History/Research
Biological Bases
Learning
Development/Personality
Abnormal
100

Which psychologist would be most likely to emphasize the role of the unconscious in affecting behavior?

Freud

100

Sleep researchers are most likely to use this type of brain scan?

EEG

100

The UCR is Pavlov's famous experiment was 

salivation

100

Which stage of Piaget's development would a child be able to grasp the concept of conservation?

Concrete Operational

100

Exhibiting two or more distinct personalities is a symptom of 

DID

200

With the introduction of the computer people became more interested in how our brain stores and interprets information.  This led to the development of the ________ school of Psych.

Cognitive

200

Mrs Valdez's heart beat starting to increase and she began to perspire.  Her  ______ nervous system was activated.

Sympathetic

200

You react with anxiety to the sound of a dentist's drill but not to the sound of a construction drill.  You have ____________ between the two stimuli.

discriminated

200
According to Erikson, teens search for a sense of self during this stage.

role confusion vs. identity

200

Antipsychotics are useful for the treatment of 

Schizophrenia/DID

300

To test if income levels have an effect on happiness a psychologist would use which type of research method?

survey/correlational

300

The part of the brain that is responsible for speech.

Broca's Area

300

You buckle your seatbelt to put an end to the annoying beeping sound.  Which operant conditioning technique have you employed?

negative reinforcement

300

Pedro wasn't sure whether or not he should join the food fight.  He decided to throw the food at lunch because his friends would approve of him.  Pedro is on which level of moral reasoning.

Conventional

300

Those who stay at home due to a lingering fear of having a public panic attack are diagnosed with

agoraphobia

400

Which professional that treats psychological disorders is most likely to have an MD (medical degree)?

psychiatrist

400

What type of drug blocks the reuptake of serotonin?

anti-depressant

400

You cast your fishing line into the pond time after time hoping to catch something.  After a few hours you finally catch a trout.  Which reinforcement schedule were you on?

Variable - Ratio

400

What is the process by which boys resolve the Oedipus Complex, stop competing with Dad, and begin imitating him.  

identification

400

This medication would be used to treat BiPolar II

Lithium Salts

500

In Dr Garcia's drug study the control group received a red and white sugar pill and the exp. group received the red and white pill with a psychoactive substance.  What is one reason the control group rated the pill as being more effective?

the placebo effect

500

After a few hours of sleep Mike's heart rate increases, breathing becomes rapid, and eyes start to move rapidly.  Mike is likely _______________.

dreaming

500

A police officer asked questions to Mary regarding the robbery.  The questions caused Mary to fill in the gaps of her memory with false information.  This concept is known as...

Misinformation Effect

500

Trait personality theorists believe that you become more like who as you age?

biological parents

500

This disorder features a low level of autonomic and frontal lobe activity

Antisocial personality
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