Psychology Exam

Question 1

Mary D. Salter Ainsworth

Answer 1

attachment theory; infant obedience and maternal behavior

Question 2

Solomon Asch

Answer 2

conformity experiments; gestalt psychology; social influence; card line experiment

Question 3

Albert Bandura

Answer 3

social cognitive theory; Social learning theory; Bobo Doll Experiment; Observational learning: self-efficacy;

Question 4

Paul Ekman

Answer 4

microfacial expressions; universal human emotions; humans can relate emotions

Question 5

Erik Erikson

Answer 5

8 stages of Psychosocial Development; Developmental Psychology;

Question 6

Sigmund Freud

Answer 6

Father of Psychoanalysis; Psychosexual development, ID, Superego, and Ego; Dream analysis unconscious mind

Question 7

John Garcia

Answer 7

Taste Aversion; rats exposed to radiation

Question 8

Carl jung

Answer 8

Collective Unconscious; Archetypes; extrovert and introvert; Myers–Briggs Type Indicator

Question 9

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Answer 9

Near death studies; Five Stages of Grief; death and dying

Question 10

Abraham Maslow

Answer 10

5 tier hierarchy human needs; motivational theory; self-actualization; humanistic

Question 11

Stanley Migram

Answer 11

Shock Experiment; social psychologist; conformity and social pressure; conformism; human obedience; small world problem

Question 12

Ivan Pavlov

Answer 12

Developed thry of classical conditioning; dogs conditioned reflex; digestive glands

Question 13

Irene Pepperberg

Answer 13

Grey parrots; birds learning linguistic abilities and cognitive

Question 14

Carl Rogers

Answer 14

humanistic psychology; client centered therapy; counseling and psychotherapy

Question 15

Hermann Rorschach

Answer 15

Inkblot test; abstract art and psychology; reveal personality, unconscious conflicts, personality traits,

Question 16

Martin Seligman

Answer 16

positive psychology; 3 kinds of happy; Creative theory of learned helplessness

Question 17

B.F. Skinner

Answer 17

radical behaviorist psychologist; Operant Conditioning; skinner boxes; pigeons

Question 18

John B. Watson

Answer 18

Founded of school of behaviorism; conditional behaviorism; Little Albert Experiment; all animals learn behaviors from environment

Question 19

Phillip Zimbardo

Answer 19

Stanford Prison Experiment; conformity; social psychologist; putting good ppl in an evil spot; cognitive dissonance;

Question 20

Alzheimer’s Disease

Answer 20

dementia; destroys Memory and mental functions; damages persons brain; older adults

Question 21

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

Answer 21

mental health and brain-related conditions; diagnosing the condition

Question 22

Diffusion of Responsibility

Answer 22

people fail to take action as number of bystanders increase

Question 23

Dreams

Answer 23

Unfolding sequence of perceptions, thoughts, emotions experienced as a series of actual events during sleep.

Question 24

Eating Disorders

Answer 24

anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating

Question 25

Learning Styles

Answer 25

4 types: visual learning, auditory learning, reading and writing, kinesthetic; VARK

Question 26

Intelligence Tests

Answer 26

mental capacity tests; classification of children special needs

Question 27

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Answer 27

psychological test; evaluate psychiatric disorders; diagnose mental health; psychopathology; true or false, cannot say

Question 28

The Thematic Apperception Test

Answer 28

interpretations of ambiguous pictures; studies motives; motivational traits

Question 29

The Strong-Campbell Inventory

Answer 29

career interest test; career exploration; career preferences

Question 30

Stress

Answer 30

a state of worry or mental tension caused by a difficult situation; psychological perception of pressure

Question 31

Bystander Effect

Answer 31

presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation