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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inconsistent behavior/confused






2. No response to leaving or returning






3. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy






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






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






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






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






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






9. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






10. Change behavior - change attitude






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






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






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






14. Both big 5 traits & some personality disorder - compared to selected groups even if they don't make sense - Ex: 'I like cake'






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






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






17. Ask for a small favor first - followed up with a larger request - if you say yes once - you are more likely to say yes later






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






19. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






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






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






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






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






24. Worry that father will cut their penis off






25. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






26. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






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






28. 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






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






30. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






31. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






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






34. Study of the mental illness of the brain






35. Stop smoking - cut down on alcohol consumption - exercise to relieve stress and maintain healthy weight - eat healthy






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 1) development is more continues than stage-like 2) changing procedures a little bit changes results a lot 3) methods culturally biased

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






46. 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






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






48. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






49. 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






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







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