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CLEP Intro To Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Images are flashed to the left visual fields (therefore the right hemisphere) and individual cannot name object - but can locate it. Images are flashed to the right visual fields (therefore the left hemisphere) and individual can name object.






2. Any reinforcer that becomes reinforcing after being paired with a primary reinforcer - such as praise - tokens - or gold stars






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






4. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord that perceives - gathers - interprets - and records incoming sensory information and also sends out communication destined for muscles - glands and internal organs s






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






6. Reciprocal action - effect - or influence.






7. 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.






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






9. A therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders






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






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

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12. It is a collection of research designs which use manipulation and controlled testing to understand causal processes. Generally - one or more variables are manipulated to determine their effect on a dependent variable






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

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






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






16. Adrenocorticotropic hormone - produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex regulates the production of cortisol(steriod hormone) from anterior pituitary






17. Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions






18. The central focal point in the retina - around which the eye's cones cluster






19. Observing subjects in their natural environment with no attempts at intervention on the part of the researcher.






20. Rapid low-amplitude waves. less prevalent in adults






21. State whereby a victim forms an emotional attachment to their captors.






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. 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






24. Simultaneous color contrast: an effect that occurs when surrounding an area with a color changes the appearence of the surrounded area. - the theory that opposing retinal processes (red-green - yellow-blue - white-black) enable color vision. For exam






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






26. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE






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






28. Classical conditioning. trained a dog to respond to the sound of a bell by pairing it up with food.






29. 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






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






31. Technique of field research - used in anthropology and sociology - by which an investigator (participant observer) studies the life of a group by sharing in its activities






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






33. Inferences are said to possess internal validity if a causal relation between two variables is properly demonstrated.






34. A psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers






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






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






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






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






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






40. Stages of development - Stage 6 Love (in intimate relationships - work and family) - Intimacy vs. Isolation - Young adult / mid twenties till early forties. Who do I want to be with or date - what am I going to do with my life? Will I settle down?

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41. The lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect






42. 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






43. 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.






44. The cause of a disease






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






46. 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






47. A measure of how well the variables of one test (could be personality) measure the same things as the variables of a similar test.






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






49. 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






50. Stages of development - Stage 7 Caring - Generativity vs. Stagnation - early forties till mid sixties / starts as the Mid-life crisis. Measure accomplishments/failures. Am I satisfied or not? The need to assist the younger generation. Stagnation is

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