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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. High in consistency - distinctiveness - consensus - the situation is the cause






2. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






3. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic






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






5. 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?






6. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






7. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






9. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






11. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






13. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






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






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






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






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






19. Anti-psychotic drugs (Thorazine - Haidol) - no cure - only treatment






20. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology






21. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)






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






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






24. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?


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






26. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






27. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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






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






30. Foot in the door vs door in the face


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






32. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease






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






34. Study of the mental illness of the brain






35. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)






36. Sexually desire their mother






37. No response to leaving or returning






38. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill






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






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






41. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






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






50. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior