stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Review for Psychology 101 Midterm Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Review for Psychology 101 Midterm
Review for Psychology 101 Midterm
30 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
451 plays
Review for PSYC-101 Midterm
Flashcards
30 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
30
Answers
1
The general definition of Psychology is ___
the study of mental activity and behavior based on brain processes.
the practice of examining bumps on a person's skull.
the study of how people and animals are similar.
listening to people complain about made up problems.
2
Billy loves a movie in which the hero smokes cigarettes. Billy begins to smoke himself because of
latent learning
positive reinforcement
modeling
partial reinforcement.
3
Carol Dweck has done decades of research about
SAT tests
growth and fixed mindset
IQ tests
4
This psychologist started the first psychological laboratory.
Wilhelm Wundt
Carl Rogers
William James
B.F. Skinner
5
Psychology and Psychiatry are the same thing.
True
False
6
Pavlov's dog learned to salivate to the sound of a metronome as a result of
extinction
habituation
classical conditionin
operant conditioning
7
Which of the following is NOT an example of thinking?
using a map to drive to a new store.
translating your Spanish homework into English.
calculating the tip on your dinner bill.
taking a nap with soft music playing.
8
When using positive punishment as a means of discipline, the word
positive
indicates that
a reinforcer is present.
something bad happens.
something has been added.
something good happens.
9
Which of the following is an example of critical thinking?
belief that sugar causes pain because your head hurts after eating sugar
using a personal example to explain the importance of time management
belief that spinach leads to a longer life because of an ad
belief that exercise is beneficial after reading research
10
Psychologists who stressed investigating observable behavior: ______
Behaviorists
Psychobiologists
Humanists
Psychiatrists
11
______used free association and dream analysis to study patients' unconscious processes.
Ivan Pavlov
Sir Francis Galton
Max Wertheimer
Sigmund Freud
12
If getting $1 for every correct answer makes you study harder for the next test, then the $1 is a
positive reinforcement.
negative punishment.
negative reinforcement.
positive punishment.
13
Elaborative rehearsal is a more effective memory strategy than maintenance rehearsal because the information
is processed epeatedly.
is processed more automatically.
is processed more deeply.
is processed based on sound.
14
People who believe that by applying oneself, everyone can change and become better . . .
tend to have a fixed mindset.
tend to have a critical thinking mindset.
tend to have a growth mindset.
tend to have a stereotyped mindset.
15
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers were psychologists who believed in which school of psychology?
cognitive psychology
biological psychology
sociocultural psychology
humanistic psychology
16
Stereotype threat is defined as the fear that ________.
others will stereotype you because of your race.
you will stereotype others because of their race.
your performance will confirm stereotypes about a group you belong to.
that people who are stereotyped feel
17
The branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
Counseling psychology
Social psychology
Clinical psychology
Psychiatry
18
Tami's father used to roller skate, but has not skated for years. But he will most likely remember because of his
his short-term memory.
procedural memory.
his explicity memory.
his semantic memory.
19
Short-term storage
holds information for about thirty seconds.
cannot hold information.
has virtually unlimited capacity.
holds information for up to a second.
20
Two-year-old Abby gets sticker on a chart when she uses the toilet. Later, Abby is allowed to pick out a prize.
This is an example of a token economy.
This is an example of insight learning.
This is a result of dopamine activity.
This is an example of a variable interval schedule.
21
Which of the following strategies will help you absorb the most information during class time?
taking notes in class by hand rather than on a laptop
taking notes in class on a laptop rather than by hand
sitting near someone who is playing around on the internet
paying attention to your computer or smartphone
22
The three phases (processes) of memory include
input, processing, and output.
encoding, storage, and retrieval.
input, storage, and retrieval.
encoding, processing, and output.
23
Which of the following is an example of problem solving that could happen in your life?
You decide which restaurant to go to after reading online reviews.
You test whether your opinion that chocolate is the best dessert is true.
You figure out how to get to work after your car breaks down.
24
George Miller discovered that short-term memory is limited to _____ plus or minus _____ items, or chunks of information.
five; three
ten; six
seven; two
nine; one
25
If Carl's episodic long-term memory was impaired, he would be unable to
maintain information in short-term memory via rehearsal.
recall simple facts such as his parents' names.
remember details of his own life.
speak, but he would still be able to comprehend language through listening.
26
Which psychologist demonstrated the principles of conditioning using a tuning fork and meat?
Mary Calkins
Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner
Wilhelm Wundt
27
The method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings.
psychoanalysis
Contemplation
free association
Introspection
28
Claude Steele's stereotype threat research is what kind of research?
Experimental.
Observational.
Correlational.
Logitudinal.
29
Which memory store maintains the physical characteristics of a stimulus very briefly?
flashbulb memory
procedural storage
sensory memory
episodic storage
30
When people fear boarding a plane because of a recent terrorist attack, this is an example of
availability heuristic
creative thinking
probability heuristic
base heuristic
