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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Influence resulting from a person's willingness to accept others opinions about reality






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






3. Therapists that combine all of the perspectives in their work






4. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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






6. 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


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






8. 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)






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






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






11. 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






12. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






13. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Unrealistic - irrational fear of disabling intensity






21. 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)






22. 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






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






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






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






26. Puberty & on - pleasure from sexual intercourse






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






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






38. Sexually desire their mother






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






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






41. Change behavior - change attitude






42. 1) development is more continues than stage-like 2) changing procedures a little bit changes results a lot 3) methods culturally biased


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






44. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






45. Physical vs. social interaction






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






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






48. 1. Checked into mental hospital for hearing voices 2. admitted for observation 3. they behaved as they normally would






49. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






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