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McVey Psych Final
142 McVey Psychology Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scientific study of behavior and mental processes | psychology |
| career in psychology that diagnoses and treats patients | clinical psychologist |
| scientific method | |
| observing and recording naturall occurring situations without trying to maipulate and control the situation | naturalistic observation |
| substance that crosses the placental barrier and harms an unborn child | teratogen |
| babies whose mothers drank alcohol heavily during pregnancy are susceptible to this leading cause of mental retardation. | fetal alcohol syndrome |
| transition period from childhood to adulthood, puberty to independence | adolescence |
| Erikson says adolescence struggle with finding this. In finding their "self" (personal values, beliefs,etc. separate from parents or caregivers) they might go through a period of role confusion. | identity |
| one's ability to reason speedily and abstractly, which decreases during late adulthood | fluid intelligence |
| one's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills, increases with age | crystallized intelligence |
| the function of this part of the neuron is to receive incoming messages from other neurons | dendrites |
| a junction between a sending neuron and a receiving neuron, its a fluid filled gap | synapse |
| the brain and the spinal cord makes up the _________ nervous system | central |
| the long crack in the cerebral cortex between the right and left hemisphere is the | longitudinal fissure |
| the capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain areas is called | plasticity |
| sensory input is selected, organized, and interpreted | perception |
| this allows us to focus on one stimulus at a time | selective attention |
| most basic Gestalt grouping principle that involves seeing items that resemble each other as part of the same group | similarity |
| the Gestalt principle where your brain fills in the missing pieces (gaps) of a visual image | closure |
| relatively permanent chance in behavior caused by practice | learning |
| natural, unlearned response (the saliva in Pavlov's dog experiment) | unconditioned |
| any consequence that increases the likelihood a behavior will be repeated | reinforcement |
| type of learning in which frequency of responding depends on consequences | operant conditioning |
| Learning by imitating other's is called ______. Albert Bandura is the researcher is known for studying this type of learning. | Observational |
| the three steps of the information processing model are ____________, storage and retrieval | Encoding |
| practice is another word for | rehearsal |
| when misleading information is incorporated into a memory the _________ effect has occurred. | misinformation |
| forgetting a past stressful event because remembering would cause us pain, anxiety, or disappointment is called_________ __________. Also known as repression | motivated forgetting |
| the sleep disorder thant causes people to wake up often because they are not able to breathe at times during the night and often snore is called | sleep apnea |
| this theory of sleep states we sleep because it is safer and are species was able to survive | preservation |
| a social interaction between a hypnotist and a subject is defined as ________. | hypnosis |
| the theory that during thypnosis one aspect of consciousness is not aware of teh roles other parts are playing is called________. | divided consciousness |
| caffeine, alcohol, nicotine are commonly used ________ drugs that effect perceptions, thoughts, behaviors | psychoactive |
| reduced responsiveness to a drug, causing a user to take an increased dose | tolerance |
| psychological term for an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting | personality |
| a psychological disorder is defined as a harmful _________. | dysfunction |
| the most commonly diagnosed mood disorder is ________ ___________ disorder | major depressive |
| the reference book used to classify psychological disorders is called | dsmivtr |
| anxiety disorder that is marked by persistent, unexplained feelings of apprehension and tension is _______________ anxiety disorder | generalized |
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