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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]






2. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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






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






5. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






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






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






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






10. Physical vs. social interaction






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






12. Emotions about the object






13. Sexually desire their mother






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






15. Reward desired behavior with tangible token that can be exchanged for goods/privileges






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






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






18. We behave as we do because it was adaptive for our ancestors






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






20. Gap between current outcomes and the comparison level for alternatives (CLalt) - CLalt: next best relationship you could have






21. 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






22. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






23. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family






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






25. Emotions about the object






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






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






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






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






30. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






31. No response to leaving or returning






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






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






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






35. Strict moral guide - conscious - preconscious - and unconscious - tries to repress Id's demands - guided by idealistic principal






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






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






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






39. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






40. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






41. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures






42. Bio: genetic factors - physiology - Pysch: cognition - emotion - motivation - Social: society/media - community - family






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






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






45. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






47. Worry that father will cut their penis off






48. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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






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







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