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Statistical significance means?

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the results of the data show that the results are probably not due to chance.

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In a correlational study, a positive correlation means that?

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both variables increase or decrease at the same time.

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Wilhelm Wundt’s technique of introspection led to psychology’s use of?

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the scientific method

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Who wrote an analysis of the negative psychological effects of colonial subjugation upon black people and the psychology of oppression?

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Frantz Fanon

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Who is known as the founder of Behaviorism?

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John Watson

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The Sociocultural approach utilizes multiple perspectives and looks to see how behavior varies due to _____

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culture , age, gender and social situations.

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Psychology can trace its development as a scientific field back to two other fields.One of those two fields is?

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Philosophy.

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Which of the following is part of the procedure for an experiment?

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Select a random group of people from the population

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Although psychologists use different methods and study different behaviors, they all conduct ______ studies.

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systematic

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the Sociocultural approach utilizes multiple perspectives and looks to see how behavior varies due to culture age, gender and ___________ situations.

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social

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Research psychology

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designs and conducts experiments in the study of behavior.

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Applied psychology

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uses psychological theories to solve real world problems.

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Clinical psychology

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diagnoses, treats, and prevents mental disorders.

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Forensic psychology

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applies psychology to the field of criminal investigation and the law.

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Industrial and Organizational psychology

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performs scientific studies of employees, the workplace, and organizations

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This theory focuses on our mental abilities in guiding behavior?

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Cognitive

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This theory studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine behavior.

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Psychodynamic

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18
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Psychologists who study biological, emotional, cognitive and social changes that occur over a lifetime are called?

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developmental psychologists

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____________ psychologists work within the educational system to help children with emotional, social, and academic issues.

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school

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A psychologist studies the same group of people at regular intervals over a period of years in a?

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longitudinal study

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Structuralism

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studied the basic elements of conscious mental experiences

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Functionalism

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studied how mental processes help people and animals adapt to their environment

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Psychodynamic

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studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine behavior

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Behaviorism

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analyzes observable behavior and studies conditioning and reinforcement

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Cognitive

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focuses on our mental abilities in guiding behavior

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Humanism

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focuses on individuals in control of their behavior as a product of free will

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Aristotle

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the heart is the mechanism of mental processes

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John Locke

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Described the human mind as a “blank slate” shaped by experiences

29
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Wilhelm Wundt

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Established the first laboratory for the scientific study of behavior

30
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Charles Darwin

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Theory of evolution and survival of the fittest

31
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Frantz Fanon

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Studied the psychology of oppression

32
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Stanley Hall

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Founded the American Psychological Association

33
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The __________ group is not given the independent variable.

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control

34
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The group to which the independent variable is given is the ______________ group.

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experimental

35
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The groups to which the dependent variable is given are the ______________ groups.

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control and sample

36
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In a correlational study, the correlation coefficient is a measure of _________ and can range from –1.00 to +1.00.

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strength

37
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Which of the following is NOT a type of research strategy

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Introspective analysis

38
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The _________ began studying human behavior in the fifth and sixth centuries B.C., and decided that humans were rational beings.

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Greeks

39
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The ___________ nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord.

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central

40
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Neurons communicate with each other through a(n) ____________ process.

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electrochemical

41
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The synapse is crossed because of the presence of ?

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Neurotransmitters

42
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Psychoactive drugs interact with _______________ which alter a person’s mood, perception and behavior.

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neurotransmitters

43
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What is the consequence for hurting the frontal lobe?

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loss of impulse control

44
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What is the consequence for hurting the parietal lobe?

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inability to locate and recognize parts of your body

45
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Consequence to harming the occipital lobes?

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distorted vision field

46
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consequence of harming the temporal lobes?

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loss of hearing and or language.

47
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The function of the frontal lobe in the brain is?

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Impulse control

48
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One of the consequences of damage to the parietal lobes of the brain is??

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an inability to locate and recognize parts of your body

49
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The function of the occipital lobe in the brain is…

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recognize and process visual information.

50
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A(n) _______ takes x-rays of the brain.

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CAT scan

51
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A(n) _______ gives detailed pictures of the brain’s soft tissue by aligning spinning atoms in a strong magnetic field.

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MRI

52
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interconnected processes that help us understand our world.

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Sensation and perception

53
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The __________ in the ear works like the retina in the _____ for transduction.

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cochea, eye

54
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This sense is the only sense that has no transduction.

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smell

55
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The cochlea in the _______ works like the ______ in the eye for transduction.

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ear, retina

56
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one of the Gestalt principles of perception, when we see incomplete figures, will fill in the spaces and see them as complete figures.

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closure

57
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In one of the Gestalt principles of perception, the ________________ relationship is the principle by which we organize the perceptual field into stimuli that stand out and those that are left over.

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figure ground

58
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Nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep includes all stages of sleep EXCEPT

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rapid eye movement

59
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The problem solving and information processing theory of dreaming states that?

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dreams are caused by people reviewing happenings that occurred when they were awake.

60
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Panic reactions are the most common unpleasant side effects of __________ use.

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LSD

61
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An overdose of ________ may cause the user to lose control of breathing and thus die from respiratory failure.

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opium

62
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B.F. Skinner

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trained animals to perform various activities based on reward and punishment

63
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Albert Bandura

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the bobo doll experiment to show observational learning

64
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Ivan Pavlov

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trained a dog using classical conditioning

65
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J. Watson and R. Rayner

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worked with a baby named little Albert to change a neutral stimulus to a conditioned stimulus.

66
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One schema related to short term memory is ?

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chunking

67
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The things you have in your conscious memory right now are being held in your _________

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working memory

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