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Intro to Psych - Module 2 Flashcards

1
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It postulates that learning is tied to motivation, potential, and free will. It is the theory that has given us the term self-actualization

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Humanism

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It is the sleep-wake cycle

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Circadian Rhythms

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Secreted by the Pineal gland as this accumulates a person will fell sleepy

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Melatonin

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4
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Measure brain waves

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EEG

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More restful kind of sleep where our body is free to move around

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Non-REM sleep

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Tells people when to wake up and fall asleep

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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

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In terms of motor development, the infant can ____ at about 1 month old.

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Holds chin up

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The infant grasps an item or a finger or the carer and can hold on very well sometimes almost enough to support own weight.

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Gripping Reflex

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The reflex is provoked by sudden noise or movement and the infant throws his or head back and arms and legs out and then cries.

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Moro or Startle

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10
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It is a monosomy and it affects females and usually occurs because one of her X chromosomes is missing.

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Turner Syndrome

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The ____ states that the way people smile when happy, laugh when tickled, and tear up once a loved one passes.

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Universality Hypothesis

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12
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What is the proper order of Kubler-Ross stages of death and dying?

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  • Denial
  • Anger
  • Bargaining
  • Depression
  • Acceptance
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13
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It is also called trisomy 18

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Edward’s Syndrome

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14
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It is the feeling that everybody is looking at you and give their comments

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Imaginary audience

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15
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What system in the body is the longest to adjust to life outside the womb due to excess body fat?

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Digestive System

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16
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The union of the ovum and sperm is called _____

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Fertilization

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17
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It controls the cell and houses the genetic material in structures

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Nucleus

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18
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We use this type of memory in learning how to ride a bike.

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Procedural Memory

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19
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He emphasized the role of others in cognitive development.

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Lev Vygotsky

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20
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Carries hereditary, genetic information in long strings of DNA called genes.

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Chromosome

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21
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We use ____ in memorizing telephone numbers.

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Chunking

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22
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Store information about where and when events occur.

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Frontal Lobe

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23
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The maintenance of detailed visual memories over several minutes.

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Eidetic Memory

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24
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The mental repetition of information to keep it in memory

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Maintenance Rehearsal

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25
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Involved in the formation of verbal memories

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Thalamus

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26
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Incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event.

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Misinformation Effect

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27
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The sensory register that briefly hold mental representations of auditory stimuli

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Echoic Memory

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28
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Responsible for integrating pieces of information when we recall an event.

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Limbic System

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29
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The kind of coding in which new information is related to information that is already known.

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Elaborative Rehearsal

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Storing new information even if it is not a storage bin but involved in relaying sensory information to parts of the cortex.

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Hippocampus

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31
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General knowledge and concerns meaning

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Semantic Memory

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32
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Cannot remember events prior to brain damage

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Retrogade Amnesia

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33
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The body’s habituation to a substance so that with regular usage higher dosages are needed to achieve similar effects.

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Tolerance

34
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Inability to recall events that occur prior to the age of 3 or 4

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Childhood/Infantile Amnesia

35
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TRUE OR FALSE:
Non-Verbal Communication is universal

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False

36
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Arrange the stages of memory in order

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  • Environmental Stimuli
  • Sensory Memory
  • Attention
  • Short term memory
  • Retrieval/Elaborative Rehearsal
  • Long term memory
37
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**TRUE OR FALSE: **
Cognitivism postulates that learning is only completed when it can be seen as a change of behavior.

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False

38
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Generativity vs. _____

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Stagnation

39
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Integrity vs. ______

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Despair

40
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Intimacy vs. _______

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Isolation

41
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Initiative vs. _____

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Guilt

42
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Trust vs. ____

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Mistrust

43
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Autonomy vs. _____

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Shame and Doubt

44
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Industry vs. ______

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Inferiority

45
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Identity vs. _____

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Role Confusion

46
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Strong emotions are associated with arousal of the _____

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Autonomic Nervous System

47
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The emotional bond between an infant and the primary caregiver

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Attachment

48
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Who is the proponent of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence?

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Raymond Catell

49
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Who is the proponent of Analytic, Creative, and Practical Skills?

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Robert Sternberg

50
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Who is the proponent of “G” - General Ability?

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Charles Spearman

51
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Who is the proponent of Multiple Intelligence?

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Howard Gardner

52
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Who is the proponent of Primary Mental Abilities?

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Louise Thurstone

53
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Who is the proponent of Emotional Intelligence?

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Danniel Goleman

54
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The most likely time for miscarriage or spontaneous abortion at about the first 3 months where the organs are becoming functional is called the ____

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Fetal Period

55
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TRUE OR FALSE:
According to Maslow, appreciation and search for beauty, balance, form is a human need.

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True

56
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**TRUE OR FALSE: **
People learn to engage in behavior that reduce the tension.

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True

57
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This is characterized by undereating.

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Aphagic

58
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Factors concerning the qualities that you are born with is _____

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Nature Factors

59
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**TRUE OR FALSE: **
Facial Expression cannot affect our emotional state. It has separate mechanisms.

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False

60
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Downplays the importance of human cognition or cognitive appraisal, personal values and personal choice in behavioral and emotional responses to events is a major criticism of the ___

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James - Lang Theory

61
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The observed rise over time in standardized intelligence test scores

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Flynn Effect

62
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Cannot remember events that occur after the brain damage or cannot form new memories after the brain damage.

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Anterogade Amnesia

63
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What is the virtue of Early Childhood?

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Will

64
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What is the purpose of Play Age?

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Purpose

65
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What is the virtue of Infancy?

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Hope

66
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What is the virtue of Old Age?

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Wisdom

67
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What is the virtue of School Age?

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Competence

68
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Factors that cause a birth defect

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Teratogen

68
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Process of experiential theory are the following:

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Active Experimentation

69
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**TRUE OR FALSE: **
Facial expression always occurs with emotion.

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False

70
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The most common chromosal disorder having extra number 21 chromosome

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Down Syndrome

71
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What type of test can be used for infants and toddlers?

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BAYLEY III

72
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At 2 to 8 weeks after fertilization, the organism is firmly attached to the uterus where major organs start to develop. This makes the _ vulnerable to hazards such as diseases and substances ingested by the mother and received through the placenta.

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Embryo

73
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Piaget’s first stage of cognitive development

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Sensorimotor Stage

74
Q

Nicotine is an example of ____

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Stimulants

75
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**TRUE OR FALSE: **
In Maslow’s Expanded Hierarchy of Needs, self-actualization is the last state.

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False

76
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TRUE OR FALSE:
Extrinsic motivation involve engaging in a behavior because it is personally rewarding. Performance of activity is for its own sake rather than the desire for some reward.

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False

77
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What is the correct order of the memory process?

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  • External Inputs
  • Encoding
  • Storage
  • Retrieval
78
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It is the scientific study of the changes that occur in people as they age from conception until death

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Human Development

79
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The influence of environment on on personality, physical and intellectual growth, and social interactions

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Nurture

80
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It is a complete set of some 20,000 to 25,000 genes.

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Genomes

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