Psych Final Exam

What is a monochromat?

What emotion did psychologist Harry Harlow want to study?

What is absolute threshold?

 Gland that controls and balances levels of calcium and phosphate in blood and tissue fluids

Both Sigmund Freud and John Watson stressed the importance of __________ in child development. 

______ is a term used describe all the mental processes involved in acquiring, storing, and using knowledge. 

 Gland that secretes chemicals that dramatically alter energy levels

This method uses questionnaires/interviews to collect info about peoples attitudes, beliefs,feelings,behaviors,lifestyle

 Gland involved in regulating the body's sugar levels

When psychologists began to seriously assess child development, they did it from the perspective of: 

Introspection is a method of investigation developed by:

The Central Nervous System consists of the __________ and __________

Piaget noted that younger children frequently answer questions differently than older children because they

What is symbolic play?

Which of the following is considered by many to be the biggest advancement in sleep study?

Transforming sensory information into meaningful perceptions involves:

What is psychobiology?

According to Erikson, __________ is the single most important conflict we face. 

Which of the following is the positive outcome of Stage 2 in of Erikson's developmental model?

This research method observes subjects with little interference in their "natural habitat".

Research finds that violent criminals watch violent TV, suggests __ correlation b/t TV violence/committing violence

What does a descriptive study attempt to do?

What is developmental psychology?

This research method is an intensive study of a person or a group.

What is binocular disparity?

Scientists first began to understand how drugs work on the brain with what discovery?

Erik Erikson's theories are similar to those of Sigmund Freud in that: 

To test cause and effect you must use which kind of research? 

Phrenology is the idea that mental faculties are located in brain organs on the surface of the brain and are visible __

 Gland that regulates the sleep-wake cycle

When did the study of child development begin in earnest?

What is the major implication in studying attachment theory?

A _________ is the functional unit of the nervous system.

 Gland that secretes androgen hormones, including testosterone and estrogen

____ introduced the concept of maternal deprivation.

According to Piaget’s model, what is assimilation?

The Muller-Lyer illusion and the Ponzo illusion are both examples of what?

Who developed the Cognitive Problem Solving View of dream analysis?

Which metaphor did Sigmund Freud use to explain how the mind works?

_____ was the most forceful leader of behaviorism who coined the term "operant conditioning." 

In which group of children did scientists find results similar to those in Harlow’s monkey experiments?

Freud/Skinner theories suggest personality develops in stages influenced by__ drives & conscious/unconscious experiences

What does tabula rasa refer to?

______ has regulatory areas for thirst, hunger, body temperature, water balance, and blood pressure. 

What is developmental psychology?

Having been discredited, the British Phrenological Society disbanded in:

Which of the following best describes the ego? 

 Gland that produces hormones that control the rate at which cells burn fuels from food

What is longitudinal research?

Which of the following best describes "free association"?