19SP Final Review

Deindividuation and dehumanization increase the risk of which type of behavior

When Ebbinghaus pioneered the experimental study of memory, what did he memorize

My bf broke up with me out of nowhere, but a month later I claim I knew it was going nowhere

Eddie can basically only think about sex

The process of assigning causes to someone's behavior (including your own) is known as

When you rollerblade, you are relying on your procedural memory.

Bobby thinks that girls are gross and just wants to hang out with his buddies

In the store I hear someone say they need milk. Suddenly I ask myself if I need milk. Why?

A smoker insists there is no convincing evidence that smoking impairs health

Why do most intro to psych classes today spend relatively little time discussing Freud

A man who used to be a criminal seems completely unaware of his past

My knowledge of American government and the rules of football are examples of

During a panic attack, the body reacts as if the person were doing what

Someone whose periods of depression alternate with periods of mania has which condition?

What is an example of semantic memory

According to the conceptual network approach, which should you answer most rapidly

Not considering using a dime as a screwdriver is an example of

Stacy is a nail-biter because she is fixated at this stage

According to Freud, a boy who develops a sexual interest in his mother is experiencing

General anxiety disorder is very likely in people who also have what other disorder

Tommy is gratified by bowel movements

Jane is starting to get very annoyed with mom taking up all of dad's attention

A memory of a first date is an example of

According to Kohlberg, one's level of moral reasoning depends on what?

A police lineup is which type of memory test

If lip movements do not match the sound, we strike a compromise between what we see and hear

Flat affect (lack of emotion)

You learn 'slice' as associated with golf. Later you can't recall which word means piece. Why?

Who argued that humans are born with a built-in mechanism for acquiring language

Someone who has difficulty dealing with others resorts to pouting and crying

Memory formed when an experience influences what you say or do, without you recognizing it

Surgical procedure in which a hole is drilled into the human skull

A mothers illness or malnutrition during pregnancy influences the development of which disorder

Freud based his theories on careful studies of personality development during childhood.

Hermann Ebbinghaus conducted all of his pioneering memory research on himself.

Watching non-stop coverage about school shootings tends to cause fear of going to school

Part of the personality that demands immediate satisfaction of sexual & other biological urges

Unconscious and involuntary suppression of painful or undesirable memories

When a witness picks a suspect from a lineup, what is recommended by psychologists

You hear two things about Pete before you meet him. One good/one bad. Which is more influential

What is the Stroop effect?

Which of the following is not an anxiety disorder?

I try to memorize all of the students in a large class. Which will be the hardest to remember

Remembering a number string of 4796329 as a phone number: 479-6329 is an example of what

Explanations based on situation, including events

Why are hallucinations considered a “positive” symptom of Schizophrenia?

I see someone run a red light and call them an idiot. When I do it, it's not my fault.

My BFF didnt like me when she met me. She didnt realize I suffer from RBF & had gotten bad news

Involves severing connection in the brain’s prefrontal lobe.

Superstition, phobia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder all resemble which kind of learning?

I'm trying to remember presidents by creating relationships in my mind with items in my room

Genie was never properly exposed to language. As such, she missed her _ of language development

If medication and therapy don't work for depression, what can be tried as a last resort

When using the representativeness heuristic, many people tend to overlook

According to Sigmund Freud, what do dreams reveal about a person?

Agoraphobia is a fear of what

What is one implication of the results of Milgram's study on obedience to authority

Both proactive interference and retroactive interference

Hallucination

The presence of many other people doing nothing will decrease the probability that you will

Which of the following does the biopsychosocial model of mental illness emphasize?

You practice hangman and trivia games and also end up increasing your performance on crosswords

You are more likely to buy a product with "30% less fat" than "only 70% fat." Why?

Joe has ADHD and Bill doesn't. Both are offered to receive one cookie now or wait and get two

The method of reducing fear by gradually exposing people to the object of their fear

In the Milgram experiment how many teachers were fully obedient/delivered the strongest shocks

With schizophrenia, hallucinations are considered a _ symptom and delusions are a _ symptom

"Mary chased the man" and "The man was chased by Mary" have

A pattern of speech that prolongs vowels, making clearer than usual difference between words

Which of these is an important criticism of the DSM?

Someone who secretly enjoys pornography campaigns to outlaw it

One important reason why people sometimes fail to help a person in distress is

Schizophrenia is marked by multiple personalities

I think I'm going to fail a test. The night before I get drunk & am super hungover for the test

Presenting yourself as the opposite of something disturbing about yourself

A repetitive, almost irresistible action is known as what

Testing if people can relearn something fasted than those who have never learned something

Explanations based on someone’s personality traits

Strategies for simplifying a problem or for guiding an investigation are known as

The sympathetic nervous system is also known as what?

Most diagnosed disorders in the US:

For a few years, Freud argues that disorders stem from __. Later he argued they result from __.

The rational, decision-making aspect of the personality

Altruistic behavior is widespread in the animal kingdom.

I say that Bob didn't turn in his homework because he's lazy. This is an example of