19SP Final Review

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Altruistic behavior is widespread in the animal kingdom.

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

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

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

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

A repetitive, almost irresistible action is known as what

Which of these is an important criticism of the DSM?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unconscious and involuntary suppression of painful or undesirable memories

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

A memory of a first date is an example of

Flat affect (lack of emotion)

Tommy is gratified by bowel movements

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

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

Hallucination

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

Most diagnosed disorders in the US:

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

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

What is the Stroop effect?

Eddie can basically only think about sex

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

Deindividuation and dehumanization increase the risk of which type of behavior

Someone who secretly enjoys pornography campaigns to outlaw it

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

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

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

Both proactive interference and retroactive interference

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

Explanations based on situation, including events

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

When using the representativeness heuristic, many people tend to overlook

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

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

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

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

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

The sympathetic nervous system is also known as what?

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

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

Presenting yourself as the opposite of something disturbing about yourself

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

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

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

Agoraphobia is a fear of what

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

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

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

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

A police lineup is which type of memory test

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

What is an example of semantic memory

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

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

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

The rational, decision-making aspect of the personality

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is not an anxiety disorder?

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

Explanations based on someone’s personality traits

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

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

Involves severing connection in the brain’s prefrontal lobe.

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

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

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

Schizophrenia is marked by multiple personalities