Unit 1
What is the definition of Psychology?
Scientific study of behavior and mental processes in both humans and animals.
Name the 4 lobes of the brain.
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe
Parietal lobe
Frontal lobe
What are the 3 key functions of memory?
Encoding, storage, and retrieval
What is abnormal psychology?
Branch of psych that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion, and thoughts, which could possibly be understood as a mental disorder.
What is social psychology?
The scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a social context.
How teens use social media also might determine its impact. A 2015 study found that social comparison and feedback seeking by teens using social media and cell phones was linked with depressive symptoms. What research method was used in this study?
A.) Survey C.) Experiment
B.) Correlational Study D.) Naturalistic Observation
B.) Correlational Study
A chemical that alters our state of consciousness, and particularly our perspectives and moods and behavior.
Psychoactive Drug
A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher, learning from action (reinforcement or punishment).
Operant Conditioning
What is it called when it involves intense fear of weight gain or becoming overweight, distorted perception of one's weight/body shape, persistent restriction of calorie intake.
Anorexia Nervosa (Anorexia)
What are the important factors in social psychology and explain?
Authority: Destructive obedience requires the physical presence of a prestigious authority figure.
The Victim: Physical separation form victim allows for emotional distance from the consequence of actions.
The Procedure: Removal of senses of responsibilities for the victim's welfare.
A study of married couples showed that the longer they had been married, the more similar their opinions on social and political issues were. Is this a positive or negative correlation?
Positive correlation.
What is sleep?
An altered state of consciousness, our biological rhythms.
Label the UCS, UCR, CS, and CR from the passage. You have a hamburger at a new fast food restaurant that causes food poisoning. The next time you see a sign for that restaurant, you feel nauseous.
UCS : Hamburger
UCR : Food poisoning
CS : Restaurant Sign
CR : Nauseous
What is the positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
Hallucinations, inappropriate emotions, delusions.
People are likely to invest less effort in a task when they are working with others. What is this phenomenon called?
Social Lofting
A psychologist from which of the following perspectives would most likely focus her research on what people think?
A.) Behavioral C.) Sociocultural
B.) Humanistic D.) Cognitive
Which neuroimaging method helps provide information about brain function by monitory oxygen levels in blood flow?
A.) EEG C.) Pet Scan
B.) MRI D.) fMRI
D.) fMRI
An aggressive duck at the park startled 3-year-old Jill one day, and now she experiences fear whenever she sees ducks. Her parents are concerned because lately Jill has been exhibiting fear reactions to all types of birds, even Big Bird. Which classical conditioning phenomenon is being described in this example?
Stimulus Discrimination
Who said we have one type of generalize intelligence?
Charles Spearman
Suzie persuades her roommate to make her a cup of tea, then gets her roommate to cook for a week. What is this strategy called?
The foot-in-the-door technique.
A psychologist from which psychological perspective would be most likely to agree that thinking and behavior are caused by influences of genetics and brain chemistry.
A.) Biological C.) Evolutionary
B.) Behavioral D.) Cognitive
A.) Biological
Why are the polygraphs/lie detector machines not accurate?
It is measuring their heart rate, blood pressure, etc. and some people could just be an anxious person to begin with and it could say there lying when they are not.
Determine if the sentences are either fixed ratio, variable ratio, fixed interval, or variable interval.
Gambling and lottery games.
Variable Ratio
What are the Big 5 Personality Factors?
Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
Which of the following statements are true?
A.) Baby-faced people tend to be relatively passive.
B.) People tend to judge physically attractive people as being lazy.
C.) Physically attractive people tend to have better career prospects.
D.) Physically attractive people tend to have more pleasing personalities.
C.) Physically attractive people tend to have better career prospects.