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CLEP Intro To Psychology

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1. Stages of development - Stage 2 Will - Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt - Toddler stage / 1-3 years. Child needs to learn to explore the world. Bad if the parent is too smothering or completely neglectful.

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2. The cause of a disease






3. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






4. Portion behind to the frontal lobe - responsible for sensations such as pain - temperature - and touch






5. The adjustment of one's schemas to include newly observed events and experiences






6. Founded by Hermann Ebbinghaus. displays retention of information and forgetting over time. conclusions to this were that most forgetting happens right after learning something. this was modified to that forgetting doesn't occur that quickly if the su






7. A systematic method of deriving conclusions that cannot be false when the premises are true - esp one amenable to formalization and study by the science of logic






8. Any of several chemical substances - as epinephrine or acetylcholine - that transmit nerve impulses across a synapse to a postsynaptic element - as another nerve - muscle - or gland.






9. Reciprocal action - effect - or influence.






10. Created the Stages of Moral Development - relied for his studies on stories such as the Heinz dilemma - and was interested in how individuals would justify their actions if placed in similar moral dilemmas






11. A 'SNAPSHOT' of a phenomenon such as cancer rate. a number of variables affect one another in a single point in time.






12. (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it






13. The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body - mobilizing its energy in stressful situations. Also called a fight or flight response.






14. A study of an individual unit - as a person - family - or social group - usually emphasizing developmental issues and relationships with the environment - especially in order to compare a larger group to the individual unit.






15. Observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state - mental processes - etc.; the act of looking within oneself.






16. A therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders






17. Originating in or based on observation or experience






18. Of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception - memory - judgment - and reasoning - as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes






19. Stroke bottom of the foot up and across by the toes and the toes fan out






20. A negative condition is introduced to reduce a behavior.






21. Study of the brain interested in the biological bases of human disorders such as Parkinson's and Huntington's. Neuroscience is a branch of research that is concerned with the underlying physical changes that accompany brain disorders






22. The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable






23. The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles. Also called the skeletal nervous system






24. Considered the Father of modern psychology; study of mental processes - introspection - and self-exam; established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig - Germany






25. It adopts a holistic approach to human existence through investigations of meaning - values - freedom - tragedy - personal responsibility - human potential - spirituality - and self-actualization






26. Situation in which previously learned information hinders the recall of information learned more recently






27. The science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena - especially with reference to origin - growth - reproduction - structure - and behavior.






28. A microscopic gap between the terminal button of one neuron and the cell membrane of another neuron






29. The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others






30. Secreted from the adrenal cortex - aids the body during stress by increasing glucose levels






31. Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head; visual areas






32. One of the earliest psychologists in America who undertook a rigorous and structures approach to studying personality. He identified the idiographic and nomothetic views to personality.






33. Theory states that the acquisitiion of new knowledge and behaviors is central to human development. Was a pioneer of operant conditioning who believed that everything we do is determined by our past history of rewards and punishments. he is famous fo






34. Severe mental illness characterized by auditory hallucinations - paranoia and an inability to distinguish reality from fiction






35. Goals framed in terms of increasing ones competence and skills






36. Part of the cerebral cortex; coordinates messages from other cerebral lobes; involved in complex problem-solving tasks - thinking - self-control - judgment - emotion regulation - personality affects - concentration - goal directed behavior; restructu






37. Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939); Said that human behavior is irrational; behavior is the outcome of conflict between the id (irrational unconscious driven by sexual - aggressive - and pleasure-seeking desires) and ego (






38. In psychoanalytic theory - the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts - feelings - and memories






39. The aggregate (sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total) of responses to internal and external stimuli.






40. Created the 'hierarchy of needs -'--physiological needs - safety & security - love & belonging - self-esteem - self-actualization.






41. The process through which the body absorbs social stress and manifests symptoms of suffering; also called embodiment






42. Personal Construct Psychology. investigative technique - which would remove the influence of the observer's frame of reference on what was observed. he believed (personal construct theory) our personality consists of our thoughts about ourselves - in






43. Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period






44. Findings that provide a multilayered - comprehensive understanding of human behavior. Ex. study of stress and human response has to be done from a biological - social and cognitive perspective.






45. A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt - survive - and flourish.






46. Stages of development - Stage 3 Purpose - Initiative vs. Guilt - Preschool / 3-6 years - Can the child plan or do things on his own - such as dress him or herself. If 'guilty' about making his or her own choices - the child will not function well. E

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47. Helps the body process new information by adapting to old stimuli and making space for new ones






48. The scientific study of how we think about - influence - and relate to one another






49. The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied






50. Process in which cells become specialized in structure and function.