Cognition
The term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring, retaining, and using knowledge is:
Cognition
A syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in a person's thoughts, feelings, or behaviors is most clearly an indication of
A psychological disorder.
The sensorimotor stage focuses primarily on..
Motor skills
The adaptive process through which experience modifies pre-existing behavior and understanding.
Learning
The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.
Perception
Dr. Mendoza is studying the mental strategies people use when solving problems. Dr. Mendoza is clearly a(n):
Cognitive psychologist
Maladaptive behaviors that reduce worry and fear are most indicative of
An anxiety disorder
An awareness that objects continue to exist when out of sight is called:
Object Permanence
The reinforcer, such as food, that gets the organism to continue a behavior is called __.
Primary Reinforcer
The principle that one sense may influence another is:
Sensory Interaction
A mental grouping of similar things, events or people is called a(n):
Concept
The prominent feature of mood disorders is the experience of
emotional extremes
The rooting reflex is an infant’s tendency to:
Open mouth and turn head when touched on the cheek
BF Skinner, with his pigeons, studied learning that occurs due to reward and punishment
Operant Learning
Processing that refers to how the physical characteristics of stimuli influence their interpretation.
Bottom-up
Inability to perceive a new use for an object associated with a different purpose
In which disorder do people alternate between states of lethargic hopelessness and wild optimism?
Bipolar Disorder
Authoritative parents can best be defined as:
Supportive parents who discuss their rules and policies with their children
The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes was called
Behavior
Racial and ethnic stereotypes can sometimes bias our perceptions of others' behaviors. This best illustrates the impact of:
Top-down processing
Fill-in-the-blank test questions measure ________; matching concepts with their definitions measures ________.
Recall; recognition
The separation of conscious awareness from painful memories, thoughts, and feelings is most characteristic of ________ disorders.
Dissociative
What is the correct term for a period of time when certain events must take place in order to facilitate proper development?
Critical Period
Parents say, “I’m taking away your phone because you failed Chemistry.” Parents are using
Negative Punishment
As we look at a flower, the intensity, or brightness, of the color we see is related to the light wave’s:
Amplitude