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I am unlovable.

Julio and his boyfriend break up. Julio makes an internal attribution for this outcome. Complete the sentence to show an internal attribution that Julio could make. My boyfriend broke up with me because ________.

counseling psychology

Karla Cristina wants to focus on the emotional, social, vocational, and health-related outcomes of individuals who are considered psychologically healthy. Which area of psychology should she study?

equipotentiality hypothesis

Lashley conducted research where he purposely damaged the brains of rats that had learned a task and then tested those rats to see if the brain damage impaired their ability to complete that same task. What was his hypothesis?

Introspection

A process by which someone examines another person's consciousness as objectively as possible.

Three coping styles were described by Karen Horney when dealing with anxiety.

A. moving against people B. moving away from people C. moving toward people

working memory and how does working memory differ from long and short term memory? • working memory: limited capacity part of the human memory system that combines the temporary storage and manipulation of information in the service of cognition (complex cognitive

Baddeley and Hitch state that________.

knowing that a student fears exams, the instructor wears a bright red shirt only on exam day, every exam day, to see how long it is before the red shirt becomes an object of fear to the student

Classical conditioning is used in the following experiment(s).

an internal locus of control

Crystal believes that she succeeds in high school because she works hard, earned a place on the basketball team because she practices constantly, and cooks well because she takes cooking classes. Julian Rotter would say that Crystal has ________.

______is a major criticism of both the stimulus- and response-based definitions of stress.

These definitions provide a complete definition of stress.

moving with people

Three coping styles were described by Karen Horney when dealing with anxiety. Which of the following is not one of them?

conditioned stimulus

Wendy clicks her tongue while tickling Don. Eventually, Francis starts to squirm and giggle every time Wendy clicks her tongue, even when he is not being tickled. In this example, tongue clicking is a(n) ________.

confirmation bias

Wendy strongly believes that attending daycare is detrimental to children's development so she decides to write her psychology term paper on this topic. She does a literature search and finds sources supporting her opinion, but she finds that the majority of research indicates that children attending daycare experience healthy development. She writes a paper using the sources that find negative associations with daycare attendance. This is an example of ________.

Aaban adopted a professional persona for his job interview.

Aaban's behavior and self-presentation is relaxed and informal with his friends. When he goes on a job interview he projects professionalism and formality with how he dresses and the way he speaks. What would Carl Jung say about Aaban?

_______exemplifies the unconditional positive regard component of client-centered therapy?

Abby tells her therapist that she tripped a small child who got in her way, and her therapist accepts this information without judgment.

anything an individual does that can be punished or rewarded

According to Albert Bandura's social-cognitive theory, behavior refers to ________.

integrity vs. despair

According to Erik Erikson's eighth stage of psychosocial development, in which an individual assesses and makes sense of her life and the meaning of her contributions, what is the developmental task?

They could research peer-reviewed articles to see if either perspective is supported.

Alberto and Christina are having an argument. Alberto, an engineering major at Texas A&M, thinks that money is the key to happiness. His girlfriend Christina, an anthropology major at UT Austin, believes that good health is the key to happiness. How might the two resolve their disagreement?

actor-observer bias

Allison believes she is unable to stop gambling because her friends all gamble and are a bad influence; however, she believes that Anne is unable to stop gambling because Anne is addicted to gambling. This is an example of ________.

Henry James' brother, William James was the ________.

American philosopher and psychologist American psychologist and philosopher. Known as the father of Functionalism. Liked to identify the purposes or functions of the mind. Influenced Evolutionary psychology.

moving against people

Ana Marie is unhappy, she is mean to other kids; she calls them names and hits them. She often manipulates her peers into doing what she wants. What coping strategy is Ana Marie using?

Youthful looks provide fertility clues.

At UT-Austin, the psychologist Dr. Buss conducted a study of mate preference differences between men and women in 37 cultures, Buss (1989) found that men value youthful appearance more than women. Why do you think that is so?

projective test

At the University of Michigan, Dr. Alvarez and his team conducts a ________ by requesting that their patient respond to ambiguous stimuli, which reveals hidden feelings, impulses, and desires.

