Foundation/Perspectives of Psychology
What is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
Psychology
There are several types of professionals who work in psychology. List atleast 3.
Psychiatric social worker, mental health counselor, sports psychology, forensic psychology, clinical, school, educational,industrial/organization psychology, etc.
The first 2 weeks of pregnancy are called:
- gestational period - embryonic period -fetal period - germinal period
germinal period
Belinda takes some aspirin to make her headache go away. This is an example of...
negative reinforcement
The period of 5 or 10 years during which a woman's reproductive system begins to decline is called...
menopause
Describe the humanistic approach
Humans have free-will; behavior is the result of choice.
Focus on Motivation. ▪ Human problems, potentials, and ideals. Driven to fulfill their potential.
Thought stopping, mental rehearsal, and focus training are some of the tools of the ______ psychologist.
a.experimental b. clinical c.sports d.military
sports
Which sense is least functional at birth?
vision
What does AMID stand for?
Attention, Memory, Imitation, Desire
Adam, a middle-aged man, might outperform a younger person on a cognitive task because...
he has more life experience to draw upon.
Which perspective offers the best explanation for schizophrenia?
a. psychodynamic b. Behavioral c. Biological d. Humanistic
Biological
Psychiatrist prescribes medicine and a psychologist doesn't.
Psychiatrist has a medical degree. (doctorate)
A child who has not developed object permanence is in which Piaget stage?
-preoperational -sensorimotor - initiative v guilt - formal operational.
sensorimotor
A mother ignores her child's temper tantrum so that the behavior ultimately goes away. This is an example of...
extinction
Which of these is most likely to help Joanne, a 65-year old woman, adjust positively to aging?
a. staying active in her community
b. withdrawing from social demands
c. giving up her career
d. accepting that her life will end soon
a. staying active in her community
Guess the perspective:
Focus on Thoughts (organization, themes, information processing). ▪ Memory. ▪ Language. ▪ Perception.
Cognitive Perspective
Dr.Lewis studies the topic of crowding. She often wonders why people can feel crowded in an elevator that has 8-10 people in it but not at a large sporting event where over 2,000 people are present. What is Dr.Lewis speciality?
a. developmental b.psychological c.social d.environmental
Environmental
What kind of attachment is shown by a baby who demands to be picked up when the mother returns, but then pushes her away according to Ainsworth?
- secure -avoidant - ambivalent - disorganzed/disoriented
ambivalent
Denise came home after curfew. Her parents have taken away her cell phone for a month. Losing her cell phone privileges is an example of...
a. negative reinforcement
b. punishment by application
c. punishment by removal
d. learned helplessness
punishment by removal
According to this theory of aging, shortened telomeres cause cells to age.
cellular clock theory
Which perspective would a researcher be taking if she were studying a client's early childhood experiences and his resulting development of self?
a. psychodynamic b.cognitive c.behavioral d.evolutionary
psychodynamic
Which of the following professions have a medical degree?
a. clinical psychologist b. psychiatrist c. psychiatric social worker d. counseling psychologist
psychiatrist
In which of Erikson's stages does a child learn self control and begin to feel more capable?
- autonomy v shame and doubt - initiative v guilt - industry v. inferiority - identity v. role confusion
industry v. inferiority.
Keller and Breland found that the animals they studied would learn skills through reinforcement but eventually revert to their genetically controlled patterns of behavior. This phenomenon is known as...
a. instinct revival.
b. instinctive drift.
c. instinctive maturation.
d. survival instinct.
b. instinctive drift.
According to Kohlberg, most adolescents are at which level of morality?
conventional