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CLEP Intro To Psychology
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1. 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
frontal lobe
acetylcholine
reciprocal determinism
psychoanalysis
2. The science that deals with the origins - physical and cultural development - biological characteristics - and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
anthropology
functional MRI
Albert Bandura
significant psychological research
3. How the memory processes information - long term memory - short term memory - sensory information
information processing theory
Jean Piaget
interaction
algorithm
4. Reciprocal action - effect - or influence.
Stages of Moral Development
correlation
proactive interference
interaction
5. A systematic method of deriving conclusions that cannot be false when the premises are true - esp one amenable to formalization and study by the science of logic
retina
fixed ratio
John Locke
deduction
6. An innately reinforcing stimulus - such as one that satisfies a biological need
Humanism
George Kelly
Stages of Moral Development
primary reinforcer
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.
anonymity
performance goals
Gordon Allport
cross-sectional study
8. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE
Abraham Maslow
concept
CAT scan
Three phases of memory process
9. Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period
case study
longitudinal study
empirical evidence
somatization
10. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives
avoidance-avoidance conflict
reciprocal determinism
split brain study
Sternberg's triangular view
11. Situation in which previously learned information hinders the recall of information learned more recently
proactive interference
variable ratio
placebo effect
cortisol
12. 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
cross-sectional study
William James
linear perspective
13. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia
dopamine
social psychologist
carl jung
industrial-organizational psychologist
14. 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
endorphins
humanistic
sociology
limbic system
15. 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
displacement
Repression
introspection
16. 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
linear perspective
oxytocin
participant observation
Gordon Allport
17. 1896-1934; russian developmental psychologist who emphasized the role of the social environment on cognitive development and proposed the idea of zones of proximal development. GUIDED PARTICIPATION - Children's interaction with knowledgeable adults o
Lev Vygotsky
industrial-organizational psychologist
information processing theory
concept
18. 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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19. Adrenocorticotropic hormone - produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex regulates the production of cortisol(steriod hormone) from anterior pituitary
semantic memory
cerebellum
ACTH
absolute threshold
20. A negative condition is introduced to reduce a behavior.
differentiation
Erik Erikson's
Erik Erikson's
negative punishment
21. Observing subjects in their natural environment with no attempts at intervention on the part of the researcher.
functional MRI
split brain study
concept
naturalistic observation
22. A therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
synaptic cleft
Gordon Allport
clinical psychologist
Hermann von Helmholtz
23. Rapid low-amplitude waves. less prevalent in adults
accomodation
REM sleep
shizophrenia
negative punishment
24. 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
epinephrine
placebo effect
criterion validity
limbic system
25. 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
parasympathetic nervous system
nonrepinephrine
interaction
Gordon Allport
26. 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
Ivan Pavlov
humanistic
accomodation
27. Mental categories that help our brains group objects that have common properties.
somatic nervous system
B.F. Skinner
concept
neofreudian
28. 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
performance goals
information processing theory
George Kelly
Lev Vygotsky
29. 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
catecholamines
Erik Erikson's
retina
abreaction
30. The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles. Also called the skeletal nervous system
B.F. Skinner
split brain study
naturalistic observation
somatic nervous system
31. Portion posterior to the frontal lobe - responsible for sensations such as pain - temperature - and touch
correlation
reinforcer
independent variable
parietal lobe
32. 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.
accomodation
information processing theory
CAT scan
split brain study
33. 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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34. Part of the cerebral cortex; coordinates messages from other cerebral lobes; involved in complex problem-solving tasks - thinking - self-control - judgment - emotion regulation - personality affects - concentration - goal directed behavior; restructu
carl jung
Ivan Pavlov
synaptic cleft
frontal lobe
35. A microscopic gap between the terminal button of one neuron and the cell membrane of another neuron
psychodynamic
synaptic cleft
Anna Freud
cross-sectional study
36. The lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect
John Bowlby
absolute threshold
Meyer Friedman
linear perspective
37. Originating in or based on observation or experience
longitudinal study
Sternberg's triangular view
empirical evidence
semantic memory
38. A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also triggers muscle contraction. - lack of production is linked to Alzheimer's
Jean Piaget
reinforcer
acetylcholine
cerebellum
39. Present evidence to support your claims
Stockholm syndrome
sociology
mastery goals
argument by evidence
40. A psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers
reinforcer
industrial-organizational psychologist
Erik Erikson's
fovea
41. Considered the Father of modern psychology; study of mental processes - introspection - and self-exam; established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig - Germany
argument by evidence
Wilhelm Wundt
William James
Parietal lobe
42. Observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state - mental processes - etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
fixed ratio
anthropology
Humanism
introspection
43. The scientific study of how we think about - influence - and relate to one another
social psychologist
altruism
Stockholm syndrome
somatization
44. Goals framed in terms of performing well in front of others - being judged favorably - and avoiding criticism
performance goals
biology
altruism
Humanism
45. Behavioral approach - the attempt to relate overt (open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret) responses to observable environmental stimuli (something that excites an organism or part to functional activity).
industrial-organizational psychologist
psychological science
forgetting curve
accomodation
46. A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt - survive - and flourish.
functionalism
carl jung
experimental research
neofreudian
47. 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
industrial-organizational psychologist
Stages of Moral Development
CAT scan
sociology
48. Allows researchers to scan areas of the brain while a participant performs a physical or cognitive task
retina
functional MRI
Erik Erikson's
etiology
49. Attachment theory -
deduction
criterion validity
John Bowlby
CAT scan
50. 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
limbic system
social psychologist
forgetting curve
fovea