PSY 100 Exam 1 Review Fall 2017

A participant's agreement to take part in a study after being told what to expect is known as

_____ is the ability to produce valuable outcomes in a novel way.

The father of psychology is ________.

Biological processes, psych factors, social forces are related & inseparable influences...

Learning in which voluntary responses are controlled by their consequences is called _____.

Studying the risk factors that lead to delinquency in teens is focusing on what goal?

During the production stage of problem solving, you should generate _____.

An example of ___________ would be if Ed calls his new girlfriend by his old girlfriend's name.

What is knowledge & skills gained through experience & education that increase over a lifetime?

The Little Albert experiment helped in the treatment of what psychological disorder?

_____ theory suggests that people block memories that cause pain, threat, or embarrassment.

Rats raised in an enriched vs deprived environment typically develop the following EXCEPT_____.

Another word for “learning” is _____.

For best retrieval, according to encoding specificity, it's best to study for your psych exam

The BEST definition of a cognitive map is _____.

Persons who work as engineers, architects, and pilots may be high in ____ intelligence.

Judging the likelihood of events based on how easily other such events can be recalled is

The first woman to be recognized in psychology was _____.

Chomsky believes we possess an inborn brain capacity to analyze language known as _____.

Emotional Intelligence involves ______.

The tendency to think of an object functioning only in its usual way is called _____.

This is a step-by-step procedure that, if followed, will eventually solve a problem.

The idea of the language acquisition device supports the role of ______ in language development

The organization & shaping of info in processing, storage, & retrieval of memories is called

Forgetting the actual origination of a memory is called _____.

The first step in the scientific method is ________.

Classically conditioned negativity to a particular taste that is associated with illness is

This is an example of episodic memory

A therapist may be required to break client confidentiality if the client _____.

Extinction _____.

What are the goals of psychology?

The fact that we tend to remember the items at the beginning of a list is referred to as

Evidence for cognitive maps exists for _______.

Bandura's observational learning studies focused on how ____.

When you blow dry your hair in the morning, you are using _____.

Deception is sometimes used in psychological research in order to _____.

Which of the following is TRUE regarding short-term memory?

The belief that genetics, chemical & hormonal imbalances explain behavior takes the side of

Short-term memory receives information from

All _____ stimuli and responses are inborn, such as salivating at the sight of food.