Final Review

Solomon Asch

An understood rule for accepted behavior is called a:

Which term describes the process of interpreting new experiences in terms of your existing schemas?

If Davis cannot grasp the principle of conservation, he can't:

Concept that mental diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and often cured is called:

Inside the nucleus of every cell in our body, except sex cells, are 46:

Traci lies to her friends because they give her a lot of attention for it.

Researchers use the double-blind procedure to avoid:

Chemical messengers released into the spatial junctions between neurons are called:

The enhancement of a group's prevailing attitudes through discussion within the group is called:

Research predicts that humans could most easily develop a conditioned aversion to alcohol if:

What is the most common psychological disorder in the world?

In operant conditioning, the ______ of a behavior determine the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Frank lies to his friends because he doesn't feel like he is worth much, or is not living up to all he can be.

Harmful behaviors that are maladaptive, unjustifiable, and atypical are called:

Because of neural development, we cannot remember events that occurred before we are approximately how old?

The fear of strangers that infants commonly display around 8 months of age is called:

Schemas are:

Which part of the brain plays an essential role in the formation of new memories?

This psychologist studied attachment and responsive parenting.

What does it mean when a neuron "fires?"

John Darley

The Bobo Doll experiments conducted by Albert Bandura demonstrated what type of learning?

The specialist most likely to diagnose and treat a patient is a:

The DSM IV is a widely used system for:

A correlational study is:

Studied attachment and the role of body contact

A cognition is a:

Learning that is not apparent until the learner has an incentive to demonstrate it is called:

A person who does not cheat on her income tax because she might get caught is demonstrating which level of Kohlberg?

A mental representation of a place is:

Psychological perspectives are:

The ego uses _______ to protect us from anxiety produced by unconscious demands we can't safely satisfy.

Who brought psychology to the U.S.?

Which of the following brain scans measures glucose by brain structures?

Formal logic, abstract thinking, and hypothetical reasoning are typical of which Piagetian stage?

Reinforcement is to _____ and punishment is to _____.

Bad group decisions that occur when a desire for harmony overrides realistic discussion within a group:

How would Jean Piaget describe how children think?

Philip Zimbardo

Attaching to the first object an animal sees after birth is an example of which stage?

Three key ingredients to attraction are:

Kohlberg called his three levels of moral thinking:

According to Freud, the part of our personality that mediates demands from the id and the superego is the:

Tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to agree to a later larger request:

The personality system that represents our sense of right and wrong, according to Freud.

Which two parts of the nervous system work in opposition to each other; speeding up or slowing down bodily processes?

The part of the brainstem that controls heartbeat and breathing:

Which brain structure receives information from all the senses except smell?

Researched parenting styles

Conformity tends to increase when:

A hypothesis is:

Central nervous system consists of:

Stanley Milgram

An optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain experiences produces proper development is:

Repeating a research study to see if the results can be reliably reproduced is:

The improved performance of tasks in the presence of others is called:

Adoption studies indicate that parenting plays a vital role in the development of:

Wilhelm Wundt is often called the father of psychology because:

The psychoanalytic technique that involves asking a person to relax and say whatever is on his mind without censoring.

Nonsense speech characteristic of some types of schizophrenia is:

An operational definition is:

Which perspective focuses on people striving to reach their full potential?

Which two areas are responsible for speech and understanding?

In which of the following situations is a person most likely to get help in an emergency situation?

Which of the following connects the right and left hemisphere of the brain?

The term Mary Ainsworth used for children who are "clingy" and show indifference to their caregiver:

Researched cognitive development

The psychological term for an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting is:

According to psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that strives for immediate gratification of basic drives

Symptoms of amnesia and active flight

Psychology is best defined as the science of:

Repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases our liking of the stimuli according to the:

The psychologist most closely associated with the study of operant conditioning was:

John Watson was the first to demonstrate the role of classical conditioning in:

Genes specify:

The emotional tie between infants and their caregivers is called:

Developed the theory of moral development.

Cutting oneself might be considered a symptom of a psychological disorder under which of these characteristics?

Which of the following is considered a mental process?

Research on schizophrenia strongly suggests that:

Fritz Heider

This type of parents use harsh discipline with their children; punish more often than praise...

Best explanation for the inaction of bystanders during the Kitty Genovese murder is that they failed to:

Perspective that focuses on unconscious drives and conflicts...

Approximately what percentage of the general population is diagnosed with schizophrenia?

Psychologists are interested in which of the following?

Marci becomes depressed because of hidden resentment she feels toward her parents.