Psychology Exam 2 Review
Multitasking is an example of _________ attention.
Divided
The ability to make predictions about hypothetical events is a key component of the ________ operational stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
Formal
An individual's adjustment to his or her schemas to include new information is called.
Accommodation
In the context of Murray's personological approach, the need for ___________ refers to an enduring concern for establishing and maintaining interpersonal connections.
Affiliation
In ___________ attachment, an infant responds with rage when its mother returns to see it again.
Anxious
According to Jung's analytic theory emotionally laden ideas and images that have rich and symbolic meaning for all people are know as _______________.
Archetypes
The tendency to search for and use information that supports our ideas rather than refutes them is known as _____________.
Confirmation
____________ memory is the conscious recollection of information, such as specific facts or events and, at least in humans, information that can be verbally communicated.
Declarative
The term __________ treadmill captures the idea that any aspect of life that enhances our positive feelings is likely to do so for only a short period of time.
Hedonic
______________ is the body's tendency to maintain an equilibrium, or a steady state or balance.
Homeostasis
In humans, high levels of leptin have been linked with weight ______.
Loss
_________ is defined as the retention of information or experience over time as a result of three key processes: encoding, storage, and retrieval.
Memory
Object ___________ is Piaget's term for the crucial accomplishment of understanding that objects and events continue to exist even when they cannot directly be seen, heard, or touched.
Permanence
According to Baddeley, the ___________ loop is specialized to briefly store speech-based information about the sounds of language.
Phonological
According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, an individual in the ______________ level of moral development recognizes alternative moral courses, explores the options, and then develops an increasingly personal moral code.
Post-conventional
___________ interference refers to a situation in which material that was learned earlier disrupts the recall of material that was learned later.
Proactive
______________ perspectives on personality emphasizes that personality is primarily unconscious.
Psychodynamic
The ________________ heuristic refers to the tendency to make judgements about group membership based on physical appearances or one's stereotype of a group rather than available base rate information.
Representativeness
_____________ appraisal involves evaluating one's resources when dealing with a situation.
Secondary
_____________ memory refers to a combination of components, including short-term memory and attention, that allow individuals to hold information temporarily as they perform cognitive tasks.
Working
