Extra Flashcards/Questions (All Modules)
What term was pitched by Albert Bandura to describe the person and the environment simultaneously influencing each other?
reciprocal determinism
The mutual influence of external stimuli and cognitive processes in regulating behavior is known as…?
reciprocal determinism
What perspective/school of psychology focuses on adaptive traits passing/passed down through generations?
evolutionary
What perspective/school of psychology integrates psychological, biological, and environmental influences on behavior?
biopsychosocial
What perspective/school of psychology focuses primarily on root causes of behavior and psychological distress?
psychodynamic
What perspective/school of psychology focuses on how rewards and punishments can influence behavior?
behavioral
What perspective/school of psychology optimistically emphasizes personal growth?
humanistic
Systematic desensitization is most commonly used to treat what kind of disorders/problems?
phobias
What treatments would be used to help treat a patient diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
- medication
- cognitive therapy
What treatment would be used to help treat a patient diagnosed with Schizophrenia?
medication
What treatments would be used to help treat a patient diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?
- medication
- cognitive behavioral therapy
What kind of memories are memories of which the perceiver is unaware?
implicit memories
What kind of memories are sensory memories of visual information?
iconic memories
What kind of method helps get information into memory?
encoding devices
Which part of the brain enables the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with one another?
corpus callosum
Which part of the brain governs self-control and foresight?
frontal lobe
Which part of the brain integrates sensory information?
parietal lobe
Which part of the brain governs hunger and thirst?
hypothalamus
Which part of the brain primarily governs coordination and balance?
cerebellum
What describes the following..?
When the members of the group feel pressure to agree and avoid dissent.
groupthink
What describes the following..?
When the way something is presented affects the perception of it.
framing
When ethnic affiliation influences perspective, this is called what?
ethnocentrism
What is the tendency to work less hard when others are around to compensate called?
social loafing
When someone says the timbre of sound, what does timbre mean?
texture
What refers to the use of the most available information to make judgments?
availability heuristic
What describes the following..?
When an assessment is administered the same for everyone taking it so that the scores can be compared statistically.
standardization
What can be described as as the way how a construct is represented in the context of a research study?
operational definitions
What kind of parenting style tends to facilitate self-reliance and confidence because children are given an age-appropriate amount of responsibility in decision-making about their life choices?
authoritative