
Psychology Final Exam Review
Quiz by Dawn Clemens
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The science of behavior and mental processes is
This professional prescribes medication where as a ___________ generally conducts therapy sessions
This relays messages in the form of impulses throughout the body
This consists of the brain and spinal cord
These people are often used in studies to assess nature vs. nurture in psychology.
Phineas Gage damaged this lobe which is responsible for emotion and decision making
Any environment that creates a state of tension or threat and requires change or adaptation
Stress can impact health if it's
The process of managing stressful circumstances
The pattern of characteristic thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that persists over time and situations and distinguishes one person from another
He believed that much of our behavior is controlled by our unconscious desires
The refusal to admit the existence of a problem
This removes anxiety-causing ideas by pushing them into the unconscious
This is the use of self-deception to justify unacceptable behavior or ideas
This is the return to a behavior that is a characteristic of an earlier stage in life
Our awareness of various mental processes
REM stands for
He felt dreams are highly meaningful and illustrate unconscious thoughts and desires
Which of the following is true of sleep terrors?
This is the inability to breathe correctly causing you to wake constantly
This is falling asleep without warning during the day
This is difficulty falling asleep or remaining asleep throughout the night
He is the father of Classical Conditioning
This person illustrated generalization because he could be conditioned to be afraid of all animals, not just rats
This type of conditioning uses rewards and punishments
This causes behaviors to repeat in Operant Conditioning
This causes behaviors to stop or decrease according to Operant Conditioning
This is immediate, initial recording of sensory information
This is memory that holds information briefly before it is stored or forgotten
This is memory capable of large and relatively permanent storage
Which of the following is a way to increase your long-term memory?
This is a gap in memory due to a traumatic event
Eyewitness testimony is often unreliable
Abnormality is often defined by straying away from average behavior. This is a problem because
These disorders are characterized by strong self criticism, sadness, low levels of energy
This disorder includes feelings of extreme elevated mood (mania) and unhappiness (depression); can last days, weeks, or months
This disorder includes thinking the same thoughts over and over again paired with repeatedly performing irrational actions
This is a an intense fear of a specific situation, object, person, or thing
This disorder is characterized by someone seems to have two or more distinct identities
A person with this disorder might suffer from delusions, hallucinations, incoherence, speeded language, decline in functioning, inability to focus; may hear voices; feelings of paranoia; this is often caused by genetics and sometimes due to trauma