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Psychology exam CLEP at SIUE

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Functionalism   show
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show 1st school of psychology and focused on breaking down mental processes into basic components. Influenced experimental psychology  
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William Wundt   show
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Psychoanalysis   show
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show Approach to psychology that empahsizes observable measurable behavior. (learning perspective)  
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show Focused on each individual's potential and stressed the importance of growth and self-actualization. (Abraham Maslow & Carl Rogers)  
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Hierarcy Of Needs   show
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show Branch of psychology that studies the mental process  
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show Specialized cells that are information processing units of the brain responsible for receiving and transmitting info.  
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show Tree-like extensions at the beginning of the neuron that help increase the surface area of the body and are covered with synapses. They receive info from other neurons and transmit electrical stimulation  
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show Located at the end of the soma and controls the firing of the neuron.  
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show Elongated fiber that extends from the cell body to the terminal endings and transmit the neural signal. Some are covered with a fatty substance called myelin.  
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show Located at the end of the neuron. Responsible for sending signal to other neurons.  
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show Gap at the end of terminal buttons  
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show Brain and spinal cord  
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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)   show
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show (hind brain) Sensory and motor nerves cross over  
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show (hindbrain) Regulation of sleep-wake cycle  
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show (hindbrain) Reflexes (balance) coordinates movement  
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show Hearing, vision, relay point pain registered  
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show (forebrain) Major messages relay center. Regulates higher brain centers and PNS  
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show (forebrain) Motivation, emotion and stress reactions  
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Occipital Lobe   show
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Temporal Lobe   show
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show Sensory projection, visual and spatial abilities  
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Frontal Lobe   show
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show Right-nonverbal and spacial tasks-controls left side of bodyLeft-Verbal tasks, controls right side of body  
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show Network of nuerons running through the hindbrain, midbrain and forebrain that serve to arouse the higher parts of the brain.  
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show Ring of structures that work together to play an essential role in the formation of new membraines and influence emotion.  
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Spinal Cord   show
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Endocrine Systems   show
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5 Stages of Personality Development (Freud)   show
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show Secretes Thyroxin, doxy and sluggish  
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Parathyroid   show
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Nature vs. Nurture   show
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show Controls level of sugar  
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show Produces largest number of different hormones (master gland)  
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Gonads   show
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Adrenal Glands   show
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Evolution   show
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Evolutionary Pyschology   show
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show Passive process of bringing information from the outside world into the body and brain.  
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show Active process of selecting, organizing and interpreting information brought to the brain by senses.  
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show Decision making process as well as sensory processNoise-how much oustide interference existsCriterion-level of assurance that you decide must be met before you take action  
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Visual System   show
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show round transparent area allows light to pass thru eye  
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Lens   show
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Retina   show
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show Opening at the center of the iris which controls the amount of light  
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Rods   show
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show Day vision  
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show 3 types of color red, green, blue  
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Opponent Process Theory   show
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show Figure Ground-organize visual perceptionSimplicity-good form, grouping elements to make good formProximity-nearness, objects that are close often perceived at belonging togetherSimiliarity-sameContinuity-follow whatever direction we are led  
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show Incorrect perception caused by distortion of visual sensations. Reversible figures-two faces looking towards each other and also a vase image.Impossible figures-2-D cannot exist in 3D space despite our perception  
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Perception of Pain   show
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show Incoming pain must pass thru "gate" which is a nueral network controlled by brain to determine where the info should be sent  
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show Ability to feel pain, pressure, other sensations in limbs that are not there (either amputated or born without)  
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show Hypersuggestible or easily influenced. Can be described as imagined involvement  
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show Calming and focusing the mind, highly developed in Eastern cultures such as India and Japan  
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Psychoactive Drugs   show
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show Realize you're dreaming remain asleep and capable to experiment in the dream  
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show Process leading to relatively permanent behavior change or potential change. John B. Watson-As we learn we alter the way we perceive our environment, the way we interpret stimuli and therefore, the way we act or behave.  
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show Skinner was a well known behaviorist who followed Watson's research (1904-1990)  
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Behavioral Psychology   show
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Classical Conditioning   show
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Operant Conditioning   show
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show Postive-w/ dog a treat for sitting or doing trick (powerful)Negative-nagging to get teen to take out trash, nagging stops after teen does chore on own.Punishment-something aversive to decrease behavior Ex: spanking for misbehaving.  
