Psychology V2

Question 1

Id

Answer 1

Freud’s term for the instinctual part of the mind, which operates on the pleasure principle

Question 2

Superego

Answer 2

Freud’s term for the moral centre of the mind

Question 3

Ego

Answer 3

Freud’s term for the rational part of the mind, which operates on the reality principle

Question 4

Psychoanalytic theory

Answer 4

Sigmund Freud’s theory that all human behaviour is influenced by early childhood experiences that influence the unconscious mind throughout life

Question 5

Unconscious

Answer 5

information processing in our mind that we are not aware of; according to Freud, it holds our unacceptable thoughts, feelings , and memories; according to Jung, it includes patterns of memories, instincts, and experiences common to all.

Question 6

Frontal Lobe

Answer 6

is involved in speaking and planning actions

Question 7

Corpus Callosum

Answer 7

Large circular structure connecting hemispheres

Question 8

Temporal lobe

Answer 8

analyzes sounds to make sense of speech

Question 9

Hippocampus

Answer 9

transfers information into memory, stores the names of people and things

Question 10

amygdala

Answer 10

two almond-shaped neural clusters regulating how emotion can affect memory and creating “fight or flight” response to fear

Question 11

cerebral cortex

Answer 11

outer layer of cerebrum

Question 12

Left hemisphere

Answer 12

communication and language, logic, math

Question 13

Right hemisphere

Answer 13

spatial awareness and visual imagery, facial recognition

Question 14

Operant conditioning

Answer 14

Operant Conditioning is a style of learning which uses rewards and punishment to attain an ideal behavior.

Two techinques reinforcement and punishment

Positive Punishment
Positive Reinforcement

Negative Punishment
Negative Reinforcement

Question 15

Classic conditioning

Answer 15

a type of learning where a once neutral stimulus comes to produce a particular response after pairings with a conditioned stimulus

Question 16

Sigmud Freud - Genital Stage (puberty onward)

Answer 16

directs sexual urges toward members of the opposite sex

not applicable, as this is the final stage

Question 17

Plaget - formal operational stage

Answer 17

• develops ability to logically link symbols to abstract ideas
• early in this period, becomes egocentric again
• not all adults reach this stage

(12 years - adulthood)

Question 18

Erikson - identity vs role confusion (adolescence: teens-20s)

Answer 18

increased concern for the way others see them, exploring “who am I?”

inability to settle on an identity can lead to role confusion

Question 19

Unconditioned response

Answer 19

the natural response to an unconditioned stimulus

Question 20

Unconditioned stimulus

Answer 20

a stimulus that naturally triggers a response

Question 21

Conditioned stimulus

Answer 21

an originally neutral stimulus that comes to trigger a conditioned response after being paired with an unconditional stimulus

Question 22

Conditioned response

Answer 22

the learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

Question 23

Humanistic psychology and how they view a client vs a behaviourist, psychoanalyst, etc

Answer 23

Humanistic psychology -client should be involved in his or her recovery rather than solely relying on the therapist

Behaviourist - psychologists need empirical evidence obtained through experimentation to change human behavior

Psychoanalyst - Finding a client’s repressed feelings and memories so patients can gain personal insights that they can use in their recovery.