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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction






2. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






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






6. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request






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






8. Study of the mental illness of the brain






9. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






10. Change behavior - change attitude






11. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






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






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






14. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






15. Change behavior - change attitude






16. 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






17. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






18. 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






19. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






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






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






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






24. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






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






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






27. Product of the interaction between individuals and their environment - subjective experience that depends on appraisal of situation






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






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






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






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






32. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






33. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others






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






35. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work






36. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






37. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






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






39. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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)






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






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






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






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






49. We all want a positive self-esteem - self includes group membership: 'my group is better than yours'






50. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute