PSY FINAL Flashcards

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What is the purpose of the olfactory system?

A

It is the structure responsible for smell.

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What is the process by which the eye becomes more sensitive to light in a dark environment?

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Dark adaptation

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An _________ is a step-by-step procedure that is guaranteed, eventually, to produce a solution.

A

Algorithm

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4
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What are the three universal properties that all languages share?

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Semanticity, Generativity, and Displacement

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5
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______ is when someone observes a behavior and then imitates it

A

Modeling

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6
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_______ is the Id’s boundless drive for immediate gratification

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Pleasure principle

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What are nerve cells that serve as building blocks of the nervous system called?

A

Neurons

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8
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A capacity to change as a result of experience is called…

A

Plasticity

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9
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What is the inner core of the brain that connects to the spinal cord and contains the medulla, pons, and reticular formation?

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the brainstem

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10
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Good serotonin process makes you:

A

Sleep

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11
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The visual system stores images called ions in _________.

A

Iconic memory

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12
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__________ are recollections consciously retrieved in response to direct questions.

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Explicit memories

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What is the capacity to learn from experience and adopt successfully to one’s environment?

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Intelligence

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14
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The inability to see a problem from other’s point of view is called…

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Fixation

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15
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___________ is the scientific study of behavior and the mind.

A

Psychology

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16
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The __________ focuses on the links between the mind and the body

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clinical perspective

17
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Learning by watching others is called.

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Observational learning

18
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What term describes behavior directed against persons because of their affiliation with a social group?

A

discrimination

19
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__________________ is the tendency for an organ to become familiar with a stimulus as a result of repeated exposure.

A

habituation

20
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________ is any stimulus that strengthens a prior response.

A

reinforcement

21
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A perspective in psychology for evaluating human flourishing and wellness. it involves topics of maintaining optimal mental and physical health

A

Positive Psychological Perspective

22
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a visual sensation that persists after prolonged exposure to and removal of a stimulus is

A

afterimage

23
Q

What are the three aspects of the Freudian Iceberg Model?

A

ego, id, and superego

24
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__________ is when anxiety-provoked thoughts and memories are “forgotten” and pushed out of awareness

A

Repression

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What are symptoms of a burnout?
emotional exhaustion and disengagement
26
Monism is the belief that the body and mind are...?
the same, or synergistic entities
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An _______ is a fixed pattern of behavior that is unlearned, universal within aa species, and is released by a specific set of conditions.
Instinct
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___________ is a disorder in which a person becomes so fearful of gaining weight that the person ignores hunger pangs, limits eating, becomes emaciated, and sometimes even starves to death.
Anorexia nervosa
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Piaget's first stage of cognitive development, from birth to 2 years old, when infants one to know the world through their own actions is ______.
sensorimotor stage
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___________ is a parent-infant relationship in which the baby is secure when the parent is present, distressed by separation, and delighted by reunion.
Secure attachment
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negative feeling towards others based solely on their membership in a certain group is...
prejudice
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__________ Is the study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in social situations.
Social Psychology
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What is the enhanced recall of early items in a sequence called?
primacy
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________ and ________ are two forms information can be stored in
Visual and semantic
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Techniques used to modify disordered thoughts, feelings, and behaviors through the principles of learning and cognition are known as _________?
cognitive-behavioral therapy