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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. 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






2. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






3. Interpret ambiguous items where answers are meaningful - Ex: Rorschach Inkblots






4. Inconsistent behavior/confused






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






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






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






8. Upset when leaves - mixed feelings when they return






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Inferences about the cause of behavior - help us create attitudes about ourselves/others






18. Measurable personality features that can indicate behavior






19. Ability to think of images - shapes - figures






20. Pervasive loss of contact with reality - most severe psychopathology






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






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

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






26. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






28. Study of the mental illness of the brain






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






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






31. No response to leaving or returning






32. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






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






42. 1. Problem Focused: tackle the stressor head on - usually occurs when optimistic and believe we can achieve our goals 2. Emotion Focused: try to place a more positive outlook on emotions - engage in behaviors to reduce painful emotions






43. Sexually desire their mother






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






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






46. Study of the individuals - by observation - with the intention of promoting change






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






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






49. Emotions about the object






50. Thematic apperception test - tell stories about ambiguous pictures