Psychology

Which level comprises the third level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

Belonging/love

Jennifer swings between high and low moods. Sometimes she feels on top of the world, and then the next she feels as if life isn't worth living. What disorder is she likely to have?

Bipolar

Many people are very likely to develop flashbulb memories. Why is this?

Flashbulb memories usually recall significant emotional events from our lives.

For most people who play video games, success is based on which of the following?

Intrinsic Motivation based on doing well and solving the puzzles that games present.

"We feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble" is ascribed to which theory?

James-Lange

Which of the following is an example of cognitive dissonance?

Karen has always been against abortion, but then she gets pregnant and decides to have one. Now she says abortions are sometimes justified.

Despite the reported positive side-effects of the use of THC (the key psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, the devil's lettuce, or weed), the major negative impact of THC use in education is blocking which of the following?

LTP

One of the more applicable developments in the research of how memory forms is the notion of "Working Memory." Which of the following is the best example of working memory?

Linking material from a lesson in English to material from a Social Studies class to help recall that information later

Joshua washes his hands up to 100 times per day. He tries to stop himself but he cannot. He is probably suffering from

Obsessive-Compulsive disorder

The type of learning associated with B.F. Skinner is

Operant Conditioning

A person who is healthy, thinks they are in control of their fate, and is happy is probably

Optimistic

Peter's dad returned from Iraq last summer, but he has frequent flashbacks and seems as if he is reliving the experience. He is most likely suffering from

PTSD

Which level comprises the second layer of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

Safety

Which of the following is the best example of Drive-Reduction theory

Scratching an Itch

The final stage in Maslow's Hierarchy of needs is

Self-Actualization

B.F. Skinner had a model for how schools were supposed to operate. One of his theories is that students should be told IMMEDIATELY if they are getting something right or wrong. In his model, what happens if a student gets something wrong?

Students should be retaught material so they can improve their performance.

Psychological disorders

are medical conditions that can be treated

Jenny's grandfather thinks that all female drivers are bad. He drives around all day, and once he sees a female driver go through a red light he thinks, "HA! there's another bad driver!" This is an example of:

confirmation bias

When the teacher talked to her students about their poor performance on a test, she assumed they had been too lazy to do the work. This is an example of:

fundamental attribution error

Although Jane and Becca were good friends in high school, in college one joined the Young Republicans group and the other joined the Democrats in Action group. Now, when they get together, they always take extreme positions and argue. This is an example of:

group polarization

When you accept someone else's ideas because you think she must know better than you (and if it's a woman, she probably does know better than you,) it is called:

informational social influence

Avery thought his new math teacher was cold and ineffective. But by the end of the year, he liked the teacher. This is an example of the:

mere exposure effect

A psychiatrist who believes in the biomedical approach to therapy would probably:

prescribe medication to try to adjust how a patient's brain functions.

A football team members blame Blake for losing the game when he fumbled, even though they all played poorly. This is an example of:

scapegoat theory

John Nash often heard voices tell him to do things and he believed that he as being followed by the CIA. He suffered from

schizophrenia

When a teacher was told who was gifted and talented, those students did better than other students, even though the "gifted and talented" students were chosen at random. This is an example of:

self-fulfilling prophecy

In Pavlov's original experiment with dogs, the tone was initially a(n)_____ stimulus; after it was paired with meat, it became a(n)____________ stimulus.

unconditioned; conditioned

When we seek out information from sources that supports our preconceived notions, we are guilty of

Confirmation Bias

The book that describes the details of the different disorders is called the

DSM-5

The Lonely Spoon Restaurant manager promoted Bill over Helen because he believes that men should be paid more than women. This is an example of:

Disc

Mental Health Days, days when people choose to stop what they are doing to take a break and focus on emotion or mental well-being are examples, are examples of which principle from Learning?

Emotion-Focused Coping

Which level comprises the fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

Esteem/Self Worth

Which effect can be summarized by saying if you feel good you look good?

