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Elementary Psychology

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






2. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm






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






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






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






6. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






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






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






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






10. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause






11. 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






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






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






14. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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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22. 1. Intrustions: thinking about it when you don't want to 2. Avoidance: avoid anything that reminds you of the incident 3. Arousal: physically aroused from stimuli of event






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






24. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






25. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods






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






27. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process






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






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






30. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






32. No response to leaving or returning






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






34. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]

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35. Releases stress hormones - disregulated in individuals experiencing chronic stress - can suppress the immune system






36. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods






37. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






38. Convergence of individual's thoughts - feelings - or behavior towards a social norm






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






44. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






45. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






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






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






48. 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?






49. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






50. Depressed mood - loss of interest/pleasure - change in appetite/weight - sleep disturbance - psychomotor agitation - feelings of worthlessness/guilt







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