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The Whorfian hypothesis postulates…
What is psychology?
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What is psychology?
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes
a South Korean singer, rapper, and songwriter
Study of the functions which work within a living system
Study of the fundamental nature of knowledge
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The Whorfian hypothesis postulates…
You can't think about things you don't have words for
Language is culturally specific
You cannot condition language--it is too complicated
Humans are the only species that truly has language
3
What kind of theraputic approach is best?
Freudian
Humanistic
Behavioral
Eclectic
4
A cognitive therapist may attempt to…
change the patients environment
change the patients negative thoughts
change the patients biochemistry
uncover the patients underlying conflict
5
What is NOT a symptom of depression?
Appitite change
Worthlessness
Word salad
Depressed mood
6
_____ is to humans as _____ is to computers.
Heuristic, algorithm
Algorithm, heuristic
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What early psychologist advocated for a powerful unconscious mind?
Wundt
James
Pavlov
Freud
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Other than humans, how many other species have language?
7
3
0
2
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T/F: All humans have language.
true
false
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What lobe mainly processes auditory information?
Occipital
Frontal
Temporal
Parietal
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What is the biggest problem with naturalistic obsevation studies?
Unable to prove causation
People act differnetly when they know they're being watched
Difficult is you're wanting to view a specific phenomenon
You are sometimes unable to view subjects
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What is the MAIN goal of psychology?
Explain and understand
Predict and control
Measure and describe
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What early psychologist used introspection?
James
Watson
Wundt
Pavlov
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What connects the left and right hemisphere?
Limbic system
Corpus collosum
Amygdala
Hippocampus
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What type of medicine is used to treat depression?
Lithium
Anti-psychotics
SSRI's
Tranquilizers
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Spanking a child for misbehaving is an example of
Negative reinforcement
Positive punishment
Negative punishment
Positive reinforcement
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James and Lange suggest what about emotion?
Five tiny colored people control emotion inside brain
Physiology and cognition happen simultaneously
Physiology comes first and then thought
Unconsious cognition happens before physiology
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What lobe of the brain mainly processes visual information?
Parietal
Temporal
Frontal
Occipital
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________ is the extent to which we are measuring what we think we're measuring.
Validity
Reliability
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What is the biggest problem with correlational (survey) studies?
Researcher bias effects outcomes
Math is hard
Variables are difficult to numarically measure
Unable to prove causation
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Deci suggests intrinsic and extrinsic motivations are ______
incompatible
inept
powerful
abstract
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Who worked in intelligence?
Descartes
Chomsky
Binet
Skinner
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Elaboritive rehearsal is ______ processing.
Deep
Shallow
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Who postulated that we all have one general intelligence?
Spearman
Gardner
Sternberg
Cattell
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A Freudian psychologist would say what?
Abnormal behavior is the product of training
Abnormal behavior stems from negative thoughts
Problems arise from hormone imbalances
Abnormal behavior stems from the unconscious mind
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What is Erickson's first psychosocial stage?
Initiative vs guilt
Trust vs mistrust
Intimacy vs isolation
Autonomy vs shame
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What is NOT a requirement for modeling?
Reproduction
Admiration
Attention
Retention
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What is the biggest problem with case studies?
Freud used this method so it must be messed up.
They take a lot of time
They are difficult to generalize
People are too complex to study individually
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The "Q" in "IQ" stands for…
"Questions"
"Quiz"
"Quotient"
"Queue"
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The longitudinal method suffers from what short coming?
Generalization
Time
Index
Cohort problem
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Motivation is a…
measurable entity
combonation of emotions
stirred up affective state
hypothetical construct
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Younger people are better at what kind of intelligence?
Crystallized
Fluid
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What did Lashly learn about memory?
They can be changed
You cannot locate their physical location
They are stored in compressed form
Memory is stored in the temporal lobe
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What is the big part of the brain called?
The Cerebellum
The Cerebrum
The Brain Stem
35
Which reinfocement schedule produces the most resistance to extinction?
Variable interval
Variable ratio
Fixed ratio
Fixed interal
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A behavioral therapist may attempt to…
change the patients biochemistry
uncover the patients underlying conflict
change the patients environment
change the patients negative thoughts
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What is NOT a characteristic of an effective punishment?
Alternative behavior
Immediate
Consistent
Gentle enough
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What is NOT a type of neuron?
Impactent
Associational
Afferent
Efferent
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Why does Gilligan criticize Kohlberg's stages?
They are too masculine
They are culturally bound
They are too specific
They are based in Christian morals
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LAD stands for…
Language acquisition device
Linguistic anterior divisor
Local area disk
Louisiana association of the deaf
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The process by which we create, maintain, and retrieve information about the past is
Learning
Encoding
Modeling
Memory
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What is abnormal?
A deviation from the ideal
A statistical aberration
Something culturally disapproved
Something dysfunctional
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Which is NOT a causal variable of change over the lifespan?
Maturation
Time
Physical growth
Learning
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What part of the brain coordinates?
The Cerebrum
The Brain Stem
The Cerebellum
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A mental grouping of similar objects, events, and people is a
Memory
Concept
Mnemonic
interference
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According to Elizabeth Loftus, eyewitness testimony is
incredibly reliable
not as reliable as we think it is
more reliable the sooner it is given
fallible when given by men, but reliable when given by women
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What part of the brain is concerned with vital functions?
The Brain Stem
The Cerebellum
The Cerebrum
48
System of conventional spoken symbols used to communicate:
Thinking
Language
Information
Words
49
What gland is called the master gland?
Pituitary
Endocrine
Mitochondria
Adrenal
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Giving a child a gold star for doing well on an assignment is an example of
Negative reinforcement
Positive reinforcement
Positive punishment
Negative punishment
51
A relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of practice or experience =
Psychology
Conditioning
Trait
Learning
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Ekman found that emotional facial expression is…
nondescript
innate
conditioned
extrinsic
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According to twin studies, intelligence is…
Impossible to accurately measure
Mostly a hereditable trait
Mostly dependent on environment
Measured differently in different cultures
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Which type of parenting style is best?
Authoritarian
Permissive
Absent
Authoritative
