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What term was pitched by Albert Bandura to describe the person and the environment simultaneously influencing each other?

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reciprocal determinism

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The mutual influence of external stimuli and cognitive processes in regulating behavior is known as…?

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reciprocal determinism

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What perspective/school of psychology focuses on adaptive traits passing/passed down through generations?

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evolutionary

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What perspective/school of psychology integrates psychological, biological, and environmental influences on behavior?

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biopsychosocial

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What perspective/school of psychology focuses primarily on root causes of behavior and psychological distress?

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psychodynamic

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What perspective/school of psychology focuses on how rewards and punishments can influence behavior?

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behavioral

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What perspective/school of psychology optimistically emphasizes personal growth?

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humanistic

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Systematic desensitization is most commonly used to treat what kind of disorders/problems?

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phobias

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What treatments would be used to help treat a patient diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?

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  • medication
  • cognitive therapy
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What treatment would be used to help treat a patient diagnosed with Schizophrenia?

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medication

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What treatments would be used to help treat a patient diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)?

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  • medication
  • cognitive behavioral therapy
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What kind of memories are memories of which the perceiver is unaware?

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implicit memories

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What kind of memories are sensory memories of visual information?

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iconic memories

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What kind of method helps get information into memory?

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encoding devices

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Which part of the brain enables the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with one another?

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corpus callosum

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Which part of the brain governs self-control and foresight?

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frontal lobe

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17
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Which part of the brain integrates sensory information?

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parietal lobe

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Which part of the brain governs hunger and thirst?

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hypothalamus

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Which part of the brain primarily governs coordination and balance?

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cerebellum

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What describes the following..?

When the members of the group feel pressure to agree and avoid dissent.

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groupthink

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What describes the following..?

When the way something is presented affects the perception of it.

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framing

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22
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When ethnic affiliation influences perspective, this is called what?

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ethnocentrism

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What is the tendency to work less hard when others are around to compensate called?

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social loafing

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When someone says the timbre of sound, what does timbre mean?

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texture

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25
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What refers to the use of the most available information to make judgments?

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availability heuristic

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What describes the following..?

When an assessment is administered the same for everyone taking it so that the scores can be compared statistically.

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standardization

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What can be described as as the way how a construct is represented in the context of a research study?

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operational definitions

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28
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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?

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authoritative

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29
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According to psychoanalysts, what refers to the actual events in the dream?

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the manifest content

30
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According to psychoanalysts, what refers to what the dream symbolizes?

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the latent content

31
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The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is an example of what kind of test?

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projective

32
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What refers to the process through which norms and customary procedures are developed for a test?

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standardization

33
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What theorist/psychologist discussed three components of intelligence: analytic, creative, and practical?

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robert sternberg

34
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What theorist/psychologist theorized that intelligence is divided into g, broad mental capacity, and s, specific mental abilities?

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charles spearman

35
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What psychologist memorized and later recalled hundreds of nonsense syllables to document memory decay?

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hermann ebbinghaus

36
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What is the ability to see that quantity remains constant despite variations in arrangement, called?

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conservation

37
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What kind of correlation is defined as perceiving a relationship where one does not exist?

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illusory correlation

38
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A correlation of 0 is a correlation coefficient that indicates what kind of relationship between two variables?

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no relationship

39
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What kind of term would describe the event of a therapist bringing their feelings about others to the client?

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countertransference

40
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What kind of term would describe the event of when a client brings feelings about someone else to their therapist?

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transference

41
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What kind of learning involves the distinction of different stimuli, rather than automatic task performance?

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discriminative learning

42
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What can be described as one’s sense of competence in a specific domain?

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self-efficacy

43
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What renders a task automatic when it had been effortful?

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overlearning

44
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What kind of effect describes the gradual rise in IQ scores across generations?

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the flynn effect

45
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Who found that gifted children generally have higher levels of these socio-emotional characteristics?

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lewis terman

46
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Which part of the brain is the sensory relay station for the brain?

