Psych 1 Exam Review

ability to learn from experience, to think rationally, to deal with the environment effectively

Criticism of this approach: it is unscientific b/c your inner experiences can't be observed

More specific skills than an intelligence test but broader skills than an achievement test; SAT

The ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality.

Mental problems occur when people behave as others want them to; help find their true elf

1st modern intelligence test that gives a mental age that can be compared to an actual age

This approach sees the brain as a computer and seeks to answer how we process information

Greater the stress level a person has, the poorer a person’s health. Type of relationship?

The parent has high expectations and communication is from the parent to the child

John is 5.He has a new baby sister who gets all the attention. He will only drink from a bottle

Calculate the IQ of someone with an actual age of 10 and a mental age of 5

Tia dreams that her teeth are falling out because she feels out of control. Latent content?

Carl Rogers believed this would help children to develop self esteem and achieve congruence.

Major tranquilizers used to reduce agitation, delusions and hallucinations

This stage of Kholberg's Moral Development is about satisfying needs and avoiding punishment

Personality is learned through watching other people’s behaviors and imitating it

Part of our personality that regulates morality and tells us what we should do.

Dean finds his wife cheating He is found 99 miles away in a new house He thinks his name is Don

Helped to develop the Social Learning Theory and emphasized the importance of self-efficacy

Five level model of human needs. How we fulfill these needs forms our personality

Positive, take charge responses to stress

we take in new information or experiences and incorporate them into our existing ideas

Theory of Multiple Intelligences

This approach to psychology believes that people feel helpless to control situations→Anxiety

Conscious part of the personality that balances the id, superego, and reality.

John has been hearing voices he thinks are the CIA following him b/c he's the King of France

Trying to avoid a cause of grief. Negotiate for an extended life in exchange for living better.

Kim fell off her bike. She can't move her leg but there is nothing physically wrong.

verbal interaction between a trained professional and a client or patient

Rorschach Inkblot test has an open ended format

Billy eats a whole container of icing and then works out for 3 hours straight.

This Big Five personality trait is about concerned with a person's emotional stabilty

This characteristic of a test asks "does it measure what it is supposed to measure?"

Tom is 75 years old; he can talk about the Vietnam war, but can't play jeopardy. What's wrong?

Which of the following ways would you describe yourself in an collectivist culture?

Asking for a new car, but worrying your parents will find out about your D in math

Happens over a long period of time; researchers can observe individuals change over time

Maslow's last need that arises after self esteem is achieved- develop our own potential

This perspective focuses on the effects of learning on our personality development.

According to Freud, the place in our mind where we keep unacceptable thoughts and memories.

Used with normal clients to measure 15 normal personality traits

Conforming or accepting your identity and values from childhood.

Our basic drive is to overcome inferiority from childhood, if you don't → inferiority complex

Theory of Multiple Intelligences: high sensitivity to others’ feelings

Billy's mother yells at him. He goes to school and beats up a freshmen.

Focus on people and work; used when businesses hire, train workers, and promote workers

Medical doctor who treats mental disorders and can use drug therapy

Defense mechanism that ignores or gets rid of anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, memories.

Humanistic technique; listener rephrases or asks for clarification of the speaker’s statements

What the researchers change or alter so they can observe its effects

Emotional problems develop when people base their emotions and actions on false assumptions

find a way to cope with the stress when it is not removed, calm, body still releases hormones

Calvin is details person and likes to plan ahead. What OCEAN trait is probably high for him?

A proposal, a guess used to understand and/or predict something before an experiment in done.

Bob hasn't moved in 3 hours and is not responding when people speak to him

Ethical standard requires that records and information gathered about clients be kept secret

measures life changes to determine how much stress will likely develop.

The skills and goals of an adolecent influence the formation of personal and career objectives

Tests with words or concepts that are used everyday by one group of people; rarely by another

This Big Five personality trait is about being willing to try new things and consider new ideas

Jack has an IQ of 64. He has ...

This founder of Behaviorism defined psychology as the study of observable behaviors.

At this stage the adolescent begins to think abstractly and reason about hypothetical problems.