Psy 101

According to Paul Ekman, what are the basic emotions?

Anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise

What psychologist might suggest that students only study hard in order to receive a good grade from the teacher.

B.F Skinner

Psychologists who view the field through a (what) lens do not believe in free will.

Behaviorist

Taste aversion is an example that demonstrates how (what) influence can limit conditioning.

Biological

What is one similarity between the line experiment and the bridge experiment?

Both experiments demonstrate how testing the 'obvious' can yield surprising results.

What is a likely symptom of depression ?

Changes in sleep patterns

Which strategy can increase the amount of information held in short-term memory?

Chunking

Which of the following best describes the humanistic branch of psychology?

Client-centered therapy that helps individuals reach their full potential.

When you conduct a scientific experiment the ( what ) is what is measured to determine effect.

Dependent Variable

When you conduct a scientific experiment the is what is measured to determine effect.

Dependent Variable

Veronica is recovering from a mastectomy. When her mother asks if she can do anything to help, Veronica screams that she hates when her mother babies her and tells her mother to get a life. Which Freudian defense mechanism is Veronica relying on?

Displacement

What is a likely symptom of a dissociative disorder?

Disturbances in perception

Which of the following characteristics is associated with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep?

Dreaming occurs.

Psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment in which participants were instructed to administer (What) to 'learners' in another room.

Electric shocks

It takes approximately nine weeks for a (what) to develop into a (what)

Embryo Fetus

Which term refers to the abilities to recognize and to manage emotions?

Emotional intelligence

Information must be (what) before it can be stored in the brain .

Encoded

Which psychologist was most likely to say 'We create our psychosocial identities across the lifespan'?

Erik Erikson

Which level is right below the highest level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

Esteem

Jake is a 25-year-old male seeking help to treat his fear of cats. Jake's therapist suggests a therapy that involves progressive steps, from Jake thinking about a nice cat entering the room up to Jake eventually allowing a cat to sit on his lap. Choose the type of individual therapy that correlates to the approach used by Jake's therapist.

Exposure Tharapy

Jake is a 25 - year - old male seeking help to treat his fear of cats . Jake's therapist suggests a therapy that involves progressive steps , from Jake thinking about a nice cat entering the room up to Jake eventually allowing a cat to sit on his lap . Choose the type of individual therapy that correlates to the approach used by Jake's therapist .

Exposure therapy

Forming a hypothesis is the (What) part of scientific method.

First

Forming a hypothesis is the (what) step to the scientific method.

First

The theory of hearing states that auditory neurons in the ear fire action potentials at the same rate as the frequency of the sound they respond to.

Frequency

The law of proximity, which observes that people tend to use how close objects are to one another to perceive a larger image, is an example from the field of psychology.

Gestalt

What were three psychological approaches that were popular in the early 20th century.

Gestalt psychology, psychoanalysis behaviorism

Identify which of the following are valid types of therapy.

Group family Relationship

What term applies to a situation in which you tell a story over and over again and change the details a little bit every time?

Misinformation effect

Julie demonstrates by changing her behavior in social situations to meet social norms so people will like her.

Normative conformity

Which is an example of a teratogen?

Alcohol Radiation Methamphetamine

Consider the stages of psychosexual development. Name the stage of infant development in which a baby is ruled almost entirely by the id, but learns delayed gratification during the weaning process.

Oral stage

Social identity refers to (what)

Our membership in particular groups, which largely determines our everyday interactions

The study of psychology looks past what to better understand unconscious drives.

Outward behaviors

What nervous system acts to calm the body.

Parasympathetic

What did researchers in the bridge experiment conclude?

People can misattribute what caused their emotions.

Which activity is likely to result in a larger temporal lobe?

Playing the trumpet every day.

Anti-psychotic medications are used to treat which symptoms of schizophrenia?

Positive and Negative

Sigmund Freud promoted what approach?

Psychodynamic

Which is an example of intrapersonal intelligence ?

Reflecting on your own emotions and thoughts .

Which is an example of intrapersonal intelligence?

Reflecting on your own emotions and thoughts.

What process involves your ability to recall the information you've stored in memory ?

Retrieval

You attend a presentation on the topic of the triangular model of love . The speakers identifies three important aspects of love : passion , intimacy and commitment . Which psychologist's research most likely formed the basis for the presentation ?

Robert Sternberg

(What) and (what) are the photoreceptors of the Retina

Rods Cones

(What) involves the tendency to celebrate our own success as an indication of our internal abilities and failure as a result of external factors.

Self-serving bias

Maya has low levels of thyroid hormones. Which of the following symptoms is she most likely to experience?

She is fatigued and has gained 10 pounds.

