AP Psychology Flashcards: Complete 5-Unit Course Review

Review all five AP® Psychology units with 705 independently written cards covering concepts, scenarios, research methods, data interpretation, and evidence-based reasoning.

За това тесте

Review all five units in the AP® Psychology course framework with 705 independently written English flashcards. The deck covers Biological Bases of Behavior, Cognition, Development and Learning, Social Psychology and Personality, and Mental and Physical Health. It supports all four science practices: Concept Application, Research Methods and Design, Data Interpretation, and Argumentation.

What the cards ask you to retrieve

  • Concept → meaning or function: recall a concise definition, mechanism, or distinction.
  • Scenario → concept: identify the idea that best explains a behavior, symptom pattern, or result.
  • Study description → method: identify a design, variable, sampling decision, ethical safeguard, limitation, or warranted conclusion.
  • Data representation → interpretation: read a compact table, distribution, graph pattern, statistic, or calculation and decide what the evidence shows.
  • Claim + evidence → reasoning: connect evidence to a defensible psychological explanation.

The order follows Units 1–5, keeps related material within the current or next topic, and introduces prerequisites and chronological steps first. Definition/application, foundation/claim, scenario, cue, and near-duplicate variants are separated by at least three unrelated cards. Explicit prerequisite and chronological sequences remain adjacent only when that progression helps learning.

What's deliberately left out

The deck doesn't mechanically reverse every definition, diagnose personal anecdotes, offer treatment advice, or use long essay prompts. It also leaves out detailed genetics, neuron labeling, out-of-scope theories, unlisted disorders, names-and-dates trivia, and exhaustive study permutations.

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  1. Карта 1

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    Nature in the nature–nurture question?

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    Inherited biological influences on behavior and mental processes.

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    Central nervous system?

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    The brain and spinal cord, which process information and coordinate responses.

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    Main role of the spinal cord?

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    It carries messages between brain and body and organizes some reflexes.

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    Scores are 4, 6, 8, 10. What is the mean?

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    7, found by dividing the total of 28 by 4 scores.

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    Nurture in the nature–nurture question?

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    Environmental influences, such as family, culture, education, and experience.

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    Peripheral nervous system?

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    The nerves that connect the central nervous system with the rest of the body.

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    Reflex arc?

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    A rapid neural pathway that can produce a response through the spinal cord before conscious brain processing.

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    Reflex times are 180, 190, 210, 260, 410 milliseconds. What is the median?

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    210 milliseconds, the middle score after ordering the five values.

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    Heritability?

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    The proportion of variation in a trait within a population that is associated with genetic differences. It doesn't describe one person's trait.

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    Autonomic nervous system?

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    The peripheral division that regulates involuntary functions of glands and internal organs.

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    Evolutionary perspective on behavior?

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    It asks how natural selection may have favored psychological traits that helped survival or reproduction.

  12. Карта 12

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    Why is eugenics scientifically and ethically invalid?

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    It misuses heredity claims to rank people and justify coercion, while ignoring environmental influence, human rights, and the complexity of traits.

  13. Карта 13

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    Why isn't behavior explained by genes or environment alone?

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    They interact. A biological tendency can be strengthened, weakened, or redirected by experience.

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    Researchers compare a trait across biological relatives who share different amounts of DNA. Which method is this?

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    A family study; twin comparisons are one example, but shared environments still limit causal conclusions.

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    Natural selection?

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    Traits that support survival or reproduction can become more common across generations.

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    Somatic nervous system?

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    The peripheral division that carries sensory information and controls voluntary skeletal-muscle movement.

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    Sensory neurons?

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    They carry incoming information from sensory receptors toward the central nervous system.

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    Which design compares adoptees with both biological and adoptive relatives?

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    An adoption study, used to separate some hereditary and environmental similarities.

  19. Карта 19

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    Twins show a strong trait correlation. What keeps this result from proving genetic causation?

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    Correlation doesn't isolate genes from shared environments or other confounding variables.

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    Sympathetic nervous system?

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    The autonomic division that mobilizes energy during challenge or threat.

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    Evidence shows a genetic risk predicts an outcome only under chronic stress. Best claim?

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    The outcome reflects a gene–environment interaction, not a purely genetic effect.

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    Motor neurons?

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    They carry outgoing commands from the central nervous system to muscles or glands.

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    Sleep duration and stress are correlated. What directionality problem limits a causal conclusion?

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    The result cannot show whether less sleep raises stress, stress reduces sleep, or both directions operate.

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    Parasympathetic nervous system?

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    The autonomic division that calms the body and supports rest, digestion, and recovery.

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    Resting potential?

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    The neuron's stable negative charge when it isn't firing, maintained by unequal ion concentrations across the membrane.

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    Interneurons?

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    Neurons within the central nervous system that process information and connect other neurons.

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    Adrenaline's behavioral role?

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    It helps mobilize the body during arousal and the fight-or-flight response.

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    Frontal lobes?

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    Planning, judgment, impulse control, working memory, voluntary movement, and aspects of speech.

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    Neural threshold?

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    The minimum stimulation needed to trigger an action potential.

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    Corpus callosum?

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    The large fiber tract that carries information between the cerebral hemispheres.

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    Leptin's role in eating?

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    It signals stored energy and helps reduce hunger.

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    Temporal lobes?

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    Auditory processing, language comprehension, memory, and object recognition.

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    Depolarization during an action potential?

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    Positive ions enter the neuron, making the membrane charge less negative and then briefly positive.

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    Dopamine's major psychological functions?

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    Movement, motivation, reward learning, attention, and reinforcement.

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    Ghrelin's role in eating?

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    It helps stimulate hunger.

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    Drug agonist?

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    A substance that increases a neurotransmitter's effect by activating its receptor or supporting its action.

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    Action potential?

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    A brief electrical impulse that travels along a neuron after threshold is reached.

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    Reuptake?

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    The sending neuron reabsorbs neurotransmitter from the synapse after release.

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    Serotonin's major psychological functions?

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    Mood, sleep, appetite, and arousal regulation.

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    Glutamate's major psychological functions?

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    It is the brain's main excitatory neurotransmitter and supports learning and memory.

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    Refractory period?

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    A short recovery interval after firing when the neuron resets and can't immediately produce another full action potential.

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    Melatonin's role?

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    It helps regulate circadian timing and promotes sleepiness in darkness.

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    Drug antagonist?

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    A substance that blocks or reduces a neurotransmitter's effect at its receptor.

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    Stimulants?

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    Psychoactive drugs that increase central nervous system activity and alertness.

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    Drug tolerance?

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    A reduced response after repeated use, so a larger dose may be needed for the same effect.

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    Damage to myelin slows messages in the central nervous system. Which disorder illustrates this problem?

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    Multiple sclerosis.

  47. Карта 47

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    All-or-none principle?

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    A neuron fires a full action potential once threshold is reached; stronger input changes firing rate, not impulse size.

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    Norepinephrine's major psychological functions?

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    Alertness, arousal, attention, and the stress response.

  49. Карта 49

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    GABA's major psychological function?

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    It is the brain's main inhibitory neurotransmitter and reduces neural activity.

  50. Карта 50

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    Oxytocin's behavioral role?

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    It supports social bonding and also contributes to childbirth and lactation.

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    Reuptake inhibitor?

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    A drug that keeps more neurotransmitter in the synapse by slowing reabsorption.

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    Depressants?

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    Psychoactive drugs that reduce central nervous system activity.

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    Drug withdrawal?

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    Physical or psychological symptoms that can appear when regular drug use is reduced or stopped.

  54. Карта 54

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    Antibodies disrupt acetylcholine receptors at muscles, causing weakness. Which disorder illustrates this problem?

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    Myasthenia gravis.

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    Glial cells?

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    Cells that support, nourish, insulate, protect, and help regulate neurons and their connections.

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    Endorphins?

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    Natural neurotransmitters that reduce pain and can produce pleasure.

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    Substance P?

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    A neurotransmitter involved in pain signaling.

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    Acetylcholine's major functions?

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    Muscle action, learning, memory, and attention.

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    Opioids?

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    Drugs that bind to opioid receptors, reducing pain and often producing relaxation or euphoria.

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    Hallucinogens?

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    Drugs that alter perception and can produce sensory experiences without matching external input.

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    Addiction?

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    Compulsive substance use or behavior that continues despite harmful consequences and is difficult to control.

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    Parietal lobes?

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    Body-sense processing, spatial attention, and integrating sensory information.

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    Consciousness?

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    Awareness of internal experiences and the surrounding environment.

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    Circadian rhythm?

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    A roughly 24-hour biological cycle that helps regulate sleep and wakefulness.

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    Damage causes slow, effortful speech with relatively preserved comprehension. Likely region?

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    Broca's area, usually in the left frontal lobe.

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    Occipital lobes?

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    Primary cortical processing of visual information.

  67. Карта 67

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    What does split-brain research reveal?

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    When the corpus callosum is severed, the hemispheres can process some information independently.

  68. Карта 68

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    How does the suprachiasmatic nucleus regulate circadian rhythm?

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    It uses light information from the eyes to coordinate the body's roughly 24-hour clock.

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    NREM-1 sleep?

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    The light transition into sleep, sometimes accompanied by hypnagogic sensations.

