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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic






2. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






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






5. Inconsistent behavior/confused






6. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






8. Dental students were given a puncture wound in their mouth and measure how long it would heal - Results: wounds took longer to heal during exams than during the summer (stress)






9. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






12. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






13. Study of the mental illness of the brain






14. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt






15. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






16. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






17. 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






18. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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






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






21. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






22. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






24. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






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






26. Gradually pair feared object with feelings of cal/relaxation - progressively fearful things are confronted






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






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






29. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






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






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






33. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Beliefs about the object






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






42. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]






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






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






45. Infrequent & uncommon - rarity alone is not enough - many mental disorders are not really rare (Depression)






46. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






47. Sexually desire their mother






48. Drugs:tranquilizers (Xanax - Valium) - psychotherapy: find repressed fear - cognitive: identify illogical thoughts






49. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






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