Psychology chapters 1-3 – Flashcards
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A random sample of a large group of people is one which
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self reported behavior or attitude
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The behavior of genetics perspectives would be most directly concerned with assessing the relative influence of
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Nature and nurture
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The first psychological laboratory was established by
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Wilhelm Wundt
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Which specialist would most likely to prescribe a drug for treatment of a psychological disorder
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Psychiatry
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The first woman to reeve her PH.Din psychology and later wrote an influential book "The animal mind"
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Margret Floy Washburn
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Who would have been most likely to ignore mental process and to define psychology as "the scientific study of observable behavior"
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John Watson and B.F skinner
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Which psychological perspective is most likely to examine how group membership influences individual attitude and behaviors?
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Social-cultural perspective
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As people prepare for their test they often believe that they understand the course material better than they actually do.
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Judgemental over confidence
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B.F Skinner was a prominent American
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Behaviorist
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William Wundt was both
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Philosopher and physiologist
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What is psychology's biggest and most persistent issue?
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Nature-Nurture
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A prominent psychology text was published in 1890. Who was the author?
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William James
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In the early twentieth century who redefined psychology as " the science of observable behavior"
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B.F Skinner, John Watson
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The perspective in psychology that focuses on how behavior and thought differ from situation to situation and from culture to culture is the
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social cultural perspective
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A psychologist using the behavioral perspective would be most likely to study
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behaviors in different situation
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Hindsight bias refers to our tendency to
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believe after an outcome that one would have foreseen it
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This psychologist study the links between our biology and our behavior
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biological psychologist
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This is the oldest and most inner part of the brain
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brainstem
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This part of the brain stem that controls the heart beat and breathing is the
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Medulla
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The lower brain structure that governs the arousal is the
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Reticular Formation
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The part of the brain that coordinates voluntary movements
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Pans
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Plasticity
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Change and adopt as a result of an experience
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split brain
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damage corpus callasum
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What is the difference between Brocas area and Wernickes area?
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Broca production of language and wernickes production of comprehension
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Aphasia
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disorder that results from damage portions responsible for the brain
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Dual processing
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The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks.
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consciousness
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our awareness of ourselves and our environment
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inattentional blindness
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failure to see visible objects when our attention is occupied elsewhere
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change blindness
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failing to notice changes in the environment
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Selective attention
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The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
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Durring stage one light sleep a person is most likely to experience
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Sudden muscle contraction
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Our body temperature tends to rise and fall in sync with a biological clock
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Ciradian Rhythm
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in interpreting dreams Freaud was most interested in
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ltent content and hidden meaning
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The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation
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REM rebound
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most experts agree that hypnosis can be effectively used to
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relieve pain
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continues use of a psychoactive drug produces tolerance; this usually means that the user will
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need to take larger doses to get the desired effect
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Depressants include alcohol barbiturates and
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opiates
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nicotine and cocaine stimulate neural activity speed up body functions and
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no appetite and energy and self confidence rises
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Log term effect of ecstasy can
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cause permanent damage to mood memory and immune system
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Near death experience are strikingly similar to the hallucinations evoked by
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Hallucinogens
