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Longitudinal research methods are characterized by what?
One person studied over a long period of time.
Several people studied over a short amount of time.
One person studied over a short amount of time.
Many people studied over a long period of time.
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The tendency to think of people as being similar to oneself even when meeting them for the first time
halo effect
self serving bias
assumed similarity bias
fundamental attribution error
3
what is the place theory
1 and 2
dogs
the neurons fire at a rate that matches the pitch
what we hear depends on the place the vibration strikes
4
Who had an emphasis on unconscious motivation and founded psychoanalysis?
Jean Piaget
Carl Rogers
Sigmund Freud
Solomon Asch
5
What is the humanistic perspective in Pscyhology?
Psychology should focus on behaviors
Psychology should focus on a persons' potential
Psychology should focus on the subconscious
Psychology should focus on the brain and neurons
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Who is not a member of psychodynamic theories?
BF Skinner
Carl Jung
Karen Horney
Alfred Adler
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Person-centered, unconditional positive regard
Rogers
Kohlberg
Jung
Skinner
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What does Existential Intelligence mean?
To be existance smart.
To be smart.
To make tough choices.
To make questions about life and death.
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Antipsychotic drugs affect
oxytocin and glycine
serotonin and dopamine
epinephrine and GABA
prolactin and histamine
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The Cannon-Bard Theory of emotion states that?
Conition occurs before emotional response
Emotional response occurs before cognition
Emotional response before physiological response
Physiological response and emotion occur simultaneously
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The behavioral perspective is most likely to emphasize the importance of
introspection
observable responses
natural selection
cognition
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Philip Zimbardo studied
Babies
The influence of drugs on people
The importance of social roles
Lines
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What is the function of the hypothalamus?
Directs only eating and drinking
Directs only body temperature
Reecieves sensory input
Directs eating, drinking, and body temperature
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Challenge: identity vs role confusion
Maturity
Latency
Young Adulthood
Adolescence
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Consciousness is
the ability to solve problems reason and remember
effortless encoding of incidental information into memory
the process of organizing/interpreting sensory information
our awareness of ourselves and our environment
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Self serving bias refers to:
influencing others to think good about yourself
being an individual and not caring about others opinion
an important characteristic towards impressions
taking credit for sucesses and attribute failures to situational factors
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Wernicke's Aphasia is when an individual _________.
loses the ability to answer questions
cannot speak
cannot dance
loses the ability to understand speech, reading, and writting
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What is Social Neuroscience
Taking Action
Noticing
The pattern of behavior
Study of how biological processes influence social behavior
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What were the results of Asch's study?
25% of participants did not conform in any trials
The average rate of conformity was 37%
75% of participants conformed at least once
All of the following
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What is Linear Perspective?
The use of lines to give the illusion of depth and distance.
Applying multiple lines to make cubes in a 3-D plane.
Really cool lines that do stuff.
Using lines that never intersect.
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Stanley Milgram was known for...
Conformity - Line Length Study
Obedience to Authority - shock experiment
Social Learning - Bobo Doll
Stanford Prison Experiment - Social Roles
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What does an axon do
Controls the distribution of neurotransmitters
Sends electrical impulses to the other parts of the body
Insulates the neuron
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What is cognitive perspective?
role of the mind
abnormal behavior comes from irrational beliefs and illogical patterns of
the role that thoughts play in determining behavior
skipping class
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What does a Naturalistic Observation measure?
How a group of people change in behavior over a period of time
Different representative groups (age groups or ethnicities)
Change or stability in a behavior
Behavior in naturally occurring situations without manipulation
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Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and _________ intelligence.
intrapersonal
spatial
creative
musical
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What is the difference between a control group and an experimental group?
There is no difference between the groups
The control group is the group being tested
The control group is the group NOT being tested
27
On its way to the cones & rods of the eye, (in order) light passes through the
sclera, lens, pupil, iris, vitreous humor
retina, vitreous humor, lens, iris, aqueous humor, fovea
cornea, aqueous humor, pupil, lens, vitreous humor
cornea, vitreous humor, lens, iris, aqueous humor
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According to Abraham Maslow, a major prerequisite for becoming self-actualized is having:
a very selfless nature.
suffered in the past so one can truly appreciate the good aspects of life.
all of one's lower-order needs fulfilled
a major altruistic streak.
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a stimulus that naturally brings about a particular response without having been learned
conditioning
neutral
unconditioned
normative stimulus
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An example of a primary reinforcer includes
Money
Good grades
Diploma
Water
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According to the Instinct Theory of aggression - aggression is ....
Innate
Learnt
Copied
Provoked
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Crystalized intelligence ____with age while fluid intelligence ___ .
stays the same, increases
stays the same, increases steadily with age
decreases, increases
increases, begins to decrease after age 30
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Research is_______________ when it can be replicated and is consistent.
