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Elementary Psychology

Subject : psychology
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. 3+ members in a group - cultures stresses respect for social norms - admiration of group's status - individual feels incompetent or insecure - unanimous group






6. Do I have self control; am I in charge of my life? [childhood]






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






8. Scientific study of the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of individuals as they are shaped by the actual - implied - or imagined presence of others






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






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






11. Satisfaction & dependence/alternatives






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






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






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






15. Jealousy/hatred of all other women






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. General feeling of apprehension about a possible danger






23. Reward gradual approximation to desired behavior






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






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






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






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






28. Ability to concentrate & hold information in your mind






29. Beliefs about the object






30. 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






31. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]






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






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






34. Unhappy - lonely - often produces physical or emotional pain - distress alone is not enough (mania - psychopathy)






35. Situations that cause stress - subjective and personal






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






37. Acceptance of one's life - both successes & failures [adulthood]






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






39. Use of rewards to reinforce behavior






40. Teachers may treat students differently depending on what the teacher believes about the students IQ






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






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






43. 1. covariate: look for cause of behavior 2. consistency: does this pairing always occur? 3. distinctiveness: is this behavior rare in terms of frequency 4. consensus: do other people react the same way?

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






45. Three Components: Passion - Intimacy - Commitments






46. 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?






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






48. Foot in the door vs door in the face

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






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