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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. 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?


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






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






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






5. 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






6. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






16. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






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






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






24. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






25. Overt behavior consistent with social norms that are not privately accepted (external)






26. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






27. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






28. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






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






31. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






32. 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






33. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






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


36. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






37. 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






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






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






40. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events






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






42. Beliefs about the object






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






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






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






46. Sheriff study at boys camp - Three Stages: Ingroup Formation - Friction Phase - Integration Phase






47. Against culture norms - behavior often paired with societal disapproval - disapproval is not enough (sexism - racism)






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






49. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal






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