Valid
Correlated
Reliable
Controlled
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Define manifest content
the underlying meaning of dreams
dreamer's unconscious wishes
dreamer's conscious wishes
the remembered content of dreams
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Dendrites is to axon
reuptake - action potentional
sending - receiving
action potential - reuptake
receiving - sending
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What it the trichromatic theory?
three classes of cone receptors for color
three classes of pupil receptors for determining color
three opponent channels of color
colors are never perceived together
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Similarity helps us...
To perceive an image as whole despite it being only pieces
link things that follow a predictable pattern
to perceive 'things' as a unit if they move together
to group together things with the same characteristics
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Damage to the ventromedial hypothalamus can lead to?
Anorexia
Binging & Purging behaviors
Overeating
Bulimia
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What are the steps of the scientific method?
Question, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analyze, Conclusion
Question, Hypothesis, Research, Experiment, Analyze, Conclusion
Question, Analyze, Experiement, Research, Hypothesis, Conclusion
Conclusion, Experiment, Hypothesis, Research, Question, Analyze
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Somatic symptom disorders are characterized by
unexplained physical symptoms
continuous anxiety
breaks with reality
extremes of mood
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Which school of thought does Bandura belong to?
behavioral
Social cognitive
humanistic
psychoanalytic
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Developmental psychology is:
a lower-level general psychology class
the study of how people change across the lifespan
the application of psychology to athletics
the scientific study of personality
43
what does the cornea do?
does the final touchups on focusing
changes the size of the pupil
turns light into information
protects the eye and focuses the light
44
Korsakoff's syndrome is caused by...
Use of cocaine during pregnancy
Misfiring of neurons in the brain due to excessive drug use
Cirrhosis of the liver
An alcohol related deficiency of vitamin B
45
Define Teratogen
A baby with a birth defect
A birth defect
drugs, viruses, etc that can be harmful to a growing fetus
A development stage
46
What is psychoneuroimmunology?
Study of the community’s mind
Study of psychological endocrine processes of health
Study of ones psychological thoughts
Study of biology
47
Reuptake is the...
second attempt to pick up your fries at the drive through
triggering of the post synaptic potential
reabsorpton of neurotransmitters by the presynaptic neuron
pre synaptic release of neurotransmitters
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What did Mary Ainsworth study
Moral development
Parent/child attachment
Structure of the brain
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Interpersonal therapy focus on your...
Exercises
relationships
Ways to deal with problems
Understand yourself
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In psychology, attachment refers to?
Emotional development
Cognitive development
A cognitive bond
An emotional bond
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What Is Metabolism?
Process by which the body breaks down substances and gets energy from Food.
An eating disorder in which people overeat compulsively.
Repeated pattern of weight gain and loss.
A diet that is popular for a short period of time.
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The perspective that says psychological disorders come from childhood conflicts
sociocultural
psychoanalytic
medical
humanistic
53
Define latent content
the remembered content of unconsciousness
dreamer's conscious wishes
the remembered content of dreams
dreamer's unconscious wishes
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Dopamine is not
responsible for learning
An exitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitter
responsible for voluntary movement
responsible for calming nervous system
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Extrinsic motivation means...?
motivation from you
motivation from the outside world
what i am interested in
motivation
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Symptoms include: feeling dizzy, sweating, rocking, and feelings of dread
Panic disorder
phobia
Trisomy 21
conversion disorder
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Heuristics are
simple thinking strategies for solving problems quickly
mental groupings of similar things
methodical step-by-step procedures for solving problems
thinking strategies that often hasten insights
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What are dimensions of personality according to Eysenck?
allportism, eysenckism
Pychotism, introversion/extroversion and neuroicism
cardinal, central, secondary
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Which is not a function of the pituitary gland.
Sends signals to different organs glands.
Maintains an appropriate environment.
Help’s the body to produce and regulate the hormones adrenaline.
Responsible for different hormones that affects behavior.
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What is the Babinski Reflex?
The reflex to hold and comfort an infant when it's crying
When a baby's big toe moves upward to the surface of the foot/ toes fan out
A mother's reflex to tell if her baby is hungry or upset
IDEK i ran out of ideas
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self actualization is :
a desire to be the best one can be
esteem
personal security
air, water, food
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A theory is...
scientific principle that has no disproving data
the process of gathering information in a careful way
a proposed explanation for an observation
a well-tested explanation that unifies many observations
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Anorexia nervosa
A healthy way to become skinny
A disorder in which to lose weight one refuses to eat
A disorder in which one eats to appease societal norms
A disorder in which anxiety causes one to be unable to eat
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A procedural memory is...
A memory very vivid almost life-like memory
A memory of for colors and numbers
A memory of how to do a specific task
A memory of an specific life event
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Which of the following would be considered the door in the face technique? (ch 7)
Showing you the door that you may leave anytime without negotiations
Starting with a low price, then revealing a higher price.
