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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Evaluation or opinion that an individual has toward something






2. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






3. Focus on irrational distorted thoughts - identify distortions - change them to be more realistic






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






5. Uncontrollable and inescapable exposure to stressors that can lead to disease/disability - Ex: distant - chronic - acute






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






7. Do I have a unified sense of self? [adolescence]






8. Physical vs. social interaction






9. 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?






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. 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






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






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






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






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






16. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






17. 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






18. Emotions about the object






19. 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

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






21. Do I have unique abilities and skills? [childhood]






22. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods






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






24. Highlight negative thoughts - therapists work to change thoughts and focus on interpretation of events






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






26. Gap between your actual developmental level and your potential developmental level [Vygotsky's]






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






28. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






29. Prior testing - medication - educational history - significant medical events






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

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31. Give up short-term - selfish desires for the long-term good of the relationship






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






33. Most common type of therapy - combo of behavioral and cognitive therapy - focus on changing thoughts and behaviors using learning and conditioning methods






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






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






36. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






37. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






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






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






41. Partners outcomes are effected by each other - if one person is unhappy - so is the other person






42. Digit span: repeat a set of numbers backwards - arithmetic: If Jessica has 3 packs of gum with 4 packs each - how many sticks will she have for herself if she gives 2 sticks each to 3 friends






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






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






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






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






47. Raise generation that stereotypes don't exist - long and slow process






48. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






50. Calm reaction - they know they are coming back







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