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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic






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






3. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth






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






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. 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






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






9. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment






10. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






11. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






13. Physical vs. social interaction






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






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






16. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]






17. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'






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






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






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






21. Measuring the ability to concentrate - similarities: how are a thermometer and a ruler alike? - vocabulary: what does covert mean? - information: who was George Washington Carver?






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






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






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






25. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






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






29. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above






30. 1. Primary: must perceive that event is a threat to personal goals 2. Secondary: must conclude that resources to meet demands of event are unavailable






31. No response to leaving or returning






32. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






33. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'






34. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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






36. 1. Problem Focused: tackle the stressor head on - usually occurs when optimistic and believe we can achieve our goals 2. Emotion Focused: try to place a more positive outlook on emotions - engage in behaviors to reduce painful emotions






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






38. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






39. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






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

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48. + Focus on thoughts as cause of behavior - leads us to lasting change in behavior - harder to change thoughts than behavior - time consuming






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






50. 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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