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CLEP Intro To Psychology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. State whereby a victim forms an emotional attachment to their captors.
growth hormone
reciprocal determinism
Stockholm syndrome
dopamine
2. The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
information processing theory
altruism
fixed ratio
Humanism
3. 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.
proactive interference
significant psychological research
Gordon Allport
absolute threshold
4. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
secondary reinforcer
linear perspective
corticosteriods
naturalistic observation
5. A psychologist who studies sensation - perception - learning - motivation - and emotion in carefully controlled laboratory conditions
experimental psychologist
longitudinal study
mastery goals
semantic memory
6. The state of being anonymous
anonymity
William James
placebo effect
information processing theory
7. A mutual or reciprocal relationship between two or more things
correlation
Wilhelm Wundt
drive reduction
proactive interference
8. 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
shizophrenia
CAT scan
corticosteriods
Erik Erikson's
9. 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
parietal lobe
sensory adaptation
Three phases of memory process
Lev Vygotsky
10. 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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11. 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
Hermann Ebbinghaus
mastery goals
Erik Erikson's
placebo effect
12. 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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13. Physiological needs drive an organism to act in either random or habitual ways
participant observation
drive reduction
Erik Erikson's
cognitive
14. 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
neuroscientist
clinical psychologist
Hermann von Helmholtz
oxytocin
15. The extent to which data collected from a sample can be generalized to the entire population.
performance goals
external validity
endorphins
Erik Erikson's
16. A psychologist who uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers
industrial-organizational psychologist
Repression
mastery goals
humanistic
17. Stages of development - Stage 7 Caring - Generativity vs. Stagnation - early forties till mid sixties / starts as the Mid-life crisis. Measure accomplishments/failures. Am I satisfied or not? The need to assist the younger generation. Stagnation is
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18. 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
Hermann von Helmholtz
industrial-organizational psychologist
Erik Erikson's
neuroscientist
19. A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also triggers muscle contraction. - lack of production is linked to Alzheimer's
introspection
reinforcer
clinical psychologist
acetylcholine
20. English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
Three phases of memory process
avoidance-avoidance conflict
John Locke
B.F. Skinner
21. 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
empirical evidence
biology
growth hormone
retina
22. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE
sociology
Abraham Maslow
Three phases of memory process
experimental psychologist
23. 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
oxytocin
primary reinforcer
Meyer Friedman
24. Goals framed in terms of increasing ones competence and skills
primary reinforcer
mastery goals
information processing theory
altruism
25. Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period
placebo effect
participant observation
ACTH
longitudinal study
26. 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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27. A measure of how well the variables of one test (could be personality) measure the same things as the variables of a similar test.
absolute threshold
criterion validity
Abraham Maslow
abreaction
28. 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
sympathetic nervous system
participant observation
psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
29. Portion behind to the frontal lobe - responsible for sensations such as pain - temperature - and touch
semantic memory
Stockholm syndrome
Parietal lobe
B.F. Skinner
30. A microscopic gap between the terminal button of one neuron and the cell membrane of another neuron
placebo effect
synaptic cleft
Erik Erikson's
George Kelly
31. 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
frontal lobe
introspection
somatic nervous system
experimental psychologist
32. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
B.F. Skinner
participant observation
displacement
Sternberg's triangular view
33. 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
avoidance-avoidance conflict
semantic memory
correlation
34. (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
anthropology
reinforcer
Parietal lobe
accomodation
35. 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
synaptic cleft
William James
deduction
Three phases of memory process
36. Present evidence to support your claims
performance goals
Erik Erikson
argument by evidence
central nervous system
37. 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
George Kelly
etiology
somatization
linear perspective
38. 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
carl jung
avoidance-avoidance conflict
social psychologist
corticosteriods
39. The lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect
endorphins
nonrepinephrine
sociology
absolute threshold
40. 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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41. How the memory processes information - long term memory - short term memory - sensory information
psychodynamic
information processing theory
independent variable
Erik Erikson's
42. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia
experimental psychologist
dopamine
performance goals
Humanism
43. Three facets: intimacy - commitment - and passion.
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44. Theory set forth by psychologist Albert Bandura that a person's behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment
external validity
abreaction
anthropology
reciprocal determinism
45. Process in which cells become specialized in structure and function.
frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
differentiation
behavior
46. The process through which the body absorbs social stress and manifests symptoms of suffering; also called embodiment
endorphins
Hermann Ebbinghaus
central nervous system
somatization
47. The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body - mobilizing its energy in stressful situations. Also called a fight or flight response.
oxytocin
Parietal lobe
sympathetic nervous system
longitudinal study
48. It adopts a holistic approach to human existence through investigations of meaning - values - freedom - tragedy - personal responsibility - human potential - spirituality - and self-actualization
Lawrence Kohlberg
humanistic
significant psychological research
corticosteriods
49. Classical conditioning. trained a dog to respond to the sound of a bell by pairing it up with food.
concept
carl jung
Ivan Pavlov
sensory adaptation
50. 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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