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Psychology Final Exam Review
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HS psychology review
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1
Which of the following would be used to treat someone with a panic disorder?
Psychotherapy
Medication
Electroconvulsive therapy
Combination of medication and therapy
2
Essay tests rely on ______ and matching tests rely on _________.
Principle learning...chunking
Recognition....Recall
Recall...recognition
Elaboration...Chunking
3
What do most people who suffer from dissociative identify disorder seem to have in common?
They have a deficiency of serotonin
They like the attention this label brings
They were abused as children
They suffer from hallucinations and delusions
4
Who is the father of Psychology?
William James
Wilhelm Wundt
Sigmund Freud
Albert Bandura
5
When Little Albert became conditioned to fear all white furry objects he demonstrated...
Stimulus generalization
Stimulus discrimination
Extinction
Spontaneous recovery
6
Jon decides to study harder in school to stop his parents from grounding him for poor grades.
Positive reinforcement
Generalization
Negative reinforcement
Extinction
7
What approach can be described as a result of a physical malfunction like a chemical imbalance?
Cognitive
Biological
Psychoanalytic
Behavioral
8
What is the "magic number" of remembering things?
5+/-2
10+/- 2
7+/- 2
9+/-2
9
The Wechsler intelligence tests are different from Stanford-Binet tests because:
They rely solely on problem-solving skills
They are given verbally.
They are given to adults
They do not rely solely on word comprehension
10
To defend against unacceptable impulses by acting opposite to them is:
Repression
Rationalization
Projection
Reaction formation
11
According to Sternberg's Theory of love, what love is the most satisfying?
Romantic Love
Companionate Love
Consummate Love
Acquaintance Love
12
3 year old Jamie is pretending to read the newspaper like her dad. This best illustrates:
Operant Conditioning
Classical Conditioning
Social learning
Cognitive learning
13
Consciousness just below present awareness is called the:
Circadian Rhythm
Nonconscious
Subconscious
Unconscious
14
Schizophrenics have been found to have higher than normal levels of:
Dopamine
Serotonin
Androgen
Estrogen
15
The main difference between psychiatrists and psychologists is only psychiatrists:
Can do all of the above
Can prescribe medication
are able to have a private counseling practice
Are trained as interns
16
If Carl Rogers was a Humanist, his theories are based on:
the effects of unconscious conflicts within the individual
belief that behavior is strongly influenced by social force
The study of observable behavior--through past learning
the belief that people are good and can help others
17
John B. Watson was what type of psychologist?
Humanist
Socio-Culturalist
Freudian
Behaviorist
18
The attribution theory explains the process by which we
Decide if we love another person
determine if we help in an emergency
Evaluate our own self worth
Form opinions of others
19
If you believe that children learn certain behaviors by watching others, you are agreeing with:
Bandura
Skinner
Freud
Rogers
20
You are trying to remember your social security number. The best method to use would be:
Chunking
Mnemonic Device
Recognition
Positive transfer
21
A construct is a belief in something that:
Contradicts evidence
Can be measured
Can't prove anything
Cannot be measured
22
What is the study of a person's mental processes and behavior?
Humanism
Psychology
Behaviorism
Psychiatry
23
Sue has a fear of flying. The most effective treatment would be:
Medication
Systematic desensitization
Psychoanalysis
Humanistic
24
You say your significant other is jealous but really YOU are the jealous one.
Projection
Reaction Formation
Repression
Displacement
25
Intelligence includes:
Genetic traits
Only learned skills
Only inherited skills
Both learned and inherited skills
26
The Psychoanalytic approach is best describing by:
The individual is the product of unconscious forces
Behavior is the product of learning
The individual is the product of their society/culture
Behavior is the result of a physical malfunction
27
Behaviorists focus on:
unconscious motivations
social forces
Free will
Observable behaviors
28
Jake sees his best friend killed in the Gulf War, but he later cannot remember the details.
Dissociative Amnesia
Psychotic episodes
Mania
Dissociative Fugue
29
A self-actualized person
Usually suffers from a psychological disorder
Is usually selfish and self centered
Is all of the above
Strives to his or her potential
30
Alfred Adler believed that
Children learn by observation
Behavior is the result of reinforcements
People are controlled by environment
All people have feelings of inferiority