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CLEP Intro To Psychology
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1. A therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
neuroscientist
naturalistic observation
clinical psychologist
internal validity
2. Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment; wrote first psychology textbook - The Principles of Psychology
neuroscientist
naturalistic observation
hierarchy of needs
William James
3. Act on the immune system to suppress the body's response to infection or trauma. Relieve inflammation - reduce swelling - and suppress symptoms in acute conditions
corticosteriods
Wilhelm Wundt
Ivan Pavlov
deduction
4. How the memory processes information - long term memory - short term memory - sensory information
Erik Erikson's
corticosteriods
Wilhelm Wundt
information processing theory
5. The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body - mobilizing its energy in stressful situations. Also called a fight or flight response.
sympathetic nervous system
Hermann Ebbinghaus
experimental psychologist
negative punishment
6. Stages of development - Stage 1 Hope - Basic Trust vs. Mistrust - Infant stage / 0-1 year. Does the child believe its caregivers to be reliable?
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7. Reciprocal action - effect - or influence.
interaction
babinksi reflex
synaptic cleft
proactive interference
8. Adrenaline; activates a sympathetic nervous system by making the heart beat faster - stopping digestion - enlarging pupils - sending sugar into the bloodstream - preparing a blood clot faster
epinephrine
oxytocin
introspection
external validity
9. Portion posterior to the frontal lobe - responsible for sensations such as pain - temperature - and touch
cognitive
Ivan Pavlov
parietal lobe
Stages of Moral Development
10. Originating in or based on observation or experience
Repression
sympathetic nervous system
empirical evidence
Erik Erikson's
11. The scientific study of how we think about - influence - and relate to one another
Erik Erikson's
social psychologist
accomodation
Sternberg's triangular view
12. 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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13. Experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition - which is assumed to be an active agent
corticosteriods
placebo effect
sensory adaptation
functionalism
14. The extent to which data collected from a sample can be generalized to the entire population.
external validity
neurotransmitter
Abraham Maslow
introspection
15. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE
Erik Erikson's
fovea
Three phases of memory process
John Bowlby
16. The part of declarative memory that stores general information such as names and facts.
Ivan Pavlov
retina
psychoanalysis
semantic memory
17. 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
REM sleep
neuroscientist
abreaction
CAT scan
18. A theory of personality that emphasizes free will and human agency in directing personal behavior. the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason
abreaction
Humanism
reciprocal determinism
ACTH
19. Describes a schedule of reinforcement wherein a worker is paid for a certain sum for each product produced
corticosteriods
fixed ratio
Stockholm syndrome
abreaction
20. Stages of development - Stage 5 Fidelity - Identity vs. Role Confusion - Adolescent / 12 years till mid twenties. Questioning of self. Who am I - how do I fit in? Where am I going in life? Erikson believes that if the parents allow the child to exp
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21. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives
anonymity
cerebellum
psychoanalysis
avoidance-avoidance conflict
22. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia
Jean Piaget
secondary reinforcer
dopamine
avoidance-avoidance conflict
23. Observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state - mental processes - etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
significant psychological research
displacement
Three phases of memory process
introspection
24. Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period
cognitive
parietal lobe
Hermann von Helmholtz
longitudinal study
25. The science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena - especially with reference to origin - growth - reproduction - structure - and behavior.
babinksi reflex
Erik Erikson's
psychological science
biology
26. 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
opponent-process theory
experimental psychologist
Erik Erikson
Stages of Moral Development
27. Any reinforcer that becomes reinforcing after being paired with a primary reinforcer - such as praise - tokens - or gold stars
secondary reinforcer
proactive interference
performance goals
social psychologist
28. Focused on child psychoanalysis - fully developed defense mechanisms - emphasized importance of the ego and its constant struggle
Parietal lobe
abreaction
Erik Erikson's
Anna Freud
29. 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.
neurotransmitter
secondary reinforcer
interaction
variable ratio
30. The science that deals with the origins - physical and cultural development - biological characteristics - and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
anthropology
Ivan Pavlov
accomodation
Erik Erikson's
31. 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
Humanism
George Kelly
Sternberg's triangular view
mastery goals
32. 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
limbic system
Sigmund Freud
linear perspective
nonrepinephrine
33. A methodical - logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem
interaction
displacement
algorithm
synaptic cleft
34. 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
carl jung
anonymity
reciprocal determinism
negative punishment
35. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
sociology
split brain study
linear perspective
displacement
36. The division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body - conserving its energy.
participant observation
George Kelly
parasympathetic nervous system
ACTH
37. Portion behind to the frontal lobe - responsible for sensations such as pain - temperature - and touch
mastery goals
William James
Lev Vygotsky
Parietal lobe
38. 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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39. 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
synaptic cleft
forgetting curve
hierarchy of needs
accomodation
40. Goals framed in terms of increasing ones competence and skills
industrial-organizational psychologist
limbic system
mastery goals
Ivan Pavlov
41. The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied
clinical psychologist
independent variable
displacement
neuroscientist
42. A measure of how well the variables of one test (could be personality) measure the same things as the variables of a similar test.
industrial-organizational psychologist
forgetting curve
dopamine
criterion validity
43. Rapid low-amplitude waves. less prevalent in adults
functional MRI
Stockholm syndrome
experimental research
REM sleep
44. Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head; visual areas
parietal lobe
Humanism
occipital lobe
Hermann von Helmholtz
45. Any clinical approach to personality - as Freud's - that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
central nervous system
frontal lobe
dopamine
psychodynamic
46. The process through which the body absorbs social stress and manifests symptoms of suffering; also called embodiment
frontal lobe
differentiation
somatization
empirical evidence
47. A 'SNAPSHOT' of a phenomenon such as cancer rate. a number of variables affect one another in a single point in time.
fixed ratio
introspection
central nervous system
cross-sectional study
48. 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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49. An innately reinforcing stimulus - such as one that satisfies a biological need
primary reinforcer
significant psychological research
Jean Piaget
epinephrine
50. Goals framed in terms of performing well in front of others - being judged favorably - and avoiding criticism
endorphins
performance goals
Abraham Maslow
anthropology