Exam 1

Question 1

scientific study of behavior and mental problems

Answer 1

psychology

Question 2

studies human behavior in organizations and the workplace

Answer 2

industrial/organizational psychologist

Question 3

case studies, surveys, naturalistic observation, correlation coefficient

Answer 3

methods of research

Question 4

gather info about individuals or small groups

Answer 4

case studies

Question 5

used to collect info that can’t be studied experimentally

Answer 5

surveys

Question 6

observe subjects in natural habitat

Answer 6

naturalistic observation

Question 7

expresses strength and direction of the relationship between variables, suggests but does not prove cause and effect

Answer 7

correlation coefficient

Question 8

belief that the mind functions by combining objective and subjective elements of experience

Answer 8

structuralism

Question 9

structuralism was founded by ______ ____

Answer 9

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 10

someone who studies psychology and the law in prisons, jails, rehab centers, etc

Answer 10

forensic psychologist

Question 11

someone with highly specialized training in the diagnosis and psychological treatment of mental, behavioral and emotional illnesses

Answer 11

clinical psychologist

Question 12

hypnosis, meditation and biofeedback are _____ states of __________

Answer 12

altered states of consciousness

Question 13

uses visual/auditory feedback to gain control of involuntary bodily functions

Answer 13

biofeedback

Question 14

sensory awareness of the environment

Answer 14

consciousness

Question 15

respiratory disorder where person stops breathing while they sleep

Answer 15

sleep apnea

Question 16

screaming during sleep, no memory of what may have cause the fear

Answer 16

night/sleep terrors

Question 17

cycle connected w/ 24-hour period of the earth’s rotation

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circadian rhythm

Question 18

______ amnesia - memory lapse that occurs after physical trauma

Answer 18

anterograde amnesia

Question 19

______ amnesia - source of trauma prevents ability to remember events that happened prior to physical trauma

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retrograde amnesia

Question 20

theory that one forgets material in short-term & long-term memory

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interference theory

Question 21

_____ amnesia - inability to recall childhood events

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infantile amnesia

Question 22

mental repetition

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maintenance rehearsal

Question 23

relating to info that is already known

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elaborative rehearsal

Question 24

memories of things that happen to a person or take place in their presence

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episodic memory

Question 25

general knowledge

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semantic memory

Question 26

memories that involve procedures or skills

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procedural memory

Question 27

mental process of dividing large pieces of info into smaller chunks that are easier to retain in short term memory

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chunking

Question 28

part of Piaget’s stages - ability to think about ideas and objects and classify them into groups

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formal operations stage

Question 29

authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, uninvolved

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parenting stages

Question 30

secure, avoidant, ambivalent/resistant

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attachment styles

Question 31

belief that other people are as concerned with one’s thoughts/behaviors as they are

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imaginary audience

Question 32

adolescents demand acceptance of their logic without considering practical problems

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egocentrism

Question 33

belief that one’s feelings and ideas are special and that they are invulnerable

Answer 33

personal fable