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Elementary Psychology

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






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






3. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]






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






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






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






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






8. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






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






12. Beliefs about the object






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






14. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






16. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






17. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






18. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






19. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






20. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]






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






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






23. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






24. Evil spirits inhibited the body - believed witches had mental illness - Treatment: exorcism






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






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






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






28. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors






29. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






31. Inconsistent behavior/confused






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






33. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






34. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Emotions about the object






44. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






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

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46. No response to leaving or returning






47. Change behavior - change attitude






48. Sexually desire their mother






49. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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