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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. 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?






2. Most common/successful intelligence test






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

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4. Positive or negative evaluation of a group of people - [Affect]






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






6. Dental students were given a puncture wound in their mouth and measure how long it would heal - Results: wounds took longer to heal during exams than during the summer (stress)






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. 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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11. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






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






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






15. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






16. Study of the relationship between mind and boy - health and illness behavior






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Genetic component & environmental conditioning






21. Men: easy to reproduce - want fertility - Women: pregnancy-> picky - want stability






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






23. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






24. Have I contributed to the world in some meaningful way? [adulthood]






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






30. 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






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






32. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






35. Mediator between Id & superego - mostly conscious and preconscious - guided by reality principal - uses defense mechanisms






36. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back






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






38. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






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






41. Change behavior - change attitude






42. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






44. Emotions about the object






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






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






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






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






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






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