Finish the analogy : Unconscious is to nervous system as conscious is to__________

Somatic nervous system

Delta waves are associated with what stages of sleep

Stages 3 and 4

What nervous system gets you ready to fight or flee

Sympathetic

Which is an example of linguistic intelligence?

The ability to speak and write well.

Which of the following correlates to the Freudian concept of ego?

The conscious part of one's personality that attempts to resolve conflict

How did Wilhelm Wundt and William James change the study of human behavior?

They looked at it from a scientific point of view

Psychology is the scientific study of how we (What, what) and behave.

Think Feel

The psychological patients who are the least likely to get better tend to do what and what?

Think negatively and act hostile

Psychology is the scientific study of how we (what, what ) and behave

Think, Feel

How did psychologists conducting psychodynamic research seek to better understand human thought?

Through studying the unconscious

Which of the following events occurred first in the history of psychology?

Wilhelm Wundt opened a psychology lab.

What is a likely symptom of an anxiety disorder ?

Worrying about being judged by others

psychologist who specializes in treating and diagnosing psychological disorders is called (what)

a clinical psychologist

Serotonin regulates what?

appetite and mood

Which is an example of an infant instinct?

babies pulling away from a sharp object

What are the five major approaches to psychology?

biological psychodynamic behavioral cognitive humanistic

Dr Garcia is a psychologist that studies how people learn, solve problems and make decisions. What kind of psychologist is Dr Garcia?

cognitive

Many psychologists today study behavior through five main lenses:

cognitive Clinical humanistic social developmental

Pam's family is experiencing some internal strife . Once a week Pam , her husband , and her teenage son go to a group family therapy session . The aim of family therapy is to help Pam's family work out that stem from their with each other

conflicts ; family roles and their relationships

Descriptive, correlational and experimental are the three types of what

confounds

Which is the correct order of the path of light through the eye?

cornea, pupil, lens, retina

Researchers plan an experiment to test the hypothesis, 'Younger drivers have faster reaction times.' In this study, the reaction time is the

dependent variable

Imagine that you are in charge of creating an age appropriate standardized test for middle schoolers. What branch of psychology might you consult to ensure that the test was well-suited to students' age levels?

developmental psychology

In Gestalt psychology, our ability to perceive a whole without first noticing its parts is referred to as

emergence

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which level of needs becomes the focus after the first three levels of needs are satisfied?

esteem

Many famous psychological studies, if conducted today, would violate

ethical standards

In evaluating potential experiments, a research organization's Institutional Review Board tries to

find a balance between the value to science and the potential harm done

The endocrine system contains (what) to produce hormones to control growth and energy consumption .

glands

Several close friends decide to invest their money together in a business . The business is risky , but as the friends discuss their investment strategy , they achieve consensus and conformity . This is an example of ____________

groupthink

The two guiding principles for ethical standards in psychological research are _____.

minimize harm and obtain informed consent

Conducting studies to compare treatment effectiveness is (what)

non subjective

The goal of a double-blind study is to

prevent researchers from influencing the outcome

Which example demonstrates shaping?

reinforcement (repeated) of each successive step. When learning to walk, a child learns to pull itself up, to stand, and finally walk through reinforcement of each successive step.

Two principles related to making sure that your study is actually testing what you intend it to test are

reliability and validity

What is a fixed interval reinforcement schedule and a example?

set amount of time between occurrences of something like a reward, result, or review. Receiving $5 in allowance each week for completing all assigned chores.

The psychology field that focuses on our family and friends influencing our behavior is

social psychology

When in a new situation , Cecilia makes a judgment by processing new information and comparing it to her past experiences . What type of judgment did she mostly likely make ?

stereotype

Biopsychology involves

studying the endocrine system's function and its relationship to behavior.

Which of the following is an example of a descriptive study?

A psychologist surveys a group of 200 military veterans to document the proportion of them affected by post-traumatic stress disorder. ..which information is collected without changing the environment (i.e., nothing is manipulated

How does cocaine affect the brain?

It can damage the neurons which produce serotonin and dopamine.

For what is The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders used?

It is used by the psychiatric community to identify mental illness.

How did the method of introspection help Wundt develop his theory?

It proved that perception and sensation are separate processes.

The prominent psychologist who suggested our past experiences shape our problem-solving skills is _____.

Jean Piaget

Who described a model of cognitive development that included sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational stages.

Jean Piaget

Heidi believes that bad things happen to bad people and that people get what they deserve. This is an example of the (what) hypothesis.

Just world

Which structure, located in the front area of the eye, is responsible for the process of accommodation?

Lens

What is a likely symptom of a mood disorder?

Losing interest in activities

What is a likely symptom of schizophrenia?

Losing touch with reality

Shaping can be used to teach behavior such as

teaching your dog to roll over, through a progression of steps and rewards

If the results of an experiment are statistically significant then....

they can be used to support or reject hypotheses