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A Psychiatrist must have a doctors degree.
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True
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The highest classification of careers in Psychology is called a "Psychiatrist"
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False
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Who is the father of psychology?
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Wundt
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"Psychology" has a literal translation as...
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psych- soul
logos- discorse |
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What is ment by dualism?
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your mind and your brain are spilt
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Perception is learned.
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true.
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Of all the senses, we remember taste the longest.
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false.
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Bilateral symmetry means the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body.
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True.
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Myopia is another name for far-sightedness.
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false.
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Left-brain people are more factual and logical than right -brain people.
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true.
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In a petit mal seizure, you black out and become unconscious.
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False.
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The hole in the eye is called...
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Pupil
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The colored part of the eye
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iris
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The part of the eye that sees color.
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cones
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the clear cover of the eye
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cornea
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sleep center of the brain
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reticular activating system. REM
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the gap in the neutron.
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synapse
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Repressed events are found in the ID.
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true
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Most Psychiatrists accept Freuds Psycho Sexual stages theory.
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false
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repression is a deliberate act.
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false.
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the most cruical stage is the oral stage.
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false.
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kids usually play "doctor" durning the phallic stage.
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true.
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The emotional release durning psychoanalysis is called...
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catharsis
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the process of being stuck at one stage is called...
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fixation
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Freudian slips come from this part.
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Id
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The pleasure principle is found here
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Id
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Your conscience or morality from parents is found here.
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superego
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this part is based in thr ego ideal.
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superego
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the most common defense mechanism is rationalization.
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false.
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if REM sleep is reduced, the quality of sleep is reduced.
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true.
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according to Freud, nightmares should be forgotten.
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false.
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A lucid dreamer cannot contol thr content of the dream
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true.
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you cannot make up for lost sleep.(Sleep debt)
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true.
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Dreams are hard to remember because we only dream once every night.
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false
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Sleepwalking and sleeptalking are quite common among children.
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true.
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During REM sleep, the body id paralyzed.
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true.
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The letters REM stand for...
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Rapid Eye Movement
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The letters SIDS stand for...
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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Circadian means
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"About a day"
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What is cataplexy?
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Instant REM.
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Freud belived that dreams have two purposes...
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Wishfulfillment & Saftey Valve.
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A traumatic event is forced out of the common mind is called...
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Repression
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If you use a handicapped space to justify saving time...
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Rationalization
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Excessive daydreaming to avoid reality...
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denial
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Passive-aggressive behavior...
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reaction-formation.
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Erikson rejected Freuds insistence upon the importance of sex.
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true.
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the locomoter stage is the most important, to erikson.
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false
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Like Freud, Erikson was more interested in the past than the present.
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False.
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Erikson stressed "the ego" more than the Id.
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true.
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To Erikson, you must sucessfully complete each stage in order.
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False.
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The most important stage...
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Adolescence.
Identity V Role Confusion. |
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School starts at this stage...
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Latency.
Industry V Inferiority. |
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Stage that reflects on life. Have I led a full life?
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Maturity.
Integrity V Despir |
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To Erikson, what is the key to personality?
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Identity
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To Erikson, what causes conflict?
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Wishes/desires V social demands.
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Like Freud, Jung saw sexual drive as the key to personality.
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False.
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Adler believed that social interaction is more important than sexual drive.
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True.
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Adler says we must develop Superioirty over others in order to grow.
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False.
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Jung says we all share a collective unconscience.
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true.
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Jung believed it is better to be an extrovert than an intovert
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false.
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Rogers preferred "become" to 'be"
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true
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Self-actualization is hard to do- only 10% ever acheive it.
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false.
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Humanists, like Freud, stressed the importance of the past.
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false.
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In humanist-therapy, the psychologist provides the answers.
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false.
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Only women are anorexic.
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false.
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Motivtion is easily visible.
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false.
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Term for bulimia...
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Ox hunger.
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Four ways bulimics purge...
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Vomit, laxitives, duiretics(waterpills), exercise.
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Point of diminishing returns means...
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stopping point.
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homostasis means...
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biological equilerum
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Pica means...
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consuming non-nutrional objects.
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Lango means...
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downy fuzz
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Learning is a process of changing _____ as a result of the _______
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behavior.
enviorment. |
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learning is a process of________ and is key to survival.
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adaptation
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What are the 3 laws of learning?
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law of exercise.
law of effect. law of association. |
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Law of exercise is...
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learning increases with practice. ex. trail and error.
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Law of effect is...
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Rewards increases learning while punishments decreases learning..
(money for good grades) |
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Law of association is...
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learning increases when two or more senses are used.
sents/tastes. |
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Classical conditioning is also known as...
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respondent conditioning.
(what comes before is important) |
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a ______ triggers a _______(reflex)
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Stimulus
response. Air-blink light-pupil contracts. |
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Ivan Pavlov was first studying ________ in dogs
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digestion.
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Generalization is...
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the greater the similarity between stimuli, the greater the similarity in the response.
ex. pets running to kictchen when they hear their food. |
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Discrimination is...
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the ability to distinguish between stimuli.
ex. low fat foods/ off brand cereals. different? |
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Extinction is...
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loss of learned response (CR)
How? Stop rewarding responses by stopping unconditioned stimulis (UCS) |
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Behavior is a function of the _______
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enviroment.
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Behaviorism is the oppisite of Humanism
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True.
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B.F. Skinner wrote "Beyond Freedom and Dignity" and ______
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Walden Two
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Skinner set up an ______ for his daughter.
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air crib.
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If you only use negative reinforcement, it is called
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aversion.
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Fixed ratio is...
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a certain number of responses needed before reinforcement.
ex. frequent buyers card, comission. |
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fixed interval is...
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a certain amount of time must pass before reinforcement.
ex. hourly wage, count downs. |
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variable is...
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both ratio and interval varies. This is the most effected type.
ex. lottery, slots, bingo. |