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Psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are psychologists' opinions regarding extrasensory perception? | Most have doubts about it |
| Our stone age ancestors believe that behavior was caused by...? | Various spirits |
| What was John B. Watson's famous quote regarding taking a dozen healthy infants really mean? | Manipulation of the environment causes changes in behavior |
| Schemas are...? | Mental categories representing an organized collection of knowledge |
| Marcus accurately wants to assess students' attitudes toward cafeteria food at college. What research method should he use to accomplish this? | Survey method |
| Name some methods you can use to stop procrastination. | Set specific, short term goals; reward yourself; get organized |
| Sigmund Freud developed which modern approach to psychology? | Psychoanalytic |
| The youngest of two children, a three-year-old boy was recently diagnosed with ADHD. This is odd because...? | A diagnosis of ADHD before the age of 6 does not follow the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics |
| Why would autistic children have difficulty distinguishing objects from human faces? | The autistic brain uses the same area to process objects and faces |
| A prof. wants to see if nicotine causes cancer in rats. If half the rats are given nicotine and the other half are not, the half with nicotine is the ___ and the half without is the ___. | Experimental Group; Control Group |
| Someone has red hair. When other people see their red hair, they assume that person has a temper. This is an example of...? | Stereotype |
| A boy who is typically nice and quiet, becomes vulgar and rambunctious when he joins a gang. His antisocial behavior is likely the result of...? | Deindividuation |
| _____ examines how our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and behaviors are influenced by others. | Social psychology |
| In the study of obedience conducted by Stanley Milgram, what percentage of teachers delivered the maximum 450-volt shock? | 65% of teachers |
| Rob has taught his dog to roll over on command by rewarding her with food every time she does it. What kind of psychological perspective is Rob using? | Behavioral |
| The group of students that used ___ scored higher than any other group in a study of note-taking methods. | Note-taking plus answering questions about the notes |
| What is the term for an autistic individual who possesses a special skill? | Savant |
| Which psychological perspective explains how people process, store, and use information? | Cognitive |
| You explain the good grades on your transcripts as due to hard work and discipline, but the bad grades as due to a bad teacher who gave unfair tests. This is ___...? | Self-serving bias |
| Studies have indicated that people who are married are less likely to commit suicide than divorced peoples. In this example, marital status is...? | Independent variable |
| According to the psychoanalytic perspective, when is the most critical time of life for developing personality traits? | Childhood |
| A representative sample is a selection from a larger population that...? | is found to be statistically typical of that population |
| A psychologist wants to know if eating a large breakfast increases IQ test scores in a sample of thirty 10-year-olds. They are divided into 3 groups of 10. The 1st eats small bfast, 2nd eats medium, 3rd eats large bfast. What's the independent variable? | Size of the breakfast |
| A friend says the definition of psychology is the systematic study of behaviors and mental processes. What key word is she missing? | Scientific |
| Which set of words best describes the cognitive perspective? a. process, think, store b. cerebellum, brain, biology c. unconscious, fears, guilt d. reinforcement, punishment, learning | a. process, store, think |
| Stimulants, like Ritalin, affect children by...? | Decreasing activity |
| The discussion of hand-washing in the textbook illustrates what important point about surveys? | Sometimes people do not answer truthfully |
| What technique is a measure of the relationship between two variables? | Correlation |
| Correlations show us what? | Cause and effect relationships |
| The predisposing function of an attitude means that an attitude...? | Guides us to behave in specific ways |
| A psychologist decides to study the interaction among college students in a computer lab. When the students realize they are under observation, they become shy and reserved in their interactions. This is an example of...? | The Hawthorne effect |
| Which statement is wrong? a. a psychiatrist is an M.D. b. employment opportunities for psychologists will grow c. in the last 50 years, there's been a decrease in psychologists who provide therapy d. a psychologist usually obtains a Ph.D in psycholo | c. psychologists still provide therapy |
| Creating a hole in a person's skull was one method used by ___ to release the evil spirits within a person. | Stone Age ancestors |
| The disorder characterized by impaired development in social behavior, language, and motor skills is...? | Autism |
| In order to judge how prepared you are for an exam, you should...? | Ask yourself specific questions about the material |
| In order for a phenomenon to be studied in psychology, it must be...? | A behavior or mental process |
| Candid Camera is a perfect example of...? | Directed Observation |
| In an experiment, the group in which the independent variable is not present is known as...? | Control Group |
| Psychology is considered a science because psychologists...? | Engage in organized and systematic studies of phenomena to enhance understanding |
| If someone looked only at your behavior based only on your personality and attitude and disregarded the effects the situation had on behavior, they would be guilty of...? | Fundamental attribution error |
| When Alisha feels tired or run-down, she take a few Vitamin C tablets and says she feels better. This is an example of...? | Testimonial |
| The ___ approach studies how our genes, hormones, and nervous system interact with the environment to influence behavior and mental processes. | Biological |
| The attitude of most experts in the scientific community regarding the use of animal subjects in research is that...? | The issue is complicated and calls for a balance between animal rights and scientific research needs |
| A prof. is studying what pathways to the brain are most affected by alcohol consumption. The prof. is what kind of psychologist? | Physiological |
| If a television commercial selling a new car presents strong arguments, analysis, facts, and logic, we would say that ___ has been used. | The central route for persuasion |
| The father of modern psychology is...? | William James |
| What research method could be described as an in-depth analysis of a single person? | Case study |
| When people are in an elevator, they usually stand facing the door. This illustrates...? | Conformity |
| In a documentary on TV, you hear about juvenile delinquents who have a hard time managing their anger. A psychologist taught them to think of how others feel when they lose their temper. This application of psychology illustrates what goal? | To control behavior |
| The behavioral approach was influenced greatly by the work of ___ who stressed the study of observable behavior and reinforcement and punishment | B.F. Skinner |
| Prejudice is to discrimination as...? | Attitude is to behavior |
| At the gym, you run into Jake. Jake is unshaven, wearing ragged clothes, no-name sneakers, and is sweaty. He asks if you want to play some basketball. You think Jake is a loser and say no. This best illustrates...? | The influence of person perception on behavior |
| The concern for protecting subjects in an experiment...? | Has caused the APA to issue guidelines |
| extinction | |
| spontaneous recovery | |
| generalization | |
| generalization | |
| discrimination | |
| elicited response | |
| emitted response | |
| operant conditioning | |
| shaping | |
| positive reinforcement | |
| negative reinforcement | |
| fixed ratio schedule | |
| fixed interval schedule | |
| variable ratio schedule | |
| variable interval schedule | |
| primary reinforcer | |
| secondary reinforcer | |
| Skinner box | |
| punishment | |
| cognitive learning | |
| insight | |
| sensory memory | |
| short term memory | |
| long term memory | |
| retrieval cue | |
| massed practice | |
| distributed practice | |
| SQ3R | |
| Mnemonic device | |
| Recognition | |
| Recall | |
| Retroactive interference | |
| Proactive interference | |
| Repression | |
| Symbols | |
| Concepts | |
| Creative thinking | |
| unconditioned stimulus (UCS) | |
| unconditioned response (UCR) | |
| conditioned stimulus (CS) | |
| conditioned response (CR) | |
| learning | |
| classical conditioning |
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