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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Pleasure from your own sexual organs - start of masturbation






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






3. 1) Loss of responsibility for teachers 2) situational obligation 3) science as a legit institution






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






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






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






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






8. Physical vs. social interaction






9. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






10. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






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






14. 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






15. Detachment from reality - often associated with delusions - hallucinations - and disorganized thoughts - 'split-mind'






16. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






17. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth






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






19. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges






20. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






21. Private acceptance of social norms (internal)






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






23. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges






24. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






26. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






27. Able to see that products/objects are not changing even if they undergo a transformation






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






29. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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

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






32. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms






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






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






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






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






37. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level (CL) - compared to TV - family - friends - past partners - etc






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






39. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






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






42. Digit span: repeat a set of numbers backwards - arithmetic: If Jessica has 3 packs of gum with 4 packs each - how many sticks will she have for herself if she gives 2 sticks each to 3 friends






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






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






45. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






46. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety






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






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






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






50. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]