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psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| patterns of inner experience and behavior are thought to reflect the presence of a psychological disorder if they | lead to significant distress and impairment in one's life |
| A study based on over 9,000 US residents found that the most prevalent disorder was | major depressive disorder |
| Dr. Anastasia believes that major depressive disorder is caused by an over-secretion of cortisol. his view on the cause of major depressive disorder reflects a ------ perspective. | A biological perspective |
| Which of the following would constitute a safety behavior | Avoiding eye contact |
| Symptoms of oCD are related to | hyperactivity in the orbitofrontal cortex |
| Suicide rates are ----- men than among women and they are ------ low during the winter holiday season than during the spring months. | higher, lower |
| Which of the following elevates the risk for developing pTSD | severity of the trauma |
| Adoptees whose biological moms had schizophrenia show adoptees most likely to develop it; | if raised in a disturbed home environment |
| Dissociative identify disorder mainly involves | different personalities |
| antisocial personality disorder is associated with; | emotional deficits |
| Closing large asylums and providing for people to stay in community | deinsitutionalization |
| Anger management therapy ordered by the court is considered -----treatment | involuntary |
| Those with psychological problems now are only hospitalized if; | they are an imminent threat to themselves or others |
| how you think determines how you feel and act | cognitive therapy |
| mood stabilizers (lithium) treat what; | bipolar disorder |
| minimum time addicts should receive treatment for desired outcome | 3 months |
| Stop addiction then start using again | relapse |
| NOT a barrier to mental health treatment | member of ethnic majority |
| Something is out of sight but still exists | object permanence |
| kubler-Ross 5-stage model of grief | denial, bargaining, anger, depression, acceptance |
| Erikson's theory of main task of adolescent | forming an identity |
| using scissors to cut out paper shapes is; | fine motor skills |
| Fetal growth when organs develop | critical period |
| Development is a cumulative process, gradually adding to the same type of skills; | continuous development |
| NOT one of 3 domains of human growth and development | psychological |
| Frontal lobes fully developed by | 25 years old |
| Theorist who proposed moral thinking proceeds through stages | lawrence kohlberg |
| Definition of lifespan development | how we grow and change from conception to death |
| mowing the neighbors yard for money is ------motivation | extrinsic |
| Emotional experiences arise from physiological arousal -----theory | james-lange |
| maintaining positive relationships with others is need for | affiliation |
| individual's belief in her capability to complete a task | self-efficacy |
| morbidly obese is a BMI of | 40 or more |
| uncomfortable identifying with gender normally associated with their biological sex | gender dysphoria |
| chemical messenger from fat cells that is an appetite suppressant | leptin |
| First psychologist to use psychology in advertising | walter dill scott |
| Test for army recruits not fluent in english | army beta |
| I-O psychological measures job satisfaction | organizational psychology |
| not part of kSA's | aspiration |
| tactical team example | surgical team |
| example of theory X management | keystroke monitoring |
| team halo effect | teams appear to work better than they do |
| illegal to ask in U.S. interview | what state you were born in |
| What aspect of an office workstation would a human factors psychologist be concerned about | height of chair |
| A human factors psychologist who studies how a worker interacts with a search engine | cognitive engineering |
| During stress cortisol is released by | adrenal glands |
| NOT a dimension of job burnout | hostility |
| Risk of heart disease greater in those with | depression |
| NOT related to happiness | physical attractiveness |
| long standing traits and patterns propelling people to consistently think, feel, and behave in specific ways | personality |
| Early science trying to correlate personality with measurements of parts of a person's skull | phrenology |
| ego defense mechanism that person confronted with anxiety returns to more immature stage | regression |
| universal bank of ideas, images, and concepts that have been passed down through generations from our ancestors | collective unconscious |
| Self-concept is | all of our thoughts and feelings about ourselves |
| way person reacts to the world | temperament |
| Eysencks' theory-high score on neuroticism | anxious |
| people choose to move to places compatible with their personalities and needs | selective migration |
| cognitive dissonance causes discomfort because it disrupts our sense of | consistency |
| under what conditions will informational social influence be more likely | When the answer is unclear and when the group has expertise |
| group members modify their opinions to align with a perceived group consensus | group thinking |
| NOT a type of prejudice | individualism |
| seek out information that supports our stereotypes we are engaged in | confirmation bias |
| actor-observer bias helps us understand | influences on our own behavior |
| altruism is a form of prosocial behavior motivated by | selfless helping of others |
| Freud's term for what you are presently aware of | Conscious mind |
| Freud's term for what is stored in your memory that you are not presently aware of | preconscious mind |
| Freud's term for the part of our mind that we cannot become aware of | unconscious mind |
| part of personality that person is born with, where the biological instinctual drives reside, and that is located totally in the unconscious mind | ID |
| principle seeking immediate gratification for instinctual drives without concern for the consequences | pleasure principle |
| part of personality that starts developing in the first year or so of life to find realistic outlets for the ID's instinctual drives | ego |
| principle of finding gratification for instinctual drives within the constraints of reality | reality principle |
| part of personality that represents one's conscience and idealized standards of behavior | superego |
| A process used by the ego to distort reality and protect a person from anxiety | defense mechanism |
| Some of the ID's pleasure seeking energies remaining in a psychosexual stage due to excessive or insufficient gratification of instinctual needs | fixation |
| oral stage of psychosexual development | First stage in Freud's theory Birth to 18 months Erogenous zones are mouth, lips, tongue Child derives pleasure from oral activities such as biting, sucking, chewing |
| Anal stage of psychosexual development | Second stage in Freud's theory 18 months to 3 years Erogenous zone is anus child derives pleasure from stimulation of anal area through having and withholding anal movements |
| phallic stage of psychosexual development | Third stage in Freud's theory 3 to 6 years Erogenous zone is located at genitals Child derives pleasure from genital stimulation |
| oedipus conflic | Freud phallic stage conflict in which boy becomes sexually attracted to mother and fears father will find out an castrate him |
| latency stage of psychosexual development | Fourth stage in Freud's theory 6 years to puberty no erogenous zone Sexual feelings are repressed and the focus is on cognitive and social development |
| Genital stage of psychosexual development | Fifth stage in Freud's theory puberty to adulthood Erogenous zone is genitals Child develops sexual relationships, moving towards intimate adult relationships |
| hierarchy of needs | innate needs motivate our behavior arranged in a pyramid shape from bottom to top; physiological-hunger; safety-secure, stable; belonging and love-love to be loved, accepted; esteem-self-esteem, achievement; self-actualization-live to potential |
| unconditional positive regard | unconditional acceptance and approval of a person by others |
| judgment of one's effectiveness in dealing with particular situations | self-efficacy |
| external forces beyond your personal control determine your fate | external locus of control |
| you control your own fate | internal locus of control |
| process by which we explain our own behavior and that of others | attribution |
| Tendency to make attributions so that one can perceive oneself favorably | self-serving bias |
| personality test uses a series of questions or statement that test taker must indicate whether they apply to them | personal inventory |
| personality test using a series of ambiguous stimuli to which the test taker must response about her perception of stimuli | projective test |
| personality theories | type and trait |
| Distinct (no overlap) pattern of personality characteristics (Sheldon somatotypes, eysenck, Type A vs. type B | type theories |
| Endomorph | sheldon somatotype short plump sociable, relaxed, even-tempered |
| ectomorph | sheldon somatotype tall, thin restrained, self-conscious, fond of solitude |
| mesomorph | shedon somatotype heavy-set, musculr noisy, callous, fond of physical activity |
| eysenck | introvert vs. extrovert |
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