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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






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






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






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






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






6. First developed to treat depression - attempts to remove irrational thoughts/beliefs that were thought to be the cause of the problem






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






8. 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






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






10. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots






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






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






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






14. 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?






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






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






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






18. Limited resources - creates conflict over these resources - leads to hostility between groups






19. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






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






22. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]






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






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


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






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






27. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






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






29. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






30. Deinstitutionalization: worked for some - but not all - diagnosis based on symptoms - Treatment: therapy - drugs






31. Logical thinking - develop conservation - [Piaget]






32. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






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






34. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






36. Sexually desire their mother






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






38. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






39. No response to leaving or returning






40. Resolution of phallic stage conflicts that lead to extended break until puberty






41. 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?


42. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






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






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






46. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)






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






48. Advantages: clear expectations & goals - fast & cheap - disadvantages: no underlying thoughts revealed






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






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