Psych

What statement is true?
a. When you lose weight you lose fat cells
b. when you lose weight your fat cells shrink

According to Maslow, our need for_____ must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for_______.

Maslow referred to the needs for purpose and meaning that lie beyond the self as________.

Some who is normal weight or overweight, engages in episodes of overeating, usually of high calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise is suffering from__________.

The World Health Organization identifies obesity as a high

A physiological need creates an aroused tension state that motivates an orgasism to satisfy the need. We call this the _______ theory.

Unlike those with bulimia nervosa, those with binge-eating disorders are not likely to_____ following binge eating.

Both religious activity and participation in service learning program are predictors of_____.

Which profession is most likely to be concerned with the effect of supervisors' management styles on worker motivation and productivity?

Matching people with existing jobs is to ______psychology as modifying jobs and supervision is to ________ psychology.

According to the Cannon- Bard theory, the experience of an emotion

The sympathetic nervous system is to the parasympathetic nervous system as ______is to________.

When Mrs. Van Dyke first acquired a new luxury car, she was ecstatic. After several months, however, she took the car for granted and it gave her little sense of emotional excitement. This change in her felling can best be explained in terms of _______.

Projection refers to the process by which people

Veena gets poor grades no matter how hard she studies, so she has simply given up studying. Veena's behavior most clearly reflects

When professor McKay nervously began teaching a university class for the first time, he overestimated the extent to which his students would notice that he was anxious. His reaction best illustrates _________.

Episodes of intense dread that last for several minutes and are accompanies by shortness of breath, trembling, dizziness, or heart palpitations are most characteristic of __________.

Masters and Johnson described 4 stages of sexual response. What is the correct order?

All below are types of weight loss surgery procedures except?
roux-en y, lap band, gastric bypass, set point

The refractory period is the ______________.

When a manager believes that they are good at choosing the right candidate for the job, this is called the_________. and true of false? The manager is correct, he is good at it.

The __________ theory proposed that physiological activity precedes the emotional experience.

True or False: Izard(1977) has isolated 10 emotions. Most of them are present in infancy, excluding contempt, shame and guilt.

Word salad and Clang are seen in which disorder?

Venting anger through action or fantasy achieves emotional release. This is the _______hypothesis. Is the hypothesis correct?

__________ believed that the mind is like an iceberg. Mostly hidden and below the surface lies the unconscious mind

The _______ functions as the "executive" and mediates the demands of the other two.

Which is not a personality disorder?
antisocial, sociopathic, borderline, schizotypal

___________inventories are questionnaires(often with true-false or agree-disagree items) designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors assessing several traits at once.

Which is not one of the Big 5 personality traits
Neuroticism, openness, likeableness, agreeableness

True or false:When culturally diverse people were shown basic facial expressions, they were able to recognize expressions in their own culture, but had trouble recognizing expressions from other cultures.

__________ locus of control refers to the perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate.

The Thematic Apperception test is a

Psychiatrists and psychologists label behavior as disordered when it is

A fundamental problem with the diagnostic labeling of psychologically disordered behaviors is that the labels often__________.

Persistence of unwanted thoughts and urge to engage in senseless rituals that cause distress is called_______.

These two statements: role playing by people open to a therapist's suggestion and Learned response that reinforces reduction in anxiety are critics arguments for which disorder?

The presence of inappropriate behaviors (hallucinations, disorganized, or delusional talking) are _______symptoms of schizophrenia

______disorders are characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning. Usually without anxiety, depression, or delusions

_______lies between blue mood and major depressive disorder

Which personality type is the least likely to develop coronary heart disease.

True or False: Stress does not create cancer cells. Researchers disagree on whether stress influences the progression of cancer. However, they do agree that avoiding stress and having hopeful attitude cannot reverse advanced cancer.

Believing that you have tiger blood or Adonis DNA are examples of _________.

Freud asked patients to say whatever came to their minds in order to tap the unconscious. He call this technique_________.

Researchers found that patients with schizophrenia express higher levels of ______ receptors in the brain.

Based on behavioral experiments, Helmholtz suggest that retina should contain three receptors sensitive to red, blue, and green colors. This is the ______.

The sense of our body parts' position and movement is called_____.

The _______ sense monitors the head (and body's) position

An example of classical conditioning is _______.

Which is an example of Operant conditioning? Skinner's pigeons, Pavlov's salivating dogs, and thorndike's law of effect

Which is the most difficult to extinguish because of unpredictability?

Removing a dirty diaper from a crying baby is an example of?

When your recall is better for first and last items, but poor for middle items on a list, this is called

ROY G. BIV=Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet is an example of a _______.

_______ has limited capacity (7+_2). Ex:Sir George Hamilton observed that he could remember up to 7 beans thrown on the floor accurately. If there were more beans he resorted to guessing.

To answer this multiple choice question you will use the technique of

If you study in your apartment, you will better remember the material in your apartment rather in a classroom. This is an example of a ______.

The process of getting information into memory is called______.

If a fly lands on you, but you do not notice it, the pressure of the fly is not meeting your_______.

Placing sun glasses on your head and later needing to reach up to check if they are still on your head is an example of _________.

