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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Foot in the door vs door in the face


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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have






12. I. Clinical Disorders (alcohol dependence) II. Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation (antisocial personality disorder) III. Medical Conditions (cirrhosis of liver) IV. Social Functioning & stressors (death of child - marital stress) V. Global as






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






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






15. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






17. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






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






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






21. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






23. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






24. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






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


26. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






27. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]






33. 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)






34. 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?






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






36. 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






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






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






39. I. Clinical Disorders (alcohol dependence) II. Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation (antisocial personality disorder) III. Medical Conditions (cirrhosis of liver) IV. Social Functioning & stressors (death of child - marital stress) V. Global as






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






41. 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






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






43. 1. Conscientiousness 2. Agreeableness 3. Neuroticism 4. Openness 5. Extraversion






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






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






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






47. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others






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






49. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






50. Physical vs. social interaction