Psychology
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| show | explaining
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| show | observable/private
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| show | philosophy.
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| show | structuralism.
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| Psychologists who adopt a _____ approach examine behavior and mental processes through focusing on the body, especially the brain and nervous system. | show 🗑
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| _____ believed that psychology should be about what people do, and should not concern itself with what cannot be seen, such as thoughts, feelings, and goals. | show 🗑
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| In his practice, Dr. Wagner stresses the role of unconscious processes and unresolved childhood conflicts that influences individuals' behavior. Dr. Wagner's belief aligns with the _____ approach to psychology. | show 🗑
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| The _____ approach to psychology relies on concepts such as adaptation, reproduction, and natural selection when explaining human behavior. | show 🗑
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| show | socialculture
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| show | case studies
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| Which of the following theorists primarily used the structuralism approach to studying human behavior? | show 🗑
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| show | behavioral
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| Which of the following techniques involves an analyst unlocking a person's unconscious conflicts by talking with the individual about his or her childhood memories, dreams, thoughts, and feelings? | show 🗑
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| According to _____ psychologists, your brain houses a "mind" whose mental processes allow you to remember, make decisions, plan, set goals, and be creative. | show 🗑
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| show | humanistic
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| According to evolutionary psychologists | show 🗑
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| show | observing some phenomenon
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| show | Theory
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| She believes that there is a strong causal relationship between students’ frequency of study and their grades in school. In the context of psychology’s scientific method, in order to test her theory, Allie would first have to state a | show 🗑
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| show | Operational definitions
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| show | tell muscles what to do
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| show | efferent
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| The term plasticity refers to the | show 🗑
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| show | acute
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| show | autonomic nervous system
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| Which of the following essential body functions are under the control of the autonomic nervous system? | show 🗑
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| Corticosteroids are | show 🗑
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| Which of the following characteristics of the nervous system best reflects the brain's ability to coordinate information from all five senses? | show 🗑
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| Ashley, a secretary at Plato Inc., is typing on her computer, talking on the phone, and handing some papers to her colleague simultaneously. Which of the following characteristics of the nervous system is best illustrated in this scenario? | show 🗑
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| show | nervous
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| _____ provide support, nutritional benefits, and other functions in the nervous system. | show 🗑
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| The somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system are components of the | show 🗑
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| Plasticity best reflects which of the following characteristics of the nervous system? | show 🗑
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| The function of sensory nerves of the somatic nervous system is to | show 🗑
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| Normally, when a neuron is not transmitting information and a slight negative charge is present on the inside of the cell membrane, it is said to be | show 🗑
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| show | fight or flight reaction
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| show | central nervous system
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| show | learning and memory
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| In the context of the neural impulse, the membrane that encases the axon is called semipermeable because | show 🗑
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| You are listening to a lecture. Then the bell rings in the hallway. In order to hear this stimulus, _____ nerves must carry electrochemical messages from your ears to your brain. | show 🗑
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| Cognitive psychology is the study of | show 🗑
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| show | encoding
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| show | nature
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| show | Computer input information is pre-coded and ambiguities are removed before processing.
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| show | cohort effect
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| Which of the following is true with regard to the principles of behaviorism? | show 🗑
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| _____ is the ability to maintain attention to a selected stimulus for a prolonged period of time | show 🗑
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| show | Deborah is watching a movie in the theater.
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| show | Your little brother whines whenever he wants something.
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| Which of the following is a difference between cross-sectional and longitudinal studies? | show 🗑
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| show | nurture
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| Cognitive psychology studies all of the following EXCEPT | show 🗑
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| show | develop new learning goals
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| _____ refers to the process by which information gets into memory storage. | show 🗑
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| Learning that occurs when an organism makes a connection between two events is called | show 🗑
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| show | a number of people are assessed at one point in time.
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| _____ refers to the retention of information or experience over time. | show 🗑
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| show | the relatively stable, observable changes in a person’s actions.
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| _____ is a theory of learning that focuses solely on observable actions and responses. | show 🗑
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| show | hardware/software
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| show | homeostasis
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| Motivation is defined as | show 🗑
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| show | physiological needs, thoughts, and feelings
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| show | Ezra must either walk to the closest village to get something to eat, or stay home, where he is safe. He chooses to walk to the village because he hasn’t eaten since breakfast and he is very hungry.
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| show | Greg wants to win the election so he puts a lot of energy into his campaign.
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| show | Hamilton is thirsty so he drinks a glass of water.
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| show | social .emotional, cognitive
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| show | drive.
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| According to drive reduction theory, the goal of drive reduction is | show 🗑
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| The concept of _____ pertains to a psychological state, whereas _____ involves a physiological state. | show 🗑
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| Motivated behavior is | show 🗑
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| show | deci and ryan
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| show | 3
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| show | extroversion
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| The sense that we have choices and are in control of our own lives is known as | show 🗑
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| show | Personality
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| Freud considered _____ to be the most important motivator of all human activity. | show 🗑
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| According to Freud, the _____ operates according to the pleasure principle, whereas the _____ operates on the reality principle. | show 🗑
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| show | deals with the demands of reality.
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| Which structure of personality did Freud refer to as the "it"? | show 🗑
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| show | A person’s personality can be truly understood by focusing exclusively on his or her behavior.
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| show | id
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| Freud thought that the human psyche is divided into | show 🗑
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| Marisa wants to go out with her boyfriend but she has a big paper to write. According to Freud, which part of her psyche will try to balance her desire to be with her boyfriend with her responsibility to do her homework? | show 🗑
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| The element of the psyche that might make you feel guilty if you steal your little sister’s allowance is your | show 🗑
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| Freud developed the psychoanalytic Correct theory. | show 🗑
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| The id reflects the ________ principle. | show 🗑
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| show | ego
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