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






30. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?

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31. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






46. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






49. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events






50. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism