Terms And People

Question 1

Who is associated with “stream of consciousness”?

Answer 1

William James

Question 2

Who is associated with “identity crisis”?

Answer 2

Erik Erikson

Question 3

__________ is prior knowledge or mental representations of the world.

A. Schema
B. Maturation
C. Socialization
D. Developmental psychology

Answer 3

Schema

Question 4

_______________ is a defense mechanism in which an individual retreats to an earlier stage of development or pattern of behavior in order to deal with a threatening or stressful situation.

A. Rationalization
B. Projection
C. Regression
D. Reinforcement

Answer 4

Regression

Question 5

_______________ is a process when an individual seeks to explain an often unpleasant emotion or behavior in a way that will preserve his or her self-esteem.

A. Rationalization
B. Projection
C. Regression
D. Reinforcement

Answer 5

Rationalization

Question 6

______________ is unconsciously transferring ones own undesirable attitudes, feelings, or thoughts to others.

A. Rationalization
B. Projection
C. Regression
D. Reinforcement

Answer 6

Projection

Question 7

__________________ is the theory that people of different ages tend to think differently about certain issues because of different formative experiences.

A. Attribution theory
B. Utility value
C. Social cognition
D. Generational identity

Answer 7

Generational identity

Question 8

_________________ is a collection of principles based on our explanations of the causes of events and other peoples behaviors.

A. Attribution theory
B. Utility value
C. Social cognition
D. Generational identity

Answer 8

Attribution theory

Question 9

________________ is the ability of a person or participant to help another achieve his\her goals.

A. Attribution theory
B. Utility value
C. Social cognition
D. Generational identity

Answer 9

Utility value

Question 10

___________ is the study of how people perceive, store, and retrieve info about social interactions.

A. Attribution theory
B. Utility value
C. Social cognition
D. Generational identity

Answer 10

Social cognition

Question 11

_______________ is an image of yourself based on what you believe others think of you.

Answer 11

Looking-glass self

Question 12

_________________ is an organization devoted to the study and culture of cultivated plants.

Answer 12

horticulture society

Question 13

______________ is the process by which a minority group is denied equal access to benefits of a society.

A. Discrimination
B. Racism
C. Subjugation
D. Prejudice

Answer 13

Subjugation

Question 14

__________________ is the obligation to reinvest money in business rather than to spend it.

A. Secularization
B. Spirit of Capitalism
C. Fundamentalism
D. Legitimation

Answer 14

Spirit of Capitalism

Question 15

_________________ is the process through which the sacred loses influence over society.

A. Secularization
B. Spirit of Capitalism
C. Fundamentalism
D. Legitimation

Answer 15

Secularization

Question 16

What is denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis?

Answer 16

Secular

Question 17

_______________ is the desire to resist secularization and to adhere closely to traditional religious beliefs, rituals, and doctrines.

A. Secularization
B. Spirit of Capitalism
C. Fundamentalism
D. Legitimation

Answer 17

Fundamentalism

Question 18

____________ is the principle that behavioral differences are the result of inherited physical characteristics.

A. Biological determinism
B. Ageism
C. Prejudice
D. Age stratification

Answer 18

Biological determinism

Question 19

_____________ is the unequal distribution of scarce resources based on age.

A. Biological determinism
B. Ageism
C. Prejudice
D. Age stratification

Answer 19

Age stratification

Question 20

________________ set of beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values used to justify age-based prejudice and discrimination.

A. Biological determinism
B. Ageism
C. Prejudice
D. Age stratification

Answer 20

Ageism

Question 21

___________is the borrowing of aspects of culture from other cultures.

Answer 21

Diffusion

Question 22

Cultures change for 3 reasons:

1. Discovery
2. Invention
3. ________

Answer 22

Diffusion

Question 23

________ attachment is when a child demonstrates the need to be close to parent and explore. The child welcomes back the mother when she leaves and is free of anger.

A. Resistant
B. Avoidant
C. Secure
D. Disorganized

Answer 23

Secure

Question 24

____________ attachment is when the child avoids or ignores the mother when she leaves and returns.

A. Resistant
B. Avoidant
C. Secure
D. Disorganized

Answer 24

Avoidant

Question 25

___________attachment is when a child is not upset when mother leaves but rejects her or acts angrily when she returns.

A. Resistant
B. Avoidant
C. Secure
D. Disorganized

Answer 25

Resistant

Question 26

_________ attachment is when child behaves inconsistently when mother leaves and\or returns.

A. Resistant
B. Avoidant
C. Secure
D. Disorganized

Answer 26

Disorganized

Question 27

B.F. Skinner is the theorist associated with what type of psychology?

Answer 27

Behaviorism

Question 28

B.F. Skinner, a behaviorist, believed that behavior is motivated by what?

Answer 28

Reinfocement

Question 29

The ________ theory assumes aggression is learned in childhood by observing and imitating models.

A. Cognitive
B. Behaviorism

Answer 29

Cognitive