Personality
Social
lifespan
Disorders
Rando
100
An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting is his or her
What is personality
100
Attitudes are ________ that guide behavior.
What is belief based feelings
100

Developmental psychologists study physical, cognitive, and ________ changes throughout the human life span.

What is socioemotional

100
Significant dysfunction in a person's thoughts, feelings, or behaviors is most clearly an indication of
What is psychological disorder
100
Contemporary psychology is best defined as the science of
What is behavior and mental processes
200
Ego is to id as reality principle is to ________.
What is pleasure principle
200
theory suggests that we tend to attribute others' behavior either to their dispositions or situations
What is attribution theory
200

Julius has very specific rules for his children and expects them to obey without question. Julius' parenting style can be described as

What is authoritarian

200
__________ is characterized by a continuous state of tension, apprehension, and autonomic nervous system arousal.
What is generalized anxiety disorder
200
our awareness of ourselves and our environment
What is consciousness
300
According to psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that strives for immediate gratification of basic drives is the
What is ID
300
The discomfort we feel when two thoughts are inconsistent is called
What cognitive dissonance
300

Instead of happily exploring the attractive toys in the pediatrician's waiting room, little Sandra tenaciously clings to her mother's skirt. Sandra most clearly shows signs of_____ attachment 

What is insecure

300
offensive and unwanted thoughts that persistently preoccupy a person.
What is obsessions
300
The two major divisions of the nervous system are the central and the ________ nervous systems.
What is peripheral
400
boys' feelings of guilt and fear of punishment over their sexual desire for their mother.
What is Oedipus complex
400
The tendency to perform well-learned tasks more effectively in the presence of others.
What is social facilitation
400

Avoiding physical punishment is to ________ morality as respecting the laws of society is to ________ morality

Pre-conventional, conventional

400
The prominent feature of mood disorders is the experience of
What are emotional extremes
400
Amphetamines are to ________ as barbiturates are to ________.
What is stimulants, depressants
500
was a neo-Freudian who proposed the concept of inferiority complex
What is Alfred Adler
500
Three keys to an enduring companionate love include
What is equity, self-disclosure, and positive support
500

_______________ is the understanding that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived

What is Object permanence

500
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia are the ________ of inappropriate behaviors, and negative symptoms are the ________ of appropriate behaviors.
What is presence, absence
500
diminished sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus.
What is sensory adaptation
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