Biological Psych
Life Span
Social Psych
Personality
Disorders
100
The site where a “message” is transmitted from one nerve cell to another
What is a synapse?
100
The concept of _____ explains why parents would risk their own lives to rescue one of their children.
What is kin selection
100
When making a difficult decision, group members sometimes strive for agreement so as to avoid arguments, a phenomenon known as
What is Groupthink
100
In old cartoons, characters were sometimes shown with a devil on one shoulder telling them to do something selfish or immoral, such as stealing or lying. On the other shoulder, the animators would draw an angel, which would tell the character not to listen to the devil and to act morally instead. In Freudian terms, the angel represents which part of the character’s psyche
What is superego
100
Psychologists and psychiatrists use the criteria laid out in the most recent edition of the _____ to diagnose psychological disorders
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders
200
assumes behavior often can be fully explained only by combining multiple perspectives
What is the biopsychosocial model
200
Harry Harlow’s research with infant monkeys demonstrated the importance of
What is physical contact and the bond infants form with their mothers
200
Approximately what percentage of participants delivered the maximum possible shock in Milgram’s obedience study
What is 65%
200
Alfred Kinsey is famous for being one of the first scientists to study _____
What is human sexuality
200
Which of the following disorders do many psychologists believe is not a valid diagnosis
What is Dissociative identity disorder
300
The ongoing development of the _____ may explain why adolescents are known to make risky or poor decisions.
What is prefrontal cortex
300
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
What is Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory
300
In Solomon Asch’s famous experiment in which participants were asked to visually judge the length of lines, why did many participants give the incorrect answer at least part of the time
What is The participants conformed their answers to those offered by others in the room.
300
Which aspect of Type A personality is most closely correlated with increased risk for heart disease
What is Anger and hostility
300
Andrew washes his hands 100 or more times each day. The constant washing causes the skin on his hands to dry and crack, yet he continues to engage in this behavior. Andrew’s behavior is an example of
What is a compulsion
400
more likely to develop depression than younger people in the United States, although the opposite is true in China.
What are healthy older adults
400
The ongoing development of the _____ may explain why adolescents are known to make risky or poor decisions.
What is the prefrontal cortex
400
Kyle is an independent filmmaker who has always believed that big Hollywood movies are garbage. Recently, however, he agreed to work on a big-budget Hollywood movie because the pay was very good. Now he tells his friends, “Not all Hollywood movies are that bad.” Kyle’s change in attitude is likely the result of
What is cognitive dissonance
400
Some psychologists use a(n) _____ approach to studying personality, which is a person-centered method in which researchers focus on individual people and their unique personalities.
What is idiographic
400
_____ are false beliefs about reality, whereas _____ are false perceptions of reality such as hearing internal voices
What are Delusions; hallucinations
500
The question of nature and nurture relationships centers on how _____ (nature) and _____ (nurture) influence behavior and mental processes.
What is heredity; environment
500
Which parenting style would you recommend that parents use if they want to maximize the chance that their children will be well balanced
What is Authoritative
500
In a(n) _____, individuals are expected to protect themselves and their property by whatever means necessary.
What is culture of honor
500
The Bige Five
What is Openness, Consciousness, Extraversion Agreeableness, Neuroticism
500
All other things equal, a person living in a _____ neighborhood, who also inherited the _____ copy of the 5-HTT gene, would have the greatest risk of developing depression
What is poor; short
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