PSYCH FINAL

One theory of SDB is recognition-by-components. It states the features we analyze are basic three-dimensional shapes called geons. How many geons do we have according to this approach

36

Latency stage:

6-puberty, dormant sexual feelings

Self-actualization

Abraham Maslow's concept of ___________ refers to people's inherent drive to realize their full potential

Superego

According to Freud, the last part of the human mind that develops around age 2 or 3. acts as a judge for the thoughts and actions of the ego

Good continuation

According to the gestalt principle, why do we see a "X" and not two "v"

Conditioned

Buddy knows that when his owner Sally picks up his leash, she is like to take him for a walk. Therefore, he runs to the door. Sally started ringing a bell just before picking up Buddy's leash for a few days. She presented the bells along with the leash to Buddy over and over again; Buddy ran to the door. Then she tried presenting the bell alone to see if Buddy might now link the bell with the leash. Buddy salivated to the bell alone. Learning theorists would say that Buddy is

Trait theory

Currently the dominant approach on studying personality. trait theorists seek to describe personality with a small number of key traits or factors

SuperOrdinate

During object recognition the most general category is called the

Subordinate

During object recognition the most specific category is called the

Antecedents

Events that are before a behavior

Consequences

Events that occur after a behavior

Conditioned stimulus

Five years ago, Lee drank some milkshake and then went on a roller-coaster ride in an amusement park. After a while he got sick and started vomiting. Even now, Lee refuses to drink milkshakes because every time he drinks one, he feels nauseous. In this learned association, the milkshake serves as a ___________ for Lee

The oral stage:

Freud's first stage of psychosexual development during which pleasure is centered in the mouth

the genital stage:

Freud's last stage of personality development, from the onset of puberty through adulthood, during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are often resolved during adolescence).

Anal stage:

Freud's pychosexual period during which a child learns to control his bodily excretions

Phallic stage:

Freud's third stage of personality development, from about age 4 through age 7, during which children obtain gratification primarily from the genitals.

Bottom up processing refers to

Gather the information in the stimulus itself to help identify it.

Neutral stimulus

In the context of classical conditioning, which of the following terms is defined as an object or a situation that when presented alone does not lead to an automatic (or unconditioned) response?

Big Five Model

In the context of trait theories, the _________ is defined as a theory of personality that includes the following dimensions: openness to experience, conscientiousness , extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism (OCEAN)

Projective tests

In which of the following methods of personality assessment are participants provided an ambiguous stimulus or situation and asked to interpret it or tell a story about what they see?

In Pavlov's classical conditioning experiment, salvation is a _________, an automatic response to a particular stimulus (food) that requires no learning

Reflex

Direct observation

Situational testing is primarily an example of using _______ to access personality

learning theorists

The situational determinants of our actions are of special interest and importance to

During structure description based approach identification does not depend on the particular view of the object; it depends only on the component features of the object itself

True

In the context of classical conditioning, which of the following terms is defined as the natural, automatic, inborn, and involuntary reaction to a stimulus?

Unconditioned response

Character

When someone's personality has been evaluated we are making a judgement about his or her

MMPI-2

Which of the following items does not belong with the others

Central traits

basic building blocks of personality

Geons

basic geometrical shapes that we analyze

Ego

guided by the reality principal. The ego is the system of thinking, planning, solving, and deciding.

Secondary traits

more superficial personal qualities such as food preferences, attitudes, political opinions, music tastes and so forth

The Id

operates on the pleasure principal

Top down processing

retrieves information about expectations, previous knowledge, and surrounding context to identify information

Rorschach Inkblot

the responses from the assessment can help them diagnose various psychological disorders, such as depression, suicidal thoughts, pedophilia, post-traumatic stress disorder, or anxiety disorders