He is famous for demonstrating the principles of operant conditioning: The motivation for a behavior happens after the behavior is demonstrated

B. F. Skinner was a famous American psychologist. The following is a correct statement about Skinner.

moving away from people

David feels anxious so he retreats to his closet with a flashlight, using the closet as a private hideaway. What coping strategy is this?

operant conditioning

Dr. Alvarez from the University of Puerto Rico provides Julio with the positive reinforcement of a candy bar when he does something Dr. Alvarez likes. The doctor then punishes him by squirting him with a squirt gun when he does something Dr. Alvarez does not like. She is applying the principles of ________ in an attempt to modify Julio's behavior.

agreeableness

Dr. Eidelbach from the University of Alaska is studying personality traits. Someone who is helpful, trusting, and empathetic will score high on the ________ trait.

industrial-organizational

Dr. Milhojas from a university in Japan wants to conduct research on personnel management, workplace environment, and what type of environment results in high levels of employee productivity and efficiency. Milhojas should conduct research in the area of ________ psychology.

Which of the following statements about Edward C. Tolman is correct.

He disagreed with John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner. He placed hungry rats in a maze with no reward for finding their way through it, and he studied a comparison group that was rewarded with food at the end of the maze. His experiments demonstrated that organisms can learn even if they do not receive immediate reinforcement.

One of the following statements about Edward C. Tolman is incorrect.

He found that emotions can be a conditioned response.

-0.5

In a study done by researchers at the University of Barcelona, which correlation coefficient best represents a moderate relationship showing fewer anxiety symptoms in people who report higher life satisfaction?

circular

Including both inductive and deductive reasoning, the scientific process is_____.

consciousness

Introspection refers to a process by which someone examines ________ as objectively as possible.

Learning can occur when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Ivan Pavlov experimented with dogs. What was the main point of these experiments?

using the acronym HOMES to remember the names of the five Great Lakes

One of the following is an example of a mnemonic device, which one?

telling someone with dyslexia she cannot learn to read, leading her to become illiterate even though she could learn to read with a bit of extra effort

One of the following is an example of the self-fulfilling prophecy

are mutable (liable to change)

One of the following is not a way we tend to think of personality. Our personalities ________.

reaction formation

One of the following is not part of Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory.

Extinction

One of the following is the decrease in the conditioned response when the unconditioned stimulus is no longer presented with the conditioned stimulus?

John Watson

One of the following psychologists was a behaviorist.

Encoding involves the input of information into the memory system.

One or two of the following statements about encoding is incorrect?

forgetting

Pilar left her phone somewhere, but she can't remember where. Which category of memory failure associated with the seven sins of memory is exemplified by the above?

automatic processing and effortful processing

Pilar tries to encoding information which occurs through ________.

an external locus of control

Raphael thought he failed his English class because the test was too hard, passed his art class because the professor passed everyone, and didn't get the internship because Mr. Stokes the manager didn't like him. Julian Rotter would say that Raphael has ________.

As stress levels increase from low to moderate, performance also increases.

Researchers have looked at stress and its effects for a while. Which of the following statements about the relationship between stress and performance is true?

One can learn new behaviors by observing others.

Social learning theory's main point is:

Average people will harm others if told to do so by an authority figure.

Stanley Milgram conducted research on obedience. What was his most important or primary conclusion?

yellow bile from the liver

The bodily humor that was associated with choleric temperament according to Hippocrates theory of personality is_______.

applying a set of skills to understand and evaluate information

The definition of critical thinking is ________.

fixed interval

The following is an example of which reinforcement schedule? Jim receives a paycheck every week.

the operation of the whole mind rather than the individual parts

The function of behavior and _____are what Functionalist psychologists focus on in their studies.

self-actualization

The highest need is ________, according to Abraham Maslow

Neo-Freudians reduced the emphasis on sex.

The main difference between Sigmund Freud and the neo-Freudians is_______.

cerebellum

The part of the brain that is most involved in creating implicit memories is _____.

Identical twins, whether raised together or apart, have very similar personalities.

The primary finding of the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart was_____.

The following is a criticism of structuralism.

The process was highly subjective.

They help ensure quality control in reporting scientific findings

What are the benefits of having peer reviewers of articles?

Stroop effect

What is it called when a researcher conducts a study timing participants on how long they took to name colors when the semantic meaning of the word differed from the color it was presented in?

congruence

________ is a state of being in which our thoughts about our real and ideal selves are very similar.

whether people working at a desk are more likely to be obese

________is an example of research someone might conduct in the area of health psychology.

tentative explanation

_______is the definition of hypothesis.

experimental

______is the research design that allows cause-and-effect conclusions.

A social role is ___________.

socially defined pattern of behavior that is expected of a person in a given setting or group