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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology






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






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






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






5. Counterconditioning - systematic desensitization - flooding






6. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






7. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






8. 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






9. Physical vs. social interaction






10. 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)






11. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






20. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






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






23. Process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges






24. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






25. Lived in End of Romatic Era (emphasis on expression - art - passion - sexuality relatively liberal) -grew up in Victorian Age (sexuality is taboo - emphasis on public decency/morality - paternal) -mothers first born and favorite child -love/hate rela


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






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






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






29. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






31. Sexually desire their mother






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






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






34. 1. Paranoid: delusions of persecution or grandeur 2. Disorganized: incoherence - delusions - hallucinations 3. Catatonic: frozen/excited motor behavior 4. Undifferentiated: all of the above






35. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






36. 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






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






38. No response to leaving or returning






39. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






40. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






41. Worry that father will cut their penis off






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






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


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






45. Can I form a committed relationship with another individual? [adolescence]






46. Measure personality in basic units - named factors A - B - C - etc. - identified 16 factors - [ex=intelligence - boldness - insecurity - self-discipline - tension]


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






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






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






50. Physical vs. social interaction