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Pyschology Unity
Intro to Pyschology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is best known for classical conditioning? | Ivan Pavlov |
| Who is best known for operant conditioning? | B.F. Skinner |
| Who is best known for the humanistic approach? | Carl Rogers |
| How many stages of sleep are there? | Four stages |
| In what stages does REM occur? | Stages one and two |
| What are the two types of sleep? | REM, oblivion |
| What is the most common sleep disorder? | Insomnia |
| How many types of memory are there? | Three types sensory, short term, and long term |
| What is sensory memory? | The part of the memory system which is the initial contact for stimuli which lasts a matter of seconds |
| What is short term memory? | Can only retain seven pieces of information and only lasts up to 14 seconds if not committed to long term memory |
| What is long term memory? | relatively permanent, the capacity is virtually limitless |
| What does I.Q. stand for? | Intelligence Quotient |
| How do you calculate I.Q.? | Mental Age/Chronological Age x 100 = I.Q. |
| What is the average I.Q.? | 100 |
| Who invented the first I.Q. test? | Binet |
| What is the average I.Q. for someone who is mentally challenged? | Under 70 |
| What is reliability? | whether or not a test shows the same results time after time |
| What is validity? | whether or not a test shows what it's supposed to |
| ________ happens when the occurrences of a conditioned response decrease or disappear | Extinction |
| ________ refers to a process within operant and classical conditioning, where a conditioned response (CR) starts occurring in response to the presentation of other, similar stimuli, not just the conditioned stimulus (CS). | Generalization |
| What does WISC stand for? | Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children |
| What does the WISC do? | It's a group(battery) of tests that are designed for testing the I.Q. of school age children,designed to test cognitive abilities |
| What does MMPI stand for? | Minnesota Multi Phasic Personality Inventory |
| What does MMPI do? | A test that detects abnormal personality styles and determines if a person may have a pyschological disorder. Usually used for public safety occupations |
| An irrational fear of something is? | A phobia |
| What does OCD stand for | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| What is obsession? | The inability of a person to stop thinking about a particular topic or emotion without a high amount of anxiety |
| What is compulsion? | A receptive rule based behavior that a person feels they must perform an order to feel normal and prevent negation consequences |
| What does PTSD stand for? | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| What is PTSD? | A debilitating mental health condition caused by a traumatic experience that can last years or decades without treatment |
| What is major depression? | A chronic mood disorder characterized by extreme sadness, lethargy, sleep disturbances, pessimistic thinking, and loss of interest in life. |
| What is used to treat Bipolar Disorder | Lithium |
| What is dissociative identity disorder? | It is having multiple personalities |
| What is the Stanford Binet test? | A test that would identify children who would have problems with school and or learning the material that was designed for children in their own age range. |
| In which eating disorder do you have below 85% recommended body weight? | Anorexia |
| The eating of non-nutritional things is? | Pica |
| What is the most commonly abused substance? | Alcohol |
| What elimination disorder involves loss of bladder control? | Enuresis |
| What elimination disorder involve the inability to control your bowels? | Encopresis |
| What is the most common conduct disorder? | Opposition defiant disorder |
| People assuming rigid postures for long periods of time is? | Catatonia |
| Who established RET? | Albert Ellis |
| What does RET stand for? | Rational Emotive Therapy |
| Who is known for transactional analysis? | Eric Burn |
| What is the most common neuro developmental disorder? | Dyslexia |
| What is a range of symptoms that are mostly characterized by impairment in social interactions, communication difficulties, and repetitive behaviors? | Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| What are two major types of disruptive control and conduct disorders? | Childhood onset, Adult onset |
| What does ADHD stand for? | Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder |
| What are the three subtypes of ADHD? | Primary attentive, Primary hyperactive, combined |
| Who is most recognized for the stages of moral development which identify the development of moral reasoning and ethical behavior in humans? | Lawrence Kohlberg |
| What are Kohlberg's three stages? | Pre-conventional, conventional and post-conventional |
| Social Psychology | The scientific investigation of how the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of people are influenced by the presence of others. |
| Who was an an American scientist who is known for his research in social psychology | Solomon Asch |
| Stanley Milgram | A Social Psychologist who is most well-known for conducting a series of controversial experiments on Obedience to Authority Figures, called the Milgram Experiment. |
| What are the four stages of the Sexual Response Cycle | excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution |
| A sexual disorder where individuals only become aroused by inappropriate objects or fantasies | Paraphilia |
| People suffering from __________ often hear voices in their head and have delusions of grandeur | Schizophrenia |
| A neurotransmitter with functions in various systems of the body. In the central nervous system serotonin works to regulate mood, appetite, sleep, memory and learning. | Serotonin |
| Both a neurotransmitter and a neurohormone produced in multiple areas of the brain. As a hormone it is often associated with pleasant experiences | Dopamine |
| The passive process of bringing information from the outside world into the body and to the brain | Sensation |
| The active process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting the information brought to the brain by the senses | Perception |
| Nerve cells and the basic building blocks of our entire nervous systems | Neurons |
| The cell body of a neuron and contains the nucleus of the cell. | Soma |
| What carries signals (electric voltages) between the dendrites (the neuron's input sites) and the terminal buttons? | Axon |
| What receive neural impulses (electrical and chemical signals) from the axons of other neurons? | Dendrites |
| The entire junction between neurons | Synapse |
| What dictates that behavior is determined by your past experiences that are left in the Unconscious Mind? | Psychoanalytic |
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