Intro to Psych - Module 2

Question 1

It postulates that learning is tied to motivation, potential, and free will. It is the theory that has given us the term self-actualization

Answer 1

Humanism

Question 2

It is the sleep-wake cycle

Answer 2

Circadian Rhythms

Question 3

Secreted by the Pineal gland as this accumulates a person will fell sleepy

Answer 3

Melatonin

Question 4

Measure brain waves

Answer 4

EEG

Question 5

More restful kind of sleep where our body is free to move around

Answer 5

Non-REM sleep

Question 6

Tells people when to wake up and fall asleep

Answer 6

Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Question 7

In terms of motor development, the infant can ____ at about 1 month old.

Answer 7

Holds chin up

Question 8

The infant grasps an item or a finger or the carer and can hold on very well sometimes almost enough to support own weight.

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Gripping Reflex

Question 9

The reflex is provoked by sudden noise or movement and the infant throws his or head back and arms and legs out and then cries.

Answer 9

Moro or Startle

Question 10

It is a monosomy and it affects females and usually occurs because one of her X chromosomes is missing.

Answer 10

Turner Syndrome

Question 11

The ____ states that the way people smile when happy, laugh when tickled, and tear up once a loved one passes.

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Universality Hypothesis

Question 12

What is the proper order of Kubler-Ross stages of death and dying?

Answer 12

• Denial
• Anger
• Bargaining
• Depression
• Acceptance

Question 13

It is also called trisomy 18

Answer 13

Edward’s Syndrome

Question 14

It is the feeling that everybody is looking at you and give their comments

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Imaginary audience

Question 15

What system in the body is the longest to adjust to life outside the womb due to excess body fat?

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Digestive System

Question 16

The union of the ovum and sperm is called _____

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Fertilization

Question 17

It controls the cell and houses the genetic material in structures

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Nucleus

Question 18

We use this type of memory in learning how to ride a bike.

Answer 18

Procedural Memory

Question 19

He emphasized the role of others in cognitive development.

Answer 19

Lev Vygotsky

Question 20

Carries hereditary, genetic information in long strings of DNA called genes.

Answer 20

Chromosome

Question 21

We use ____ in memorizing telephone numbers.

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Chunking

Question 22

Store information about where and when events occur.

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Frontal Lobe

Question 23

The maintenance of detailed visual memories over several minutes.

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Eidetic Memory

Question 24

The mental repetition of information to keep it in memory

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Maintenance Rehearsal

Question 25

Involved in the formation of verbal memories

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Thalamus

Question 26

Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event.

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Misinformation Effect

Question 27

The sensory register that briefly hold mental representations of auditory stimuli

Answer 27

Echoic Memory

Question 28

Responsible for integrating pieces of information when we recall an event.

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Limbic System

Question 29

The kind of coding in which new information is related to information that is already known.

Answer 29

Elaborative Rehearsal

Question 30

Storing new information even if it is not a storage bin but involved in relaying sensory information to parts of the cortex.

Answer 30

Hippocampus

Question 31

General knowledge and concerns meaning

Answer 31

Semantic Memory

Question 32

Cannot remember events prior to brain damage

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Retrogade Amnesia

Question 33

The body's habituation to a substance so that with regular usage higher dosages are needed to achieve similar effects.

Answer 33

Tolerance

Question 34

Inability to recall events that occur prior to the age of 3 or 4

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Childhood/Infantile Amnesia

Question 35

**TRUE OR FALSE:** Non-Verbal Communication is universal

Answer 35

False

Question 36

Arrange the stages of memory in order

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* Environmental Stimuli * Sensory Memory * Attention * Short term memory * Retrieval/Elaborative Rehearsal * Long term memory

Question 37

**TRUE OR FALSE: ** Cognitivism postulates that learning is only completed when it can be seen as a change of behavior.

Answer 37

False

Question 38

Generativity vs. _____

Answer 38

Stagnation

Question 39

Integrity vs. ______

Answer 39

Despair

Question 40

Intimacy vs. _______

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Isolation

Question 41

Initiative vs. _____

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Guilt

Question 42

Trust vs. ____

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Mistrust

Question 43

Autonomy vs. _____

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Shame and Doubt

Question 44

Industry vs. ______

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Inferiority

Question 45

Identity vs. _____

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Role Confusion

Question 46

Strong emotions are associated with arousal of the _____

Answer 46

Autonomic Nervous System

Question 47

The emotional bond between an infant and the primary caregiver

Answer 47

Attachment

Question 48

Who is the proponent of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence?

