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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






2. Change behavior - change attitude






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






4. 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






5. Pleasure from anus - successful toilet training=passage through






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






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






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






9. Line judgement task with 1 participant - 6 confederates - bogus confederate responses






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






11. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






12. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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






14. Built a mock prison at Stanford and paid students to play the roles of prisons and guards - Results: power of social roles took over - promotes brutality






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






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






17. Physical vs. social interaction






18. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change






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






20. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






21. No response to leaving or returning






22. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






24. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






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






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






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

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28. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world






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






30. Mix of biology and psychology - biological predisposition & perhaps environmental stressor involved






31. Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill






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






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






34. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






35. Physical vs. social interaction






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






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






38. Study of the mental illness of the brain






39. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 1. Statistical Deviance 2. Cultural Deviance 3. Emotional Distress 4. Dysfunction






47. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






48. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






49. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






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