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100

You are told you need to call a number to pay a bill at the bank. The front desk lady recites the phone number of the company and then you pull out your phone to dial the number in.

What type of memory allowed you to do this?

What is working memory?

100

The manipulation of mental representations. 

What is "thinking"?

100

It is an arousing psychological state that motivates a person to satisfy a need

What is a drive?

100

These are the universal emotions that any person from any culture will recognize.

What is happiness, anger, surprise, disgust, sadness, and fear?

100

These are certain important concepts Dr. Conlon went over in lecture. 

What is self-knowledge/self-awareness, self-esteem, and self-presentation?

200

You go to your friend's party and your friend then introduces you to her friend you never met before. You begin to associate their name with their face. What stage of memory is this?

What is encoding?

200

mental shortcut that provides quick estimates about the likelihood of uncertain events

What is a heuristic?

200

Someone who is able to think about university and plan for future career goals might be where on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

What is esteem?

200

You wake up feeling cranky. There is no apparent reason why you are feeling that way.

What is mood?

200

In humanistic theory, what is it called when a parent/guardian shows love towards their child regardless of their mistakes?

What is unconditional positive regard?

300

You haven't played guitar in over a year. One day, you find your guitar while cleaning up the garage and decide to play for a little. You are rusty at first but after a few minutes, you start to play again like usual. 

What type of memory is this? 

What is Procedural memory?

300

the tendency of humans to think and solve problems in simpler and less effortful ways rather than in more sophisticated and effortful ways.

What is a cognitive miser?

300

There are individual differences between everyone. Which theory can explain why some individuals prefer extreme hobbies instead of calmer, simple hobbies?

What is arousal theory?

300

Your friend tells you about something their partner did to them. It was something really mean, so your first reaction is a look of anger. Your eyebrows furrow and you roll your eyes.

What is affect?

300

You decide to dress up and get ready today. You are feeling low about yourself so when you see others who aren't as put together as you are or as pretty/handsome as you are, it makes you feel better!

What is downward social comparison?

400

In class, you learned about a study about participants witnessing a car crash. After seeing the car crash, they were asked to recall the car crash.

One group were told that the cars were "hitting" each other. The second group were told that the cars "smashed" into each other.

This led to a difference in answers between the groups. The "smashed" group had explanations of the car crash having broken glass and higher mph. The "hitting" groups had almost no talk about broken glass and slower mph.

What did this study by Loftus and Palmer find about memory?

What is "memory is suggestible"?

400

You are asked to take the SAT to apply for university. This test is to determine and measure your ability to acquire, through future schooling. 

What is an aptitude test?

400

In class, Dr. Conlon explained how one particular need is so important that taking care of only your physical health without taking care of this need will have the worst effects on your health.

What is the need to belong?

400

Which theory assumes that the physiological symptoms happen before the psychological/emotional response?

What is James-Lange theory?

400

You follow many fitness influencers on social media. This motivates you to work out harder and take your physical health more seriously. What type of social comparison is this?

What is upward social comparison?

500

You had witnessed a car accident on their way home from work. Later, you hear a news report stating that the driver was speeding, so you might later add that detail (that they were speeding) to your memory of the event, even if that wasn't what you originally witnessed.

What is the misinformation effect?

500

If you were a very athletic and someone who was a natural at playing sports, which theory of intelligence would include this type of intelligence?

What is the Gardner's theory?

500

One is our mental idea of how we’d like things to turn out while the other is the psychological driving force that enables action in the pursuit of that thing.

Ex: You want to get your bachelor's degree one day. So, in order to complete that, you apply for schools and study hard to get a good SAT score.

What is the difference between goal and motivation?

500

Which theory was proven in the study about the attractive woman on the shaky and stable bridge? The shaky bridge lead the men to call more, versus the men on the stable bridge, called less. 


You learned about this study and theory in class.

What is Excitation transfer theory

500

Someone who enjoys traveling, experiencing new cultures, and trying new things would score high on which of the Big Five?

What is openness to experiences?