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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






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






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






5. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause






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






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

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






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






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






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






12. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






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






15. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






16. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change






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






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






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






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






21. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave






22. 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






23. Ask for a large favor first - followed up with something much smaller - if you say no - you may feel guilty and may say yes to a more reasonable request






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






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






26. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm






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






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






29. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses






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






31. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause






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






33. 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?






34. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






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






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






38. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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






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






41. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause






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






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






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






45. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






46. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






48. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






50. 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