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Which of the following is an example of Eustress? - correct answer Juan who is worried about the test and studies really hard to make sure he knows the content. Which of the following is an example of problem focused coping? - correct answer Jose who is studying more to prepare for an exam. We talked about a research study in class that examined the benefits of mindfulness meditation. Which of the following was NOT a finding in that study? - correct answer Mindfulness increases self-reported happiness Rebecca Pearson has low demand and high responsiveness to her children. Which parenting style is this associated with? - correct answer permissive 6-month old Colette is confused when someone plays peek-a-boo with her. She jumps anytime someone "reappears" after seeming to "disappear" out of view. Colette is in the _________ stage, according to Piaget and is lacking ________. - correct answer Sensorimotor, Object Permanence

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What is the number one predictor of cognitive ability in late-life? - correct answer Physical Activity According to Freud, the ________ is completely unconscious and is driven by your desires with no regard for consequences. - correct answer Id Adler studied birth order as a way to measure personality. He believed that _______ drive personality. - correct answer Feelings of Inferiority If someone is a worrier, insecure, anxious, and temperamental, they would score high on the ___________ dimension of the Big Five. - correct answer Neuroticism Rogers and Maslow believed that personality developed through self-actualizing tendency, which is: - correct answer The idea that you can achieve whatever you set your mind to __________ are the best measures of personality that we currently have. - correct answer Personality Inventory Surveys

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Noelle is a psychology intern studying the DSM before her licensing exam. For each disorder listed in the DSM, she will find all of the following information EXCEPT - correct answer known causes. Which of the following is an example of cognitive dissonance? - correct answer Feeling guilty for lying What is the main difference between conformity and groupthink? - correct answer groupthink has the added complexity of trying to keep the group together Which of the following is an example of avoidance- avoidance conflict? - correct answer Trying to decide if you want to pay rent or get evicted Three year old Joyce calls all dips "ketchup". It doesn't matter if it's ranch, syrup, or actually ketchup, she just calls it "ketchup." This is an example of: - correct answer Assimilation What is the point of studying early childhood attachment?

• correct answer To understand how early childhood relationships impact development and adulthood

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Jung believed that all humans share ________ which are a collection of universal human memories. - correct answer Achetypes If someone is creative, artistic, curious, and imaginative, they would score high on the ___________ dimension of the Big Five. - correct answer Openness Which of the following is the best example of the diathesis-stress model? - correct answer The daughter of an eating disorder survivor develops anorexia after being bullied. As a result of his ____________, Marcos constantly worries about things in his life that could go wrong and faces immense difficulty in making everyday decisions. - correct answer Generalized Anxiety Disorder Repetitive thoughts in OCD are called: - correct answer Obsessions

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What is the main difference between acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder? - correct answer Duration of symptoms A bank loan officer thinks that people who speak with a southern accent are lazy; consequently, he refuses to grant them loans. The loan officer's belief is an example of _______. His refusal to grant them loans is an example of __________. - correct answer Prejudice; discrimination Based on what you know about the Bystander Effect., when is the BEST time for a building to catch on fire? - correct answer At 5:00am when custodians arrive If you assume that Dr. Moen is an evil, salty professor that fails students for pure enjoyment, you may be experiencing: - correct answer the Fundamental Attribution Error Which of the following is an example of the theory data cycle? - correct answer A scientist revising their theories as they conduct more research Your ability to see this question is thanks to your: - correct answer occipital lobe

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Your ability to tell if our classroom is chilly or sweaty is thanks to your: - correct answer parietal lobe Your brain converting sound waves into electrical signals that your brain can interpret is called: - correct answer Transduction Suppose you're walking home on a foggy night. You're trying to decide if there is an axe-murderer hiding in the bushes. You need to correctly detect the Signal (axe- murderer) among the noise (everything else). According to Signal Detection Theory, what would a "miss" be? - correct answer Not seeing an axe-murderer when there is one Pavlov trained a dog to salivate in response to a tone by repeatedly sounding a tuning fork before placing food in the dog's mouth. Salivating to the food is a/an: - correct answer Unconditioned response In ______, organisms learn the association between two stimuli. In _____, organisms learn the association between a behavior and a consequence. - correct answer classical conditioning; operant conditioning

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Trying to keep track of Dr. Moen's words as she says in them in class is an example of ________ memory, whereas trying to remember topics for the exam is an example of _______ memory. - correct answer working, long-term Our final exam is on Tuesday at 10:30am, if you have a different exam at 1pm on Tuesday, you might experience _____________. Where the older information from our exam makes it harder to remember the information for your next exam. - correct answer proactive interference Angela falls off her bike on her way home and hits her head. When she gets home, she realizes she can't remember anything from the last several days. What type of Amnesia does Angela have? - correct answer Retrograde According to Encoding Specificity, which study environment will lead to the best test performance? - correct answer Studying in our classroom What did H.M. teach us about memory? - correct answer The hippocampus is responsible for only explicit memories

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_________ believed that intelligence is best calculated as a ratio between mental age and physical age. - correct answer Binet Which of the following tests is an example of good Validity? - correct answer An algebra test that asks questions from a Algebra textbook Which of the following is an example of an independent variable? - correct answer Caffeine consumption A scientist is investigating the effects of sleep deprivation on learning. She gives one group of participants the opportunity for a good night's rest, and the other group of participants stays awake all night playing spades. Then she tests them on mazes and math problems the next morning. The "spades" group did not do as well as the well-rested group. What is the independent variable? - correct answer Amount of sleep Which of these correlations is the largest? - correct answer -0.

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Identify the direction of the relationship: the higher the temperature outside, the lower you set the thermostat. - correct answer Negative Dr. Lanz wants to collect data on how many people in Kearney love Taco Bell. In order to answer this question, she asks 10 random people at Walmart how much they love Taco Bell. What is the population of Dr. Lanz's study?

• correct answer Everyone in Kearney Right now, you are extremely worried about the final exam and feel threatened by the content. Which branch of your nervous system is most active right now? - correct answer Sympathetic Nervous System _______ is excellent at detecting WHEN brain activation happened, but ______ is excellent at detecting WHERE brain activation happened. - correct answer EEG, fMRI What is the difference between sensations and perceptions? - correct answer Sensations are the activation of your sensory receptors, perceptions are your brain's interpretation of that information

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Imagine you get kidnapped and dropped in the middle of a random city. You have no idea where you are and you've never seen any of these buildings or people before. What type of processing are you using? - correct answer Bottom-up processing Your roommate hates loud TV. You've developed a habit of turning down the TV when your roommate gets home so they doesn't yell at you. This is an example of: - correct answer Negative Reinforcement Losing $1,000 in scholarships for each F on a transcript is an example of: - correct answer Negative Punishment Trying to remember the answer to an exam question is which step of memory? - correct answer Retrieval If you look at an older person and assume they have grandchildren, because they look like grandparents, you're using the _____________ to make that decision. - correct answer Representativeness Heuristic _________ believed that intelligence is a combination of Analytical, Creative, and Practical aspects - correct answer Sternberg

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_________ is responsible for allowing us to produce language. - correct answer Broca's _________ believed that intelligence is a combination of Analytical, Creative, and Practical aspects - correct answer