A chess-playing computer program that routinely calculates all possible outcomes of all possible game moves best illustrates problem solving by means of_______.

After losing his hippocampus in surgery, patient Henry M. remembered everything before the operation but cannot make new memories. We call this_____.

A tendency to search for information that confirms a personal bias.

Over time intelligence scores continue to rise. This is called the________.

______ is the tendency to cling to our beliefs in the face of contrary evidence.

True or False: Children never exposed to any language( spoken or signed) by about age 7 gradually lose their ability to master any language.

Howard Gardner is most likely to agree that the concept of intelligence includes ____.

If a test is standardized, this means that________.

We form some concepts with definitions. For example, a triangle has three sides. Mostly, we form concepts with mental images or typical examples. Cognitive psychologists call this a

______are simple, thinking strategies that allow us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently.

Someone who requires constant aid and supervision is likely going to have an IQ score that indicates______retardation

David Wechsler created tests such as the WIAS. What was he attempting to measure?

This phenomenon appears in some instances in intelligence testing among African-Americans and among women of all colors.

Experiencing an apple as being red is to_____ as recognizing an apple as being a fruit is to ______.

The absolute threshold is the minimum amount of stimulation that a person needs to detect a stimulus

Experiencing a green afterimage of red object is most easily explained by _______

With her eyes closed, Sierra can accurately touch her mouth, nose, and chin with her index finger. Sierra's accuracy illustrates the importance of______.

On the day she is to be interviewed for an important new position, Rachel awakens with a severe toothache. During the interview she feels no pain; not until 30 minutes later does she become aware again of the troublesome toothache. Rachel's experience is best explained by

In pavlov's experiments, the dog's salivation triggered by the sound of the tone was a _____

Spontaneous recovery refers to the_____.

Toddlers taught to fear speeding cars may also begin to fear speeding trucks and motorcycles. This best illustrates ________.

In which form of learning is behavior said to be influenced by its consequences?

A skinner box is a

Mason, a stockbroker, runs two miles every day after work because it reduces his level of stress. Mason's running habit is maintained by a ______reinforcer.

An executive in a computer software firm works with his office door closed. At the same time every hour he opens the door to see what his employees are doing. The employees have learned to work especially hard during the five minute before and while the door is open. Their work pattern is typical of responses that are reinforced on a _____schedule.

A prototype is a

marlene forgot to bring a pillow on the camping trip, so she spent a very uncomfortable and restless night. Unfortunately, she never thought of using her down-filled jacket as a pillow. Marlene's oversight best illustrates ____

A test that measures or predicts what it is supposed to is said to have a high degree of

Explicit memories, or information that you would learn in school is processed by the ______

an impaired use of language is known as______

A Psychologist most likely has a _____, while a psychiatrist has a __________.

The flight-or-flight response is discussed in relation to the....

Parents conceive children after adoption is an example of_______.

The "I knew it all along" phenomenon is referred to as_______.

Dendrites are branching extensions of _________.

Simons and Chabris (1999) showed that half of the observers failed to see the gorilla-suited assistant in a ball passing game. This phenomenon is called?

When does REM stand for?

Sudden arousal from stage 4 sleep with intense fear is called?

Failure to breathe when asleep is called?

True or False: Hypnosis can enhance recall of forgotten events?

True or False: Identical twins can sometimes be opposite sex.

Physical pain and intense craving indicate________.

Although Max never experiences caffeine withdrawal symptoms, he feels that he needs coffee every morning as part of his daily routine. Max best illustrates

____ studies behavior and mind using principles of natural selection.

True or False: You find more differences within groups than between groups.

Which of the following influences how an individual behaves.
peers, parents, culture

The undersupply of this neurotransmitter is linked to depression?

Sensorimotor pre operational, concrete operational, and formal operational stages are part of _____'s stages of cognitive development.

True or False: A 1 year old child understands object permanence.

Trust vs. mistrust, identity vs. role confusion, etc are _____'s stages of psychosocial development

During the pre operational stage of development if a child is given the conservation of mass task he will say that....

Piaget concluded that preschool children are_______. They cannot perceive things from another's point of view.

Harlow's Monkey study showed that infants bond with surrogate mothers mostly because of_______.

Which is thought to be the best type of parenting?

In the "Strange Situation" experiment, children who explored their environment in the presence of their mothers and showed brief distress when their mother left the room were described as having a ______attachment style.

Evolutionary psychology studies the evolution of behavior and the mind using principles of _____.

Circadian rhythm refers to _________.

Sleep deprivation has been shown to

Hypnosis involves a state of _________.

The need to take larger and larger doses of a drug in order to experience its effects in an indication of _________.

At about 8 months, children become increasingly likely to react to newcomers with tears and distress. This best illustrates____________.

According to Erikson, achieving a sense of identity is the special task of the ________.

Most 20-year-olds outperform most 70 year olds on video games due to age-related differences in ___________.

Our tendency to believe we know more than we do illustrates________.

Suppose that people who watch a lot of violence on TV are also particularly likely to behave aggressively. The relationship would not necessarily indicate that watching violence influences aggressive behavior because_______.