SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CLEP Intro To Psychology
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
clep
,
psychology
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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
2. A microscopic gap between the terminal button of one neuron and the cell membrane of another neuron
accomodation
Stages of Moral Development
Erik Erikson's
synaptic cleft
3. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE
Stockholm syndrome
case study
Three phases of memory process
retina
4. The 'little brain' attached to the rear of the brainstem; its functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance
central nervous system
corticosteriods
reciprocal determinism
cerebellum
5. Adrenal glands secerets this to activate various organs that results in a phyiscal stress response
primary reinforcer
B.F. Skinner
secondary reinforcer
catecholamines
6. The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body - mobilizing its energy in stressful situations. Also called a fight or flight response.
cortisol
sympathetic nervous system
significant psychological research
experimental research
7. How the memory processes information - long term memory - short term memory - sensory information
correlation
shizophrenia
information processing theory
introspection
8. Observing subjects in their natural environment with no attempts at intervention on the part of the researcher.
Ivan Pavlov
naturalistic observation
Piaget's theory of child cognitive development 4 stages
cognitive
9. The scientific study of how we think about - influence - and relate to one another
internal validity
case study
Erik Erikson's
social psychologist
10. 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
social psychologist
internal validity
central nervous system
Sternberg's triangular view
11. Any reinforcer that becomes reinforcing after being paired with a primary reinforcer - such as praise - tokens - or gold stars
clinical psychologist
information processing theory
etiology
secondary reinforcer
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
13. The state of being anonymous
endorphins
neuroscientist
Ivan Pavlov
anonymity
14. 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
Stockholm syndrome
cross-sectional study
reinforcer
Hermann Ebbinghaus
15. State whereby a victim forms an emotional attachment to their captors.
dopamine
Stockholm syndrome
experimental research
Sternberg's triangular view
16. A hormone released by the pituitary gland of the brain during childbirth - breastfeeding - and intercourse - causing emotional bonding between persons in whom it is released
John Bowlby
oxytocin
primary reinforcer
Erik Erikson's
17. 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
accomodation
Humanism
Three phases of memory process
limbic system
18. 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
internal validity
oxytocin
retina
Sigmund Freud
19. The part of declarative memory that stores general information such as names and facts.
psychodynamic
Abraham Maslow
semantic memory
etiology
20. 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
21. Situation in which previously learned information hinders the recall of information learned more recently
proactive interference
Humanism
clinical psychologist
semantic memory
22. 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
Erik Erikson's
catecholamines
Erik Erikson's
epinephrine
23. Level 1 (Pre-Conventional) 1. Obedience and punishment orientation (How can I avoid punishment?) 2. Self-interest orientation (What's in it for me? Paying for a benefit.) - Level 2 (Conventional) 3. Interpersonal accord and conformity (Social norms -
Stages of Moral Development
cross-sectional study
dopamine
mastery goals
24. 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
Three phases of memory process
nonrepinephrine
participant observation
significant psychological research
25. 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
naturalistic observation
CAT scan
Stages of Moral Development
corticosteriods
26. A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt - survive - and flourish.
information processing theory
psychological science
functionalism
empirical evidence
27. 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.
information processing theory
neuroscientist
Lawrence Kohlberg
split brain study
28. In psychoanalytic theory - the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts - feelings - and memories
Repression
shizophrenia
Abraham Maslow
Erik Erikson's
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
functionalism
epinephrine
nonrepinephrine
somatic nervous system
30. Physiological needs drive an organism to act in either random or habitual ways
participant observation
Erik Erikson
case study
drive reduction
31. 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.
32. Present evidence to support your claims
argument by evidence
Parietal lobe
oxytocin
George Kelly
33. Stroke bottom of the foot up and across by the toes and the toes fan out
Erik Erikson's
neurotransmitter
negative punishment
babinksi reflex
34. The extent to which data collected from a sample can be generalized to the entire population.
Ivan Pavlov
avoidance-avoidance conflict
external validity
anthropology
35. A psychologist who studies sensation - perception - learning - motivation - and emotion in carefully controlled laboratory conditions
significant psychological research
Repression
empirical evidence
experimental psychologist
36. 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
humanistic
proactive interference
Albert Bandura
negative punishment
37. 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
proactive interference
REM sleep
Wilhelm Wundt
38. Created the 'hierarchy of needs -'--physiological needs - safety & security - love & belonging - self-esteem - self-actualization.
Albert Bandura
Abraham Maslow
introspection
primary reinforcer
39. The cause of a disease
semantic memory
Humanism
Jean Piaget
etiology
40. Helps the body process new information by adapting to old stimuli and making space for new ones
linear perspective
sensory adaptation
case study
synaptic cleft
41. Theory of child development included the Socratic method of questioning children by guiding them to reflect on their behavior. His emphasis on self-awareness and reflection has been adopted into school curricula and used to help students become criti
Jean Piaget
neofreudian
fixed ratio
case study
42. 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
longitudinal study
Lawrence Kohlberg
independent variable
etiology
43. Considered the Father of modern psychology; study of mental processes - introspection - and self-exam; established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig - Germany
interaction
information processing theory
William James
Wilhelm Wundt
44. Reciprocal action - effect - or influence.
sensory adaptation
Abraham Maslow
absolute threshold
interaction
45. 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.
forgetting curve
cortisol
neurotransmitter
Parietal lobe
46. Accepted Freud's basic ideas - but doubted sex was all-consuming and gave more credit to consciousness and childhood
Parietal lobe
neofreudian
secondary reinforcer
absolute threshold
47. English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
neuroscientist
John Locke
retina
REM sleep
48. Severe mental illness characterized by auditory hallucinations - paranoia and an inability to distinguish reality from fiction
fovea
absolute threshold
shizophrenia
Stockholm syndrome
49. Any clinical approach to personality - as Freud's - that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
epinephrine
psychodynamic
Humanism
forgetting curve
50. The adjustment of one's schemas to include newly observed events and experiences
dopamine
accomodation
shizophrenia
drive reduction