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    Motor cortex?

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    A frontal-lobe strip that directs voluntary movement.

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    Damage causes fluent but nonsensical speech and poor comprehension. Likely region?

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    Wernicke's area, usually in the left temporal lobe.

  72. Карта 72

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    Brainstem's core function?

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    It supports basic survival functions and connects the brain with the spinal cord.

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    NREM-2 sleep?

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    A light sleep stage marked by sleep spindles and K-complexes.

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    Somatosensory cortex?

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    A parietal-lobe strip that registers touch and body-position information.

  75. Карта 75

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    Medulla's main functions?

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    It regulates vital automatic functions such as breathing and heart rate.

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    Reticular activating system?

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    A brainstem network involved in alertness, arousal, and the sleep–wake cycle.

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    NREM-3 sleep?

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    Deep slow-wave sleep, associated with physical restoration and difficult awakening.

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    Cerebellum's main functions?

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    Balance, coordinated movement, procedural learning, and timing.

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    Thalamus?

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    A relay that directs most sensory information to the cerebral cortex and helps regulate alertness.

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    Hypothalamus?

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    It helps regulate homeostasis, hunger, thirst, temperature, sexual behavior, and endocrine activity.

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    REM sleep?

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    A stage with vivid dreaming, rapid eye movements, active brain patterns, and skeletal-muscle paralysis.

  82. Карта 82

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    Why is the pituitary called a master gland?

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    Its hormones influence other endocrine glands, under the hypothalamus's control.

  83. Карта 83

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    Amygdala?

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    A limbic structure involved in processing emotion, threat, and emotional learning.

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    Hippocampus?

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    A limbic structure essential for forming new explicit memories and spatial memory.

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    How does sleep change across a typical night?

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    NREM and REM repeat in cycles; REM periods generally lengthen toward morning.

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    Contralateral brain control?

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    Each cerebral hemisphere mainly receives sensory input from and controls movement on the opposite side of the body.

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    What does an EEG measure?

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    Electrical activity recorded from the scalp, with strong timing information but limited spatial precision.

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    Reward-center activity?

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    Activity in neural reward pathways can reinforce behaviors that predict desirable outcomes.

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    Neuroplasticity?

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    The nervous system's ability to change its organization or function through experience, learning, or injury.

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    Which method shows brain activity changing during a task?

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    A functional brain-imaging method, such as fMRI or PET, rather than a structural scan alone.

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    A patient loses a function after damage to one brain region. What is the cautious conclusion?

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    The region contributes to the function, but the behavior may depend on a wider network.

  92. Карта 92

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    Insomnia?

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    Persistent difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or obtaining restorative sleep.

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    How do wavelength and amplitude shape sound?

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    Wavelength relates to frequency and perceived pitch; amplitude relates to intensity and perceived loudness.

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    Absolute threshold?

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    The minimum stimulation detected 50% of the time.

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    Activation-synthesis view of dreams?

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    The brain builds a story while interpreting internally generated neural activity during sleep.

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    Narcolepsy?

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    A disorder involving sudden sleep attacks and abnormal entry into REM sleep.

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    Why can jet lag disrupt sleep?

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    The internal circadian clock is temporarily out of sync with the new light–dark schedule.

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    Difference threshold?

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    The smallest change between stimuli detected 50% of the time.

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    Consolidation view of dreams?

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    Dreaming may reflect the brain organizing and integrating recent memories.

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    REM sleep behavior disorder?

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    Loss of normal REM muscle paralysis, allowing a person to act out dreams.

  101. Карта 101

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    Why can rotating shift work impair sleep?

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    Frequent schedule changes force the circadian system to keep readjusting.

  102. Карта 102

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    Weber's law?

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    The noticeable difference between two stimuli is a constant proportion of the original intensity.

  103. Карта 103

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    Two supported functions of sleep?

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    Memory consolidation and restoration of resources used during waking activity.

  104. Карта 104

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    Sleep apnea?

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    Repeated breathing interruptions during sleep that fragment sleep and reduce oxygen.

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    REM rebound?

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    A temporary increase in REM sleep after a period of REM deprivation.

  106. Карта 106

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    Signal detection theory?

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    Detection depends on stimulus strength plus expectations, experience, motivation, and alertness.

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    Sensory transduction?

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    Sensory receptors convert physical energy into neural signals.

  108. Карта 108

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    Vestibular sense?

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    The sense of balance and head movement, supported by structures in the inner ear.

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    Somnambulism?

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    Sleepwalking, which most often occurs during deep NREM sleep.

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    Why is there a blind spot in each eye?

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    The optic nerve leaves the retina at a point with no rods or cones.

  111. Карта 111

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    What begins visual transduction?

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    Retinal receptors convert light into neural signals that travel toward the brain.

  112. Карта 112

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    A sound reaches the left ear slightly earlier and louder than the right. Where will it seem to originate?

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    From the left, because the brain compares arrival-time and intensity differences between the ears.

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    Why are taste and smell called chemical senses?

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    Their receptors respond to molecules from food or the air.

  114. Карта 114

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    Accommodation in vision?

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    The lens changes shape to focus near or distant objects on the retina.

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    Cones?

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    Retinal receptors that support color vision and fine detail in brighter light.

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    What begins auditory transduction?

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    Hair cells in the inner ear convert sound-driven vibration into neural signals.

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    How does trichromatic processing explain color vision?

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    Three cone types respond most strongly to different wavelength ranges, and their combined activity produces color experience.

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    How is smell unusual among the senses?

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    Olfactory signals reach cortical and limbic areas without first passing through the thalamic relay used by other senses.

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    Kinesthesia?

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    The sense of body-part position and movement, based on signals from muscles, tendons, and joints.

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    Place coding versus frequency coding in hearing?

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    Place coding links pitch to where the cochlea responds most; frequency coding links pitch to neural firing rate.

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    Nearsightedness?

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    Nearby objects are clear, but distant images focus in front of the retina and look blurred.

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    Pheromones?

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    Chemical signals released by one organism that can affect the behavior or physiology of others of the same species.

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    Touch receptors for warmth and cold fire together strongly. What sensation can result?

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    A hot or burning sensation, showing that temperature experience combines receptor signals.

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    Volley theory of pitch?

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    Groups of auditory neurons alternate firing so their combined rate can represent pitches too fast for one neuron alone.

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    Farsightedness?

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    Distant vision is clearer, while nearby images tend to focus behind the retina and look blurred.

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    Six taste qualities named in the course?

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    Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami, and oleogustus (fat taste).

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    Phantom-limb sensation?

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    Feeling pain, touch, or movement in a limb that is no longer present because the nervous system still represents it.

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    Sensory interaction?

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    One sense changes how another is experienced, as smell influences flavor.

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    What causes most color-vision deficiency?

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    One or more cone types are missing or function differently, reducing discrimination among some colors.

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    Prosopagnosia?

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    Difficulty recognizing familiar faces despite otherwise usable vision.

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    Rods?

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    Retinal receptors sensitive to dim light and peripheral movement, without color detail.

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    How does opponent processing explain afterimages?

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    Color is coded in opposing pairs, so tiring one response can make its opponent briefly dominate.

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    Conductive versus sensorineural hearing loss?

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    Conductive loss blocks sound transmission; sensorineural loss damages hair cells or auditory pathways.

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    Nontasters, medium tasters, and supertasters?

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    Categories describing lower, typical, and unusually high sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness.

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    What do the semicircular canals detect?

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    Rotational head movement, helping the vestibular system maintain balance.

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    Synesthesia?

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    Stimulation of one sense consistently and automatically produces an additional sensory experience.

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    Dichromatism versus monochromatism?

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    Dichromatism uses two functioning cone systems; monochromatism uses one or none, producing far less color discrimination.

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    Blindsight?

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    Responding to visual information without consciously seeing it, usually after damage to primary visual cortex.

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    Sensory adaptation?

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    Reduced sensitivity after constant, unchanging stimulation.

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    Gate-control view of pain?

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    Spinal and brain processes can amplify or reduce pain signals before conscious experience.

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    Bottom-up processing?

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    Building a perception from incoming sensory details.

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    Concept?

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    A mental category used to group similar objects, events, ideas, or people.

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    Fixation in problem solving?

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    Getting stuck on one way of representing or solving a problem.

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    Algorithm?

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    A step-by-step method that guarantees a solution when followed correctly, though it may be slow.

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    Top-down processing?

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    Using expectations, context, and prior knowledge to interpret sensory input.

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    Confirmation bias?

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    Seeking or interpreting evidence in ways that support an existing belief.

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    Retinal disparity?

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    The difference between each eye's image; greater disparity usually signals a nearer object.

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    Heuristic?

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    A quick rule of thumb that saves effort but can produce errors.

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    Selective attention?

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    Focusing conscious awareness on one part of the available sensory input.

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    Figure–ground organization?

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    Separating the object of attention from its background.

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    Convergence as a depth cue?

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    The inward turning of the eyes increases as an object gets closer.

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    Representativeness heuristic?

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    Judging category membership by resemblance to a prototype while neglecting other information.

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    Missing a visible event while attention is elsewhere?

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    Inattentional blindness.

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    Gestalt proximity principle?

