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CLEP Intro To Psychology

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






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






3. 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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4. 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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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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9. 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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10. 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.






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






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






13. Created the Stages of Moral Development - relied for his studies on stories such as the Heinz dilemma - and was interested in how individuals would justify their actions if placed in similar moral dilemmas






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






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






16. Sensorimotor - birth to language - Preoperational - 2-7 - Concrete Operational - 7 - 11 - Formal Operational 11 - Adult Abstract Thoughts

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17. 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






18. 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.






19. Level 1 (Pre-Conventional) 1. Obedience and punishment orientation (How can I avoid punishment?) 2. Self-interest orientation (What's in it for me? Paying for a benefit.) - Level 2 (Conventional) 3. Interpersonal accord and conformity (Social norms -






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






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






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






23. Any of several chemical substances - as epinephrine or acetylcholine - that transmit nerve impulses across a synapse to a postsynaptic element - as another nerve - muscle - or gland.






24. 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






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






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






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






28. The science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena - especially with reference to origin - growth - reproduction - structure - and behavior.






29. The study of the relationships among psychology - the nervous and endocrine systems - and the immune system.






30. The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles. Also called the skeletal nervous system






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. Present evidence to support your claims






40. 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.






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






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






43. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE






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






45. A therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders






46. 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.






47. Attachment theory -






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






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






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