Culture
What did you learn from our class discussion on culture
open for discussion
The idea that, in time, you can get used to almost anything is associated with which learning mechanism?
Habituation
Gloria is at a job interview and is asked to tell the interviewer a little about herself. Gloria says that she is friendly, hardworking, and reliable. What self is she describing?
Me
A more extreme version of schizotypal personality disorder is
schizophrenia.
What term describes the willingness to engage in sexual activities in the absence of a committed relationship?
It has been suggested that the only way psychologists can address the generalizability issue is to
conduct research using participants from around the world.
Behaviorists believe that personality differences can be entirely explained by
Learning
What is a key difference between the declarative self and the procedural self?
Declarative self contains information about who we are, whereas the procedural self contains information about what you do.
Suicide and self-mutilation are especially characteristic of which personality disorder?
BPD
According to self-discrepancy theory, what emotion arises from discrepancies between ideal and actual selves?
Depression
Psychologists who are concerned that the results of contemporary empirical research may not apply to all people everywhere are questioning the ________ of those results.
Generalizability
Experiments have shown that if one receives rewards and/or punishments randomly (i.e., regardless of what one does), then one is likely to develop depression. This phenomenon is known as
Learned helplessness
Self-knowledge can be divided into ________ knowledge and ________ knowledge
Declarative, Procedural
According to the text, which therapy has sometimes been effective for treating borderline personality disorder?
DBT
What trait is the MOST predictive of job performance
Conscientiousness
Which of the following is NOT an important reason for identifying cross-cultural differences in experience, personality, and behavior?
a.The differences provide support for genetic explanations for personality.
b.The differences, if not understood, may cause misunderstandings.
c.Such differences tell us about variability in human experiences.
d.Cross-cultural research informs us about the generalizability of research findings.
A
Which of the following is NOT an example of classical conditioning?
a.avoiding a meal that caused you to have food poisoning in the past
b.experiencing nostalgia when visiting a previous residence
c.not studying for an exam because of many previous failed attempts
d.rewarding a dog for good behavior with a treat
D
Providing individuals with ________ seems to be the best way to raise self-esteem.
Opportunities for success
One hallmark of borderline personality disorder is
emotional instability.
woman who mates with an unstable but attractive man seems to follow a different reproductive strategy than most other women. This idea is called
Sexy son hypothesis
According to Henrich et al., 80 percent of participants come from countries that are
WEIRD
Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic
On the first day of kindergarten, the teacher responds to the students every time they ask her a question. By the end of the first week, the teacher will only respond to students who are sitting quietly at their desks. At the end of the second week, the teacher will only respond to students’ questions if they are quietly seated, raise their hands, and wait to be called on before asking their questions. The teacher is using ________ to change the students’ behavior.
Shaping
Perhaps surprisingly, gender differences in self-esteem are largest in
US, other countries where genders are more equal
Explain the interaction between the O and C in OCD
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Name 5 things you learned in this class.
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