Polygraph - Psychology
How do we learn? - ANS (1) Classical Conditioning
(2) Operant Conditioning
(3) Observational Conditioning
(4) Modeling
True or False: Eustress is persistent stress that is not resolved through coping or adapting. -
ANS False
Encoding involves: - ANS Receiving, processing, and combining of received information
It was estimated that as many as 18% of American adults suffer from at least one: - ANS
Anxiety Disorder
True or False: Building rapport is important in psychology but not important in polygraph testing.
- ANS False
True or False: Our social structure is the cause of crime. - ANS False
The extent of psychopathologies depends on factors like: - ANS (1) Age
(2) Ego Strength
(3) The child's genetic strengths
(4) The length of time the cycle was broken
Interpersonal traits of the adult psychopath includes: - ANS (1) Lack of Remorse
(2) Glib
Who is known for Classical Conditioning? - ANS Pavlov
True or False: Short-term stressors of mild/moderate severity enhance thinking. - ANS True
True or False: The Hippocampus is essential (for learning new information) to the consolidation
of information from short-term to long-term memory. - ANS True
What are examples of cognitive disorders? - ANS (1) Amnesia
(2) Alzheimer's
(3) Dementia
True or False: A good theory provides a relatively complete understanding of the phenomenon
under study, while at the same time carefully made observations support predictions based
upon it. - ANS True
, The profile of the character disturbed child includes: - ANS Phoniness
True or False: Discrimination is when a conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with an
unconditioned stimulus and the behavior decreases or is eliminated. - ANS False
True or False: Enormous or prolonged exposure to stress enhances thinking. - ANS False
Primarily employed in learning motor skills: - ANS Procedural
True or False: Dissociative disorders are psychological disorders that involves an interruption in
aspects of consciousness, including identity and memory. - ANS True
Deliberately finding something in common with a person or a customer in order to build a sense
of camaraderie and trust: - ANS Commonality
Early theorists suggested that the moon held sway over human: - ANS Thought
True or False: Therapists have seen unattached children with horrible scars and scabs, most
from parent-inflicted injuries. - ANS False
Persistent, habitual, or compulsive physiological or at least psychological dependencies is
called: - ANS Addictions
Three (3) stages of General Adaptation Syndrome includes: - ANS (1) Alarm
(2) Resistance
(3) Exhaustion
Proactive interference: - ANS Prior learning disrupts recall of new information.
An example of impulse control disorder: - ANS Kleptomania
True or False: Perception is inferential - it allows people to fill in information that may be missing
from raw sensations. - ANS True
True or False: Unattached children seem to have an extremely low tolerance for pain. - ANS
False
Knowing some behavior leads to certain pay-offs: - ANS Contingency
Stress mediators include: - ANS (1) Early life stress
(2) Repeated exposure
(3) Primary appraisal
(4) Secondary appraisal
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