Psychology Ch. 1

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Physiological

Back 1

Hunger is an example of ________ state

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Cognitive

Back 2

Ruth may have been motivated to eat by the presence of ________ elements such as awareness of her class schedule.

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Norms

Back 3

Informal social rules that govern our behavior are called _________.

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Emotional

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Anger is an example of _________ response

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Stage

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When Ruth did not react as a two-year-old would, she was acting appropriately for her_________ of development.

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Insight

Back 6

Understanding psychology can provide useful _________into behavior

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Mnemonic devices

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The technical term for a memory aids to help you in rote learning is ________.

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Associate

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Mnemonic devices require that you _________ each item on the list with a mental picture

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Shaping

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The systematic manner of dispensing rewards and punishments is called _________

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reinforcing

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By lending people money because they always seem to forget to bring theirs, you may be _______ an undesirable behavior.

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hypothesis

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An educated guess about the relationship between two factors is called a ______.

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proved or disproved

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Any hypothesis must be worded in such a way that it can be _____ or _____.

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Social

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Psychology is a ______ science, on in which precise statements are tested to see whether they are true or not.

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Greek

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The roots of the study of human behavior can be traced back to the ______.

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Wilhelm Wundt in 1879

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The first psychology laboratory was established by ______ in ______.

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Mind

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Wundt's studies dealt with analyzing human______.

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Sigmund Freud

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______, a Viennese physician, felt that conscious experiences are only the tip of the psychological iceberg.

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Biological

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Freud felt that ______ urges are in conflict with the requirements of society and morality.

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Unconscious

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According to Freud, ______ motivations and conflicts are responsible for much human behavior.

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Free association

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The technique Freud developed for indirectly studying unconscious processes is called ______.

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Dreams

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Freud felt that ______ are expressions of the most primitive unconscious urges.

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Case Studies

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Freud used his records, or ______, to develop a theory of personality.

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Sir Francis Galton

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______, a nineteenth-century scientist, found that greatness tends to run in families.

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Hereditary

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Galton concluded that genius is a ______ trait.

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Personality and Intelligence

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The tests devised by Galton were the forerunners of modern ______ and ______ tests used by psychologists.

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Individual

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Galton's book, Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development defined the beginnings of ______ psychology.

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Conditioned Reflex

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The concept of ______ was used by psychologists as a means of exploring the development of behavior.

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Behaviorists

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Psychologists who stressed investigating observable behavior became known as ______.

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John B. Watson

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The position of behaviorism was first formulated by ______, an American psychologist.

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Conditioning

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Watson maintained that all behavior is the result of ______.

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B.F. Skinner

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______, an American psychologist, refined and popularized behaviorism.

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Teaching Machine

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Skinner's ______ proved to be a forerunner of computerized programmed instruction.

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Cinical

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The psychologist who is employed in a mental institution, clinic, or private office and administers personality tests to determine the need for and the modality of treatment is a ______ psychologist.

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Counseling

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The psychological specialist who works in schools or industrial firms and advises individuals who are normal rather than disturbed is a ______ psychologist.

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Social

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Mary Smith is a psychologist who studies the way groups influence individual behavior. She most likely is a ______ psychologist.

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Developmental

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Most ______ psychologists study individuals from birth to age fifteen, although there is a recent emphasis on the full life cycle.

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Educational

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The subdivision of psychology that is concerned with the evaluation of teaching methods, the designing of tests, and the effects of motivation on learning ability is ______ psychology.

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Industrial

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A psychologist concerned with productivity, job placement, and work conditions is most likely an ______ psychologist.

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Experimental

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About 25 person of all psychologist carry on basic research in a college or university setting, Their research covers the full range of psychology. These psychologist are known as ______ psychologists.