Personality
For Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, the id is to the pleasure principle as the ego is to the (blank) principle
reality
Our body regulates its temperature similar to how a thermostat regulates a room’s temperature. What is the body trying to do?
maintain homeostasis
Following the loss of a very important soccer match, the team blames the goalie and starts saying mean things to him. What theory explains this?
scapegoat theory
For schizophrenia, there is an excess of the hormone
dopamine
When someone is a mean and bad friend but you still buy them a present for their birthday, what defense mechanism is that?
reaction formation
The last stage of the sexual response cycle, where the body returns to its unaroused state.
resolution
An old man works hard all of his life, and donates money to charity. Afterwards, he wins the lottery and says that he deserves it. What phenomenon is he displaying?
just-world phenomenon
Rewashing hands until raw, constantly checking if door is locked, and making sure the oven is off are examples of
compulsions
Which state of psychosexual development is when sexual instincts are more quiet?
latency
According to Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, what is the highest level of needs?
self-transcendence needs
The person is aware that smoking is bad for your health but still continues to smoke. However, he starts feeling much discomfort, so he stops smoking. This is an example of what theory
cognitive dissonance theory
Having an inflated self-esteem, thinking you're invincible. Being more talkative than usual. Talking so much and so fast that others can't interrupt would be an example of
mania
The big 5 personality traits are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and
neuroticism
I am hungry and really want to eat some food. What hormone is being released by the empty stomach?
ghrelin
As more people are added to tug of war, effort from each individual decreases. This is an example of
social loafing
≥5 symptoms during the same two week period that are a change from previous functioning; depressed mood and/or loss of interest/pleasure must be present; exclude symptoms clearly attributable to another medical condition. These would be the symptoms of
depression
Which one of Erikson’s developmental stages is when someone is conflicted over being in an intimate relationship or choosing a career?
intimacy vs. isolation
If you are too relaxed, you might not have the motivation to prepare. If you are too nervous, your voice might quiver and you might forget what you were supposed to say. If you are just mildly excited and/or challenged by the task, however, you are energized and motivated but not incapacitated by too much arousal. What law is this?
Yerkes-Dodson Law
In Milgram’s shock experiment, participants were increasingly administering shocks to those on the “other end of the experiment”. Outside of the study, the participants said they would never administer such violent shocks to others. However, when an authoritative figure tells one to do something this is called
obedience
Which eating disorder involves regularly self-inducing vomiting or misuse of laxatives, weight-loss supplements, diuretics or enemas after binging?
bulimia