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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups






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






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






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






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






6. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)






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






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






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






10. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through






11. 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






12. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






13. 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






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






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






16. Increase in symbolic thought - egocentrism - language development - [Piaget]






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts






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






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






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






26. No response to leaving or returning






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]






34. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






35. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots






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






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






38. Focus on the outcome of being in a situation that causes stress - stress is a physiological response Ex: fight or flight vs General Adaptation Syndrome






39. Change behavior - change attitude






40. Emotions about the object






41. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'






42. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






43. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






44. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






47. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






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






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