The school of psychology which focuses on the human mind and behavior as a whole, rather than focusing on each component individually
What is gestalt psychology?
The name for a group of people for whom legislation was passed to combat/prevent discrimination
What is a protected class?
Procedure for gaining compliance by first making a large/demanding request, then downscaling to a smaller one
What is the door-in-the-face phenomenon?
A form of treatment in which a patient is made to associate an undesirable habit with an unpleasant effect to decrease its occurrence
What is aversion therapy?
The component of psychoanalytic theory thought to provide moral judgments and act as a conscience
What is the superego?
The person known for studying the way behavior is shaped by rewards and punishments
Who is B.F. Skinner?
Method of recruitment in which an employee suggests a friend or family member for a job
What is employee referral?
When a group of like-minded people discuss an issue, this may occur, resulting in an exacerbation of their opinions
What is group polarization?
A group of disorders characterized by emotional extremes
What are mood disorders?
The "Big 5" personality characteristics
What are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism?
The part of the brain which serves as the master control of the autonomic system, working to maintain homeostasis and meet basic needs
What is the hypothalamus?
A quality/attribute that employers are allowed to consider when making decisions on the hiring/retention of employees
What is a bona fide occupational qualification?
The tendency for a member of one group to view members of another group as all alike/less diverse than members of their own group
What is the outgroup homogeneity effect?
The person who developed the first laboratory of psychology
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
Orientation with characteristics from both extraversion and introversion
What is ambiversion?
The year the American Psychological Association was founded
What is 1892?
What type of sexual harassment has occurred when sexual favors are tied to employment decisions?
What is quid pro quo?
The focus of the very first published study in this area (Triplett, 1898)
What is social facilitation?
The year the first edition of the DSM was published
What is 1952?
Projective psychological test in which people create narratives from ambiguous photos of people
What is a thematic apperception test?
A neurotransmitter that sends and receives information between motor neurons and voluntary muscles
What is acetylcholine?
The idea that stress unfavorably affects a situation and that intelligence and experience can reduce the influence of stress on the leader
What is cognitive resource theory?
The idea positing that as people age and their perceived time left in life decreases, they shift from focusing on information-seeking goals to focusing on emotional goals
What is socioemotional selectivity theory?
The study of drug-induced changes in the function of select neurons that influence specific behaviors
What is neuropsychopharmacology?
(Neuropharmacology = study of drug-induced changes in the functioning of nerve cells; psychopharmacology = study of drug-induced changes in behavioral responding)
Mode of analyzing behavior based on the "stimulus-response-consequence model" introduced by Skinner
What is a three-term contingency model?