Psychology and Research
Childhood Development
Adolescence and Aging
Biology and Behavior
Miscellaneous
100
Psychology is currently defined as what?
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
100
What is object permanence?
Knowing an object still exists, even if it is not visible.
100
What topics do adolescents turn to friends for advice on?
Fashion, music, hobbies, interests
100
What does an EEG monitor?
Electrical activity in the brain
100
_____ wraps many axons, insulating them and speeding their impulses
The Myelin Sheath
200
Neither the researcher nor the subjects know whether or not they have received the drug studied or a placebo. This is an example of what type of study?
A Double-blind Study
200
A newborn infant has certain automatic movement patterns called what?
Reflexes
200
What is an androgynous role?
Combines traditional male and female characteristics
200
In the nature-nurture question, nature refers to what?
Biological Makeup
200
Sensations or perceptions without any external cause are called what?
Hallucinations
300
Which measure of central tendency is the most frequent score of a distribution of scores?
Mode
300
Why does a child at stage 3 of Kohlberg's theory behave?
To avoid punishment
300
What is the correct order for the stages of dying according to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross?
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
300
What are the main parts of the neuron?
Cell body, dendrites, axon, axon terminals, myelin sheath
300
What are the three types of meditation?
Mindfulness, transcendental, breathing
400
A psychologist studying such matters as how to select a trial jury or the reliability of eyewitnesses would most likely be a ______________ psychologists.
Forensic
400
What reflex helps an infant find food?
Rooting reflex
400
What is thanatology?
The study of death and dying
400
When a person is frightened, epinephrine and norepinephrine are released into the bloodstream from what gland?
The adrenal gland
400
Two closed, pyramid-shaped beakers containing clearly identical amounts of liquid are suddenly judged by a child to hold different amounts after one of the beakers is inverted. The child apparently lacks what?
A concept of conservation
500
Which measure of central tendency is the average score of a distribution of scores?
Mean
500
According to Jean Piaget, which term refers to a child’s attempt to understand something new by fitting it into an existing schema?
Assimilation
500
What is the main goal of hospice care?
To improve quality of life/to allow people to die with dignity
500
What does the autonomic nervous system regulate?
Involuntary muscles and organs
500
Gerontologists are involved in the study of what?
Aging
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