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CLEP Intro To Psychology

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1. 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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2. 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






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. The division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body - conserving its energy.






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






8. Three facets: intimacy - commitment - and passion.

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9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord that perceives - gathers - interprets - and records incoming sensory information and also sends out communication destined for muscles - glands and internal organs s






15. Any clinical approach to personality - as Freud's - that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.






16. A negative condition is introduced to reduce a behavior.






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






18. The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body - mobilizing its energy in stressful situations. Also called a fight or flight response.






19. 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.






20. Attachment theory -






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






23. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE






24. 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






25. 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






26. A microscopic gap between the terminal button of one neuron and the cell membrane of another neuron






27. 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






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






30. State whereby a victim forms an emotional attachment to their captors.






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






32. 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






33. The aggregate (sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total) of responses to internal and external stimuli.






34. 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.






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






36. The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied






37. Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment; wrote first psychology textbook - The Principles of Psychology






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






39. The part of declarative memory that stores general information such as names and facts.






40. Describes a schedule of reinforcement wherein a worker is paid for a certain sum for each product produced






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






42. (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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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49. The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable






50. A mutual or reciprocal relationship between two or more things