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CLEP Intro To Psychology
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1. 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
interaction
George Kelly
CAT scan
Humanism
2. 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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3. 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.
split brain study
Sigmund Freud
avoidance-avoidance conflict
nonrepinephrine
4. Theory set forth by psychologist Albert Bandura that a person's behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment
somatization
forgetting curve
reciprocal determinism
sensory adaptation
5. A therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
central nervous system
clinical psychologist
external validity
longitudinal study
6. A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also triggers muscle contraction. - lack of production is linked to Alzheimer's
introspection
acetylcholine
interaction
negative punishment
7. The process through which the body absorbs social stress and manifests symptoms of suffering; also called embodiment
criterion validity
split brain study
Stages of Moral Development
somatization
8. The part of declarative memory that stores general information such as names and facts.
placebo effect
anonymity
Anna Freud
semantic memory
9. 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
Erik Erikson's
interaction
fovea
Humanism
10. 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
frontal lobe
reinforcer
John Bowlby
epinephrine
11. (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
epinephrine
psychodynamic
reinforcer
variable ratio
12. Accepted Freud's basic ideas - but doubted sex was all-consuming and gave more credit to consciousness and childhood
growth hormone
participant observation
experimental research
neofreudian
13. Sensorimotor - birth to language - Preoperational - 2-7 - Concrete Operational - 7 - 11 - Formal Operational 11 - Adult Abstract Thoughts
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14. Natural - opiatelike neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure
secondary reinforcer
Sigmund Freud
endorphins
hierarchy of needs
15. Adrenocorticotropic hormone - produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex regulates the production of cortisol(steriod hormone) from anterior pituitary
neuroscientist
displacement
ACTH
participant observation
16. 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
opponent-process theory
psychoanalysis
dopamine
anonymity
17. Stages of development - Stage 6 Love (in intimate relationships - work and family) - Intimacy vs. Isolation - Young adult / mid twenties till early forties. Who do I want to be with or date - what am I going to do with my life? Will I settle down?
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18. The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles. Also called the skeletal nervous system
Jean Piaget
sensory adaptation
catecholamines
somatic nervous system
19. 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
forgetting curve
Gordon Allport
Ivan Pavlov
empirical evidence
20. A school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt - survive - and flourish.
Erik Erikson's
Erik Erikson's
functionalism
placebo effect
21. An innately reinforcing stimulus - such as one that satisfies a biological need
forgetting curve
B.F. Skinner
negative punishment
primary reinforcer
22. 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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23. English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
John Locke
REM sleep
limbic system
sociology
24. 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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25. A schedule where reinforcement happens after a changing number of responses. Example gambling or sales
humanistic
split brain study
variable ratio
experimental psychologist
26. 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 (
Sigmund Freud
functionalism
Stockholm syndrome
George Kelly
27. The aggregate (sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total) of responses to internal and external stimuli.
Stages of Moral Development
participant observation
cerebellum
behavior
28. The 'little brain' attached to the rear of the brainstem; its functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance
psychoanalysis
cerebellum
criterion validity
John Bowlby
29. 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
parietal lobe
William James
occipital lobe
30. A microscopic gap between the terminal button of one neuron and the cell membrane of another neuron
synaptic cleft
Sternberg's triangular view
clinical psychologist
psychodynamic
31. 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
Albert Bandura
interaction
Anna Freud
split brain study
32. 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
Albert Bandura
placebo effect
opponent-process theory
deduction
33. The lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect
Erik Erikson's
absolute threshold
central nervous system
split brain study
34. Rapid low-amplitude waves. less prevalent in adults
Erik Erikson
REM sleep
oxytocin
catecholamines
35. 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.
algorithm
sociology
catecholamines
anthropology
36. A psychologist who studies sensation - perception - learning - motivation - and emotion in carefully controlled laboratory conditions
deduction
experimental psychologist
Stockholm syndrome
sensory adaptation
37. The central focal point in the retina - around which the eye's cones cluster
Stockholm syndrome
fovea
participant observation
retina
38. 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
social psychologist
limbic system
oxytocin
linear perspective
39. The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied
Erik Erikson
drive reduction
growth hormone
independent variable
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
neuroscientist
frontal lobe
William James
Stages of Moral Development
41. A methodical - logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem
algorithm
Psychoneuroimmunology or PNI
CAT scan
Meyer Friedman
42. Physiological needs drive an organism to act in either random or habitual ways
Albert Bandura
sensory adaptation
drive reduction
split brain study
43. 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
cortisol
oxytocin
dopamine
Erik Erikson's
44. Considered the Father of modern psychology; study of mental processes - introspection - and self-exam; established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig - Germany
Wilhelm Wundt
Stages of Moral Development
interaction
B.F. Skinner
45. The state of being anonymous
internal validity
anonymity
industrial-organizational psychologist
fixed ratio
46. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE
linear perspective
case study
psychodynamic
Three phases of memory process
47. 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
mastery goals
negative punishment
neuroscientist
growth hormone
48. 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
growth hormone
mastery goals
absolute threshold
retina
49. Allows researchers to scan areas of the brain while a participant performs a physical or cognitive task
absolute threshold
neuroscientist
etiology
functional MRI
50. A measure of how well the variables of one test (could be personality) measure the same things as the variables of a similar test.
Erik Erikson's
endorphins
Erik Erikson's
criterion validity