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PSYCHOLOGY EXAM GUIDEQUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Schachters cognitive 2 factor theory - answer-to experience emotion one must be
physically aroused and cognitively aroused
Opponent-process theory - answer-the theory that opposing retinal processes (red-
green, yellow-blue, white-black) enable color vision. For example, some cells are
stimulated by green and inhibited by red; others are stimulated by red and inhibited by
green
What are the causes of hunger - answer-ghrelin increases appetite, leptin helps to
suppress appetite
What is anorexia nervosa - answer-self starvation due to a distorted body image of
being overweight
What is bulimia nervosa - answer-binge eating and purging
What is emotional intelligence and what are the levels - answer-the ability to manage
your own emotions and understand other peoples emotions 1) self awareness, 2) social
awareness 3)relationship managment
Monozygotic twins - answer-identical twins formed when one zygote splits into two
separate masses of cells, each of which develops into a separate embryo
Dizygotic twins - answer-twins who are produced when two separate ova are fertilized
by two separate sperm at roughly the same time
Sensorimotor - answer-describes piaget's stage in which the child explores the world
through interaction of his mouth and hands with the environment
Preoperational - answer-piaget's second stage of cognitive development, when
egocentrism declines
Concrete operations - answer-piaget's stage in which children learn such concepts as
conservation and mathematical transformations; about 7 - 11 years of age
Formal operations - answer-one of piaget's stages; includes the ability to use abstract
thinking
Conservation - answer-the principle (which piaget believed to be a part of concrete
operational reasoning) that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the
same despite changes in the forms of objects
, Egocentricism (preoperational) - answer-a child's belief that the world revolves around
them
Object permanence - answer-the awareness that things continue to exist even when not
perceived
Preconventional stage 1 and stage 2 - answer-0-6 stage 1: avoid punishment stage 2:
self interest: satifying ones own interest
Conventional stage 3 and 4 - answer-7-11 stage 3: desire for group approval stage 4:
law and order maintaining societies laws
Post-conventional stage 5 - answer-social contract (rules should be set up and or
changed to benefit greater good) stage 6: universal principles (basic rights)
Nature is __________ nurture is _________ - answer-genetics and environment
Critical period - answer-an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's
exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development
Authoritative - answer-high responsiveness, high demandingness sets clear rules and
expectations for their kids
Authoritarian - answer-high demandingness, low responsiveness, enforces strict rules
with little consideration of their kids feelings or social emotional and behavioral needs
Permissive - answer-high responsiveness, low demandingness comunicates openly and
usually lets their kid decide
Neglectful - answer-low responsiveness, low damandingness, let kids mostly fend for
themselves (uninvolved)
Personality - answer-an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
Psychoanalysis - answer-freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and
actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating
psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions
Id/pleasure principle - answer-what freudian psyche component is described as • the
urges, sex aggression, and "primitive" processes?
Ego/ reality principle - answer-the ego is the decision maker. It tries to balance the
superego and id. It functions according to the reality principle. The reality principal is
going to try and gratify your needs in such a way that you will not get into trouble. It
starts to develop during the first year of life.
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