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A Psychiatrist must have a doctors degree.
True
The highest classification of careers in Psychology is called a "Psychiatrist"
False
Who is the father of psychology?
Wundt
"Psychology" has a literal translation as...
psych- soul
logos- discorse
What is ment by dualism?
your mind and your brain are spilt
Perception is learned.
true.
Of all the senses, we remember taste the longest.
false.
Bilateral symmetry means the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body.
True.
Myopia is another name for far-sightedness.
false.
Left-brain people are more factual and logical than right -brain people.
true.
In a petit mal seizure, you black out and become unconscious.
False.
The hole in the eye is called...
Pupil
The colored part of the eye
iris
The part of the eye that sees color.
cones
the clear cover of the eye
cornea
sleep center of the brain
reticular activating system. REM
the gap in the neutron.
synapse
Repressed events are found in the ID.
true
Most Psychiatrists accept Freuds Psycho Sexual stages theory.
false
repression is a deliberate act.
false.
the most cruical stage is the oral stage.
false.
kids usually play "doctor" durning the phallic stage.
true.
The emotional release durning psychoanalysis is called...
catharsis
the process of being stuck at one stage is called...
fixation
Freudian slips come from this part.
Id
The pleasure principle is found here
Id
Your conscience or morality from parents is found here.
superego
this part is based in thr ego ideal.
superego
the most common defense mechanism is rationalization.
false.
if REM sleep is reduced, the quality of sleep is reduced.
true.
according to Freud, nightmares should be forgotten.
false.
A lucid dreamer cannot contol thr content of the dream
true.
you cannot make up for lost sleep.(Sleep debt)
true.
Dreams are hard to remember because we only dream once every night.
false
Sleepwalking and sleeptalking are quite common among children.
true.
During REM sleep, the body id paralyzed.
true.
The letters REM stand for...
Rapid Eye Movement
The letters SIDS stand for...
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Circadian means
"About a day"
What is cataplexy?
Instant REM.
Freud belived that dreams have two purposes...
Wishfulfillment & Saftey Valve.
A traumatic event is forced out of the common mind is called...
Repression
If you use a handicapped space to justify saving time...
Rationalization
Excessive daydreaming to avoid reality...
denial
Passive-aggressive behavior...
reaction-formation.
Erikson rejected Freuds insistence upon the importance of sex.
true.
the locomoter stage is the most important, to erikson.
false
Like Freud, Erikson was more interested in the past than the present.
False.
Erikson stressed "the ego" more than the Id.
true.
To Erikson, you must sucessfully complete each stage in order.
False.
The most important stage...
Adolescence.
Identity V Role Confusion.
School starts at this stage...
Latency.
Industry V Inferiority.
Stage that reflects on life. Have I led a full life?
Maturity.
Integrity V Despir
To Erikson, what is the key to personality?
Identity
To Erikson, what causes conflict?
Wishes/desires V social demands.
Like Freud, Jung saw sexual drive as the key to personality.
False.
Adler believed that social interaction is more important than sexual drive.
True.
Adler says we must develop Superioirty over others in order to grow.
False.
Jung says we all share a collective unconscience.
true.
Jung believed it is better to be an extrovert than an intovert
false.
Rogers preferred "become" to 'be"
true
Self-actualization is hard to do- only 10% ever acheive it.
false.
Humanists, like Freud, stressed the importance of the past.
false.
In humanist-therapy, the psychologist provides the answers.
false.
Only women are anorexic.
false.
Motivtion is easily visible.
false.
Term for bulimia...
Ox hunger.
Four ways bulimics purge...
Vomit, laxitives, duiretics(waterpills), exercise.
Point of diminishing returns means...
stopping point.
homostasis means...
biological equilerum
Pica means...
consuming non-nutrional objects.
Lango means...
downy fuzz
Learning is a process of changing _____ as a result of the _______
behavior.
enviorment.
learning is a process of________ and is key to survival.
adaptation
What are the 3 laws of learning?
law of exercise.
law of effect.
law of association.
Law of exercise is...
learning increases with practice. ex. trail and error.
Law of effect is...
Rewards increases learning while punishments decreases learning..

(money for good grades)
Law of association is...
learning increases when two or more senses are used.

sents/tastes.
Classical conditioning is also known as...
respondent conditioning.
(what comes before is important)
a ______ triggers a _______(reflex)
Stimulus
response.

Air-blink
light-pupil contracts.
Ivan Pavlov was first studying ________ in dogs
digestion.
Generalization is...
the greater the similarity between stimuli, the greater the similarity in the response.

ex. pets running to kictchen when they hear their food.
Discrimination is...
the ability to distinguish between stimuli.

ex. low fat foods/ off brand cereals. different?
Extinction is...
loss of learned response (CR)
How? Stop rewarding responses by stopping unconditioned stimulis (UCS)
Behavior is a function of the _______
enviroment.
Behaviorism is the oppisite of Humanism
True.
B.F. Skinner wrote "Beyond Freedom and Dignity" and ______
Walden Two
Skinner set up an ______ for his daughter.
air crib.
If you only use negative reinforcement, it is called
aversion.
Fixed ratio is...
a certain number of responses needed before reinforcement.

ex. frequent buyers card, comission.
fixed interval is...
a certain amount of time must pass before reinforcement.

ex. hourly wage, count downs.
variable is...
both ratio and interval varies. This is the most effected type.

ex. lottery, slots, bingo.