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Psychology Test Two
Flash Cards for Boyd Psychology 101 Test Two
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
11/06/2007

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Pavlov
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The first experimental studies of an associative learning were conducted by
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CS (condition stimulate); USC (unconditional stimulate)
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In classical condition, the __________ signals the impending occurrence of the ______.

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Food
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In Pavlov’s experiments on the salivary condition of dogs, the UCS was ______.
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Unconditional response
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In Pavlov’s experiments, the dos salivation triggered by the taste of food was a
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Enables us to adapt to our environment
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According to the textbook, learning does ________.
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CS; UCS

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Extinction occurs when a _________ is no longer paired with a ___________.

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Novel tastes
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Rats easily learn to associate nausea producing radiation treatments with _____________.

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condition
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A stimulace that aquires reinforcing power through association with another reinforcer is called a _____________ reinforcer.
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intermintent
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resistance to extinction is most strongly encouraged by ____________ reinforcement.
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 re appeareance after a rest pause of an extin

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spontaneous recovery refers to the ____________________.
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may be produced through classical condition.
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Watson and Rayners study of baby albert demonstrated how specific fears
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a chamber containing a bar or key that an animal can manipulate to gain reward
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A skinner box is a __________.
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increasing: increasing
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Positive reinforcers _______ the rate of operant responding and negative reinforcers __________ of operant responders.
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higher
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Rates of operant responding are_________ for fixed ratios than for fixed interval schedules
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higher
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Rates of operant responding are __________ for variable ratios than for variable interval schedules
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Response Stimulace: stimulace
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Operant behavior is to __________ associations as respondant behavior is to ___________ associations.
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increase: decrease
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Negative reinforcerrs ____________ the rate of operant response, and punishments ___________ the rate of operant respondants
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The law of effect
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BF skinners work elaborated what EL thorndike had called ______________.
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a reinforcer
Definition
An event that increases the frequency of the behavior it follows  is an
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a physical state that usually triggers motivational elapses
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a need refers to ___________.
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a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior toward a goal
Definition
Motivation is defined by psychologists as _____________.
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cognitive processes
Definition
studies of late learning highlight the importance of  ________________.
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observational learning
Definition
The ability to learn by witnessing and imitating the behavior of others illustrates
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bulimia
Definition

22 year old, hwama, is overweight and loves to eat. Fearful of  becoming really overweight she frequently takes laxatives followed binges. She clearly suffers from ____________.

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need;drive
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Food deprivation is to hunger as ____________ is to ______________
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adequate clothing; self esteem
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according to meslo, our need for ____________ must be met before our need for ______________
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the specific body weight maintained by most adults for long periods
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the set point is ________
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the body’s tendency to maintain a constant internal state
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homeostasis refers to __________.
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trait theorists
Definition
which theorists have been most directly criticized for underestimating the variability of behavior from situation to situation
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imperically derived
Definition
which of the following is true of the MMPI?
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personality
Definition
Walter Michelle’s studies of students conciencouness reveiled only a modest relationhip between being conciencous on one occasion and being similarily conciencousness on another. According to michelle this should make psychologists more cautios on _________.
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external locust of control
Definition
the perception that ones fate is determined by luck reflects blank
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learned helplessness
Definition
dogs strapped into a harness and given an unavoidable shocks develop ______
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past performance in situations involving similar responsibilities
Definition
the social cognitive perspective suggests that the best way to predict a political candidates performance after election is to assess that individuals ________
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spotlight effect
Definition
over estimating the extent to which others notice our appearance and performance is called ________
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criticize

Definition
a persons whose self esteem is momentarily threatened is especially likely to do what
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a self serving bias
Definition
Americans were more optimistic that they would go to heaven than would either Michael Jordan or bill Clinton. This best illustrates __________.
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individualistic
Definition
the importance of romance in marriage relationships is most likely to be emphasized in cultures that value _________.
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facilitate conversion of its blood glucouse to fat

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destruction of eventromedial hypothalamus of a rat is most likely to
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imidiate reninforcers; delayed reienforcers
Definition
In Order to quickly teach a dog to roll over on command you would best be advised to use                 rather then                         
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ghrelie; blood glucouse
Definition
Increases in               increase hunger. Increase in                  decrease hunger.
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observational learning
Definition
Preschool children pounded a bo-bo doll that they had jus seen an adult pound, this illustrates
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Albert Banbura
Definition
who highlighted the importance of observational learning?
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reinforcer
Definition
An event that increase the frequency of the behavior that it follows is a
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enables
Definition
According to the text, learning                    us to adopt to our envirornment
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boys are most likely; phallic stage
Definition
According to Freud,                             likely to experience the Oddipus during the                         .
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super ego
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Freud suggested that the process of identification is most directly responsible for the development of the                 

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passive-dependancy
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Freud suggested that orally fixated adults are esp. likely to exhibit                             
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ego to prevent threatening impulses from being conciously recognized.
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According to Freud, defense mech. are used by the                                              
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conciously express feelings that are the opposite of unconcious unacceptable impulses.
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Reaction formation refers to the process by which people                                                            
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pSYCHOLOGIST often dont agree on how to score the results of the test

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The major reason for the unreliability Roorschach ink blot test is the fact that                                           .
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Karl Jung
Definition
Which neo-freudian theroist emphasized......
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childhood sexual instincts
Definition
Neo-fraudian personality therorist were most likely to disagree with freud about the importance of
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concious & gender identity form as children resolve the opedus complex
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Contemporary pscychologist are least likely to agree with Freud that                                      
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repression
Definition
Survivors memoris of the Nazi death camp  experiences most clearly challenge Freuds concept of                   
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conforming
Definition
Self-actualized people, as described by Maslow, are least like to become highly                 
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Karl Rogers
Definition
Which theorist  emphasized that personal growth is promoted by assco. with others who are guiniue, accepting, and empathtic            
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traits
Definition
Charcteristic patterns of our  behavior & motivation are called           
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empirically dirived
Definition

A personality inventory that utilizes only those items that have been shown to differciate ppl is a                                   test

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bi-factor analysis
Definition
The big 5 trait demenscions were identified by means of                   
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