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Fixed Ratio   show
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Fixed Interval   show
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show Applying reinforcer after a variable number of responses. Ex: Gambling on slot machine  
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show Boss that checks on work periodically, one will work harder because you know when the next check comes.  
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6 Steps to Scientific Method   show
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show 2 variables more into the same direction, increase and/or decrease together  
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Serial Position Effect   show
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Control Group   show
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Negative Correlation   show
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show Hamn nature is naturally positive and growth seeking  
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Cognitive Perspective   show
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show Simply observe variables  
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show we forget for a reason  
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Neuroscience/biopsychology perspective   show
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show The Group that recieves independent variable (manipulated by expermientor)  
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Chunking   show
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show Occurs when research participant are not represented of the larger population  
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Shallow level of process   show
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show Repeating info to obtain and maintain in short term memory  
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show 1st stage of memory that holds sensory info  
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Experimentor Bias   show
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Pscyhoandytic Perspective   show
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show storage in longer term memory in which info is actively reviewed and related to old info  
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show Desription, explanation, prediction, change  
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The Focus of psychological scicen is the attempt to relate overt responses to observable environment stimuli." This statement is most closely associated with what method?   show
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Which type of research design is most appropriate for establishing a cause and affect relationship between two variables?   show
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Response latency is the number of seconds elapses between the stimuls and the response.   show
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show An action potential  
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A neuron is said to be polarized when...   show
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show an extra chromosome  
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How many pairs of chromosones are contained in most human cells?   show
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show reduced sensitvity to touch  
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show Hallucinations and impaired efficiency in all areas of intellectual functioning  
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Opponent Process Theory   show
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The receptors for hearing are the   show
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show Rapid low amplitude waves  
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show REM  
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show Pain control  
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show Checking coin return every time one passes by a vending machine  
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show Making the amount of time a child can spend on playing video games contingent on the amount of time the child spends practicing the piano.  
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show Ivan Pavlov conditioned/unconditioned responses and stimulus  
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Reinforcer   show
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show Money  
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Stimulus Generalization   show
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Retroactive Behavior   show
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show Ex: If on the last day of psychology class a student is asked to remember what was done in class each day. Most likely only going to be able to remember the beginning and the end. Nothing in the middle  
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Proactive Interference   show
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show Rapid learning in a new situation  
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show Research has shown that students generally perform better if tested in the same room where they did their learning.  
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Forgetting curve   show
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show Sensory Memory; Short Term Memory; then Long Term Memory  
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show Always guarantee a solution in problem solving  
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show Set of Rules to increase the chances of solving a problem  
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show usually deductive, thinking in which ideas are examined for their logical validity or in which a set of rules is followed, e.g. in arithmetic  
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One theory of the effects of arousal holds that efficiency of behavior can be described as an inverted U-Shape function of increasing arousal.   show
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Reduction   show
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Approach-Avoidance Conflict   show
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show Ex: Young child breaks her cookie into a number of pieces and asserts that "now there is more to eat". Jean Piaget  
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show Denial; Anger; Bargaining; Depression; Acceptance  
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show Egocentric Thinking  
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show reasoning that constructs or evaluates deductive arguments.  
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Displacement   show
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show Sublimation is the refocusing of psychic energy (which Sigmund Freud believed was limited) away from negative outlets to more positive outlets.  
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show Carl Jung  
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show Ex: Lawrence is pessimistic, rigid, and moody. Hans Eysenck  
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show durability  
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show Delusions  
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Etiology   show
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Obsession   show
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Somatization Disorder   show
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show Problematic social relationships and inflexible and maladaptive responses to stress  
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show temporary loss of memory  
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SSRI's Selective Serotonin reuptake inhibitors are treatments for   show
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Friendship Formation   show
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Altruism   show
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show Certain theraputic methods have been shown to be especially effective for particular psychological disorders  
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show Attempts to correct irrational beliefs that lead to psychological distress  
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Bystander Effect   show
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Robert Sternberg's love theory   show
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show turnover  
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An attribution that focuses on an individual's ability or personality characteristic is described as   show
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show small request to gain listeners' compliance then making a larger request  
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Distribution with the greatest variability   show
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Positron emission tomorgraphy (PET)   show
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show EX: A father uses operant conditioning to encourage his child to share. Now she is sharing more and more.  
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The measure of central tendency can be easily distorted by unusually high or low scores   show
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show an increase in eating disorder  
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show Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas-Easy, difficult, slow to warm up  
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Systematic Desensitization   show
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