Test 1

Question 1

Psychology

Answer 1

scientific study of mental process and behavior

Question 2

Wilhelm Wundt

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Introspection. responsible for the “first lab”

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Educutionary

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newest inhereted IQ orientation

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cognitive

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computer thinking

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humanistic

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free will/choice

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Sigmund Freud

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Psychodynamic

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TAT

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Thematic Apperception Test

Question 8

Defense Mechanism

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reduce anxiety

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Neo-Freudians

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less sex more society

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Psychoanalytic dreams

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unknown desires

Question 11

REM (rapid eye movement)

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muscles move uncontrollably

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Manifest dream

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Disguised meaning

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Latent

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hidden meaning

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Hypnosis

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trancelike

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CNS

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Central Nervous System

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Peripheral

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all neurons other than brain and spinal cord

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Endorphin

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opiate. reduces pain.

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Neurotransmitter

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chemical produced by brain

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Frontal

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part of the brain responsible for thinking/reasoning

Question 20

Parietal

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part of the brain responsible for senses

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Optical

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part of the brain responsible for sight

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Temperal lobe

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part of the brain responsible for hearing

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Left hemisphere of the brain responsible for?

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speech

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right hemisphere of the brain responsible for?

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emotional inititive

Question 25

drug problems

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all the time thinking

Question 26

meditation

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altered state

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gestalt

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perceptions/wholes

Question 28

archival research

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research in which existing data such as census documents, college records, and newspaper clipings are examined to test a hypothesis. (divorce)

Question 29

case study

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an in depth intensive investigation of an individual or small group of people

Question 30

dependent variable

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the variable that is measured in an experiment. it is expected to change as a result of the independent variable.

Question 31

independent variable

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the variable that is manipulated by an experiment

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ID

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the raw, unorganized, unborn part of the personality whose sole purpose is to reduce tension created by primitive drives to hunger, sex, aggression and irrational impulses.

Question 33

experiment

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the investigation of the relationship between two variables by deliberately producing a change in one variable in a situation and observing the effects of that change on other aspects of that situation

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super ego

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the personality structure that harshly judges the morality of our behavior (concience)

Question 35

naturalistic observation

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research in which an investigator simply observes some naturally occurring behavior and does not make a change in the situation.

Question 36

scientific method

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how psychologists systematically acquire knowledge and understanding about behavior and other pehnomenia of interest.

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biopsychologists

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psychologists who specialize in considering the ways in which biological structures and functions of the body affect behavior

Question 38

consciousness

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the awareness of the sensations, thoughts, and feelings being experienced at a given moment.

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neurons

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nerve cells, the basic elements of the nervous system

Question 40

Oedipal Complex

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is a child's desire, that the mind keeps in the unconscious via dynamic repression, to have sexual relations with the parent of the opposite sex

Question 41

electroencephalogram (EEG)

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test used to detect abnormalities related to electrical activity of the brain. This procedure tracks and records brain wave patterns. Small metal discs with thin wires (electrodes) are placed on the scalp, and then send signals to a computer to record the results.

Question 42

extrasensory perception

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The term was adopted by Duke University psychologist J. B. Rhine to denote psychic abilities such as telepathy, clairaudience, and clairvoyance, and their trans-temporal operation as precognition or retrocognition.