The benefit of this descriptive research is that it allows researchers to view naturally occurring behaviors without controlling the situation.

The variable manipulated by the researcher is the

This scatterplot, showing as 1-variable goes up, the other goes down, is an example of

This early approach to psychology developed by William James focused on the need to analyze the purpose of behavior (similar to "evolutionary Psych's theory) rather than the structure of it.

This early approach used introspection to determine the underlying structures of the mind using "Trained Introspection" in (Developed by Wilhelm Wundt, 1st Psych Lab in Germany)

The most frequently occurring score in a distribution is known as the

A sample that represents an entire population that is being studied (because each member has an equal chance of inclusion) is known as

The disadvantage of this descriptive research method is that single cases can be very misleading or not generalizable to an entire population.

The ethical guideline for research in which participants must be advised on the purpose of the study & agree to be a part it is known as

In an experiment, the variable that changes in response to independent variable is known as

This scatterplot (showing as 1-variable goes up, so does the other) is an example of what?

In an experiment, the variable that changes in response to manipulated variable is known as:

*It is also known as the "outcome" variable

The names of the participants in a research experiment must be kept secret is an ethical guideline known as

This modern approach/theory to psychology is most interested in how we learn different behaviors, like how to fear certain things, & how to change them.

Average of a distribution, obtained by adding scores and dividing by number of scores is known as the

A carefully worded statement of the specific variable-definitions & exact procedures used in a research experiment so that it can be perfectly replicated later is known as

This data distribution is an example of what

Repeating a research study, using different participants to see if findings extended to other people and situations is known as what

They evaluate and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.

They aim to improve productivity and the quality of work life by applying psychological principles and methods to the workplace.

Dr. Hernandez believes that poverty lies at the root of most of her inner-city clients’ mental illnesses. This perspective is best labeled

Dr. Marco explains to a client that his feelings of hostility toward a coworker are most likely caused by the way the client interprets the coworker’s actions and the way he thinks that people should behave at work. Dr. Marco is most likely working from what perspective?

On a fishing trip, Ed realizes that he has mistakenly packed the sewing box instead of the tackle box. He wants to fish but returns home because he does not have any lines or hooks. Ed’s failure to realize that sewing thread can be used as fishing line and that a bent needle can be used as a hook is an example of Ed NOT overcoming his:

This type of attention, controlled by our midbrain's Reticular Formation, directs attention purposefully to something important & ignores irrelevant stimuli =

A prototype is best defined as

The intelligence quotient (IQ) has traditionally been based on the relationship between an individual’s mental age and his or her

Which of the following types of tests is designed to measure an individual’s acquired knowledge of a subject (as opposed to an "Aptitude" test which assesses your "Potential", like SAT/ACT)?

According to the Stanford-Binet formula for an intelligence quotient (IQ), the IQ of a ten-year-old child with mental age of eight and a half years old

The cerebellum is most directly involved in

Piper reads about someone described as adventurous, outdoorsy and extroverted. She then looks at a picture of one person dressed in a business suit and one of a person dressed in jeans & a flannel. She immediately decides that the second person is the "adventurous" one. The best explanation for Piper’s error is that she is basing her judgment on

Which of the following scenarios is an example of retroactive interference?

In _________, new, and long-term, declarative memories cannot be formed at all.

People’s memories of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. are best described as:

A tendency to search for evidence that fits one’s beliefs while ignoring other evidence is called ________.

Sabrina’s statistics instructor assigns math homework every week that requires Sabrina to solve problems using formulas. Sabrina is making use of what method of problem solving to complete her statistics homework?

Samantha does really well managing her own emotions, as well as recognizing and understanding the feelings of others around her. Mayer's research would indicate that Samantha has a high level of _______.

After watching the evening news, Khloe believes the newscast contains only tragic events like floods, earthquakes, and murders. When asked to think carefully about the newscast, she did recall many other events. This is an example of:

Memories of emotional events are especially likely to be facilitated by activation of the:

Which one of the following illustrates belief perseverance?

Which correlation coefficient demonstrates the strongest correlation?

Psychological perspective concerned with individual potential for growth and the role of unique perceptions in growth toward one’s potential.

(Main theorists were Carl Rogers & Abraham Maslow)

The psychological perspective concerned with how unconscious instincts, conflicts, motives, and defenses influence behavior.

If Aristotle and Locke, who both believed that what we know is acquired from experience & conditioning, were alive today, they would best agree with the

____________ refers to biological/genetic predispositions' impact on human traits

Freud's idea that a male child desires his mother and fears his father during the Phallic Stage of PsychoSexual Development illustrates the

Not stealing a candybar because it is morally wrong is a product of the?

A child that is abused by his parents but later in life has no recollection of it ever happening is showing which Freudian Defense Mechanism?

According to Freud, people who become fixated in this PsychoSexual stage could become super rigid adults, inflexible, and have a hard time compromising.

Id, ego, superego are the main personality constructs according to which Psychanalytic Theorist?

Operant Conditioning, or conditioning behavior through the use of Rewards & Punishments, was developed by which Behavioral-Theorists?