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    Elements close together tend to be perceived as a group.

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    Two familiar objects cast different-sized retinal images. Which looks farther away?

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    The one with the smaller retinal image, using the monocular cue of relative size.

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    Cocktail-party effect?

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    The ability to focus on one conversation while still noticing personally important information in the background.

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    Failing to notice an obvious change in a scene?

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    Change blindness.

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    Gestalt similarity principle?

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    Elements that look alike tend to be grouped together.

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    Parallel lines seem to meet in the distance. Which depth cue?

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    Linear perspective.

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    Perceptual constancy?

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    Seeing an object's size, shape, or color as stable despite changing sensory images.

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    Perceptual set?

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    A readiness to perceive something in a particular way because of expectations or context.

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    Gestalt closure principle?

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    The mind fills gaps to perceive a complete object.

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    One object blocks part of another. Which seems closer?

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    The blocking object, using interposition.

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    Apparent motion?

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    The perception of movement created by rapidly presented stationary images or lights.

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    Availability heuristic?

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    Judging likelihood by how easily examples come to mind.

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    Divergent thinking?

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    Generating many varied, original possibilities.

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    A hazy object appears farther away than a sharp object. Which depth cue?

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    Relative clarity.

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    Prototype?

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    A mental image of the most typical example of a category.

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    Ignoring how common an event is while focusing on a vivid description?

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    Base-rate neglect, often tied to the representativeness heuristic.

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    Convergent thinking?

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    Narrowing possibilities to the single best answer.

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    A textured surface looks denser and finer with distance. Which depth cue?

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    Texture gradient.

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    Belief perseverance?

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    Holding a belief even after the evidence that created it has been discredited.

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    Explicit memory?

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    Conscious memory for facts and experiences.

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    Three stores in the multi-store model?

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    Sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory.

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    Seeing an object only in its usual role?

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    Functional fixedness.

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    Mental set?

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    Using a familiar solution strategy even when a different approach would work better.

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    Episodic memory?

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    Explicit memory for personally experienced events.

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    Working memory?

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    A limited-capacity system that briefly holds and actively manipulates information.

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    Insight?

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    A sudden realization of a problem's solution.

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    Framing effect?

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    Choices change when the same information is worded or presented differently.

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    Implicit memory?

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    Learning that affects behavior without deliberate conscious recall.

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    Overconfidence bias?

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    Being more certain about one's judgments than accuracy warrants.

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    Anchoring bias?

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    Relying too heavily on the first number or idea encountered.

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    Schema in thinking?

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    A mental framework that organizes knowledge and guides interpretation.

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    Procedural memory?

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    Implicit memory for skills and habits.

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    Gambler's fallacy?

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    The mistaken belief that a random outcome becomes due after a streak, even when trials are independent.

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    Sunk-cost fallacy?

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    Continuing because of past investment even when future costs outweigh future benefits.

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    Executive functions?

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    Mental processes that support planning, inhibition, flexible switching, and goal-directed control.

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    How can priming affect judgment?

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    Recent exposure can make related ideas more accessible and subtly shape a later response.

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    Central executive in working memory?

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    The attention-control component that coordinates verbal and visual-spatial processing.

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    Serial-position effect?

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    People tend to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle.

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    Semantic memory?

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    Explicit memory for facts, meanings, and general knowledge.

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    Levels-of-processing principle?

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    Deeper semantic processing usually produces stronger memory than shallow structural or sound-based processing.

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    Automatic processing?

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    Encoding information with little conscious effort, such as space, time, or well-practiced meanings.

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    Maintenance rehearsal?

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    Repeating information to keep it active, usually without adding much meaning.

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    Prospective memory?

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    Remembering to carry out an intended action in the future.

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    Primacy effect?

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    Better memory for early list items, often because they receive more rehearsal.

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    Long-term memory?

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    A relatively durable, large-capacity store of knowledge, experiences, and skills.

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    Highly superior autobiographical memory?

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    An unusual ability to recall extensive personal events and dates with exceptional accuracy.

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    Effortful processing?

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    Encoding that requires attention and deliberate work.

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    Elaborative rehearsal?

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    Linking new information to meaning, examples, or existing knowledge.

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    Memory consolidation?

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    The process that stabilizes a memory after learning.

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    Recency effect?

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    Better immediate memory for the last list items because they remain active.

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    Spacing effect?

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    Learning lasts longer when study is distributed over time rather than massed into one session.

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    Testing effect?

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    Actively retrieving information improves later memory more than rereading alone.

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    Chunking?

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    Organizing separate pieces of information into meaningful units.

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    Mnemonic?

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    A structured memory aid that links material to an image, phrase, location, or pattern.

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    Why organize material into a hierarchy?

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    Grouping broad ideas above narrower details makes relationships easier to encode and retrieve.

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    How can a schema help encoding?

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    It supplies an existing framework that organizes and connects new information.

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    Students reread or practice retrieval, then take the same delayed test. What are the independent and dependent variables?

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    The study method is independent; delayed-test performance is dependent.

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    Iconic memory?

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    A very brief visual sensory memory.

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    Recall?

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    Retrieving information with few external cues, as in an essay question.

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    Retrieval cue?

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    A stimulus linked to a memory that helps bring it to awareness.

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    Encoding-specificity principle?

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    Retrieval improves when cues at recall match cues present during encoding.

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    Context-dependent memory?

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    Recall can improve in the same external environment where learning occurred.

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    Does the hippocampus permanently store every explicit memory?

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    No. It helps form and consolidate new explicit memories, which later depend on distributed cortical networks.

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    Echoic memory?

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    A brief auditory sensory memory that lasts longer than iconic memory.

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    Anterograde amnesia?

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    Difficulty forming new long-term explicit memories after the onset of damage or illness.

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    Phonological loop?

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    The working-memory component that briefly holds and rehearses verbal or sound information.

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    Cerebellum's memory role?

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    It supports procedural learning and some classically conditioned responses.

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    Why is short-term memory described as limited?

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    It can hold only a small amount of information without rehearsal or chunking.

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    Retrograde amnesia?

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    Loss of memories formed before the onset of damage or illness.

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    Why are events tied to your own life often easier to remember?

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    The self-reference effect makes information connected to oneself more memorable.

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    How can the amygdala affect memory?

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    Emotional arousal can strengthen consolidation of emotionally significant events.

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    Visuospatial sketchpad?

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    The working-memory component that holds and manipulates visual and spatial information.

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    Long-term potentiation?

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    A lasting increase in synaptic efficiency after repeated activation, associated with learning and memory.

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    Infantile amnesia?

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    The typical inability to recall autobiographical events from the first few years of life.

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    Alzheimer's disease?

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    A progressive brain disorder that gradually impairs memory, reasoning, and daily functioning.

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    Scores are 2, 4, 4, 7, 9. What are the mode and range?

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    The mode is 4, and the range is 7 because 9 - 2 = 7.

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    Recognition?

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    Identifying previously learned information, as in selecting a familiar answer.

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    Why is memory called reconstructive?

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    Recall rebuilds an event from stored details, schemas, expectations, and later information.

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    Storage decay?

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    A memory trace weakens over time, especially when it isn't used.

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    State-dependent memory?

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    Recall can improve when a person's internal state matches the state during learning.

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    Relearning?

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    Measuring memory by how much faster material is learned again.

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    Misinformation effect?

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    Misleading information after an event changes memory of the event.

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    A student recalls more in the original classroom. What claim is supported?

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    Matching environmental cues can aid retrieval; the setting didn't necessarily improve storage.

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    Mood-congruent memory?

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    A current mood makes similarly toned memories easier to retrieve.

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    Priming?

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    Exposure to one stimulus unconsciously influences the response to a later stimulus.

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    Tip-of-the-tongue state?

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    A temporary retrieval failure accompanied by a feeling that the answer is known.

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    Why does retrieval practice strengthen memory?

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    Each successful retrieval reinforces access routes and reveals what still needs study.

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    Class A scores cluster near 80; Class B has the same mean but scores spread from 50 to 100. Which class has the larger standard deviation?

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    Class B, because its scores vary farther from the mean.

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    Metacognition?

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    Monitoring and regulating one's own thinking and learning.

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    Source amnesia?

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    Remembering information but misremembering where it came from.

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    Test standardization?

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    Administering a test consistently and establishing norms from a representative sample.

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    Reliability?

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    The consistency of a measurement across time, items, or scorers.

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    Stereotype threat?

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    Concern about confirming a negative group stereotype can interfere with performance.

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    General intelligence, or g?

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    A broad mental ability proposed to contribute to performance across many cognitive tasks.

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    Encoding failure?

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    Information never entered memory well enough to be stored, often because attention was weak.

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    Validity?

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    The extent to which evidence supports the interpretation and use of a test score.

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    Proactive interference?

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    Older learning disrupts recall of newer information.

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    Imagination inflation?

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    Repeatedly imagining an event increases confidence that it really happened.

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    A forgetting curve drops sharply soon after learning, then flattens. What does this pattern show?

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    Forgetting is fastest soon after learning and slows over time.

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    Retrieval failure?

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    Stored information is temporarily inaccessible because effective cues are missing.

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    Retroactive interference?

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    Newer learning disrupts recall of older information.

