Final! Flashcards
A reduction in number of participants as some drop out is called
Attrition
An intelligence score below what number is considered an intellectual disablity
70
What perceptual system allows Nancy to run without watching her feet and hit a baseball without focusing on her hands
Propreoception
The storage capacity of long-term memory is____
Essentially unlimited
Mohammed is sleeping, and his eyelids are darting around. He is most likely in what type of sleep
REM sleep
Lidya is standing on 1 leg with his arms in the air the this sense helps him keep his balance so he has less of a chance to fall over
vestibular system
What part of the brain is probably damaged if I am unable to recognize basic objects around my house
Hippocampus
Melatonin released by the pinneal gland is stimulated by what and is inhibited by what
Stimulated by darkness and inhibited by light
The practice of administering, scoring, and interpreting an assessment tool, in the same way, is called
Standardization
What type of research design allows for a cause-and-effect conclusion
Experimental
In this type of study both the researchers and participants are unaware of their group assignments
double blind
What type of memories do we conciosly try to remember recall and report
Explicit
Jeff is an unforgiving perfectionist who would rather turn in work a week late then turn in a project with even minor mistakes, infact he spends so much time working that he never has time for anything else. He is known to be rigid inflexible and stubborn. What is his diagnosis?
OCPD
Jory is a 6 year old and is picking out a card for his mothers birthday, he picks out a lightning McQueen card because he loves cars reasoning that his mother also loves cars. What does this exemplify?
Egocentrism
You salivate when you begin to smell your favorite meatloaf in the oven but now when you smell green bean casserole baking. This is an example of?
Discrimination
Denise is in the middle of a distinct period of abnormal mood. She cleaned her house from top to bottom, breaking windows and dishes in the process, she also bought a new car. She is experiencing what?
Manic episode
Elen has been described as creative, imaginative, curious, artistic, and nonconforming. She is likely to obtain an elevated score on a questionnaire designed to measure what?
Openness
Tesla makes immitation dream catchers in her spare time. Her father encourages her to sell them on eBay and when she does she notices that while she still enjoys making them she no longer does it for fun, she does it to make money. This is an example of what?
Overjustification
You are a big fan of your grandmas chocolate chip cookies just the smell of them causes you to feel hungry. One night she us cooking chocolate chip, almond, oatmeal cooking, a variation of her usual recipe. Even though its a different scent you still feel hungry, what does this exemplify
Generalization
During adolescence there is a tendency to see people engage in higher levels of risk-taking behavior, emotional outbursts are also quite common, this is because this part of brain is not yet developed
Prefrontal cortex / frontal lobe / frontal cortex
According to Carl Rogers a healthy personality would result from congruance between your ______ and your ________
Real self and ideal self
An individual who exerts less effort in a group task if their individual contributions will not be evaluated and the task is easy is a what
Social loafer
Symptoms that cause noticiable decreases and absences in certain behaviors and drives are called what? (Schizophrenia)
Negative symptoms
What has research shown about processing subliminal messages
In laboratory settings people can process and respond to information outside of their awareness
