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CLEP Intro To Psychology

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The cause of a disease






10. 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






11. ENCODE - STORE - RETRIEVE






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

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13. 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 -






14. Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives






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






16. The central focal point in the retina - around which the eye's cones cluster






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






18. 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






19. Substance secreted by the anterior pituitary; controls size of an individual by promoting cell division - protein synthesis - and bone growth






20. Originating in or based on observation or experience






21. 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






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






23. How the memory processes information - long term memory - short term memory - sensory information






24. Adrenal glands secerets this to activate various organs that results in a phyiscal stress response






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






26. 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






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






28. Adrenocorticotropic hormone - produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex regulates the production of cortisol(steriod hormone) from anterior pituitary






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






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






36. The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others






37. 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.






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Any reinforcer that becomes reinforcing after being paired with a primary reinforcer - such as praise - tokens - or gold stars






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition - which is assumed to be an active agent






50. 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