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Psych week 1-7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Behaviorism | |
| clinical psychology | Branch of psychology that focuses on diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and problematic patterns of behavior. |
| Industrial and organizational Psychology | Branch of psychology that applies psychological theories, principles, and research to industrial and organizational settings. |
| Structuralism | Psychological perspective that places focus on understanding the conscious experience through introspection. |
| Sigmund freud | Founded psychoanalytic theory, a perspective which focuses on the role of a person’s unconscious and early childhood experiences. |
| Psychology | The study of mind and behavior |
| William James | The first American psychologist. |
| Gestalt Psychology | Focuses on the whole rather than the individual parts. |
| Carl Rogers | Developed a client-centered therapy method that places the patient in a lead role in the therapy session. |
| Developmental Psychology | Branch of psychology that studies the physical and mental attributes of aging and maturation. |
| Functionalism | Focuses on how mental activities help an organism adapt to its environment. |
| Humanism | Emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans. |
| Behavioralism | Focuses on observing and controlling behavior. |
| Psychoanalytic Theory | Focuses on the role of the unconscious in affecting conscious behavior. |
| Abraham Maslow | Proposed a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior. |
| Social Psychology | Branch of psychology that studies how individuals interact and relate with others and how these interactions can affect behavior. |
| Biopsychology | The study of how the structure and function of the nervous system generate behavior. |
| Sensation and Perception | Area of study within psychology that focuses on both the physiological aspects of sensory systems and the psychological experience of sensory information. |
| B.F. Skinner | Studied how behavior was affected by its consequences (operant conditioning). |
| Wilhelm Wundt | Credited as one of the founders of psychology. |
| theory suggests that when people are hypnotized they have voluntarily divided their conscious: one half aware of reality and the other half tuned in to the hypnotist. | dissociative |
| Morphine is considered a(n) ________ drug because it decreases pain. | opioid |
| While ________ is generally achieved through the interaction of a therapist and the person being treated, an individual can perform ________ alone. | hypnosis; meditation |
| Cocaine is considered a ________ drug because it tends to increase overall levels of neural activity. | stimulant |
| Alcohol is considered a ________ because it tends to suppress central nervous system activity. | depressant |
| Cataplexy is a symptom associated with ________. | narcolepsy |
| Mary wakes up from a dream about her teeth falling out. She looks in a dream dictionary and finds losing teeth is usually dream symbolism for anxiety. Mary is focused on the ________ content. | latent |
| Jane is aware that she is dreaming when she has a nightmare, so she concentrates and changes her dream from bad to good. This is a good example of ________ dreaming. | lucid |
| Morgan is sleeping. His eyelids are quivering because his eyes are darting around. Morgan is probably experiencing ________ sleep. | REM |
| The sleep cycle is an example of a(n) ________ rhythm. | circadian |
| Seeing the light from the sun, feeling the warmth of a room, and hearing the voice of a friend are all examples of ________ stimuli. | external |
| Most people are awake during the day and asleep at night because their ________ cycles are aligned with the outside world. | circadian |
| Feeling pain, hunger, thirst, sleepiness, and being aware of our thoughts and emotions are all examples of ________ stimuli. | internal |
| When Joey is hot he sweats. When Joey is cold, he gets goose bumps on his skin so he will warm up more quickly. This is an example of how the body tries to achieve ________. | homeostasis |
| Sleepwalking, night terrors, and restless leg syndrome are all examples of________. | parasomnias |
| Sleep apnea is defined by ________. | episodes during which a sleeper’s breathing stops |
| Which theorist described dreams as having manifest and latent content? | Sigmund Freud |
| The sleep debt is the result of ________. | insufficient sleep on a chronic basis |
| Which term describes the tendency to maintain a balance, or optimal level, within a biological system? | homeostasis |
| Which of the following is an example of a synthetic opioid? | methadone |
| From a psychological perspective, the term cognition means ________. | thinking |
| ________ are categories or groupings of linguistic information, images, ideas, or memories, such as life experiences. | concepts |
| A(an) ________ is a mental construct consisting of a cluster or collection of related concepts. | schema |
| ________ encompasses the processes associated with perception, knowledge, problem solving, judgment, language, and memory. | cognition |
| A(an) ________ schema is also known as a cognitive script. | event |
| Which concept is a type of mental set where you cannot perceive an object being used for something other than what it was designed for? | functional fixedness |
| What is confirmation bias? | focusing on information that confirms your existing beliefs |
| ________ and ________ are powerful influences on both our thoughts and behaviors. | emotion; memory |
| Sensations and information are received by our brains, filtered through emotions and memories, and processed to become ________. | thoughts |
| Knowing what a dinosaur is because you looked through a book with pictures of dinosaurs and watched the film Jurassic Park is an example of a natural concept that was developed through ________ experience. | indirect |
| An anchoring bias occurs when you focus on ________. | one piece of information versus all of the experience |
| Jan believes her assistant, Jo, is incompetent. She notices only what Jo does wrong while ignoring the above average quality of most of her work. This exemplifies ________ bias. | confirmation |
| Navigating your way home through an unfamiliar route due to road construction would draw upon your ________ intelligence. | fluid |
| Tasks that require you to compare, contrast, or evaluate are using the ________ intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence. | analytical |
| Sammi cuts her foot while hiking. She forgot to pack bandages, but she has a tube of superglue and uses that to seal the wound. Sammi’s ability to invent a solution uses the ________ intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence. | creative |
| Arin is proficient in playing a number of instruments and can easily learn new songs and rhythms. This exemplifies ________ intelligence. | musical |
| Bette has difficulty spelling words correctly while writing and mixes up letters within words and sentences. Which learning disability does she have? | dyslexia |
| A(an) ________ is the best example, or representation, of a concept. | prototype |
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