Unit 4

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What field of psychology studies how mental processes or behaviors change throughout life?
Developmental Psychology
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What are humans born with? (Finding food, grasping, communicating, and holding their breath underwater)
Innate Abilities
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What term refers to the ability of babies to be able to open their eyes and hold their breath when submerged in water?
Bradycardic Response
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What term refers to the copying of expressions that a baby sees?
Mimicking
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What term refers to the social-emotional bond between a child and its parent?
Attachment
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What term refers to the attraction between an infant and the first person they spend time with?
Imprinting
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Who thought there were 5 stages of psychosexual development?
Freud
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What term refers to the qualities that bring consistency to a person’s thoughts or behaviors?
Personality
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What theory of personality by Freud stated that the unconscious mind created personality?
Psychodynamic Theory
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What theory of personality states that personality is derived from learning and social interactions?
Social-Cognitive Theory
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What theory of personality states that personality is the result of personal growth?
Humanistic Theory
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What theory of personality states that personality is based on the strength of our traits?
Trait Theory
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What personality disorder causes people to see others as suspicious?
Paranoid Personality Disorder
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What personality disorder causes people to feel detached from social relationships?
Schizoid Personality Disorder
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What personality disorder causes people to feel discomfort in close relationships, causing eccentric behavior?
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
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What personality disorder causes people to disregard the wellbeing of others?
Antisocial Personality Disorder
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What personality disorder causes people to feel intense, impulsive emotions?
Borderline Personality Disorder
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What personality disorder causes people to seek attention extensively?
Histrionic Personality Disorder
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What personality disorder causes people to lack empathy and seek admiration?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
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What personality disorder causes people to think low of themselves?
Avoidant Personality Disorder
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What personality disorder causes people to feel submissive and clingy?
Dependent Personality Disorder
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What personality disorder causes people to be irrationaly obsessed with perfection?
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
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Sadistic PD, Depressive PD, Self-Defeating PD, and Passive-Aggressive PD are all examples of:
Outdated Personality Disorders
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What are these three traits typically found in? (Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism)
Evil People
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What trait in a test shows what we want to measure?
Validity
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What trait in a test shows the same results?
Reliability
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What test produces both validity and reliability?
Standardized Test
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What kind of distribution is applies to a test?
Normal Distribution
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What kind of test can be scored with a machine, typically having only one correct answer per question?
Objective Test
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What kind of test can have multiple answers, often requiring analysis?
Subjective Test
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What term refers to the ability to learn new information and to recognize and solve a problem?
Intelligence
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What test was invented to measure intelligence?
IQ Test
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What term refers to the syndrome that involves a person with high intelligence in some areas and deficiencies in others?
Savant Syndrome
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Who believed that humans can have multiple intelligences?
Howard Gardner
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What kind of intelligence involves success in languages?
Verbal Intelligence
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What kind of intelligence involves success in math and logical thinking?
Logical Intelligence
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What kind of intelligence involves success in rhythm and music?
Rhythmic Intelligence
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What kind of intelligence involves success in objects of nature?
Naturalist Intelligence
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What kind of intelligence involves success in self-awareness of thoughts and emotions?
Intrapersonal Intelligence
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What kind of intelligence involves success in communicating with others?
Interpersonal Intelligence
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What kind of intelligence involves success in pictures?
Visual Intelligence
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What kind of intelligence involves success in bodily movements and physical activity?
Kinesthetic Intelligence
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What kind of intelligence involves success in philosophical thought?
Existentialist Intelligence
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What kind of parenting style involves the parent being warm and holding their child to reasonable expectations? (the child is confident, self-reliant and happy)
Authoritative Parenting
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What kind of parenting style involves the parent being distant and holding their child to overly high expectations? (the child is anxious and insecure)
Authoritarian Parenting
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What kind of parenting style involves the parent being warm and holding their child to few expectations? (the child is demanding and selfish)
Permissive Parenting
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What kind of parenting style involves the parent being distant and holding their child to few expectations? (the child is underachieving and fears abandonment)
Uninvolved Parenting
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What are the following a part of? (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance, also known as how humans cope with death)
Stages of Grief
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What field of psychology explores how mental processes or behaviors are influenced by other people?
Social Psychology
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What social psychological theory states that external factors influence behavior?
Situationism
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What social psychological theory states that internal factors influence behavior?
Dispositionism
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What term refers to the expectations that are placed on a person by their position in society?
Social Role
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What term refers to the expectations regarding what’s acceptable for a group’s members?
Social Norms
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What term refers to the adaptation of behavior by people to fit into a group?
Conformity
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What term refers to the influence of a group majority on individual judgment?
Asch Effect
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What percent of people subjected to group pressure conform to false judgment?
75%
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What term refers to the desire for harmony overriding a realistic view?
Groupthink
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What term refers to the tendency for improved performance in the presence of other people?
Social Facilitation
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What term refers to the tendency for people in a group to perform poorly when given a common goal?
Social Loafing
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What word refers to the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint?
Deindividualization
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What theory of attraction states that humans like people who give them maximum benefit at minimum costs?
Reward Theory of Attraction
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What source of attraction involves physical closeness?
Proximity
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What source of attraction involves same interests and values?
Similarity
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What source of attraction involves trust in sharing personal details?
Self-Disclosure
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What source of attraction involves the level of attraction?
Attractiveness
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What theory of attraction states we seek out people on a similar level of attractiveness?
Matching Theory
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What theory of attraction states that we end up with the hottest person that wouldn’t reject us?
Expectancy-Value Theory
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What kind of love involves intense infatuation? (Honeymoon Stage)
Romantic Love
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What kind of love involves a sense of encouragement and maturity? (Based on equity)
Nurturing Love
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What kind of love involves obsession and desperation? (Abusive; based on control)
Addictive Love
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What are these a part of? (Honeymoon, Tension Buildup, Blowup, Reconciliation)
Cycle of Abuse
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What way of expressing your needs involves overpowering others?
Aggressive
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What way of expressing your needs involves avoiding conflict?
Passive
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What way of expressing your needs involves sneaky revenge?
Passive-Aggressive
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What way of expressing your needs involves confidence?
Assertive
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If you’re always saying no, your boundaries are…
Too strict
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If you’re always saying yes, your boundaries are…
Too loose
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How many types of boundaries are there?
5
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What are these examples of? (Physical? Sexual, Intellectual, Emotional, and Financial)
Types of Boundaries
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What term refers to the harmful thoughts you have about someone?
Stereotype
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What term refers to the harmful feelings you have about someone?
Prejudice
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What term refers to the harmful actions you take against someone?
Discrimination
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What are the following examples of? (Sexism, Racism, Colorism, Ageism, Ableism, Homophobia, and Xenophobia)
Types of Prejudice
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What term refers to the information we seek out to confirm our existing ideas?
Confirmation Bias
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