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    A confident witness recalls a detail introduced after the event. Best conclusion?

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    Confidence doesn't guarantee accuracy; post-event misinformation may have altered the memory.

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    Repression in psychodynamic theory?

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    The proposed unconscious blocking of distressing memories or impulses from awareness.

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    Flashbulb memory?

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    A vivid memory for learning about an emotional event; confidence can remain high even when details change.

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    A study defines memory accuracy as the number of 20 words recalled after 24 hours. What design element is this?

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    An operational definition of memory accuracy.

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    A score is at the 84th percentile. What does that mean?

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    It is equal to or higher than about 84% of scores in the reference group.

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    Stereotype lift?

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    A performance boost that can occur when a negative stereotype targets another group, making one's own group seem comparatively advantaged.

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    Achievement test?

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    An assessment of knowledge or skills already learned.

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    Construct validity?

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    How well evidence shows that a test measures the psychological construct it claims to measure.

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    Test–retest reliability?

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    Consistency of scores when the same assessment is administered to the same people at different times.

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    Why can't historical group differences on intelligence tests justify discriminatory policy?

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    Scores reflect testing conditions and social opportunity as well as measured ability; group averages don't define individuals or prove biological causation.

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    Multiple-abilities view of intelligence?

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    Intelligence includes several partly distinct abilities rather than one general capacity alone.

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    Aptitude test?

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    An assessment intended to predict capacity to learn or perform in the future.

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    Traditional IQ formula?

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    Mental age divided by chronological age, multiplied by 100. Modern tests use age-based norms instead.

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    Predictive validity?

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    How well a test score forecasts a relevant later outcome.

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    What does a normal score distribution look like?

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    Most scores cluster near the mean, with fewer scores toward either extreme.

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    Split-half reliability?

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    Consistency between two comparable halves of the same assessment.

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    Two groups have different average test scores. What conclusion is not justified?

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    That every member differs or that biology caused the gap; within-group variation and social conditions matter.

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    Flynn effect?

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    Average intelligence-test scores have risen across generations in many populations, pointing to environmental influence.

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    A student treats mistakes as information and changes study strategies. Which mindset does this show?

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    A growth mindset; a fixed mindset treats ability as largely unchangeable.

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    Continuous versus stage development?

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    Continuous views emphasize gradual change; stage views describe distinct qualitative shifts.

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    How can prenatal environment affect later development?

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    Nutrition, stress, illness, and substance exposure can influence physical and neural development before birth.

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    Teratogen?

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    An environmental agent that can disrupt prenatal development, with effects depending on dose, timing, and susceptibility.

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    Maturation?

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    Biologically guided growth processes that unfold in a generally predictable sequence.

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    Stability–change question in development?

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    It asks which traits persist across life and which change with age or experience.

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    A researcher predicts that students who sleep at least eight hours will recall more words than students who sleep less. Why is this hypothesis falsifiable?

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    The groups and recall outcome can be measured, so evidence could show that the predicted difference does not occur.

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    Which method best tests whether a new study routine causes higher quiz scores?

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    An experiment that manipulates the routine and randomly assigns participants, because it can support a causal conclusion.

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    Why do motor milestones follow a common order but different timing?

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    Maturation shapes the sequence, while biology and experience influence pace.

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    Fine versus gross motor skills?

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    Fine skills use small, precise movements; gross skills use larger muscle groups and whole-body movement.

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    Why are infant reflexes useful to researchers?

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    Their presence and change can indicate early nervous-system development.

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    What did the visual-cliff procedure test?

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    It tested whether infants would cross an apparent drop, providing evidence about depth perception and the influence of locomotor experience.

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    Puberty?

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    The period of sexual maturation driven by hormonal and physical changes.

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    Sensitive period?

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    A developmental window when experience has an especially strong effect, though learning may remain possible later.

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    What physical pattern commonly marks the start of adolescence?

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    A puberty-related growth spurt, with rapid increases in height and weight.

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    Primary versus secondary sex characteristics?

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    Primary characteristics are reproductive organs and functions; secondary characteristics are puberty-related traits not directly required for reproduction.

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    Which method best measures the relationship between adolescents' sleep duration and mood without assigning sleep schedules?

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    A correlational study, because both variables are measured rather than manipulated.

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    Older adults score lower than younger adults in one same-time comparison. Which design and alternative explanation limit an aging claim?

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    The study is cross-sectional, and a cohort effect could explain the difference because the age groups grew up under different conditions.

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    Researchers test the same people yearly from ages 10 to 20. Which design is this, and what participant-loss risk should they track?

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    A longitudinal design; attrition can bias the results if those who leave differ from those who remain.

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    Menarche?

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    The first menstrual period.

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    Which method allows an intensive investigation of one person with an exceptionally rare developmental condition?

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    A case study, which provides depth but may not generalize to a wider population.

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    About what percentage of scores in a normal distribution lie within one standard deviation of the mean?

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    About 68%.

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    A prenatal exposure correlates with later difficulty. What limits a causal claim?

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    Other parental, health, and environmental variables may account for the association.

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    Spermarche?

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    The first ejaculation.

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    Which method combines results from many studies to estimate an overall effect?

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    A meta-analysis, which statistically synthesizes findings across studies.

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    Imprinting?

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    A rapid form of early learning in which some young animals form an attachment during a sensitive period.

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    Why can adolescent risk-taking increase?

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    Reward systems develop earlier than the prefrontal control systems used for planning and inhibition.

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    Menopause?

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    The natural end of menstrual cycles, diagnosed after 12 consecutive months without menstruation.

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    Which method records children's playground behavior without directing or changing it?

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    Naturalistic observation.

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    How do mobility, flexibility, and reaction time typically change across later adulthood?

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    They tend to decline gradually, although health, activity, and individual differences affect the pace.

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    Gender identity?

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    A person's internal sense of their gender.

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    Gender role?

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    A culture's expectations for behavior associated with gender.

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    Sex versus gender?

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    Sex refers to biological traits; gender refers to identities, roles, and social meanings.

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    Common sensory change in later adulthood?

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    Vision and hearing sensitivity often decline, though the degree varies widely.

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    Sexual orientation?

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    A pattern of romantic or sexual attraction; it is distinct from gender identity.

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    Gender schema?

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    A mental framework that organizes information and expectations about gender.

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    Best broad view of gender development?

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    Biological, cognitive, social, and cultural influences interact.

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    Does normal aging cause uniform cognitive decline?

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    No. Processing speed may slow, while knowledge and expertise can remain stable or grow.

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    Why shouldn't variation in gender identity or sexual orientation be treated as a disorder?

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    Variation alone isn't evidence of dysfunction; distress often reflects stigma or discrimination rather than identity.

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    Schema in cognitive development?

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    A mental framework used to organize and interpret experience.

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    Sensorimotor stage?

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    Infants learn through sensory experience and action and develop object permanence.

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    Preoperational stage?

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    Young children use symbols and language but often lack conservation and show egocentric thinking.

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    Assimilation?

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    Fitting new information into an existing schema.

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    A learner cannot solve a puzzle alone but succeeds with a teacher's hints. Where is the task?

    Отговор

    In the learner's zone of proximal development.

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    Animism in preoperational thought?

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    Attributing life, feelings, or intentions to inanimate objects.

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    Concrete operational stage?

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    Children reason logically about concrete events and understand conservation.

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    Accommodation?

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    Changing a schema when new information doesn't fit it.

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    Reversibility in cognitive development?

    Отговор

    Understanding that an operation can be mentally undone, a skill associated with concrete operational thought.

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    How can social learning shape gender expression?

    Отговор

    People observe models and receive reinforcement or punishment for gender-related behavior.

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    A child calls a zebra a horse because it fits an existing animal schema. Which process?

    Отговор

    Assimilation.

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    Language?

    Отговор

    A shared, rule-governed system of symbols used to communicate and generate ideas.

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    Cooing stage?

    Отговор

    Early vowel-like sounds that typically appear before babbling.

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    Babbling stage?

    Отговор

    Infants produce repeated speech-like sounds before meaningful words.

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    One-word stage?

    Отговор

    A child uses single words to express whole ideas.

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    Grammar?

    Отговор

    A language's system of rules for combining and interpreting symbols.

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    A child assumes everyone can see the picture visible only from the child's side of a model. Which limitation does this show?

    Отговор

    Egocentrism: difficulty taking another person's visual perspective.

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    Crystallized intelligence across adulthood?

    Отговор

    Accumulated knowledge and verbal skills often remain stable or increase.

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    A child revises an animal schema after learning that zebras aren't horses. Which process?

    Отговор

    Accommodation.

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    A teacher first models each step, then removes hints as the learner improves. What support strategy is this?

    Отговор

    Scaffolding.

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    A child predicts that someone will search where that person last saw a toy, not where the toy really is. Which ability does this show?

    Отговор

    Theory of mind: recognizing that another person can hold a different belief.

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    Fluid intelligence across adulthood?

    Отговор

    Speedy reasoning with novel problems often peaks earlier and may decline gradually.

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    An infant searches for a toy after it is covered by a cloth. Which ability does this show?

    Отговор

    Object permanence: understanding that the toy still exists when it cannot be seen.

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    Water is poured from a short glass into a taller, narrower glass, and a child says there is more water. Which concept is missing?

