PSYCH FLE 4

Question 1

IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT

Answer 1

attempt to control how others see us on the front stage

Question 2

PEER PRESSURE

Answer 2

assume their peers are pressuring/influencing them

Question 3

OBEDIENCE

Answer 3

following a rule

Question 4

GROUP THINK

Answer 4

group of people in order to reach a consensus fail to look at all possible outcomes

Question 5

SOCIALIZATION

Answer 5

life long process where we learn how to interact with others

Question 6

PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION

Answer 6

researcher is a participant in the actual situation and thereby observes

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INTRACOHORT AGING

Answer 7

when one cohort gets older

Question 8

COHORT SUCCESSION

Answer 8

cohorts enter and exit study

Question 9

JIM CROW RACISM

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institutional racism as a result of structural factors

Question 10

PREJUDICE THEORY

Answer 10

when people are prejudice due to perceived competition with outgroups

Question 11

SOCIAL CONTROL THEORY

Answer 11

relates to process of learning including social deviance and crime

Question 12

SYMBOLIC RACISM

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do not support overt racist practices such as segregation but fail to realize racism is a structural or institutional issue

believe racism is wrong but do not see racism as a significant institutional problem

Question 13

STEREOTYPE THREAT

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being at risk of confirming a stereotype through your behavior or performance

Question 14

IMPLICIT BIAS

Answer 14

unconscious biases or thoughts affect how we behave

Question 15

MEASUREMENT BIAS

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when way that something is measured effects the outcome

Question 16

DEPRESSIVE REALISM

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depressed people are more likely to be realistic than non-depressed people

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REPRESENTATIVENESS HEURISTIC

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mental shortcut based on reasoning that is related to how representative something seems to be of a category

i.e. how likely is a woman to be a librarian based on how similar she seems to the idea one has of a typical librarian

Question 18

POSITIVE ILLUSIONS BIAS

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having an exaggerated or inflated assessment of one’s own abilities, how good the future will be, or how much control one has over life events

Question 19

ANCHORING BIAS

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occurs when one uses an initial piece of information to make judgements about subsequent pieces of information

i.e. original price of an item to a sale price for the item

Question 20

PARADOXICAL SLEEP

Answer 20

period of sleep when the skeletal muscles demonstrate apparent paralysis even though respiration rate increases and brain activity is similar to when you are in an awake state

Question 21

BRAIN WAVE PATTERN OBSERVED IN STAGE 2 SLEEP CYCLE

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sleep spindles and K complexes

Question 22

EXPECTANCY VALUE THEORY

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motivation is related to the interplay of two primary factors

1) individuals perceived likelihood of success
2) relative value of rewards likely to be associated with success

Question 23

PSYCHODYNAMIC MODEL

Answer 23

of personality

attributes human functioning to an interplay between drives and internal forces both conscious and subconscious

related to Freud’s theory of personality in reference to id, ego, superego

Question 24

Drive reduction theory of motivation

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people are primarily motivated by a desire to satisfy internal physiological drives

Question 25

HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

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characterized by attention seeking and excessive or inappropriate public displays

desire for others to witness their emotional outbursts so extroversion could potentially exacerbate their condition

Question 26

AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER

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extreme shyness and avoid social situations

Question 27

FRONTAL LOBE

Answer 27

involved in working memory and executive functions

Question 28

HIPPOCAMPUS

Answer 28

primarily associated with memory

Question 29

OCCIPITAL LOBE

Answer 29

location of the primary visual cortex aka striate cortex

Question 30

VALENCE

Answer 30

theories of emotion recognize two aspects of emotion: valence and arousal

describes the inherent attractiveness or aversiveness of a stimulus, event or situation

Question 31

ATTRACTIVE STIMULUS

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positive valence

Question 32

AVERSIVE STIMULUS

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negative valence

Question 33

AROUSAL

Answer 33

degree to which an emotion or experience is activated or deactivated

Question 34

SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

Answer 34

peripheral NS associated with voluntary control of skeletal muscles and body movements

Question 35

GROUP THINK

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individuals value group cohesion over individual responsibility. Causes individuals to adopt the views of the rest of the group even if contrary to their own views

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SOCIAL OBEDIENCE

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individuals obey orders which may be contrary to their own values

Question 37

GLASS CEILING

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suggests that women face serious barriers to obtaining positions in management positions

Question 38

INTERSECTIONALITY

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interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, gender create overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage

Question 39

MISCENGENATION

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mixing of racial and ethnic groups in intimate relationships

Question 40

INNER HAIR CELLS OF COCHLEA

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sensory receptors for the human auditory system

responsible for transduction of an auditory signal

Question 41

OUTER HAIR CELLS OF COCHLEA

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used for mechanical amplification

Question 42

HAIR CELLS OF SEMICIRCULAR CANALS

Answer 42

transduce vestibular info regarding balance and orientation