Final Review

Question 1

What is a sense of discomfort that occurs when behaviors don’t match an attitude

Answer 1

Cognitive Dissonance

Social Psychology notes

Question 2

What are the three functions of memory?

Answer 2

Encoding, storage, and retrieval

Memory Part 2 Notes

Question 3

According to Freud, a boy’s sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father describes the

Answer 3

Oedipus Complex

Pg 338

Question 4

Emotions are a mix of what three components?

Answer 4

Bodily arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience. (Pg. 262)

Question 5

What do you call positive psychological changes as a result of struggling with extremely challenging circumstances and life crises?

Answer 5

Posttraumatic Growth

(p. 424)

Question 6

What is the term for focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus.

Answer 6

Selective Attention

p. 54

Question 7

What is a type of learning in which we link two or more stimuli and anticipate events?

Answer 7

Classical Conditioning

p. 167

Question 8

What does SQ3R stand for?

Answer 8

Study, Question, Read,
Retrieve, Review
(Pg. 27)

Question 9

What does the “M” in SMART stand for?

Answer 9

Measurable

SIOP notes

Question 10

What is the tendency for people to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal then when held individually accountable?

Answer 10

Social Loafing

Social psychology notes, slide 25