    Отговор

    Conservation: understanding that quantity remains the same despite a change in appearance.

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    Formal operational stage?

    Отговор

    Adolescents and adults can reason abstractly and test hypothetical possibilities.

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    Dementia?

    Отговор

    A broad syndrome involving cognitive decline that interferes with daily life; it is not an inevitable part of normal aging.

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    Phoneme?

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    The smallest distinctive sound unit in a language.

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    Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems view?

    Отговор

    Development reflects interactions between a person and nested social environments over time.

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    Temperament?

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    Early, biologically influenced patterns of emotional reactivity and self-regulation.

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    Attachment?

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    An enduring emotional bond that supports proximity and security.

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    Erikson's infancy conflict?

    Отговор

    Trust versus mistrust: dependable care supports a basic sense of security.

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    Microsystem?

    Отговор

    Immediate settings and relationships, such as family, school, peers, and work.

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    Erikson's toddler conflict?

    Отговор

    Autonomy versus shame and doubt: supported self-control builds independence.

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    Erikson's early-childhood conflict?

    Отговор

    Initiative versus guilt: directing activities and plans supports purpose.

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    Erikson's school-age conflict?

    Отговор

    Industry versus inferiority: mastering valued skills supports competence.

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    Mesosystem?

    Отговор

    Connections among a person's microsystems, such as communication between family and school.

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    Erikson's adolescent conflict?

    Отговор

    Identity versus role confusion: exploring and integrating roles supports identity.

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    Erikson's young-adult conflict?

    Отговор

    Intimacy versus isolation: forming close, committed relationships.

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    Erikson's middle-adult conflict?

    Отговор

    Generativity versus stagnation: contributing to others and the next generation.

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    Exosystem?

    Отговор

    Settings that affect a person indirectly, such as a caregiver's workplace.

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    Morpheme?

    Отговор

    The smallest unit that carries meaning.

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    Telegraphic speech?

    Отговор

    Early short phrases that contain essential words while omitting smaller grammatical words.

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    How do nonverbal gestures support language development?

    Отговор

    Pointing, gaze, expression, and movement communicate meaning before and alongside spoken words.

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    Macrosystem?

    Отговор

    The wider culture, values, laws, customs, and economic conditions surrounding development.

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    Semantics?

    Отговор

    The meanings of words and sentences.

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    A child says “goed” after learning the usual past-tense pattern. What is this?

    Отговор

    Overgeneralization: applying a language rule where an exception is required.

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    What does a sensitive period for language imply?

    Отговор

    Early exposure supports fluent development, though later learning remains possible.

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    Does language completely determine thought?

    Отговор

    No. Language can shape attention and categorization, but thought also occurs without words.

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    Syntax?

    Отговор

    Rules for arranging words into phrases and sentences.

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    A child explores while a caregiver is present, seeks contact at reunion, and is readily comforted. Which attachment pattern fits?

    Отговор

    Secure attachment.

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    How does the behavioral perspective explain behavior?

    Отговор

    It focuses on observable behavior learned through conditioning, reinforcement, punishment, and environmental cues.

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    Authoritative parenting?

    Отговор

    High warmth with clear, consistent expectations and age-appropriate autonomy.

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    Identity achievement?

    Отговор

    A person makes commitments after meaningful exploration.

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    Avoidant attachment pattern?

    Отговор

    The child shows little contact-seeking and tends to avoid or ignore the caregiver at reunion.

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    Classical conditioning?

    Отговор

    Learning that one stimulus predicts another, so a previously neutral stimulus elicits a response.

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    Unconditioned stimulus?

    Отговор

    A stimulus that naturally produces a response without prior learning.

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    Unconditioned response?

    Отговор

    The unlearned response naturally produced by an unconditioned stimulus.

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    Conditioned stimulus?

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    A previously neutral stimulus that elicits a learned response after association.

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    Conditioned response?

    Отговор

    The learned response to a conditioned stimulus.

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    Acquisition in classical conditioning?

    Отговор

    The initial learning period when the neutral stimulus becomes associated with the unconditioned stimulus.

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    During acquisition, when should the conditioned stimulus usually appear relative to the unconditioned stimulus?

    Отговор

    The conditioned stimulus should appear shortly before the unconditioned stimulus so it predicts what comes next.

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    Authoritarian parenting?

    Отговор

    Low warmth with strict control and little discussion.

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    Identity diffusion?

    Отговор

    A person has neither actively explored alternatives nor made firm commitments.

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    Extinction in classical conditioning?

    Отговор

    The conditioned response weakens when the conditioned stimulus repeatedly appears without the unconditioned stimulus.

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    Anxious-resistant attachment pattern?

    Отговор

    The child seeks contact but remains distressed or resists comfort at reunion.

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    Permissive parenting?

    Отговор

    High warmth with few demands or limits.

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    Parallel play?

    Отговор

    Young children play beside one another with similar materials but little direct coordination.

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    Imaginary audience?

    Отговор

    An adolescent's belief that other people are constantly noticing and evaluating them.

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    Identity foreclosure?

    Отговор

    A person commits without exploring alternatives, often adopting others' expectations.

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    Disorganized attachment pattern?

    Отговор

    The child shows contradictory, confused, or fearful behavior without a consistent reunion strategy.

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    Neglectful parenting?

    Отговор

    Low warmth and low control or involvement.

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    Chronosystem?

    Отговор

    Life transitions and historical changes that alter development over time.

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    Why is pretend play developmentally useful?

    Отговор

    It lets children practice symbols, roles, perspective-taking, and social rules.

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    Personal fable?

    Отговор

    An adolescent's sense that their experiences are unique and that ordinary risks may not apply to them.

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    Identity moratorium?

    Отговор

    A person is actively exploring alternatives without yet making a stable commitment.

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    Best claim about adverse childhood experiences?

    Отговор

    They can raise later health and relationship risks, but they don't determine an individual's outcome.

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    Separation anxiety in infancy?

    Отговор

    Distress when a familiar caregiver leaves; it is common during part of typical development.

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    What did infant-monkey research suggest about attachment?

    Отговор

    Comforting physical contact can be a stronger attachment cue than food alone.

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    Which research method does the Strange Situation use to assess attachment behavior?

    Отговор

    Structured observation: researchers record behavior during standardized separations and reunions.

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    Emerging adulthood?

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    A transitional period, often from the late teens through the twenties, marked by identity exploration and changing roles.

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    Social clock?

    Отговор

    Culturally shaped expectations about when major life events should occur.

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    Erikson's later-adult conflict?

    Отговор

    Integrity versus despair: evaluating life with acceptance rather than regret.

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    Possible selves?

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    Mental images of who a person might become, hopes to become, or fears becoming.

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    Stimulus generalization?

    Отговор

    Stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus also trigger the conditioned response.

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    Operant conditioning?

    Отговор

    Learning in which consequences change the future frequency of voluntary behavior.

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    Law of effect?

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    Behaviors followed by satisfying consequences become more likely, while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences become less likely.

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    Spontaneous recovery?

    Отговор

    An extinguished conditioned response briefly returns after a rest period.

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    Stimulus discrimination?

    Отговор

    Learning to respond differently to the conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli.

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    Reinforcement?

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    Any consequence that increases a behavior.

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    Higher-order conditioning?

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    An established conditioned stimulus helps a new neutral stimulus become conditioned without direct pairing with the original unconditioned stimulus.

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    Counterconditioning?

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    Replacing an unwanted conditioned response by pairing the trigger with a new, incompatible response.

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    Habituation?

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    A reduced response after repeated exposure to a harmless, unchanged stimulus.

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    Punishment?

    Отговор

    Any consequence that decreases a behavior.

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    Partial reinforcement?

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    Reinforcing only some responses; learning is slower, but behavior resists extinction.

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    Why can taste aversion form after one delayed pairing?

    Отговор

    Biological preparedness makes certain food–illness associations especially easy to learn.

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    Most conditioning trials take 2–6 attempts, but one participant needs 24. What shape will the trial-count distribution likely have?

    Отговор

    It will be right-skewed because the unusually high value stretches the upper tail.

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    Participants may encounter distressing images in a learning study. What must an institutional review board evaluate before approval?

    Отговор

    Whether the scientific value justifies the risks and whether safeguards reduce those risks to an acceptable level.

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    Fixed-ratio schedule?

    Отговор

    Reinforcement follows a set number of responses.

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    Observational learning?

    Отговор

    Learning by watching others and the consequences they receive.

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    A teacher adds praise after completed homework, and homework completion increases. Which consequence is this?

    Отговор

    Positive reinforcement.

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    Primary reinforcer?

    Отговор

    A naturally rewarding stimulus tied to biological needs, such as food when hungry.

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    Variable-ratio schedule?

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    Reinforcement follows an unpredictable number of responses, producing persistent responding.

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    Modeling?

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    Performing a behavior after observing it in another person.

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    Which response pattern is typical of a fixed-ratio schedule?

    Отговор

    A high response rate followed by a brief pause after each reward.

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    Fastening a seat belt stops an unpleasant alarm, making future fastening more likely. Which consequence is this?

    Отговор

    Negative reinforcement.

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    Conditioned reinforcer?

