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| 6724074625 | fovea | visual acuity is best in the... | 0 | |
| 6724084242 | community psychologists | _______ intervene at the primary level when they design prevention programs for potential problems before the problems actually occur | 1 | |
| 6724120690 | Cognitive | in treating a patient for depression, Dr. Pratt focuses on changing the ways in which the patient interprets events. Which type of therapy is Dr. Pratt using? | 2 | |
| 6724155189 | projective personality tests | the rationale underlying the use of __________, such as the Rorschach test and the TAT is that they reveal the subjects' personalities by eliciting responses to vague, ambiguous stimuli. | 3 | |
| 6724161508 | cardiovascular disease | individuals exhibiting a hostile type A personality pattern are at an increased risk for __________ | 4 | |
| 6724171352 | :) | :) | 5 | |
| 6724183038 | scatterplot | the correlation between two measures obtained on a group of individuals is graphically represented as a __________ | 6 | |
| 6724183039 | Behaviorism | John B Watson is best known as the founder of _____ | 7 | |
| 6724222431 | Alfred Binet | This man _______'s efforts to measure intelligence were directed at predicting children's success in school | 8 | |
| 6724234404 | specific phobia | Training in the construction of an anxiety hierarchy and in relaxation techniques is likely to be part of the treatment for what? | 9 | |
| 6724254653 | Self-efficacy | An individual's belief that he or she is capable of performing a task. (Albert Bandura) | 10 | |
| 6724272822 | heuristics | mental shortcuts or rules of thumb that help solve problems and reduce mental effort are called _____ | 11 | |
| 6724276287 | Clinical disorders | The Minnesota multiphase personality inventory is used to provide information about which of the following? | 12 | |
| 6724309377 | linguistic relativity hypothesis of Benjamin Whorf | the structure of language affects the ways in which its speakers conceptualize their world | 13 | |
| 6724315567 | original and valuable | to score high on a test of creativity, a person's answers should be | 14 | |
| 6724321029 | broca's area | speech production | 15 | |
| 6724322927 | wernicke's area | language comprehension | 16 | |
| 6724410482 | unconscious | repository of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes & feelings | 17 | |
| 6724435833 | ego | this operates on the reality principle | 18 | |
| 6724439519 | oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital | the correct sequence of Freud's psychosexual stages | 19 | |
| 6724455288 | genuineness, acceptance, and empathy | compared to an acorn, humans according to Rogers need 3 conditions for growth (humanistic perspective) | 20 | |
| 6724467630 | McCrae and Costa | Researchers responsible for the Bg Five personality factors | 21 | |
| 6724479393 | extraverts | studies indicate that _____ seek stimulation because their normal brain arousal is low | 22 | |
| 6724484948 | reciprocal determinism | the theory set forth by psychologist Albert Bandura that a person's behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment. Bandura accepts the possibility of an individual's behavior being conditioned through the use of consequences. | 23 | |
| 6724504036 | Barnum effect | People have the tendency to see themselves in vague, stock descriptions of personality | 24 | |
| 6724508405 | General Adaptation Syndrome | Seyle's concept that the body responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion | 25 | |
| 6724510411 | carol Gilligan | moral development studies to follow up Kohlberg. She studied girls and women and found that they did not score as high on his six stage scale because they focused more on relationships rather than laws and principles. Their reasoning was merely different, not better or worse | 26 | |
| 6724514254 | Robert Rescorla | researched classical conditioning; found subjects learn the predictability of an event through trials (cognitive element) | 27 | |
| 6724519083 | inner ear | the innermost part of the ear, containing the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs | 28 | |
| 6724528173 | anterograde amnesia | an inability to form new memories | 29 | |
| 6724528174 | retrograde amnesia | An inability to retrieve information from one's past. | 30 | |
| 6724534679 | general intelligence | a _______ factor that, according to Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test. | 31 | |
| 6724534680 | thorndike | Law of Effect | 32 | |
| 6724542775 | RTMS | the application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain; used to stimulate or suppress brain activity. Helps depression | 33 | |
| 6724554796 | brainstem, limbic system, cerebral cortex | brain regions from oldest to newest | 34 | |
| 6724831184 | fixed-ratio | in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses | 35 | |
| 6724831185 | variable-ratio | in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses | 36 | |