This psychologist and originator of social cognitive theory who is probably best known for his modeling study on aggression, referred to as the “Bobo doll” experiment, which demonstrated that children can learn behaviors through the observation of adults. He also developed "Reciprocal Determinism" which states that a person's behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment.

_____________________ was an American psychologist who is best known for establishing the psychological school of Behaviorism & for his highly unethical experiments in which he conditioned fears into Baby Albert

Who is given credit for establishing the ideas of archetypes in literature & art based on his theory of the Collective unconscious, a term representing a form of the unconscious (that part of the mind containing memories and impulses of which the individual is not aware) common to mankind as a whole and that ALL humans share?

People who score high in this aspect of the Big-5-Personality Traits are characterized as anxious, worried, hostile, self-conscious, insecure, and emotionally unstable.

People who score high in this Trait of the Big-5-of-Personality tend to be sympathetic, trusting, cooperative, likeable and modest.

A personality measure that asks you to respond freely to an ambiguous stimulus such as a picture or an inkblot in order to access the unconscious mind/personality traits is called a

The best personality inventory for assessing mental illness symptoms as well as traits.

The Big Five is the term currently used to refer to basic

He is the creator of the g factor,

or the general intelligence

concept

Founder of multiple intelligences. He divided intelligence into 8 different types;

logical-

mathematical, linguistic,

musical, spatial, bodily-

kinesthetic, interpersonal,

intrapersonal, and naturalist.

Proposed a Triarchic theory

of intelligence

-analytical

-creative

-practical

Linguist who suggested

humans have an inborn

or “native” or "innate" propensity to

learn language; The Language Acquisition Device

John B. (Bad to Babies/Father of Behaviorism) Watson said that all human behavior is?

He was a humanistic

psychologist who

developed a “hierarchy

of needs” that stressed

the importance of

positive growth and self-

actualization.

The process of taking in new information and adding it to what the child already knows is called __________

____ is adjusting what is already known to fit the new information.

Students from a journalism class ask only their friends to participate in a school newspaper survey and neglect to ask the rest of the student body. The journalism students' data may not be generalizable due to...

A statistical technique that would allow a researcher to cluster such traits as being talkative, social, and adventurous with extroversion is called...

Research finds that, in general, the higher an incoming college student scores on a given test, the higher the student's college GPA. Which of the following best describes this relationship?

Psychologists generally prefer the experimental method to other research methods bc

Receives sensory information and relays it to the proper part of brain for further processing (she is like our "sensory secretary"--takes in ALL sensory information, except for smell, and directs it where to go in the brain for processing)

Damage this and you won't form/consolidate new memories (this is your "Memory Librarian")

Controls motivational behaviors , including the 4-F's: feeding, fighting, fleeing, and fornicating.

*aka the "want center"

The nerve fibers that enable communication between the right and left cerebral hemispheres and that have been severed in split-brain patients form a structure called the...

Which gland is responsible for secreting hormones that stimulate other glands?

Through the study of patients with brain damage, Paul Broca discovered Broca's Area, which is an area of the brain that controls...

Clara suffered a traumatic brain injury less than a year ago. Prior to the injury, she would become anxious each time she was near a spider. However, since the injury, Clara no longer becomes fearful when she encounters a spider. Which area of her brain was MOST likely affected by the injury?

Serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine are examples of which type of chemical in the body?

Which neurotransmitter helps reduce the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease?

Elena participates in Zumba because she feels energetic and happy at the end of each exercise. Which of the following are true?

After a stressful or scary situation, your body starts to calm back down. What subsystem controls this shift back to regular functioning?

Messages are sent from one neuron to another by flooding the gap between the neurons, called a ______________, with neurotransmitters.

The basic functions that we need to survive- like breathing and heartbeat,are mainly controlled in which section of the brain?

The speed at which a neural impulse travels is increased when the axon is encased by a(n)

Which of the following structures in the brainstem, locates above the medulla, helps coordinate movements from the forebrain and primarily is involved in sleep&awake cycles, attention, equilibrium, facial expressions, facial sensation, and posture?

Which of the following is the component of the limbic system that plays an essential role in the processing of new memories?

If a blind person uses one finger to read Braille, the brain area dedicated to that finger expands as the sense of touch invades the visual cortex and now the brain has grown/changed in how it processes vision. This is an example of

Antidepressant drugs like Prozac are often used to treat mood disorders. According to what you know about their function, which neurotransmitter system do these types of drugs try to affect?

In what order does an electrical impulse travel through a neuron?

Inside the nucleus of every cell in our body, except sex cells, have 46 of these (23 from Mom and 23 from Dad):

The principle that among the range of inherited trait variations, those that lead to increased reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on the succeeding generations

Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

39 year old Daisy has a disease that has slowed down the transmission of her nerve impulses as a result of the loss of myelin sheath. What has she most likely been diagnosed with?

Neurotransmitters send messages to other neurons by crossing what space?

What chemicals are active within a neuron?

During what phase of neural transmission does the neuron "take a break" from all activity immediately after firing?

What gland is located on the kidneys?

When shown the word ball in their LEFT field of vision, the split brain patient says they saw nothing, but then they choose a ball with their left hand. Even though they can't say what they saw, their left hand has awareness because the