    Отговор

    A learned reward that gains value through association, such as money or praise.

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    A child sees a classmate praised for sharing and then shares more often. Which process may explain the change?

    Отговор

    Vicarious reinforcement.

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    Fixed-interval schedule?

    Отговор

    The first response after a set amount of time is reinforced.

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    Which response pattern is typical of a variable-ratio schedule?

    Отговор

    A high, steady response rate with little or no pause after rewards.

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    A driver receives a fine, and speeding decreases. Which consequence is this?

    Отговор

    Positive punishment.

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    Shaping?

    Отговор

    Reinforcing successive approximations toward a target behavior.

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    Extinction in operant conditioning?

    Отговор

    A behavior weakens when it no longer produces reinforcement.

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    Variable-interval schedule?

    Отговор

    The first response after an unpredictable amount of time is reinforced.

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    A teenager loses gaming access, and missed curfews decrease. Which consequence is this?

    Отговор

    Negative punishment.

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    Learned helplessness?

    Отговор

    After repeated uncontrollable negative events, a person or animal stops trying to escape even when escape becomes possible.

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    Continuous reinforcement?

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    Reinforcing every occurrence of a behavior; learning is fast, but extinction is also fast.

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    A response record rises slowly after each reward, then accelerates as the next fixed time approaches. Which schedule produced this scalloped pattern?

    Отговор

    A fixed-interval schedule.

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    Discriminative stimulus?

    Отговор

    A cue that signals when a particular response is likely to be reinforced.

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    Operant generalization versus discrimination?

    Отговор

    Generalization spreads a learned response to similar cues; discrimination limits it to cues that signal reinforcement.

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    Instinctive drift?

    Отговор

    A learned behavior shifts toward an animal's biologically predisposed behavior.

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    Which response pattern is typical of a variable-interval schedule?

    Отговор

    A steady, moderate response rate because reinforcement can become available at unpredictable times.

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    How can superstitious behavior develop through operant conditioning?

    Отговор

    A coincidental reward can reinforce a behavior that didn't actually cause the outcome.

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    How does similarity to a model affect observational learning?

    Отговор

    Observers are often more likely to attend to and imitate models they see as similar or relevant.

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    Vicarious conditioning?

    Отговор

    Learning an emotional response by observing another person's reaction to a stimulus.

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    A rat makes 12, 13, 11, and 12 responses in four equal time blocks, with rewards delivered at unpredictable times. Which schedule best fits this steady pattern?

    Отговор

    A variable-interval schedule.

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    Children imitate a rewarded model more than a punished model. Supported claim?

    Отговор

    Observed consequences can influence whether learned behavior is performed.

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    Why randomly assign children to watch either an aggressive or a calm model?

    Отговор

    Random assignment helps balance preexisting differences between groups, strengthening a causal inference about the model's effect.

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    Latent learning?

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    Learning that occurs without obvious reinforcement and appears later when there is an incentive.

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    Cognitive map?

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    A mental representation of the layout of an environment.

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    Insight learning?

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    A sudden cognitive solution without visible trial-and-error steps.

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    Biological preparedness?

    Отговор

    An evolved readiness to learn some associations more easily than others.

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    What can mirror-neuron activity show?

    Отговор

    Some neural systems respond during both action and observation, though this alone doesn't explain all imitation or empathy.

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    Attribution?

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    An explanation for the cause of a person's behavior or an event.

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    Attitude?

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    An evaluation of a person, object, issue, or behavior, involving beliefs, feelings, and action tendencies.

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    Upward social comparison?

    Отговор

    Comparing oneself with someone doing better, which can inspire improvement or reduce satisfaction.

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    Optimistic explanatory style?

    Отговор

    Explaining setbacks as temporary, specific, and changeable rather than permanent and global.

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    Situational attribution?

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    Explaining behavior through external circumstances or social context.

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    A person who values health keeps vaping and feels pressure to change either the behavior or the belief. What is this discomfort?

    Отговор

    Cognitive dissonance.

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    Downward social comparison?

    Отговор

    Comparing oneself with someone doing worse, which can protect self-evaluation.

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    Internal locus of control?

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    The belief that one's actions strongly influence outcomes.

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    Dispositional attribution?

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    Explaining behavior through internal traits, motives, or abilities.

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    Pessimistic explanatory style?

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    Explaining setbacks as lasting, widespread, and rooted in personal failure.

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    Relative deprivation?

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    Feeling disadvantaged by comparing one's situation with the situation one believes others have.

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    External locus of control?

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    The belief that outcomes mainly depend on luck, fate, or powerful outside forces.

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    Fundamental attribution error?

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    Overestimating personality and underestimating the situation when explaining someone else's behavior.

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    Halo effect?

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    One favorable trait shapes an overly positive overall judgment of a person.

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    Self-fulfilling prophecy?

    Отговор

    An expectation changes behavior in ways that help make the expected outcome occur.

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    Mere-exposure effect?

    Отговор

    Repeated exposure to a neutral stimulus can increase liking.

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    A person blames their own lateness on traffic but another person's lateness on carelessness. Which attribution pattern is this?

    Отговор

    The actor–observer difference.

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    A voter compares evidence and checks the logic of a policy argument. Which persuasion route is being used?

    Отговор

    The central route.

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    Effort justification?

    Отговор

    Valuing an outcome more after investing substantial effort in it, which reduces dissonance.

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    Stereotype?

    Отговор

    A generalized belief about members of a group.

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    A student credits skill for an A but blames an unfair test for an F. Which bias does this show?

    Отговор

    Self-serving bias.

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    A shopper favors an unfamiliar product because a popular celebrity endorses it. Which persuasion route is being used?

    Отговор

    The peripheral route.

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    Someone praises a dull task for a tiny reward, then reports liking it more. Which dissonance principle fits?

    Отговор

    Insufficient justification: the small reward provides too little external explanation, so attitude change reduces dissonance.

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    Prejudice?

    Отговор

    An unjustified attitude or emotional response toward a group and its members.

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    The same 40 workers complete equal-length tasks under both workloads:

    Workload Errors
    Low 2
    High 8

    Which attribution is better supported?

    Отговор

    A situational attribution is better supported: with the same workers and equal exposure, the high-workload condition has more errors, though the table alone doesn't prove causation.

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    Why does source credibility affect persuasion?

    Отговор

    People are more likely to accept a message from a source seen as knowledgeable and trustworthy.

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    Conformity?

    Отговор

    Adjusting behavior or beliefs to match a group.

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    Several witnesses each wait for someone else to help during an emergency. Which effect is this?

    Отговор

    The bystander effect.

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    Diffusion of responsibility?

    Отговор

    Each person feels less personally responsible when others are available to act.

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    How can taking on a role affect attitude?

    Отговор

    Repeated role-consistent behavior can gradually shift beliefs and self-perception.

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    In-group bias?

    Отговор

    Favoring one's own group over other groups.

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    After agreeing to display a small safety sticker, a resident later agrees to place a large sign. Which technique is this?

    Отговор

    The foot-in-the-door technique.

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    A researcher recruits the first 60 students leaving one school cafeteria. What sampling method is this, and what is the main limit?

    Отговор

    Convenience sampling; the sample may not represent the school's students or a broader population as well as a random sample would.

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    When do attitudes best predict behavior?

    Отговор

    When the attitude is specific, accessible, personally important, and social pressure is limited.

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    Discrimination?

    Отговор

    Unjustified behavior toward people because of group membership.

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    Out-group homogeneity effect?

    Отговор

    Perceiving members of another group as more alike than members of one's own group.

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    After refusing an extreme request, a person agrees to a smaller related request. Which technique is this?

    Отговор

    The door-in-the-face technique.

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    A study finds r = +0.72 between attention to message evidence and attitude change. What does the coefficient show?

    Отговор

    A strong positive association: greater attention tends to accompany greater attitude change, but the correlation does not establish causation.

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    Persuasion ratings cluster near 2 and 9 on a 10-point scale, with few scores near 5. What distribution shape does this suggest?

    Отговор

    A bimodal distribution, with two distinct peaks.

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    Just-world belief?

    Отговор

    The assumption that people generally get what they deserve, which can encourage victim blaming.

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    Implicit attitude?

    Отговор

    An automatic evaluation that can affect responses without deliberate awareness.

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    Ethnocentrism?

    Отговор

    Judging other cultures by the standards of one's own culture and treating one's own as superior.

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    How do confirmation bias and belief perseverance maintain an attitude?

    Отговор

    People may favor supporting evidence and retain the belief even after its original support is discredited.

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    Normative social influence?

    Отговор

    Conforming to gain approval or avoid rejection.

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    Psychodynamic view of personality?

    Отговор

    Unconscious conflicts and motives influence personality and behavior.

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    Norm of reciprocity?

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    The expectation that people should return help or favors.

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    Individualism?

    Отговор

    A cultural orientation that gives greater priority to personal goals, autonomy, and individual identity.

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    Informational social influence?

    Отговор

    Conforming because the group is treated as a source of accurate information.

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    Id?

    Отговор

    The psychodynamic component driven by immediate gratification and the pleasure principle.

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    Altruism?

    Отговор

    Helping intended to benefit another person without requiring a personal reward.

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    Social norm?

