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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. 1. Intrustions: thinking about it when you don't want to 2. Avoidance: avoid anything that reminds you of the incident 3. Arousal: physically aroused from stimuli of event






2. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






4. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






5. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






7. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy






8. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods






9. 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






10. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






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






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






14. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety






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






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






18. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






19. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat






20. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






22. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






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






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






25. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






26. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ






27. Thoughts and actions are identical - acquisition of object permanence - A not B error (preservation) - [Piaget]






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






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






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






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






32. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






33. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






35. Behavior that negatively affects a group of people - [Behavior]






36. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation






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






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






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






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






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






42. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






44. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups






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






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






47. Good stressor that motivates the individual to make necessary changes - Ex: being too hot motivates you to take off coat






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






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






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