Midterm

Question 1

Anything an organism does

Answer 1

Behavior

Question 2

Which early psychologist used dogs do smashes classical conditioning?

Answer 2

Ivan Pavlov

Question 3

Which Greek philosopher theorized that the heart was the seat of mental processes?

Answer 3

Aristotle

Question 4

Which famous psychologist is responsible for the psychoanalysis school of thought?

Answer 4

Sigmund Freud

Question 5

Which argues that biology has more of an effect on human behavior?

Answer 5

Nature

Question 6

What is the study of behavior and mental processes?

Answer 6

Psychology

Question 7

A correlation…

Answer 7

The extent to which two factors vary together

Question 8

When a person believes that a correlation exists when there really is not one it is an:

Answer 8

Illusory Correlation

Question 9

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that you would have foreseen it is known as

Answer 9

Hindsight Bias

Question 10

What are the three main levels of analysis?

Answer 10

Social- cultural, biological, and psychological

Question 11

A statement of the procedures used to define research variable is a:

Answer 11

Hypothesis

Question 12

Which major experiment conditioned a small child to fear furry animals?

Answer 12

Little Albert

Question 13

Physical/emotion abuse that occurs within the family structure

Answer 13

Family violence

Question 14

Any act to a child that results in a non-accidental injury

Answer 14

Child physical abuse

Question 15

Physical indicators of child abuse:

Answer 15

Lacerations on the back of the legs.
Immersion burns.
Bruises or welts that form a recognizable pattern.

Question 16

Behavioral indicators:

Answer 16

Destructive to self/others
Poor social relations
Learning problems

Question 17

What is it called when a parent seeks medical treatment for a fake illness that the child is suffering from?

Answer 17

Munchausen Syndrome

Question 18

Guides for detection of abuse:

Answer 18

Location
Correlation
Repetition of the injury

Question 19

Long-term effect of child neglect

Answer 19

Developmental delays

Question 20

A characteristic that may lead to dating violence, sexual assault or stalking is…

Answer 20

Direct or indirect exposure to family violence.

Question 21

What involves the perpetration of physical, emotional, or threat of abuse or murder by at least one person of an unmarried couple?

Answer 21

Dating violence

Question 22

Ways to prevent rape:

Answer 22

Avoid places of isolation
Reinforce resistance
Don’t trust internet people

Question 23

Violence and abuse that occurs between adult partners who are at least 18 years old, sexually intimate, married or unmarried, and currently or formerly living together

Answer 23

Intimate partner violence

Question 24

Theories to why intimate partner violence occurs:

Answer 24

Power
Alcohol
Dependency

Question 25

A condition in which a subject does not attempt to escape from a painful situation after learning in a previous, similar situation that escape is not possible is known as:

Answer 25

Learned helplessness

Question 26

Common types of IPV physical abuse:

Answer 26

Striking acts
Control or choking acts
Humiliation violence

Question 27

The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

Answer 27

Social psychology

Question 28

What theory states that we explain someone’s behavior by crediting either the situation or the person’s disposition?

Answer 28

Attribution Theory

Question 29

The tendency for observers to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition is the:

Answer 29

Fundamental Attribution Error

Question 30

Feelings that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events

Answer 30

Attitudes

Question 31

Which route to persuasion uses incident cues, like attractiveness?

Answer 31

Peripheral

Question 32

The tendency to favor our own group is known as the:

Answer 32

Ingroup bias

Question 33

Which theory states that you try to reduce the dissonance (discomfort) you feel when our attitudes and actions conflict?

Answer 33

Cognitive Dissonance Theory

Question 34

If you agree to help your friend, who is moving, carry boxes to their car and then later agree to help them unpack and decorate their house, you fell victim to the:

Answer 34

Foot-in-the-door phenomenon

Question 35

When we are influenced by another person either to gain approval or avoid disapproval it is:

Answer 35

Normative Social Influence

Question 36

An aroused state of intense absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship is:

Answer 36

Passionate love

Question 37

When someone weighs the cost and benefits of helping someone, they are demonstrating the:

Answer 37

Social exchange theory

Question 38

The tendency for a person to be less likely to give aid if others are present

Answer 38

Bystander Effect

Question 39

What is the unselfish regard for the welfare of others?

Answer 39

Altruism