Making a large request that is immediately reduced
Start with a larger request, followed by the smaller request
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What are the five stages of language development?
Sound, Babbling, Language, Speech, Development
Verbal sound, babbling, one word, telegraphic speech, over-regularization
Verbal sound, babbling, language, telegraphic speech, over-regularization
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What do glial cells do?
create antibodies
make proteins
help digest food
provide structural support to neurons
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stimulus generalization is
results always being different from hypothesis
no response is given
tendency to evoke same response
minimum amount needed to evoke response
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What is Schizophrenia?
A disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel,and behave clear.
Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe disorder.
Schizophrenia is when you are crazy.
I don't know.
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What is the function of the thalamus?
Coordinate drives
Coordinate movement
Direct messages to the brain's sensory receiving areas
Coordinate emotions
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What three common goals of psychotherapy
Hope, caring, and love
Relaxation
Using the placebo effect
Hope, a new perspective, and caring relationships
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The text defines personality as
the set of personal attitudes that characterizes a person
a predictable set of responses to environmental stimuli
an individual's pattern of thinking feeling and acting
an unpredictable set of responses to environmental stimuli
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What did John Locke believe
God is always right
Words of elders are true
People born with a blank slate
The government was always right
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Which of the following is a characteristic of a person with a Type B personality?
"Workaholics"
Competitive
Anxious
Relaxed
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Positive Reinforcement is:
Behavior increases because a negative stimulus is removed
Removal of desirable stimulus following a behavior to decrease or eliminate
Increases probability that behavior will occur-praising, giving tokens
Presentation of undesirable stimulus following a behavior to decrease or
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What is one advantage of Erikson's theory?
provides detailed information about role of culture on dev.
explains number of the stages of life and their link genetic
provides insight into healthy development across a lifespan
theory and research does not put emphasis on individuality.
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What is the halo effect?
Holding apples.
Collection of beliefs we have about a person.
An impression that is formed about one quality of a person.
Being nice to other because they look good.
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medulla oblongata
regulates ventilation, heart rate, and blood pressure
relays visual and auditory stimuli to the thalamus
is part of the diencephalon
lies superior to the pons
79
This treatment approach teaches people to think in more adaptive ways
cognitive
humanistic
psychodynamic
behavioral
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What Are Two of the Five Big Personality Traits
Conscientiousness and Agree-ability,
Social intelligence and Optimism
Gratitude and loyalty
Sadness, and Curiosity
81
What is fetal alcohol syndrome
Masks the reality that one has a problem with alcohol
Death
Condition where a fetus has been affected adversely
Kermit
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Which of the following describes umami?
Savory or tasty
Salty
Overall measure of oral sensations
Nasal cavity
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Someone with Antisocial personality disorder...
Is very violent, arrogant and lacks empathy
suffers from it since they are born
Feels worthless
Tries to stay away from society
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Who developed general adaptation syndrome?
Hans Selye
Erik Erikson
TJ Max
Maslow
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This theory of emotions says emotional experience is a reaction to bodily events from an external stimulus
Cannon Bard
Schachter Singer
James Lange
Maslow
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A token economy is a type of
Operant conditioning
Classical conditioning
Psychology
Reinforcement
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Zone of proximal development refers to
limited interactions between child and adult
a place in the brain where language develops
a designated place in the classroom to collaborate
collaboration between kids and adults leading to learning
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What is conversion disorder?
A person feels severe pain with no physical cause.
A person has frequent headaches with no medical conditions.
A person with no medical illness experiences medical symptoms
A person becomes stressed about their body image.
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Correlational research is focused on
proving causation
describing an event
using math to prove an interaction
the relationship between variables
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fundamental attribution error is a bias that
is concerned with the high influence situational factors
refers to attributing our behaviours to external factors
is the tendency to overestimate personal factors
helps protect our self-esteem
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What is depth perception?
Eye sight
perceive objects in 3 demension
ability to touch
ability to reach
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the raw unorganized inborn part of the personality whose sole purpose is to reduce tension created by primitive drives
superego
conscience
ego
id
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The process by which information is used to draw conclusions and make decisions
predicting
reasoning
negotiating
conceptualizing
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Freud's theory, concerns that persist beyond the developmental period in which they first occur
complexes
defense mechanisms
conflicts
fixations
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What is temperament?
How much you love something.
How hot or cold something is.
Nature or personality.
How mad you can get.
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A relatively permanent change in behavior resulting from experience
maturation
learning
cognition
growth
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treatment for anxiety in which people are confronted with a stimulus that they fear
transference
aversive conditioning
systematic desensitization
flooding
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What is the scientific method?
A Secret.
Steps to success.
A formula.
Series of steps that scientists use to solve & answer problems.
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Aversive conditioning...
Steers you towards your emotions
Associates a wanted behavior with a pleasant state
Steers you away from your emotions
Associates an unwanted behavior with an unpleasant state
