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CLEP Intro To Psychology

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1. Reciprocal action - effect - or influence.






2. Abbreviation for computerized axial tomography - uses a computer and a rotating x-ray device to create detailed - cross-sectional images - or slices - of organs and body parts






3. Researcher who pioneered the development of type A (high achieving - multi-taskers who are always very stressed and in a hurry.) and type B (easy going relaxed and not always in a hurry.) personality types based on how well they respond to the multip






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






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






6. A mutual or reciprocal relationship between two or more things






7. 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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8. A schedule where reinforcement happens after a changing number of responses. Example gambling or sales






9. 1875-1961; Field: neo-Freudian - analytic psychology; Contributions: people had conscious and unconscious awareness; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy - not just sexual; Studies: dream studies/interpretation






10. A doughnut-shaped system of neural structures at the border of the brainstem and cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotions such as fear and aggression and drives such as those for food and sex. Includes the hippocampus - amygdala - and hypothala






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






12. The light-sensitive inner surface of the eye - containing the receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that begin the processing of visual information






13. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives






14. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






15. The part of declarative memory that stores general information such as names and facts.






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






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






18. Any clinical approach to personality - as Freud's - that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.






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






20. Neo-Freudian - humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting 'Who am I?'






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






22. 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






23. The extent to which data collected from a sample can be generalized to the entire population.






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






25. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one






26. An innately reinforcing stimulus - such as one that satisfies a biological need






27. Pioneer in observational learning (AKA social learning) - stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls - children mimicked play






28. Sensorimotor - birth to language - Preoperational - 2-7 - Concrete Operational - 7 - 11 - Formal Operational 11 - Adult Abstract Thoughts

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29. Anti adrenaline - affects neurons involved in increased heart rate and the slowing of intestinal activity during stress - and neurons involved in learning - memory - dreaming - waking from sleep - and emotion. increase arousal and boost mood-scarce d






30. Originating in or based on observation or experience






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






32. Three facets: intimacy - commitment - and passion.

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33. The study of the relationships among psychology - the nervous and endocrine systems - and the immune system.






34. Maslow's pyramid of human needs - beginning at the base with physiological needs that must first be satisfied before higher-level safety needs and then psychological needs become active - Maslow's Theory of Motivation which states that we must achiev






35. The denial of any power or moral value superior to that of humanity; the rejection of religion in favour of a belief in the advancement of humanity by its own efforts






36. Accepted Freud's basic ideas - but doubted sex was all-consuming and gave more credit to consciousness and childhood






37. The division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body - conserving its energy.






38. English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)






39. A psychologist who studies sensation - perception - learning - motivation - and emotion in carefully controlled laboratory conditions






40. 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.






41. The first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well






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






43. Substance secreted by the anterior pituitary; controls size of an individual by promoting cell division - protein synthesis - and bone growth






44. A process by which repressed material - particularly a painful experience or conflict is brought back to consciousness - in this process the person not only recalls - but also relived the repressed material - which is accompained by the appropriate a






45. Adrenal glands secerets this to activate various organs that results in a phyiscal stress response






46. 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






47. Stages of development - Stage 8 Wisdom - Ego Integrity vs. Despair - old age / from mid sixties. Some handle death well. Some can be bitter - unhappy - and/or dissatisfied with what they have accomplished or failed to accomplish within their lifetim

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48. Present evidence to support your claims






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






50. Physiological needs drive an organism to act in either random or habitual ways