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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. Describes prolonged stress response in three stages 1. Alarm: fight or flight 2. Resistance: body uses resources to resist stress 3. Exhaustion: physiological response is depleted - become susceptible to illness/disease






3. 1. Intrustions: thinking about it when you don't want to 2. Avoidance: avoid anything that reminds you of the incident 3. Arousal: physically aroused from stimuli of event






4. Inconsistent behavior/confused






5. Sexually desire their mother






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






7. Provides objective - well-defined classification system including specific symptoms - does not suggest cures/therapy - 5 axes






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






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






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






11. Beliefs about the object






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






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






14. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety






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






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






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

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18. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






19. 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






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






21. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






22. Cannot see things from another persons perspective






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






24. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






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






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






28. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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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36. Learned behaviors weaken over time if not reinforced - remove maladaptive behavior by removing any reinforcement for it - removal of phobias/anxiety






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






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






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






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






41. Study of the mental illness of the brain






42. Predisposition to act - actions in the past






43. Role of experimenter vs. proximity of learner






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






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






46. No response to leaving or returning






47. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






48. Complying with a request due to the perception that the requestor has a legit right to make the request






49. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






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