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CLEP Intro To Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The 'little brain' attached to the rear of the brainstem; its functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance
cerebellum
Stockholm syndrome
etiology
Anna Freud
2. A therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
avoidance-avoidance conflict
clinical psychologist
Lawrence Kohlberg
longitudinal study
3. 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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4. 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
anthropology
opponent-process theory
absolute threshold
epinephrine
5. Three facets: intimacy - commitment - and passion.
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6. Stages of development - Stage 4 Competence - Industry vs. Inferiority - School-age / 6-11. Child comparing self worth to others (such as in a classroom environment). Child can recognize major disparities in personal abilities relative to other chil
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7. 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
Hermann Ebbinghaus
forgetting curve
Ivan Pavlov
hierarchy of needs
8. 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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9. A psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers
Sternberg's triangular view
algorithm
industrial-organizational psychologist
occipital lobe
10. The process through which the body absorbs social stress and manifests symptoms of suffering; also called embodiment
experimental psychologist
somatization
Erik Erikson's
humanistic
11. An innately reinforcing stimulus - such as one that satisfies a biological need
primary reinforcer
Erik Erikson's
Abraham Maslow
epinephrine
12. English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
parasympathetic nervous system
Meyer Friedman
John Locke
secondary reinforcer
13. Goals framed in terms of increasing ones competence and skills
behavior
mastery goals
industrial-organizational psychologist
shizophrenia
14. The part of declarative memory that stores general information such as names and facts.
semantic memory
humanistic
epinephrine
drive reduction
15. 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.
retina
growth hormone
split brain study
Humanism
16. Situation in which previously learned information hinders the recall of information learned more recently
proactive interference
endorphins
Psychoneuroimmunology or PNI
Abraham Maslow
17. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE
Three phases of memory process
cross-sectional study
etiology
George Kelly
18. 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
external validity
corticosteriods
anthropology
CAT scan
19. 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
Humanism
Hermann Ebbinghaus
sociology
experimental research
20. 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
clinical psychologist
opponent-process theory
Gordon Allport
forgetting curve
21. Considered the Father of modern psychology; study of mental processes - introspection - and self-exam; established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig - Germany
Sigmund Freud
Wilhelm Wundt
behavior
ACTH
22. 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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23. A mutual or reciprocal relationship between two or more things
Three phases of memory process
correlation
Jean Piaget
Humanism
24. 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 (
cognitive
Erik Erikson's
Sigmund Freud
experimental research
25. 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
Stockholm syndrome
parietal lobe
abreaction
Piaget's theory of child cognitive development 4 stages
26. The science or study of the origin - development - organization - and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations - institutions - etc.
sociology
dopamine
correlation
cerebellum
27. Goals framed in terms of performing well in front of others - being judged favorably - and avoiding criticism
performance goals
Psychoneuroimmunology or PNI
fixed ratio
John Bowlby
28. Accepted Freud's basic ideas - but doubted sex was all-consuming and gave more credit to consciousness and childhood
Erik Erikson's
Erik Erikson's
neofreudian
etiology
29. Classical conditioning. trained a dog to respond to the sound of a bell by pairing it up with food.
Ivan Pavlov
Abraham Maslow
sympathetic nervous system
Meyer Friedman
30. 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
social psychologist
retina
industrial-organizational psychologist
John Locke
31. 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
Humanism
dependent variable
Repression
John Locke
32. 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
mastery goals
Abraham Maslow
Meyer Friedman
biology
33. The adjustment of one's schemas to include newly observed events and experiences
ACTH
endorphins
accomodation
Erik Erikson's
34. 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.
argument by evidence
catecholamines
neofreudian
case study
35. 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
internal validity
empirical evidence
deduction
participant observation
36. Originating in or based on observation or experience
retina
parietal lobe
Humanism
empirical evidence
37. A measure of how well the variables of one test (could be personality) measure the same things as the variables of a similar test.
central nervous system
criterion validity
Wilhelm Wundt
drive reduction
38. The lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect
Erik Erikson's
Piaget's theory of child cognitive development 4 stages
absolute threshold
Erik Erikson's
39. Adrenal glands secerets this to activate various organs that results in a phyiscal stress response
B.F. Skinner
proactive interference
catecholamines
Wilhelm Wundt
40. Describes a schedule of reinforcement wherein a worker is paid for a certain sum for each product produced
fixed ratio
Ivan Pavlov
cortisol
Psychoneuroimmunology or PNI
41. A negative condition is introduced to reduce a behavior.
negative punishment
Erik Erikson's
longitudinal study
Repression
42. The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body - mobilizing its energy in stressful situations. Also called a fight or flight response.
abreaction
REM sleep
sympathetic nervous system
Ivan Pavlov
43. Focused on child psychoanalysis - fully developed defense mechanisms - emphasized importance of the ego and its constant struggle
algorithm
William James
correlation
Anna Freud
44. Secreted from the adrenal cortex - aids the body during stress by increasing glucose levels
Repression
cortisol
avoidance-avoidance conflict
Psychoneuroimmunology or PNI
45. A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also triggers muscle contraction. - lack of production is linked to Alzheimer's
acetylcholine
concept
George Kelly
absolute threshold
46. Sensorimotor - birth to language - Preoperational - 2-7 - Concrete Operational - 7 - 11 - Formal Operational 11 - Adult Abstract Thoughts
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47. Observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state - mental processes - etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
introspection
etiology
participant observation
frontal lobe
48. It adopts a holistic approach to human existence through investigations of meaning - values - freedom - tragedy - personal responsibility - human potential - spirituality - and self-actualization
humanistic
Lawrence Kohlberg
Albert Bandura
reinforcer
49. A 'SNAPSHOT' of a phenomenon such as cancer rate. a number of variables affect one another in a single point in time.
cross-sectional study
CAT scan
significant psychological research
ACTH
50. State whereby a victim forms an emotional attachment to their captors.
Stockholm syndrome
Three phases of memory process
Erik Erikson's
semantic memory