Psych semester 1 Review

Success or failure in marriage depends upon couples'

A psychologist is the same as a psychiatrist

Which is NOT typically a factor associated with child abuse?

A psychologist who believes that human nature evolves and should be self-directed

If adolescents develop a messiah complex they think they can...

Infant's clinging response to a touch on the palm of the hand

a mother's possible reaction to the departure from home of her last child

Study of changes that occur as an individual matures

changes that occur during middle age

Statistics used to test whether the data collected supports the hypothesis or are due to chance

Jane Goodall is known for

Following moral guidelines in research is

Scientists who use what we already know about people to benefit others

The study of the process of aging

Internally programmed growth of a child

In the AP student mall study what group of people kept the money

A scientist who studies the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences

One of the areas with the most significant differences between males and females is:

Which is NOT a problem adolescents develop as a result of immaturity & abstract thinking

Which behaviors are exhibited by depressed teenagers?

Theory stating children acquire gender roles by interacting with thier environment

small, exclusive group of people within a larger group

most adolescents do not like this about themselves

view of human development that emphasizes interaction

People who have been trained to observe, analyze & evaluate behavior

Sampling method to divide the population into separate groups then choose participants

A psychologist can do all of these EXCEPT

Sir Frances Galton explored how __ influences a personal behavior

Adolescents who have this tend to engage in risky behavior & juvenile delinquency

eating disorder characterized by overeating followed by self-induced vomitting

possible parental interpretation of an adolescent's unpredictable behavior

Which of the following is NOT a major cause of death among the elderly?

Who first used observation as a way to understand the world?

Type of study that examines behavioral changes over a long period of time

Dying people need...

period of inner conflict in adolescents

The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake

Portion of the experiment controlled by the researcher

Statistics that help researchers organize data into lists and summaries

A scientist who studies how animals & people adapt to their environments

Psychologist a person would see if he or she was having problems adjusting to a divorce

The Four Goals of Psychology include all EXCEPT

What is the APA?

Description of how two sets of data relate to each other

When the students dropped money to see if people would return it they were using

An educated guess about the relationship between variables

Erik Erikson believed this plays an important role in human development

Which of the following my teens avoid by choosing abstinence?

All are goals of psychology EXCEPT

When the dependent variable increases as the independent variable increases, the correlation is

Acting in accord with group norms or customs

Researchers who believed crisis is involved in adolescent identity development

Wilhelm Wundt's technique of introspection led to psychology's us of

Verbal utterances in which words are left out but meaning is clear

Approach that explores how we process, store, retrieve and use information

Branch of mathematics used to organize and evaluate sets of data

Process of fitting objects and experiences into ones schema

How can you perceive a person's attitude without talking?

The mean, median, and mode are examples of measures of __

to make firm commitments on issues based on the suggestions of others

A description of the average distance of every score from the mean

Among the elderly, sexual activity

To conduct a valid study of a large population you should use a

The following parting style allows children to participate in decisions

One of the principal developmental tasks for adolescents is

Self-observation of one's own thoughts and feelings

In Harlow's surrogate mother experiment, monkeys chose the cloth mother from the need of

Approach recognizing when we look at an object we perceive it as more than the sum of its parts

Which of the following is NOT part of the scientific method?

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 most common causes of death in later adulthood

Studies show that females

Known as the father of psychology

The researcher's expectations influence the participant's response

Peer groups tend to set the standards on such matters as

Psychology involves the study of behavior in

For most people, what is the first stage in adjusting to death?

Research method that tells someone's story

A portion of the total population used by a researcher to conduct a study

eating disorder characterized by fear of weight gain resulting in starvation

Lawrence Kohlberg believed this influences moral development

Approach using free association to learn about a person's unconscious thoughts and feelings

Psychologist who lived through both World Wars

Theory explains gender differences occuring in childhood identifying with same sex parent

Alzeimer's disease is

Psychology is viewed as what type of science?

The experimenting testing children's ability to delay gratification

When children engage in this they are able to picture things in their mind

Sigmund Freud used all these techniques in his research EXCEPT

adolescents seriously consider important issues but make no commitments to them

the desire to use one's accumulated wisdom to guide future generations

The experiment testing the power of authority making people do things against their will

Infant's response in turning toward the source of touching near the mouth

The middle score calculated by listing all scores in order and selecting the center score

A study found that males have _ than females

Reporting statistics is always valid and reliable

during adolescence, this cognitive stage is typically reached

one seeks to explain unpleasant emotions or behaviors in a way preserving self-esteem

When participants illnesses change because they believe a treatment will have an effect