Psychology Final Exam – Flashcards
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The scientific study of behavior and mental process.
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The definition of psychology today
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Nature vs Nurture
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What is psychology's biggest question?
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Genetics and environmental
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Nature is to nurture as ______ is to ________
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The scientific study of behavior.
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The definition of psychology between 1920 and 1960.
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Hindsight Bias
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When someone says "I knew it all along" they are exhibiting________.
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Over confidence
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When we think we know more than we actually do.
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An Experiment
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If Hickenlooper wanted to find out if weed caused more driving accidents. The best method for finding out would be________
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Naturalistic Observation
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Watching from a distance and taking notes for study.
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The same thing
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In our class, the mind and brain are_________
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Electrically and Chemically
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Two ways neurons communicate with each other.
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Neurotransmitters
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What are the chemical messengers between neurons called?
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Frontal cortex
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Loss of self-control, memory is fine. What part of the brain might be damaged?
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Frontal lobe
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Lobe that is closest to the eyes
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Occipital Lobe
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Area located at the back of the brain that controls vision.
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REM or Paradoxical sleep
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Sleep when the body is paralysed but the brain is very active.
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The monkey preferred the cloth mother vs the wire mother even though the wire mother fed it.
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What did Harlow's monkey experiment teach us?
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A ratio of 5:1 of positive interactions to negative.
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What's the formula for a successful marriage?
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Perceptual Set
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Switching taps at the bar and nobody knew the difference. Even though they insisted they only drank a certain type. This shows their_______
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Encoding
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Process of setting information into memory.
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Visual Cliff
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Experiment in which a babies refused to cross an area that appeared to drop off displayed the_______.
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7 items + or - 2 (between 5-9 items)
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What is the capacity of our short term memory?
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Virtually Limitless
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What is the capacity of our long term memory?
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Maslow
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Who came up with the hierarchy of needs pyramid?
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Framing
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Something that says 10% real fruit juice instead of 90% junk is an example of______?
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Diminished and Diminished
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Flow is best described as a ______ sense of self awareness and a ______ awareness of passing time.
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Grit
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Passionate dedication towards an ambitious goal.
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Deviant
Dysfunctional
Distress
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Three things that define a disorder.
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Psychiatrist
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Physician that specializes in treatment of psychological disorders.
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Over Confidence
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Providing Prompt feedback prohibits_____
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Altruistic
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The Bystander Effect in which Kitty Genovese was sexually assaulted and stabbed yet nobody helped her showed how people are less likely to act in an _________way.
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Discrimination
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Not hiring someone based on skin color is considered_______
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Stereotype
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Having a generalized belief about someone without knowing them.
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Attribution
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The theory we use to explain other people's behavior.
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Nurture
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What side of the psychology question is Sigmund Freud?
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Nature
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Nature/Nurture: Genes
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Nature
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Nature/Nurture: Gender
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Nurture
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Nature/Nurture: Responsive Parenting
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Both its complicated
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Nature/Nurture: Height at Adulthood
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Nurture
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Nature/Nurture: Environment
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Nurture
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Nature/Nurture: Education
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Nurture
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Nature/Nurture: Culture
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Nurture
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Nature/Nurture: Harsh Treatment
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Nature
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Nature/Nurture: Innate ability
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Both it's complicated
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Nature/Nurture: Temperment
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Both it's complicated
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Nature/Nurture: Brain Size
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Both it's complicated
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Nature/Nurture: Twin Studies
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Motivation
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The study of what gets us out of bed in the morning.
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Consciousness
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The study of sleep, hypnosis, and attention.
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Social Psychology
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The study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another.
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Learning
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The study of how consequences (rewards and punishments) change behavior.
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Cognition
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The study of language, thinking, and intelligence.
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Memory
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The study of the encoding, storage and retrieval of information.
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Personality
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The study of individuals' characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.
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Psychological Disorders
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The study of deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
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Sensation and Perception
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The study of organizing and interpreting sensory information.
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Developmental Psychology
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The study of development over the lifespan
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Emotion
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Understanding responses of organisms, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience.
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Neuroscience also known as Biology of the mind
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The relationship of the brain to behavior.
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Therapy
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Applied psychology involving helping people with their psychological problems.
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Research Methods
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The use of scientific methods to ask and answer questions in psychology.
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No. He still has a job and friends. He can function in society.
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Monty ate buttered scones and wore women's underwear. Does he have a disorder?
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Biopsychosocial model.
Biological, Psychological and Social influences factor into the way we are.
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Why are we the way we are?
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Gratitude
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How can we be happier than winning the lottery?
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Both it's complicated
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Nature/Nurture: Lifespan
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Both it's complicated
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Nature/Nurture: Schizophrenia
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Both it's complicated
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Nature/Nurture: Intelligence
