Chapter 7
After watching a high school playoff game, Blanca thinks back to scoring the winning goal in her own playoff game years ago. She remembers the cheers of the crowd and teammates jumping for joy. Which type of memory is Blanca remembering?
What is episodic memory
What term refers to a limited mental capacity that affects functioning in the following three domains: conceptual skills, social skills, and practical skills?
What is intellectual disability
A 60-year-old reminisces about their times in Los Angeles. This person fondly remembers the times spent as a teenager selling newspapers and hot dogs for a living. They also reminisce about the numerous encounters they had with some of the great Hollywood stars in the city. According to Erikson, this person is most likely at what stage of life.
What is integrity vs despair?
Cookie Monster, one of the characters on the children's TV show Sesame Street, has an intense urge to consume cookies, even though doing so is irrational and maladaptive. Eating cookies gives Cookie Monster a great source of pleasure and satisfaction. Freud would say that Cookie Monster's behavior reflects the fact that he is ruled by his
What is the id
Karen has been experiencing a disorder that is characterized by exaggerated, irrational worry that tends to interfere with her daily functioning. She cannot sleep properly and often complains of stomach aches. In spite of being constantly nervous and restless, Karen, however, cannot seem to find the specific cause of her worry. These symptoms have lasted for almost six months now. Which of the following disorders is Karen most likely to be diagnosed with?
What is generalized anxiety disorder
What memory system is a limited-capacity memory system.
What is short-term memory system
An employee on a lunch break sees a person wearing a business suit and carrying a briefcase go into an attorney’s office. Based on this information, the employee assumes the person is an attorney. What is the employee relying on?
What is representativeness heuristic
A student fails a test. The student’s parents ground the student and remove all technology use. The student is not given a chance to explain. What type of parenting style is exhibited?
What is authoritarian
According to Freud this deals with the demands of reality.
What is the ego?
When treating a client with a psychological disorder, a therapist makes the assumption that the person's difficulties stem primarily from the context in which a person lives. This therapist most likely identifies with what approach to psychological disorders?
What is sociocultural?
What structure of memory is autobiographical?
What is episodic memory
The mental activity of transforming information to reach a conclusion is
What is reasoning
According to Piaget, this is a type of problem solving where individuals in the formal operational stage of development think more like scientists, devise plans to solve problems, and systematically test solutions.
What is hypothetical deductive reasoning?
This is a pattern of enduring, distinctive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that characterize the way an individual adapts to the world.
What is personality?
social withdrawal, behavioral deficits, and the loss or decrease of normal functions. What are these?
What is defined as the retention of information or experience over time as a result of three key processes: encoding, storage, and retrieval.
What is memory
A general ability to perform on cognitive tasks, solve problems and learn from experience is
What is intelligence?
An infant has atypical genitalia at the time of birth that cannot be straightforwardly classified as male or female. The baby is most likely experiencing
What is differences of sexual development
Rachel's new roommate, Berta, has not done laundry for an entire week. Clothes are lying all over their room. This leads Rachel to assume that Berta is an untidy and undisciplined person. What Rachel does not know is that Berta is currently taking finals and working 40 hours per week. In the context of social cognition, Rachel is primarily using this while explaining Berta's behavior.
What is making a fundamental attribution error
DAILY DOUBLE
This refers to a sociocultural approach to the treatment of psychological disorders that brings together individuals who share a particular psychological disorder in sessions that are typically led by a mental health professional.
What is group therapy?
After an accident, an individual is unable to remember information that is presented to them, but can remember information from before the accident. What is this called?
What is anterograde amnesia
The tendency to search for and use information that supports our ideas rather than refutes them is known as
What is confirmation bias
A child wants a cookie but is told they cannot have it this close to dinner time. The child wants the cookie but does not want to get into trouble. The avoidance of trouble wins out and the child does not take the cookie. Which of Kohlberg’s stages is this child in?
What is preconventional?
What is an unjustified negative attitude toward an individual based on the individual's membership in a particular group.
What is prejudice
A psychotherapist is working with a client, using unconditional positive regard to help the client feel valued and learn self-acceptance. Which type of therapy are they using?
What is client centered?