Test 1 Flashcards
(35 cards)
Work that is fulfilling and socially useful is considered
c. a calling
Psychologists who apply psychology’s principles to the workplace are referred to as
a. industrial-organizational psychologists
The sequence in which babies master the skills of rolling over, sitting, crawling, and walking is the same around the world. This best illustrates the importance of ________ in motor development.
b. maturation
A completely focused state of consciousness resulting from optimal engagement of one’s skills is called
d. flow.
The scientific study of behavior without reference to mental processes was of special interest to
b. John B. Watson.
Which historical school of thought in psychology focused on the structure of the human mind?
c. structuralism
Inherited traits are to learned habits as the ________ perspective is to the ________ perspective.
d. evolutionary; behavioral
Dual processing refers to processing information at the same time on separate ________ tracks
b. conscious and unconscious
Which of the following focuses on building the knowledge base of psychology?
c. basic research
Political officials who have no doubt that their own economic and military predictions will come true most clearly demonstrate
c. overconfidence.
Hindsight bias, overconfidence, and perceiving order in random events often lead us to overestimate the value of
b. commonsense judgments.
Understanding why the fear of darkness may have contributed to the survival of our human ancestors is most
relevant to the ________ perspective.
b. evolutionary
Making sense of the world can
a. help reduce stress.
Debates as to whether biology or culture determine a person’s tendency to drink too much reflect the issue of
a. nature and nurture.
Stacey suggests that because children are more impulsive than adults, they will have more difficulty controlling their anger.
Stacey’s prediction regarding anger management is an example of
b. a hypothesis.
Oliver believes that it is our moral obligation to help those less fortunate than ourselves. Kohlberg would
suggest that this illustrates ________ morality
b. postconventional
Parents who are often uninvolved are referred to as
c. negligent.
18) A child’s realization that others may have beliefs that the child knows to be false best illustrates the
development of
a. a theory of mind.
Which of the following has NOT been associated with experiencing abuse during childhood?
a. increased emotional intelligence
One’s biologically rooted temperament helps form one’s enduring
b. personality.
Jan acts so differently with her parents than with her girlfriends that she often thinks her personality is completely phony. Erik Erikson would have suggested that Jan is experiencing
c. role confusion
The importance of schemas was most clearly highlighted by
c. Piaget’s cognitive development theory.
During adolescence, maturation of the ________ lags behind maturation of the ________.
d. frontal lobes; limbic system
“I don’t care whether you want to wash the dishes, you will do so because I said so!” This statement is most representative of a(n) ________ parenting style.
a. authoritarian
