psychology test

Question 1

Define perception, and explain sig

Answer 1

It is the process of using our senses to become aware of objects, relationships, etc

Question 2

Define Identity Crisis, and explain sig

Answer 2

a time in a teenagers life filled with extreme self-consciousness as he or she attempts to test and integrate various roles

Question 2

Define collective unconscious, and explain sig

Answer 2

a collection of knowledge and imagery that every person is born with and is shared by all human beings due to ancestral experience

Question 2

Define repression, and explain sig

Answer 2

the exclusion of distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings from the conscious mind.

Question 3

Define Classical Conditioning, and explain sig

Answer 3

a type of learning where a once neutral stimulus comes to produce a particular response after pairings with a conditioned stimulus

Question 4

Define psychoanalytic theory, and explain sig

Answer 4

the theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development

Question 5

Define analytic psychology, and explain sig

Answer 5

a branch of psychology founded by Carl Jung, based on the idea that balancing a person’s psyche would allow the person to reach his/her full potential

Question 6

Define unconditioned response, and explain sig

Answer 6

the natural response to an unconditional stimulus

Question 7

Define Ego, and explain sig

Answer 7

it is the rational part of the mind, which operates on the reality principle. It often suppresses the urges of the id.

Question 7

Define Id, and explain sig

Answer 7

it is the instinctual part of the mind, which operates on the pleasure principle

Question 8

Define superego, and explain sig

Answer 8

It is the moral centre of the mind. It acts as the mind’s conscience

Question 9

what was maslows self-actualization theory?

Answer 9

part of maslows hierarchy of needs, his highest stage is self-actualization.