Psychology 1000 exam test
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Apsychotherapy - ANS✅✅therapist uses psychological techniques
Biomedical therapies - ANS✅✅medication or medical procedure
Eclectic approach - ANS✅✅using a blend of therapies
psychoanalysis - ANS✅✅Make person aware of repressed, unconscious conflicts and impulses,
today focuses on social relationships
humanistic psychotherapy - ANS✅✅Make person aware of repressed, unconscious conflicts and
impulses, today focuses on social relationships
Roger's Client-Centered Therapy - ANS✅✅provides support and can make a person aware of
repressed unconscious conflicts and impulses, today focuses on social relationships
Behavior Therapy - ANS✅✅see problems as learned behaviors
flooding - ANS✅✅exposure with response prevention, learn that situation is harmless
systematic desensitization - ANS✅✅replace fear with relaxation, exposure to increasingly anxiety-
provoking versions of feared stimulus while relaxing, fear/desensitization hierarchy, relaxation
techniques
cognitive therapies - ANS✅✅Identify cognitive distortions and correct irrational thinking
self-statement modification - ANS✅✅cognitive therapy where your replace negative thoughts with
positive ones
electroconvulsive shock therapy - ANS✅✅Electric current applied to scalp to cause convulsions,
used on severe depression, is only effective in select circumstances.
,psychosurgery - ANS✅✅removal/destruction of brain tissue
prefrontal lobotomy - ANS✅✅cut connections between frontal lobes and limbic areas
Freeman's transorbital lobotomy - ANS✅✅shocked the patients into unconsciousness and ice
picked the eye
neuroleptics/ antipsychotics - ANS✅✅dopamine agonists that help treat schizophrenia
tardive dyskinesia - ANS✅✅side effect where patients have a syndrome of uncontrollable,
repetitive movements
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors - ANS✅✅earliest class of anti depressants, serious side effects
tricyclic antidepressants - ANS✅✅middle class of anti depressants deadly interaction with alcohol
SSRIs - ANS✅✅modern class of anti depressants today, increase serotonin
mood stabilizers - ANS✅✅lithium, for bipolar disorder, antidepressants
anxiolytics - ANS✅✅tranquilizers or anti-anxiety drug
benzodiazepine - ANS✅✅GABA agonists
intelligence - ANS✅✅multiple definitions, possession of knowledge and ability to use adaptively in
different environments
*Problem solving skills, adaption, and learning
collectivist culture - ANS✅✅needs of group > needs of individual
,individualist culture - ANS✅✅needs of individual > needs of group
general intelligence - ANS✅✅intelligence is one general ability
multiple intelligences - ANS✅✅many dimensions of intelligence that are relatively unrelated to
one another
Alfred Binet - ANS✅✅French psychologist who invented the first practical intelligence test
Mental age - ANS✅✅On the Binet-Simon scale, level of performance associated with a particular
chronological age
This scale tested reasoning, thinking, and problem solving skills
Louis Terman - ANS✅✅A Stanford professor who brought the Binet-Simon test to America.
Developed it into an adult intelligence test.
Original Stanford- Binet - ANS✅✅mental age/ chronological age *100, extremely culturally biased
Wechsler scales - ANS✅✅IQ tests commonly used today, 3 different tests for different age groups
Average IQ - ANS✅✅100
Learning disability - ANS✅✅a condition giving rise to difficulties in acquiring knowledge and skills
to the level expected of those of the same age, especially when not associated with a physical
handicap.
Mental retardation - ANS✅✅condition diagnosed before age 18, usually in infancy or prior to
birth, that includes below-average general intellectual function, and a lack of the skills necessary for
daily living.
Reliability - ANS✅✅Tests the stability of scores over time whereas validity refers to whether a test
is a true or authentic measure
, Content validity - ANS✅✅tests whether a test measures all aspects of a construct (makes a
reasonable conclusion)
Predictive validity - ANS✅✅refers to whether the test predicts what it claims to predict
stereotype threat - ANS✅✅anxiety about confirming a stereotype that leads to poorer
performance
Correlations in siblings - ANS✅✅Identical twins that were separated at birth have large gaps in IQ,
which shows that environment has a factor. Fraternal twins have a lower correlation and regular
siblings have an even lower correlation.