| 6724832057 | fixed-interval | in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response only after a specified time has elapsed | 37 | |
| 6724835586 | variable-interval | in operant conditioning, a reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals | 38 | |
| 6724845749 | conformity | Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. | 39 | |
| 6724848173 | compliance | Conforming to a request or demand | 40 | |
| 6724851972 | self-fulfilling prophecy | a belief that leads to its own fulfillment | 41 | |
| 6724853740 | fundamental attribution error | The tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition | 42 | |
| 6724863277 | stereotype | A generalized belief about a group of people | 43 | |
| 6724869025 | prejudice | A rigid attitude that is based on group membership and predisposes an individual to feel, think or act in a negative way toward another person or group. | 44 | |
| 6724871186 | classical conditioning | A type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events | 45 | |
| 6724873545 | operant conditioning | A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher. | 46 | |
| 6724876413 | availability heuristic | estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of their vividness), we presume such events are common | 47 | |
| 6724877521 | representative heuristic | judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes; may lead one to ignore other relevent information | 48 | |
| 6724880641 | proactive interference | the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information | 49 | |
| 6724881776 | retroactive interference | the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information | 50 | |
| 6724881777 | rods | Retinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray; necessary for peripheral and twilight vision, when cones don't respond. | 51 | |
| 6724883242 | cons | retinal receptors that detect color | 52 | |
| 6724888995 | sensation | The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment. | 53 | |
| 6724888996 | perception | The act of becoming aware through the senses | 54 | |
| 6724891080 | ventromedial hypothalamus | The part of the hypothalamus that produces feelings of fullness as opposed to hunger, and causes one to stop eating. | 55 | |
| 6724892380 | lateral hypothalamus | The part of the hypothalamus that produces hunger signals | 56 | |
| 6724894377 | structuralism | An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind. Titchener | 57 | |
| 6724894378 | Functionalism | A school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish. William James | 58 | |
| 6724898021 | fluid intelligence | One's ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood. | 59 | |
| 6724898022 | crystallized intelligence | One's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age | 60 | |
| 6724900759 | sympathetic system | Part of the Autonomic System. Fight or Flight response. Supplies nerve impulses to the heart, smooth muscles, sweat glands, and viscera. | 61 | |
| 6724904735 | parasympathetic system | Part of the Autonomic System. Rest or Digest response. Supplies nerve impulses to the thorax, abdomen, and pelvic regions. | 62 | |
| 6724908364 | monocular cues | depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone | 63 | |
| 6724908365 | binocular cues | depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two eyes | 64 | |
| 6724919696 | dopamine | cocaine and crack produce produce a euphoric rush by blocking the reuptake of ________ in brain cells | 65 | |
| 6724931291 | cornea, pupil, lens, retina | which of the following is the correct order of the structures through which light passes after entering the eye? | 66 | |
| 6724936657 | Robert Sternberg | the psychologist who proposed that intelligence is composed of analytic, creative, and practical aspects is ________ | 67 | |
| 6724955087 | antipsychotic drugs | which drugs appear to produce therapeutic effects by blocking receptor sites for dopamine? | 68 | |
| 6724987235 | sensorimotor period | birth to 2 years. coordination of sensory input and motor responses; development of object permanence | 69 | |
| 6724991239 | preoperational period | 2 to 7 years. development of symbolic though marked by irreversibility, contraption, and egocentrism | 70 | |
| 6724997224 | concrete operational period | 7-11 years. mental operations applied to concrete events; mastery of conservation, hierarchical classification | 71 | |
| 6725001936 | formal operational period | 11-adulthood. mental operations applied to abstract ideas, logical, systematic thinking | 72 | |
| 6725032555 | pre-conventional morality | before age 9; self interest; obey rules to avoid punishment or gain concrete rewards. | 73 | |
| 6725032566 | conventional morality | early adolescence; uphold laws and rules to gain social approval or maintain social order | 74 | |
| 6725033884 | post-conventional morality | adolescence and beyond; actions reflect belief in basic rights and self-defined ethical principles | 75 |
