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Psychology 1 Exam ReviewAlbert Bandura - questions and answers-Pioneer in observational learning (AKA social
learning), stated that people profit from the mistakes/successes of others; Studies: Bobo
Dolls-adults demonstrated 'appropriate' play with dolls, children mimicked play.
Ambiversion - questions and answers-A personality trait inluding the qualities of both
introversion and extroversion.
Anal Stage - questions and answers-In this stage, an infant's pleasure is centered on functions
of elimination (potty training).
Anxiety - questions and answers-A vague generalized apprehension or feeling that one is in
danger.
Applied Psychology - questions and answers-Practical application of the findings of research
psychologists.
Approach-Approach - questions and answers-Must choose between 2 attractive options.
Approach-Avoidance - questions and answers-You find yourself in a situation that has both
enjoyable and disagreeable consequences.
Aptitude Test - questions and answers-Measures specific skills;helps judge one's likelihood to
succeed at a particular activity. Good validity and reliability, but limited.
Avoidance - questions and answers-Refusing to deal with or encounter unpleasant objects or
situations.
Avoidance-Avoidance - questions and answers-Must choose between 2 disagreeable options.
B.F. Skinner - questions and answers-Famous behaviorist who believed that we are controlled
by the environment. Believed that psychologists should only study what can be observed.
Behavioral Approach - questions and answers-Focuses on learning. Developed by B.F. Skinner
and John B. Watson.
Biopsychological Approach - questions and answers-An approach that focuses on biological,
chemical, and hormonal factors.
Borderline Mental Retardation - questions and answers-IQ score of 70-79. Slow learners, not
legally considered retarded.
, Carl Rogers - questions and answers-Famous humanist who emphasized the power of the
human spirit and stressed free will.
Case Study - questions and answers-Research method that involves an intensive
investigationof one or more participants.
Catatonic Type - questions and answers-Person may reamain motionless for long periods of
time.
Cognitive Approach - questions and answers-Focuses on thought processes. States that
rational thought can influence behavior and that the most important human ability is to take in
information and process it.
Collective Unconscious - questions and answers-The part of the mind that contains inherited
instincts, urges, and memories common to all people.
Cross-Sectional Study - questions and answers-Research method in which data is collected
from groups of participants of different ages and compared so that conclusions can be drawn
about differences due to age.
Cultural Bias - questions and answers-An aspect of an intelligence test in which the wording
used in questions may be more familiar to people of one social group than to another group.
Dependent Variable - questions and answers-The variable that is measured in an experiment.
Disorganized - questions and answers-Suffers from incoherent language, inappropriate
emotions, disorganized motor behavior, hallucinations, and delusions.
Displacement - questions and answers-Taking your anger out on someone else.
Double Approach-Avoidance - questions and answers-Must choose between multiple options,
each of which has pleasurable and disagreeable aspects.
DSM-IV - questions and answers-The 5th version of the American Psychiatric Association's
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Eclecticism - questions and answers-Combining different theories.
Ego - questions and answers-The part of the personality that is in touch with reality.
Extraversion - questions and answers-Dimension of personality referring to one's need to be
with other people.
Formula For IQ - questions and answers-Mental Age/Chronological Age x 100
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