Similar Environments (Groups) - ANS✅✅When there is a difference it most likely means there is a
genetic difference
Different Environments (Groups) - ANS✅✅When there is a difference it most likely means there is
an environment factor
Race in IQ - ANS✅✅The fact that black people score lower on IQ tests is more about correlation
than causation. Statistically, a large percentage of black people are poor and therefore don't have
the same advantages educationally as other ethnic groups
motivation - ANS✅✅need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
Instinct Theory - ANS✅✅all motivations are instinctual
Drive Reduction Theory - ANS✅✅psychological imbalance causes a psychological arousal that
prompts
Arousal Theory - ANS✅✅maintain a personal optimal level of arousal
Incentive Behavior Theory - ANS✅✅gain positive incentives and avoid negative ones
instincts - ANS✅✅automatic, involuntary, unlearned responses
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Apsychotherapy - ANS✅✅therapist uses psychological techniques
Biomedical therapies - ANS✅✅medication or medical procedure
Eclectic approach - ANS✅✅using a blend of therapies
psychoanalysis - ANS✅✅Make person aware of repressed, unconscious conflicts and impulses,
today focuses on social relationships
humanistic psychotherapy - ANS✅✅Make person aware of repressed, unconscious conflicts and
impulses, today focuses on social relationships
Roger's Client-Centered Therapy - ANS✅✅provides support and can make a person aware of
repressed unconscious conflicts and impulses, today focuses on social relationships
Behavior Therapy - ANS✅✅see problems as learned behaviors
flooding - ANS✅✅exposure with response prevention, learn that situation is harmless
systematic desensitization - ANS✅✅replace fear with relaxation, exposure to increasingly anxiety-
provoking versions of feared stimulus while relaxing, fear/desensitization hierarchy, relaxation
techniques
cognitive therapies - ANS✅✅Identify cognitive distortions and correct irrational thinking
self-statement modification - ANS✅✅cognitive therapy where your replace negative thoughts with
positive ones
electroconvulsive shock therapy - ANS✅✅Electric current applied to scalp to cause convulsions,
used on severe depression, is only effective in select circumstances.
,psychosurgery - ANS✅✅removal/destruction of brain tissue
prefrontal lobotomy - ANS✅✅cut connections between frontal lobes and limbic areas
Freeman's transorbital lobotomy - ANS✅✅shocked the patients into unconsciousness and ice
picked the eye
neuroleptics/ antipsychotics - ANS✅✅dopamine agonists that help treat schizophrenia
tardive dyskinesia - ANS✅✅side effect where patients have a syndrome of uncontrollable,
repetitive movements
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors - ANS✅✅earliest class of anti depressants, serious side effects
tricyclic antidepressants - ANS✅✅middle class of anti depressants deadly interaction with alcohol
SSRIs - ANS✅✅modern class of anti depressants today, increase serotonin
mood stabilizers - ANS✅✅lithium, for bipolar disorder, antidepressants
anxiolytics - ANS✅✅tranquilizers or anti-anxiety drug
benzodiazepine - ANS✅✅GABA agonists
intelligence - ANS✅✅multiple definitions, possession of knowledge and ability to use adaptively in
different environments
*Problem solving skills, adaption, and learning
collectivist culture - ANS✅✅needs of group > needs of individual
,individualist culture - ANS✅✅needs of individual > needs of group
general intelligence - ANS✅✅intelligence is one general ability
multiple intelligences - ANS✅✅many dimensions of intelligence that are relatively unrelated to
one another
Alfred Binet - ANS✅✅French psychologist who invented the first practical intelligence test
Mental age - ANS✅✅On the Binet-Simon scale, level of performance associated with a particular
chronological age
This scale tested reasoning, thinking, and problem solving skills
Louis Terman - ANS✅✅A Stanford professor who brought the Binet-Simon test to America.
Developed it into an adult intelligence test.
Original Stanford- Binet - ANS✅✅mental age/ chronological age *100, extremely culturally biased
Wechsler scales - ANS✅✅IQ tests commonly used today, 3 different tests for different age groups
Average IQ - ANS✅✅100
Learning disability - ANS✅✅a condition giving rise to difficulties in acquiring knowledge and skills
to the level expected of those of the same age, especially when not associated with a physical
handicap.
Mental retardation - ANS✅✅condition diagnosed before age 18, usually in infancy or prior to
birth, that includes below-average general intellectual function, and a lack of the skills necessary for
daily living.
Reliability - ANS✅✅Tests the stability of scores over time whereas validity refers to whether a test
is a true or authentic measure
, Content validity - ANS✅✅tests whether a test measures all aspects of a construct (makes a
reasonable conclusion)
Predictive validity - ANS✅✅refers to whether the test predicts what it claims to predict
stereotype threat - ANS✅✅anxiety about confirming a stereotype that leads to poorer
performance
Correlations in siblings - ANS✅✅Identical twins that were separated at birth have large gaps in IQ,
which shows that environment has a factor. Fraternal twins have a lower correlation and regular
siblings have an even lower correlation.
Similar Environments (Groups) - ANS✅✅When there is a difference it most likely means there is a
genetic difference
Different Environments (Groups) - ANS✅✅When there is a difference it most likely means there is
an environment factor
Race in IQ - ANS✅✅The fact that black people score lower on IQ tests is more about correlation
than causation. Statistically, a large percentage of black people are poor and therefore don't have
the same advantages educationally as other ethnic groups
motivation - ANS✅✅need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
Instinct Theory - ANS✅✅all motivations are instinctual
Drive Reduction Theory - ANS✅✅psychological imbalance causes a psychological arousal that
prompts
Arousal Theory - ANS✅✅maintain a personal optimal level of arousal
Incentive Behavior Theory - ANS✅✅gain positive incentives and avoid negative ones
instincts - ANS✅✅automatic, involuntary, unlearned responses
