Phychology Exam
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| A college degree is a good example of a(n) | show 🗑
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| show | self-fulfilling prophecy
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| show | classical conditioning
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| show | interstimulus interval
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| Learning to drive a car with a manual transmission involves acquiring a variety of complex simultaneous behaviors, such as shifting the gears, using the clutch, using the accelerator, and so on. Ex. | show 🗑
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| show | negative reinforcement
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| A family dog has learned that he cannot sit on the furniture when the father is home, but can otherwise. This is an example of a(n) | show 🗑
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| show | the locus of control of reinforcement
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| show | learned helplessness
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| show | intermittent reinforcement
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| _____ schedules of reinforcement are most effective for learning new responses, and _____ schedules are most effective for maintaining a response once it is learned. | show 🗑
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| show | erroneous associations of behaviors and consequences
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| A child jumps at the sound of a balloon breaking. This response has not been taught to the child by their parents. We may assume this startle response is a(n) | show 🗑
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| A child is stung by a bee and 'learns' that small, flying insects inflict pain. The next time a fly is seen by the child in their bedroom they become highly agitated and upset. This example is most likely an example of | show 🗑
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| As demonstrated in the rat experiment described within the text, there is an evolved tendency for organisms to learn some associations more readily than others. This is best explained by | show 🗑
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| The belief that behavior is controlled by its consequences is a basic premises of | show 🗑
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| show | positive punishment
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| show | positive punishment
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| show | extinction
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| show | cost-benefit analyses
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| show | encoding specificity principle
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| show | frontal lobe
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| Declarative memory can involve either ________ or ________ memory. | show 🗑
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| Spacing study sessions increases the long-term retention of information (compared to all-night cramming) by: | show 🗑
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| show | retrieval cues
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| _________ enhances memory for emotionally-charged material: | show 🗑
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| Pieces of information along a network of associations are called ________. | show 🗑
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| Research on forgetting shows that | show 🗑
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| Dave tried to remember the lyrics of a new song, but kept confusing it with the lyrics of an older song with a similar title. This demonstrates: | show 🗑
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| show | prospective
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| It is generally accepted that the mind | show 🗑
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| Sally wants to remember a phone number she just looked up. To help her retain this information in short term memory she should | show 🗑
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| show | implicit
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| show | retrieval cues.
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| You are talking to your friend and suddenly he/she seems to be talking about something only somewhat related to what your conversation was about. This can most likely be explained by | show 🗑
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| show | mnemonic devices.
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| show | schema
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| Even though John was involved in a serious accident over 6 months ago he feels that he could describe it in as much detail today as he did 20 minutes after the accident. This shows the effect of _________. | show 🗑
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| show | motivated forgetting
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| Psychologists equate wisdom with: | show 🗑
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| show | IQ = (MA/CA) X 100
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| Giftedness is evidenced by an IQ that exceeds: | show 🗑
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| show | is a highly heritable condition that can, however, be treated by dietary restrictions.
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| show | divergent
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| show | explain what intelligence is.
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| Contestants on the television show, Jeopardy, compete primarily based on their: | show 🗑
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| show | reasoning
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| show | their neurological independence, the presence of savants, and their different courses of development.
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| show | an IQ below 70 and adaptive functioning deficits first noticed in childhood
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| show | biological causes
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| show | quality of neural connections
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| show | classroom success.
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| show | psychometric approaches.
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| show | Spearman
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| show | crystallized intelligence.
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| show | speed of processing.
knowledge base.
ability to learn and apply mental strategies.
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| show | savant
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| Identical twins, separated at birth, raised by separate families will show | show 🗑
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| show | self efficacy
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| show | display rules.
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| Self-actualization needs differ from other needs in Maslow's hierarchy in that they are not: | show 🗑
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| The absorptive phase and fasting phase are the two phases of | show 🗑
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| Many dieters find that they can lose weight to a certain point, then it becomes extremely difficult.. Which of the following may explain this phenomenon? | show 🗑
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| show | resolution
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| show | left handedness
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| The Evolutionary Perspective predicts that distaste for condoms should be highest among which of the following? | show 🗑
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| show | in the liver; under the skin and in the abdomen
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| The James-Lange theory of emotion sees the origins of emotion in | show 🗑
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| show | Schachter-Singer
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| show | when dining with large groups of people
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| show | unconscious motives.
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| Deprivation of basic needs that creates an unpleasant state of tension is paramount to: | show 🗑
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| Primary drives include | show 🗑
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| show | competence
autonomy
relatedness to others
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| Which of the following are considered basic needs, according to Maslow? | show 🗑
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| show | it is negative
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| show | standing still
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| show | Kinsey's
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| show | the humoral theory of illness.
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| A modern theory of health and illness that incorporates the interaction of several variables is called | show 🗑
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| show | obese parents, children, and pets
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| show | They arouse attention but don't tend to change behavior
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| Which hormone is most implicated in obesity? | show 🗑
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| show | self-handicapping
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| show | adrenaline and other hormones are released and the sympathetic nervous system is activated.
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| Richard Lazarus distinguishes three types of stress: | show 🗑
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| show | tend to be mundane, but consequential stressors.
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| John Henryism is a coping style characterized by | show 🗑
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| show | social support helps protect people from harmful effects of stress
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| show | release the 'evil spirits' from within a person.
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| show | attitude
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| show | body mass index
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| In the US, more people are treated for _______ than for all other health habits or conditions combined. | show 🗑
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| show | impression management.
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| ____________ is when an individual decides whether a situation is benign, stressful, or irrelevant. | show 🗑
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| show | marital separation
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| Which cells in the immune system are the primary target of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS? | show 🗑
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| The one factor within the type A personality that seems to be most related to heart disease is | show 🗑
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