Facial Feedback

Damage to Broca's area leads to difficulty understanding what is being said.

False

The phases of the general adaptation system flow from alarm, to exhaustion, to resistance.

False

Wernicke's Area is in the frontal lobe and any damage to this particular area results in difficulty speaking.

False

Which organ of the brain is responsible for the storage of the explicit memories?

Hippocampus

Drinking water when we are thirsty or shivering when we are cold are both examples of

Homeostasis

Flashing a message on a screen for less than a second was the main mechanism used to explore which of the following?

Iconic Memory

Students who choose not to request retakes on quizzes and tests because the have failed are demonstrating which concept?

Learned Helplessness

A psychologist who uses the behavioral approach to therapy would probably try which of the following?

Let the patient choose the therapy they wish to try

Which of the following explains how we learn a native language?

Modeling

This unit covered which set of topics?

Motivation, Emotion, Stress

Imagine that you live in a place where gambling is legal. If you were starting your own casino, what type of Partial (Intermittent) Reinforcement are you most likely to employ to promote more gambling amongst your patrons?

NOT Fixed-Interval Schedules

Which level comprises the base of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs?

Physiological Needs

Hypertension and Headaches are symptoms of

Psychophysiological Illness

Which of the following is an example of Negative Reinforcement?

Putting on your seatbelt to stop that annoying alarm from sounding repetitively in a car.

People who seek help and treatment for a disorder tend to

feel better with treatment

A person suffering from major depression:

feels discouraged about life and often has little energy

An unjustifiable hostile attitude toward a group of people is called:

prejudice

Bella doesn't believe in cheating on school work, but then she took a Spanish test and everyone else was cheating, so she did it, too. Now, she tells herself that cheating is usually bad, sometimes it is o.k... as she looks at her boyfriend's best friend. This is an example of:

cognitive dissonance

Taking the attitudes of the others because of real or imagined pressure is:

conformity

The tendency to feel anonymity in a large group is called:

deindividuation

According to Pavlov, which of the following would be considered a Neutral Stimulus?

A person who blinks when their eyes are dry.

A therapy that concentrates on changing both thoughts and behaviors is:

A therapy that concentrates on changing both thoughts and behaviors is:

Which of the following is usually found in left hemisphere brain damage?

Aphasia

Which of the following is an example of Prosocial Behavior?

Parents who do not allow their kids the use of a cell phone in public restaurants, school, or grocery stores.

Which of the following demonstrates Mood Congruent Memory?

People who tend to share happy stories are demonstrating that they are happy

During class exploration, we discussed these two guys from 1948 who hypothesized how memories are formed. Which of the following is the correct order of memory formation and storage according to those two guys?

Sensory - Short Term - Long Term

Which of the following is the methodology that leads to poor retention of information?

Shallow Processing

Let's imagine a horrifying situation where you graduate from high school, right. Then, twenty-ish years later, you have offspring that is enrolled in the same school. Anyone terrified yet? So, you come to a parent night event, and you hear the bell that was used to dismiss you from class when you were a student (because some things never change). You immediately get up and start to leave the class. What Psychological Learning principle did you just demonstrate

Spontaneous Recovery

Jack thinks all people from the Middle East are terrorist. This is an example of:

Stereotype

According to Pavlov, which of the following would be considered a Conditioned Response?

Students pack their belongings and leave when a bell rings

Which of the following is an example of social facilitation?

The football team that wins more home games than away games.

Which of the following is the best definition for Anterograde Amnesia?

The inability to form new memories

Psychoneuroimmunology is spelled correctly

True

The type A personality discussed in class is more likely to be impatient and anger prone.

True

The type B personality is more likely to not finish this question

True

Which of the following best demonstrates Observational Learning?

Watching a redneck attempt to jump a riding lawnmower over a row of school buses and deciding not to try the same thing.

Learning is best defined as

a relatively permanent change in the behavior of an organism due to experience