Psychology 102 Final Exam Study Guide

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study guide for my college psychology 102 class

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1	attempts to explain psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that...	Evolutionary Psychology
2	the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.	Contemporary Psychology
3	specialty that encompasses research and applied work in several broad domains: counseling...	Counseling Psychology
4	the outdated study of how bumps or shape of one’s head affects the brain and...	Phrenology
5	a measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either...	Correlation
6	the arithmetic average in a distribution	Mean-
7	the middle score in a distribution	Median-
8	-the most frequently occurring score in a distribution	Mode
9	the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen...	Hindsight Bias-
10	a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance...	Random Sample-
11	when both the research participants and the researchers are blind to which participants...	Double-Blind-
12	a neurotransmitter’s reabsorption by the sending neuron	Reuptake-
13	chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons	Neurotransmitter-
14	the biologically an socially influenced characteristics by which people associate...	Gender Schema-
15	set of expected behaviors for males and females	Gender Role-
16	a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforce or...	Operant Conditioning-
17	-the study of relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on...	Behavior Genetics
18	agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal...	Teratogen-
19	a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate...	Classical Conditioning-
20	a decline in intellectual functioning, including problems with memory, reasoning and...	Dementia-
21	a mood disorder in which a person experiences, in absence of drugs or a medical condition,...	Major Depressive Disorder-
22	group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed...	Schizophrenia-
23	an anxiety disorder where the patient is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a...	Generalized Anxiety Disorder-
24	an anxiety disorder characterized by repetitive unwanted thoughts or feelings or actions	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder-
25	an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal,...	Post-Traumatic-Stress Disorder-
26	disorder characterized by extensive amount of energy and inability to pay attention	Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder-
27	the need to do something, being driven to complete a certain task	Compulsion-
28	constantly focusing on something without being able to stop	Obsession-
29	a humanistic therapy, developed my carl rodgers, in which the therapist used techniques...	Client-Centered Therapy-
30	-a popular integrated therapy that combines cognitive therapy with behavior therapy	Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
31	behavioral techniques that treat anxieties by exposing people to the things they fear...	Exposure Therapy-
32	type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior	Aversive Conditioning-
33	a behavior therapy procedure that uses classical conditioning to evoke new responses...	Counterconditioning-
34	in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes...	Free Association-
35	the study of how drugs affect the mind and thinking	Psychopharmacology-
36	a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a...	Stereotype-
37	adjusting ones behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard	Conformity-
38	the tendency for people In a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts...	Social Loafing-
39	the phenomenon the repeated explore to novel stimuli increases liking of them	Mere Exposure Effect-
40	the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other people...	Bystander Effect-
41	the tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get...	Just-World Phenomenon-
42	an expectation that people will help those dependant of them	Social-Responsibility Norm-
43	shared goals that override differences among people and require the cooperation	Superordinate Goal-
44	learning by observing others	Observational Learning-
45	a event that supports behavior that it follows	Reinforcer-
46	a event that decreases behavior that it follows	Punisher-
47	a relatively permanent change in an organism’s behavior due to experience...	Learning-
48	an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with a unconditional stimulus,...	Conditioned Stimuli-
49	in classical conditioning , a stimulus that unconditionally—naturally and automatically—triggers...	Unconditioned Stimuli-
50	strives to fulfill pleasure; goes by the pleasure principle; demands immediate gratification	Id-
51	the largely conscious executive part of a personality that mediates between the id...	Ego-
52	represents internalized ideas and provides standards for judgment; strives to...	Superego-
53	strives for motivation to fulfill ones potential.	Self-Actualization-
54	overestimating others observing your appearance, performance, and blunders	Spotlight Effect-