Answer 48

Raymond Catell

Question 49

Who is the proponent of Analytic, Creative, and Practical Skills?

Answer 49

Robert Sternberg

Question 50

Who is the proponent of "G" - General Ability?

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Charles Spearman

Question 51

Who is the proponent of Multiple Intelligence?

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Howard Gardner

Question 52

Who is the proponent of Primary Mental Abilities?

Answer 52

Louise Thurstone

Question 53

Who is the proponent of Emotional Intelligence?

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Danniel Goleman

Question 54

The most likely time for miscarriage or spontaneous abortion at about the first 3 months where the organs are becoming functional is called the ____

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Fetal Period

Question 55

**TRUE OR FALSE:** According to Maslow, appreciation and search for beauty, balance, form is a human need.

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True

Question 56

**TRUE OR FALSE: ** People learn to engage in behavior that reduce the tension.

Answer 56

True

Question 57

This is characterized by undereating.

Answer 57

Aphagic

Question 58

Factors concerning the qualities that you are born with is _____

Answer 58

Nature Factors

Question 59

**TRUE OR FALSE: ** Facial Expression cannot affect our emotional state. It has separate mechanisms.

Answer 59

False

Question 60

Downplays the importance of human cognition or cognitive appraisal, personal values and personal choice in behavioral and emotional responses to events is a major criticism of the ___

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James - Lang Theory

Question 61

The observed rise over time in standardized intelligence test scores

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Flynn Effect

Question 62

Cannot remember events that occur after the brain damage or cannot form new memories after the brain damage.

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Anterogade Amnesia

Question 63

What is the virtue of Early Childhood?

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Will

Question 64

What is the purpose of Play Age?

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Purpose

Question 65

What is the virtue of Infancy?

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Hope

Question 66

What is the virtue of Old Age?

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Wisdom

Question 67

What is the virtue of School Age?

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Competence

Question 68

Factors that cause a birth defect

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Teratogen

Question 68

Process of experiential theory are the following:

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Active Experimentation

Question 69

**TRUE OR FALSE: ** Facial expression always occurs with emotion.

Answer 69

False

Question 70

The most common chromosal disorder having extra number 21 chromosome

Answer 70

Down Syndrome

Question 71

What type of test can be used for infants and toddlers?

Answer 71

BAYLEY III

Question 72

At 2 to 8 weeks after fertilization, the organism is firmly attached to the uterus where major organs start to develop. This makes the _ vulnerable to hazards such as diseases and substances ingested by the mother and received through the placenta.

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Embryo

Question 73

Piaget's first stage of cognitive development

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Sensorimotor Stage

Question 74

Nicotine is an example of ____

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Stimulants

Question 75

**TRUE OR FALSE: ** In Maslow's Expanded Hierarchy of Needs, self-actualization is the last state.

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False

Question 76

**TRUE OR FALSE:** Extrinsic motivation involve engaging in a behavior because it is personally rewarding. Performance of activity is for its own sake rather than the desire for some reward.

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False

Question 77

What is the correct order of the memory process?

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* External Inputs * Encoding * Storage * Retrieval

Question 78

It is the scientific study of the changes that occur in people as they age from conception until death

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Human Development

Question 79

The influence of environment on on personality, physical and intellectual growth, and social interactions

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Nurture

Question 80

It is a complete set of some 20,000 to 25,000 genes.

Answer 80

Genomes