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CLEP Intro To Psychology

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






2. Observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state - mental processes - etc.; the act of looking within oneself.






3. A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also triggers muscle contraction. - lack of production is linked to Alzheimer's






4. 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






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






6. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer






7. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE






8. Present evidence to support your claims






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






10. Of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception - memory - judgment - and reasoning - as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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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14. 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






15. 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






16. How the memory processes information - long term memory - short term memory - sensory information






17. 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






18. Originating in or based on observation or experience






19. Mental categories that help our brains group objects that have common properties.






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






23. Situation in which previously learned information hinders the recall of information learned more recently






24. Theory states that the acquisitiion of new knowledge and behaviors is central to human development. Was a pioneer of operant conditioning who believed that everything we do is determined by our past history of rewards and punishments. he is famous fo






25. Stroke bottom of the foot up and across by the toes and the toes fan out






26. (1821-1894) Emphasized a mechanistic and deterministic approach - assuming human sense organs functioned like machines - Neural Impulse: studied reaction times for sensory nerves in humans - demonstrated that speed of conduction was not instantaneous






27. Natural - opiatelike neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure






28. 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).






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






33. English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)






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.






35. A 'SNAPSHOT' of a phenomenon such as cancer rate. a number of variables affect one another in a single point in time.






36. In psychoanalytic theory - the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts - feelings - and memories






37. Attachment theory -






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






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






40. 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






41. Findings that provide a multilayered - comprehensive understanding of human behavior. Ex. study of stress and human response has to be done from a biological - social and cognitive perspective.






42. It adopts a holistic approach to human existence through investigations of meaning - values - freedom - tragedy - personal responsibility - human potential - spirituality - and self-actualization






43. The adjustment of one's schemas to include newly observed events and experiences






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






45. Focused on child psychoanalysis - fully developed defense mechanisms - emphasized importance of the ego and its constant struggle






46. 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






47. 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






48. The extent to which data collected from a sample can be generalized to the entire population.






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






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