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CLEP Intro To Psychology

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1. 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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2. The science that deals with the origins - physical and cultural development - biological characteristics - and social customs and beliefs of humankind.






3. 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






4. The process through which the body absorbs social stress and manifests symptoms of suffering; also called embodiment






5. 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






6. Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period






7. Simultaneous color contrast: an effect that occurs when surrounding an area with a color changes the appearence of the surrounded area. - the theory that opposing retinal processes (red-green - yellow-blue - white-black) enable color vision. For exam






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






9. Theory set forth by psychologist Albert Bandura that a person's behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment






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






11. Helps the body process new information by adapting to old stimuli and making space for new ones






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Present evidence to support your claims






18. Classical conditioning. trained a dog to respond to the sound of a bell by pairing it up with food.






19. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE






20. The scientific study of how we think about - influence - and relate to one another






21. 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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22. 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).






23. Neurotransmitter that influences voluntary movement - attention - alertness; lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too much is linked with schizophrenia






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. Portion of the cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head; visual areas






28. An innately reinforcing stimulus - such as one that satisfies a biological need






29. (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






30. The cause of a disease






31. Physiological needs drive an organism to act in either random or habitual ways






32. Considered the Father of modern psychology; study of mental processes - introspection - and self-exam; established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig - Germany






33. Observing subjects in their natural environment with no attempts at intervention on the part of the researcher.






34. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one






35. 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






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






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






39. 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.






40. Created the 'hierarchy of needs -'--physiological needs - safety & security - love & belonging - self-esteem - self-actualization.






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






42. Inferences are said to possess internal validity if a causal relation between two variables is properly demonstrated.






43. 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






44. 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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45. 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.






46. 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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47. 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.






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






49. 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






50. Rapid low-amplitude waves. less prevalent in adults