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    A group's shared expectation about acceptable behavior.

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    What tends to increase conformity?

    Отговор

    Unanimity, group size up to a point, public responses, ambiguity, and group importance.

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    Ego?

    Отговор

    The psychodynamic component that manages reality and balances competing demands.

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    A skilled runner improves before a crowd, but a beginner makes more errors. Which group effect fits?

    Отговор

    Social facilitation: an audience strengthens the dominant response.

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    Collectivism?

    Отговор

    A cultural orientation that gives greater priority to group goals, interdependence, and shared identity.

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    Obedience?

    Отговор

    Changing behavior in response to a direct command from an authority.

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    Superego?

    Отговор

    The psychodynamic component representing internalized moral standards.

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    A person continues acting as if a painful diagnosis cannot be real despite clear evidence. Which defense mechanism fits?

    Отговор

    Denial.

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    Social-responsibility norm?

    Отговор

    The expectation that people should help those who depend on them or need assistance.

  503. Карта 503

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    How does proximity affect attraction?

    Отговор

    Frequent contact creates opportunities for familiarity and relationship development.

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    What tends to increase obedience?

    Отговор

    A legitimate nearby authority, gradual escalation, institutional support, and distance from the affected person.

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    After an argument with a supervisor, an employee snaps at a roommate. Which defense mechanism fits?

    Отговор

    Displacement.

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    Social loafing?

    Отговор

    Exerting less effort when individual contributions to a group task aren't identifiable.

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    Multiculturalism?

    Отговор

    Recognizing and supporting distinct cultural identities within a shared society or institution.

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    How does similarity affect attraction?

    Отговор

    Shared attitudes, values, and interests often increase liking.

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    A person who feels hostile insists that everyone else is hostile toward them. Which defense mechanism fits?

    Отговор

    Projection.

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    Helping falls as group size rises. Best explanation?

    Отговор

    Responsibility diffuses across more bystanders; the result doesn't show that groups eliminate empathy.

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    Deindividuation?

    Отговор

    Reduced self-awareness and restraint in an anonymous or arousing group setting.

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    Group polarization?

    Отговор

    Discussion strengthens the group's initial average tendency.

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    After being rejected, an applicant says the opportunity was worthless anyway. Which defense mechanism fits?

    Отговор

    Rationalization.

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    A cohesive team ignores warnings and pressures doubters to preserve agreement. Which process is this?

    Отговор

    Groupthink.

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    Pluralistic ignorance?

    Отговор

    People privately reject a norm or perceive danger but assume others' calm behavior means it is accepted or safe.

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    Social trap?

    Отговор

    Individuals pursue short-term self-interest that produces a worse long-term outcome for everyone.

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    Reaction formation?

    Отговор

    Expressing the opposite of an unacceptable impulse.

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    Superordinate goal?

    Отговор

    A shared goal that competing groups can reach only through cooperation.

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    False-consensus effect?

    Отговор

    Overestimating how widely other people share one's beliefs or behavior.

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    Industrial-organizational psychology?

    Отговор

    Applying psychological science to work, organizations, hiring, performance, and employee well-being.

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    Repression?

    Отговор

    Unconsciously blocking distressing thoughts or impulses from awareness.

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    Burnout?

    Отговор

    Work-related exhaustion, detachment or cynicism, and reduced sense of effectiveness after chronic stress.

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    Unconditional positive regard?

    Отговор

    Acceptance and respect that aren't dependent on meeting another person's conditions.

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    Trait?

    Отговор

    A relatively stable tendency to think, feel, or behave in a certain way.

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    Regression as a defense mechanism?

    Отговор

    Reverting to an earlier pattern of behavior when facing stress or conflict.

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    Reciprocal determinism?

    Отговор

    Behavior, personal factors, and environment influence one another.

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    Self-efficacy?

    Отговор

    Belief in one's ability to perform a specific task or meet a challenge.

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    Self-concept in humanistic theory?

    Отговор

    A person's organized understanding of who they are.

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    Sublimation as a defense mechanism?

    Отговор

    Redirecting an unacceptable impulse into a socially valued activity.

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    A person seeks novel ideas, art, and unfamiliar experiences. Which Big Five trait is most evident?

    Отговор

    Openness.

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    Personality inventory?

    Отговор

    A standardized self-report questionnaire used to measure traits or patterns.

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    Self-actualizing tendency?

    Отговор

    The humanistic idea that people are motivated to grow and fulfill their capacities.

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    Self-esteem?

    Отговор

    A person's overall evaluation of their worth or value.

  534. Карта 534

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    Instinct in motivation research?

    Отговор

    An innate, typically fixed behavior pattern in nonhuman animals; this framework doesn't classify human motivation as instinctual.

  535. Карта 535

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    A person plans carefully, meets deadlines, and follows through. Which Big Five trait is most evident?

    Отговор

    Conscientiousness.

  536. Карта 536

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    Projective test?

    Отговор

    An ambiguous stimulus used to invite responses thought to reflect inner themes; reliability and validity can be limited.

  537. Карта 537

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    How does factor analysis help trait research?

    Отговор

    It identifies clusters of correlated behaviors or questionnaire items that may reflect broader traits.

  538. Карта 538

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    Drive-reduction theory?

    Отговор

    A physiological need creates arousal that motivates behavior to restore balance.

  539. Карта 539

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    A person is sociable, assertive, and energized by group interaction. Which Big Five trait is most evident?

    Отговор

    Extraversion.

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    Person–situation debate?

    Отговор

    It asks how much behavior reflects stable traits versus changing contexts.

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    A training study reports Cohen's d = 0.65 for improvement in self-efficacy. What does this statistic describe?

    Отговор

    The standardized size of the group difference; 0.65 is commonly interpreted as a moderate effect, not proof that the result will matter equally in every setting.

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    Homeostasis?

    Отговор

    The body's tendency to maintain a stable internal state.

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    Incentive theory?

    Отговор

    External rewards or goals pull behavior toward them.

  544. Карта 544

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    Big Five agreeableness?

    Отговор

    Compassion, trust, and cooperativeness.

  545. Карта 545

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    A student retakes a questionnaire after an unusually low self-efficacy score and scores closer to their usual level. What statistical tendency may explain part of the change?

    Отговор

    Regression toward the mean: an extreme score is often followed by a less extreme score because temporary influences are unlikely to repeat exactly.

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    A student must choose between two appealing internships. Which motivational conflict is this?

    Отговор

    An approach–approach conflict.

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    Arousal theory of motivation?

    Отговор

    People seek a personally suitable level of stimulation.

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    Big Five emotional stability?

    Отговор

    A tendency toward calm and resilience; it is the inverse of neuroticism.

  549. Карта 549

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    What regulates hunger?

    Отговор

    Biological signals such as ghrelin and leptin interact with learning, culture, stress, and food cues.

  550. Карта 550

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    Three broad components of emotion?

    Отговор

    Physiological arousal, expressive behavior, and conscious experience or appraisal.

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    Self-determination theory?

    Отговор

    Motivation grows when autonomy, competence, and relatedness are supported.

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    Emotion regulation?

    Отговор

    Processes used to influence which emotions arise, when they arise, and how they are expressed.

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    Sensation-seeking?

    Отговор

    A tendency to pursue novel, varied, or intense experiences, sometimes despite risk.

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    Cognitive appraisal in emotion?

    Отговор

    Interpreting what an event means for one's goals, safety, or well-being.

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    Intrinsic motivation?

    Отговор

    Doing an activity for its own interest or satisfaction.

  556. Карта 556

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    Display rules?

    Отговор

    Cultural norms that shape when and how emotions are expressed.

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    Arousal and performance relationship?

    Отговор

    Moderate arousal often supports difficult tasks, while higher arousal can help simple or well-learned tasks.

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    A promotion offers higher pay but requires an unwanted move. Which motivational conflict is this?

    Отговор

    An approach–avoidance conflict.

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    Extrinsic motivation?

    Отговор

    Doing an activity for an external reward or to avoid punishment.

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    Achievement motivation?

    Отговор

    The drive to meet standards, master tasks, and pursue success.

  561. Карта 561

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    Four sensation-seeking dimensions?

    Отговор

    Thrill and adventure seeking, experience seeking, disinhibition, and boredom susceptibility.

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    A person must either pay a fine or complete an unpleasant course. Which motivational conflict is this?

    Отговор

    An avoidance–avoidance conflict.

  563. Карта 563

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    Overjustification effect?

    Отговор

    Expected external rewards can reduce intrinsic interest in an activity already enjoyed.

  564. Карта 564

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    Belongingness motivation?

    Отговор

    The drive to form and maintain stable, positive relationships with other people.

  565. Карта 565

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    Study time changed after students chose their own topic:

    Condition Mean minutes
    Assigned topic 34
    Chosen topic 47

    What is the observed mean difference?

    Отговор

    13 minutes more in the chosen-topic condition; the table alone does not show whether the difference is statistically significant.

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    Facial-feedback effect?

    Отговор

    Facial expressions can influence the emotion a person experiences.

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    Can bodily arousal occur before conscious interpretation?

    Отговор

    Yes. Some emotional responses begin quickly, while later appraisal shapes the experience.

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    A speaker reframes a racing heart as readiness rather than danger. Which emotion-regulation strategy is this?

