Psychopathology
A psychological disorder is marked by a disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior.
False - "Clinically significant"
Absolute Threshold is the minimum energy needed to detect a particular stimulus ______ of the time.
50%
The test you are currently taking would be considered an aptitude test.
False
Linguistic Determinism states that language influences the way we think.
False - Linguistic Determinism says that language determines the way we think.
Most mentally ill persons are not violent but, most violent criminals are mentally ill.
False - Most violent criminals are NOT mentally ill.
These are anxiety disorders marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific, object activity or situation.
Specific Phobias
This structure carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain.
Optic Nerve
What equation is used to calculate Intelligence Quotient or (IQ)?
Mental age / chronological age x 100
Noah is 3 years old and learning to speak. He is able to put together speech that consists of mostly nouns and verbs like "I go store" and "We play outside." Noah is using what kind of speech?
Telegraphic Speech
This is a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently.
Heuristic
What do mental health clinicians use to classify psychological disorders?
The Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-V)
These are nerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features of the stimulus like shape, angle, or movement.
Feature Detectors
Brooke is studying generational intelligence differences. To do this she samples pre-teens, teens, early adults, adults, middle-aged, and elderly participants on December 15th at 6am 2021. Brooke is conducting what type of study?
Cross-Sectional Study
How can Belief Perseverance influence our judgment?
It can influence us into clinging to a discredited belief.
Select all applicable forms of grouping.
Continuity, Proximity, Closure
This eating disorder is characterized by maintenance of a starvation diet despite being significantly underweight; sometimes accompanied by excessive exercise.
Anorexia Nervosa
What is transduction?
The conversion of stimulus energy into neural impulses our brain can interpret.
Select all abilities related to Emotional Intelligence.
Using Emotion, Understanding Emotion, Perceiving Emotion, Managing Emotion
What are the building blocks of language?
Morphemes, Phonemes, Grammar
This theory says that opposing retinal processes enable color vision.
Opponent-process theory
Judith tells one of her father, Aaron, that people are either religious zealots or atheist rationalists. Aaron, responds that she appears to be engaging in all or nothing thinking which is a habitual way of thinking that is often inaccurate and negatively biased. This type of thinking is also known a ________________.
Cognitive Distortion
____________________ is located in the ___________________ and enables perception of faces and recognition of them from varied viewpoints.
Fusiform Face Area; temporal lobe area by your right ear
Select all answers (3) related to Sternberg's Intelligences
Practical Intelligence, Creative Intelligence, Analytical Intelligence
What are the components of creativity? (select all that apply)
Expertise, Imaginative Thinking Skills, A Creative Environment, Intrinsic Motivation, Venturesome Personality
What are the components of creativity? (select all that apply)
Expertise, Imaginative Thinking Skills, A Creative Environment, Intrinsic Motivation, Venturesome Personality