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thalamus

47
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Which part of the brain receives sensory input from the body?

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somatosensory cortex

48
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Which part of the brain is associated with sleep behavior and other autonomic functions?

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pons

49
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Which part of the brain is involved in speech production?

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broca’s area

50
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Which part of the brain is involved in speech reception?

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wernicke’s area

51
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What describes the inability to see an alternative, nontraditional use for an object?

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functional fixedness

think of how someone’s perspective becomes “fixed” on something

52
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What can be describes as a problem-solving strategy that guarantees a solution?

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an algorithm

53
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What can be described as the best example of an item in a given category?

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a prototype

54
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Which part of the brain helps coordinate sensory information with simple movements?

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the midbrain

55
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Which part of the brain is responsible for motor control, relaying sensory information, and controlling autonomic functions?

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the forebrain

56
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Which nervous system activates the fight-or-flight response?

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sympathetic

57
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Which nervous system controls the rest-and-digest response?

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parasympathetic

58
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Which nervous system controls voluntary motor output?

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somatic

59
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What refers to the decreasing sensitivity to a constant stimulus over time?

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habituation

60
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What law says that the size of a just noticeable difference is proportional to the size of the stimulus?

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webers-law

61
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What law states that performance is highest at moderate levels of arousal?

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yerkes-dodson law

62
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What is the first stage in Piaget’s cognitive development model called?

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sensorimotor [stage]
* gathering info about the world through senses (sensor)
* active, discovering what they are capable of (motor)
* use their actions (motor) and senses (sensor) to explore and learn about their surrounding environment

object permanence is associated with this phase/stage!

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What is the second stage in Piaget’s cognitive development model called?

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preoperational [stage]
* mental operations (operational)
* begin to understand symbolic thought

egocentrism is associated with this phase/stage

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What is the third stage in Piaget’s cognitive development model called?

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concrete operational
* start to develop logical thought
* (cannot understand abstract thoughts)

conservation is associated with this phase/stage

65
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What is the fourth stage in Piaget’s cognitive development model called?

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formal operational
* develops/starts to understand abstract thoughts

66
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Which stage in Kohlberg’s moral development model is defined with a perspective on rules as fixed and absolute? (punishments = you deserved them and that you truly were bad)

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(preconventional) - first stage (obedience and punishment)

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Which stage in Kohlberg’s moral development model is defined with a realization that other point of views exist and self interest along with the question, “what’s in it for me”, is asked?

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(preconventional) - second stage (individualism and exchange)
* individualism = realizing that there is more than one point of view (other points of views exist)
* exchange = wondering what can be done in return for individual needs

68
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Which stage in Kohlberg’s moral development model is defined with a center of perspective on being seen as a good person and conformity?

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(conventional) - third stage (developing good interpersonal relationships)
* living up to social expectations and rules
* how status and choices influence relationships

Kohlberg believed that women can only achieve this as their higheststage

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Which stage in Kohlberg’s moral development model is defined with a primary perspective on maintaining social order, going beyond the need for indiviudal approval?

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(conventional) - fourth stage (maintaining social order)
* going beyond the need for individual approval (which was emphasized in the previous stage)
* starts considering society as a whole when making judgements/choices
* much emphasive on law and order (laws are upmost important and must be followed)

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Which stage in Kohlberg’s moral development model is defined with a new perspective on laws not always working in a person’s favor, and that each person has differing beliefs and values?

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(post conventional) - fifth stage (social contract and individual rights)
* laws do not always work in your favor (heinz dilemma)
* individual rights are emphasived (new understanding of differing beliefs and that laws do not value/take into account each person’s differing beliefs or opinions) (laws sometimes are ok with being broken)

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Which stage in Kohlberg’s moral development model is defined with a main perspective focused on universal ethical principles and going beyond what’s right, or what society does, to advocate for what is morally right?

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(post conventional) - sixth stage (universal principles)
* people follow these internalized principles of justice, even if they conflict with laws and rules (think of gandhi)

(few people reach this stage)