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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. Completely unconscious - home of sex & aggression instincts - guided by pleasure principal - comes out in dreams






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






3. Maladaptive behavior - interferes with ability to function - impairment alone is not enough (laziness)






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






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






6. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






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






9. 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






10. 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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11. Focus on relationship with primary caregiver






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






13. Goal is to change therapy - focus on reinforcing desired behaviors and eliminating undesired behaviors






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






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






16. No response to leaving or returning






17. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






18. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






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






21. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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22. Intended to reflect what you have already learned






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






28. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world






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






30. Objects are remembered even when out of sight






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






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






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






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






35. Will normal - average people perform evil acts simply because an authority figure asks them to do so - Ex: voltage shocks up to lethal amount






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






37. Inconsistent behavior/confused






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






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






40. Name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world






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






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






43. Most common/successful intelligence test






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






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






46. High in consistency; low in distinctiveness - consensus - the person is the cause






47. 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






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






49. Focus on the outcome of being in a situation that causes stress - stress is a physiological response Ex: fight or flight vs General Adaptation Syndrome






50. Abnormal behavior is a disease/illness - not the patients fault - Treatment: asylum house - bloodletting