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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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


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






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






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






11. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






12. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt






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






14. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






15. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






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






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


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






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






21. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






23. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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






25. Most common/successful intelligence test






26. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






27. Set of beliefs & impressions about a group of people - effect usually negative - [Cognition]






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






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






30. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






32. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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?


39. Pleasure from the mouth (sucking) - stems from need for breast milk






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






41. Physical vs. social interaction






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






43. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






45. No response to leaving or returning






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






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






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






49. 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






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