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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction






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






3. 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






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






5. No response to leaving or returning






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






7. Abstract thinking develops - final stage - [Piaget]






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






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






10. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic






11. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






12. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






13. 1) untestable 2) evidence that social roles may be more important 3) too deterministic






14. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






20. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs






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






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






23. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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

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






26. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






27. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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28. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system






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






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






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






32. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams






33. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






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






35. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






37. 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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38. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






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

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42. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






43. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






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






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






47. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events






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






49. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






50. Process by which social forces are internalized in infants - mastering skills by interacting with others - [Vygotsky's]