Download Psychology semester review The scientific study of behavior and

Psychology semester review
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes is?
Describe the role of the pituitary gland?
Which drugs slow the activity of the nervous system?
What kind of learning remains hidden until it is needed?
Which school of psychology focuses on how mental processes help organisms adapt to their
environment?
The treatment for drug abuse that involves the removal of the poisonous substance from the
body?
Ideas and images of the accumulated experience of all human beings?
Unspoken, unwritten rules are?
Ways that attitudes are acquired?
Which school of psychology breaks down conscious experience into objective sensations and
subjective feelings?
The weakest amount of a stimulus that can be sensed is known as?
Who founded the school of psychoanalysis?
Memorizing spelling words is an example of improving memory through?
Who suggested that emotional intelligence is as important as mental abilities?
What inhibits altruism?
The decisions reached by juries are examples of a?
What theory of emotion suggests that emotions often come in pairs?
Watching aggressive sports to release anger may be an example?
Which of the following is an example of projective personality test?
Which research method is used to answer questions about cause and effect?
part of the eye through which light enters?
Which psychological theory suggests that children play an active role in developing genderdeveloping behavior?
Type of test used to assess knowledge in a subject area?
What are basic building blocks of heredity?
What is the second step in the research process?
What is something that causes a reaction
The memory task that involves bringing something back to mind is?
People who prejudge others based on the religion or ethnic group?
Behavior patterns that are transmitted from generation to generation are called?
An advertisement for a soft drink that features a famous athlete is an example of persuasion
through?
The tendency to perceive a complete or whole figure is known as?
A view of oneself as an individual is a person’s?
A social psychologist would most likely do which of the following?
A kind of memory in which people recall events in great detail?
What theory of personality suggests that people shape their personalities through free choice and
action?
What is the level of consciousness in which information can be recalled if necessary?
The relationship between good health and stress is an example of a(n)?
Breaking down a problem into parts and solving each individually is an example of?
People who are less easily persuaded by others are said to have?
Functions of the peripheral nervous system?
Know the units of thought?
Consistency between one’s self concept and one’s experience?
According to Freud, the psychological structure of the mind that represents basic drives is the?
The ability to invent new solutions to problems is known as?
Reinforcement that does not occur every single time the same behavior occurs is called?
The ability to recall the last item in a series?
One who pretends one’s spouse’s political beliefs are not different from one’s own is probably
experiencing?
Which view of aggression that people choose to act aggressively because they believe that
aggression justified and necessary?
In what kind of memory do people remember general knowledge?
What psychological perspective focuses on the role thoughts in determining behavior?
Psychologists who support the “nurture” approach to human psychology believe that
psychological traits are the result of which of the following?
A person or group unfairly blamed for the problems of others?
Gathering information by asking people directly is generally done in a?
A test that is administered and scored the same way every time it is used?
The tendency to choose as friends those who are similar to oneself is called?
A person who has breathing problems that occur during sleep experiences?
What sense informs people about the position and motion of parts of the body?
Keeping records of research participants confidential is an example of?
The strengthening of a group’s shared attitudes is referred to as?
What is gender difference and what are statements that accurate about gender difference?
Social Cognition
Social schemas
Attributions both internal and external
Script
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Social inhibition/loafing/facilitation
Bystander effect
Diffusion of responsibility
Pluralistic ignorance
De-individuation
Groupthink
Cooperation
Competition
Social dilemmas
Interpersonal conflict
Attitude
Conformity
Compliance
Obedience
Social impact theory
Altruism
Prejudice
Discrimination
Stereotypes
Sexism