SFE

Question 1

Z score

Answer 1

how many standard deviations from the mean a score is

Question 2

Ordinal

Answer 2

rank order

Question 3

Ratio-(comparison)

Answer 3

has a true 0, meaning the absence of measurement (whereas 0 in interval measurement such as temp. does not mean the absence of temp.)

Question 4

Cohen’s D

Answer 4

is an effect size used to indicate the standardized difference between 2 means

Question 5

Null hypothesis

Answer 5

chance alone is responsible for data; no relationship b/n measured phenomena.

Question 6

One or two tailed test

Answer 6

ways of computing statistical significance from a data set.; type of test must be selected before the experiment

Question 7

Skewed distribution to standard z distribution

Answer 7

(normal distribution=bell curve)

transformation ? —> transforming skewed to a z–increases the standard error of the mean (SEM)

Question 8

Validity

Answer 8

does the test accurately measure what it reports to measure.
(face validity, concurrent validity, criterion validity.

Question 9

Internal validity

Answer 9

the extent to which you can say there are no other variables that could be causing the results given; the less the chance for confounds–higher the internal validity.

Question 10

History effects

Answer 10

a threat to internal validity in which an outside event or occurrence might have produced effects on the dependent variable.

Question 11

external validity

Answer 11

the extent to which results can be generalized to world at large

Question 12

Reliability

Answer 12

consistency

Question 13

Test effects

Answer 13

the finding that long-term memory is increased when some of the learning period is devoted to retrieving the to-be-remembered information. The effect is also sometimes referred to as retrieval practice or test-enhanced learning. (helpful to receive feedback as study–i.e. Flash card sites)

Question 14

What order does APA ethics code fall in?

Answer 14

Federal: U.S, laws and U.S. administrative laws (HIPAA)
State: licensing laws and pertinent statutes (ORS’s), administrative rules (OARS’s) (in OR-> APA code in admin. rules)
Organizational policies
Ethical principles and APA codes

Question 15

HIPAA – who it applies to:

Answer 15

anyone who provides health care and does emr’s (electronic medical records)

Question 16

increased privacy of records

Answer 16

must gain consent to share info within TPO(treatment, payment and health care operations); authorization for sharing records outside

Question 17

Is ethical to waive the co-pay?

Answer 17

yes

Question 18

Who created the 1st lab

Answer 18

William Wundt, 1879, Lepzig poland

Question 19

Who did the psychophysical methods, such as the method of adjustment the method of limits and the method of constant stimuli

Answer 19

Gustov Fechner

Question 20

John Watson

Answer 20

Behaviorism

Question 21

John Locke

Answer 21

tabula rasa–mind is a blank slate: formed and developed f/experiences

Question 22

Thorndike’s Law of Effect:

Answer 22

A reward tends to increase the probability of recurrence of the response that precedes it.

Question 23

Bowenian theory

Answer 23

differentiation of Self, unresolved family conflict; worked on decreasing emotions

Question 24

What is lithium used for

Answer 24

bipolar

Question 25

Number of people with schizophrenia

Answer 25

4 in a 1000

Question 26

reticular formation

Answer 26

responsible for attention→ including orienting, selective, divided and sustained attention

Question 27

temporal lobes

Answer 27

long term memory

Question 28

learning disability

Answer 28

usually signifies a discrepancy between general ability and specific achievement.

Question 29

What are neurotransmitters attached to?

Answer 29

axons, dendrites

Question 30

Broca’s area

Answer 30

located in frontal lobe, left hemisphere)-speech: have no difficulty understanding spoken language but have trouble with expressing it

Question 31

Broca’s aphasia:

Answer 31

slow speech

Question 32

occipital lobe

Answer 32

vision

Question 33

parietal lobe,frontal lobes

Answer 33

executive functioning planning

Question 34

Amygdala

Answer 34

almond shaped. vital in processing memory

Question 35

Hippocampus

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center of emotion, memory. connected to amygdala

Question 36

cerebellum

Answer 36

fine motor movements

Question 37

Parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 37

relaxation response

Question 38

sympathetic nervous system

Answer 38

fight or flight

Question 39

Synesthesia

Answer 39

taste sounds and hear

Question 40

thalamus

Answer 40

sensory and motor signals to cortex

Question 41

Pons

Answer 41

messages to the thalamus

Question 42

Wernicke’s (in temporal lobe)

Answer 42

have no difficulty difficulty perceiving words but cannot associate the words with their underlying meaning. When communicating, they get their words all mixed up in the sentence

Question 43

Wernicke’s aphasia

Answer 43

If Wernicke’s area is damaged, will be unable to understand speech or written communication.

Question 44

Fireman scenario

Answer 44

endorphines

Question 45

What regulates mood, body temperature, etc.

Answer 45

serotonin

Question 46

Prefrontal cortex

Answer 46

planning and cognitive behavior. The manager

Question 47

*Negative Reinforcement in weight loss group

Answer 47

refunds

Question 48

Operant Conditioning

Answer 48

Skinner. Reinforcements

Question 49

Dog salivating

Answer 49

food, light-conditioned stimulus: Classical conditioning & Pavlov. High probability behavior before low probability behavior (modeling, shaping, Premack principle)

Question 50

Iconic and echoic memory

Answer 50

The sensory memory (shortest-term element of memory) for visual stimuli is sometimes known as the iconic memory, the memory for aural (auditory) stimuli is known as the echoic memory

Question 51

Semantic memory

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general knowledge

Question 52

Episodic memory

Answer 52

detailed knowledge

Question 53

Walking down a hall & have to remember way back

Answer 53

working memory (visual spatial)

Question 54

primitive defenses

Answer 54

– L,K, F

Question 55

How is biopsychosocial model related to the medical model?

Answer 55

Biopsychosocial model is individualized, multi-faceted approach of treating a client while medical model focuses on the physical pathology (if physical pathology fixed person should be better concept)

Question 56

Projective identification -

Answer 56

parents helping children developing healthy personality (projective identification, ego split, idealization etc.,)

Question 57

bystander effect

Answer 57

too many people. No one takes responsibility

Question 58

Lewin: studied leadership styles

Answer 58

(authoritarian, democratic, laissez faire/permissive) | :most productive leader: democratic/participative leadership

Question 59

Attraction (

Answer 59

p. 420-421) physical proximity, reciprocity, sex differences, relational power,

Question 60

Self affirmation theory

Answer 60

(p. 230) “affirming an important aspect of the self prior to receipt of a counterattitudinal message can buffer the self against the threat imposed by the message and thereby increase the likelihood that participants respond to the message favorably.”

Question 61

automaticity

Answer 61

-engaging in automatic processes