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Elementary Psychology

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






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






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






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






5. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






7. 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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8. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






9. 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?

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






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






12. Beliefs about the object






13. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






14. Chronic/excessive worry - unrealistic fears - physical stress - tense - jumpy - can't be attributed to one source






15. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






16. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






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






19. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






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






28. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






29. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






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






31. Will others fulfill my needs - or am I on my own? [childhood]






32. Sexually desire their mother






33. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






36. Shared expectations in a group about how particular people are supposed to behave






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






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






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






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






41. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






42. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






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






46. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






47. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






48. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






49. Penis envy - blame mother for making them girls - desire for 'false penis' and childbirth






50. No response to leaving or returning