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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Most common mistake: quick to assume personality - forget circumstances & situation






2. Inconsistent behavior/confused






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






4. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would






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






6. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Inconsistent behavior/confused






18. Beliefs about the object






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






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






21. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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






32. Physical vs. social interaction






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






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






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






36. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






37. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation






38. 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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






44. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






45. 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






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






47. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






48. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






50. 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