    Отговор

    Cognitive reappraisal.

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    Broaden-and-build view?

    Отговор

    Positive emotion can widen attention and action possibilities, helping build lasting resources.

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    Which emotions often appear across cultures?

    Отговор

    Anger, disgust, sadness, happiness, surprise, and fear, though findings on universality are mixed.

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    How can the same arousal become different emotions?

    Отговор

    Context and cognitive interpretation can label similar physiological arousal differently.

  572. Карта 572

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    Expressive suppression?

    Отговор

    Inhibiting the outward display of emotion after it has arisen.

  573. Карта 573

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    How does acute stress affect the body?

    Отговор

    It activates sympathetic and hormonal responses that mobilize energy for immediate demands.

  574. Карта 574

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    Cultures differ in public emotional expression. What shouldn't be concluded?

    Отговор

    That people in one culture don't experience the emotion; display rules can alter expression.

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    In a medication study, neither participants nor outcome raters know who receives the active drug or an inactive pill. What two safeguards are present?

    Отговор

    A placebo control and double-blinding, which reduce expectancy effects and observer bias.

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    A scatterplot rises from lower left to upper right, with points close to a line. What relationship does it show?

    Отговор

    A strong positive correlation: higher values of one variable tend to occur with higher values of the other.

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    Health psychology?

    Отговор

    The study of how biological, psychological, and social factors affect health and illness.

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    Positive psychology?

    Отговор

    The scientific study of strengths, well-being, and conditions that help people and communities thrive.

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    Stress?

    Отговор

    The process of appraising and responding to events viewed as threatening or demanding.

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    A study records stress ratings from 1 to 10 and also collects open-ended descriptions. Which data are quantitative and which are qualitative?

    Отговор

    The numeric ratings are quantitative; the written descriptions are qualitative.

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    Why do sleep, exercise, and nutrition matter to health psychology?

    Отговор

    They are behaviors that interact with stress and biology to influence health outcomes.

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    Resilience?

    Отговор

    Adapting or recovering after adversity; it is a process, not a guarantee of being unaffected.

  583. Карта 583

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    Stressor?

    Отговор

    An event or condition that challenges a person's ability to cope.

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    General adaptation syndrome?

    Отговор

    A three-phase pattern of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion under prolonged stress.

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    A worker makes a schedule and asks for resources to reduce a controllable workload. Which coping approach is this?

    Отговор

    Problem-focused coping.

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    A stress study uses nonhuman animals. What ethical duties apply?

    Отговор

    Researchers need scientific justification, humane care, the least possible pain and distress, and oversight by an institutional animal care and use committee.

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    A student first judges whether an upcoming exam threatens an important goal. Which appraisal is this?

    Отговор

    Primary appraisal.

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    What happens during the alarm phase of general adaptation syndrome?

    Отговор

    A fight, flight, or freeze response mobilizes resources when the stressor is first encountered.

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    How can major trauma and daily hassles both create stress?

    Отговор

    One can overwhelm through intensity, while repeated smaller demands can accumulate over time.

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    A person uses breathing and social support to manage feelings about an unchangeable loss. Which coping approach is this?

    Отговор

    Emotion-focused coping.

  591. Карта 591

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    The student next considers available study time, tutoring, and coping options. Which appraisal is this?

    Отговор

    Secondary appraisal.

  592. Карта 592

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    Why can prolonged exhaustion increase illness risk?

    Отговор

    Stress resources are depleted, and sustained physiological activation can weaken health and immune function.

  593. Карта 593

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    Adverse childhood experiences?

    Отговор

    Potentially traumatic childhood conditions linked with higher later health risks, without determining any one person's outcome.

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    How can social support protect health?

    Отговор

    It provides practical help, belonging, perspective, and a buffer against stress.

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    Eustress versus distress?

    Отговор

    Eustress is experienced as motivating or manageable; distress is experienced as harmful or overwhelming.

  596. Карта 596

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    Tend-and-befriend response?

    Отговор

    Coping with stress by caring for needs and seeking supportive connection, a pattern observed especially among women.

  597. Карта 597

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    Two interviewees say, “After the setback, I adjusted my plan” and “I recovered and kept working toward my goal.” Which well-being concept appears in both qualitative responses?

    Отговор

    Resilience; both accounts describe adapting or recovering after adversity.

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    Biofeedback?

    Отговор

    Using real-time information about bodily activity to learn voluntary regulation of that activity.

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    How does perceived control affect stress?

    Отговор

    A sense of control often reduces stress, while uncontrollability can intensify it.

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    Psychoneuroimmunology?

    Отговор

    The study of interactions among psychological processes, the nervous system, hormones, and immune function.

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    Subjective well-being?

    Отговор

    A person's life satisfaction together with the balance of positive and negative emotion.

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    Psychological disorder?

    Отговор

    A clinically significant disturbance in thought, emotion, or behavior that causes distress or impairment.

  603. Карта 603

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    How can gratitude practice affect well-being?

    Отговор

    Regularly noticing valued experiences can increase positive emotion for some people, though effects vary.

  604. Карта 604

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    A school survey samples 120 students from a population of 1,800 enrolled students. What are the sample and population?

    Отговор

    The 120 respondents are the sample; all 1,800 enrolled students are the target population.

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    Signature strengths?

    Отговор

    Character strengths that are especially central and natural to a person and can be used deliberately.

  606. Карта 606

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    Biopsychosocial model?

    Отговор

    Biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors interact in health and disorder.

  607. Карта 607

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    Six broad virtue categories in positive psychology?

    Отговор

    Wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence.

  608. Карта 608

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    Posttraumatic growth?

    Отговор

    Positive psychological change that can develop through struggling with trauma or major stress; it doesn't erase harm.

  609. Карта 609

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    An optional well-being survey is completed mostly by students who already attend wellness clubs. How does this affect generalizability?

    Отговор

    Self-selection creates sampling bias, so the results may not generalize to students with different interests or experiences.

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    A survey asks people to report how often they exercise. What limitation should the researcher consider?

    Отговор

    Self-report can be distorted by inaccurate memory, question wording, or socially desirable answers.

  611. Карта 611

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    A treatment comparison reports p = .03 with a preset alpha of .05. Is the result statistically significant?

    Отговор

    Yes. Because .03 is below .05, the result is statistically significant, though that does not show the effect is large or important.

  612. Карта 612

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    A striking well-being result appears in one small study. What should happen before confidence grows?

    Отговор

    Independent replication and critical peer review should test whether the finding is reliable and the methods support the claim.

  613. Карта 613

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    Biological explanation of disorder?

    Отговор

    It focuses on genetic, neural, hormonal, or other physiological factors.

  614. Карта 614

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    Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

    Отговор

    A neurodevelopmental disorder involving developmentally inappropriate inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that impairs functioning.

  615. Карта 615

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    Purpose of the DSM?

    Отговор

    It supplies shared diagnostic categories and criteria for communication, research, and treatment planning.

  616. Карта 616

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    What must informed consent explain before people join a psychology study?

    Отговор

    The study's general nature, foreseeable risks and benefits, confidentiality limits, voluntary participation, and the right to withdraw. Research with minors also generally requires guardian permission and the child's assent.

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    Behavioral explanation of disorder?

    Отговор

    It focuses on maladaptive responses learned through conditioning or observation.

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    Autism spectrum disorder?

    Отговор

    A neurodevelopmental disorder involving differences in social communication and restricted or repetitive behavior, with varied support needs.

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    Schizophrenia's broad symptom areas?

    Отговор

    Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thought or speech, disorganized movement, and negative symptoms.

  620. Карта 620

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    Major depressive disorder?

    Отговор

    A sustained depressive episode with mood, cognitive, physical, and motivational changes that impair functioning.

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    Specific phobia?

    Отговор

    Intense, persistent fear of a particular object or situation that leads to avoidance or distress.

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    Obsessive-compulsive disorder?

    Отговор

    Obsessions, compulsions, or both consume time or cause significant distress or impairment.

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    Dissociative amnesia?

    Отговор

    Inability to recall important autobiographical information, usually related to trauma or stress, beyond ordinary forgetting.

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    Bipolar I disorder?

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    A bipolar disorder defined by at least one full manic episode, often with depressive episodes.

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    Posttraumatic stress disorder?

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    Persistent intrusion, avoidance, negative mood or thinking, and heightened arousal after trauma exposure.

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    Anorexia nervosa?

    Отговор

    Persistent energy restriction, significantly low body weight, intense fear of weight gain, and disturbed body experience.

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    Cognitive explanation of disorder?

    Отговор

    It focuses on maladaptive beliefs, interpretations, and thinking patterns.

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    Bipolar II disorder?

    Отговор

    A bipolar disorder involving hypomanic and major depressive episodes without a full manic episode.

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    Purpose of the ICD?

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    The World Health Organization's classification system supplies internationally used codes and categories for health conditions, including mental disorders.

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    Bulimia nervosa?

    Отговор

    Repeated binge eating followed by compensatory behavior, with self-evaluation strongly influenced by body shape or weight.

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    What broadly defines a personality disorder pattern?

    Отговор

    An enduring, inflexible pattern that departs from cultural expectations, begins in adolescence or early adulthood, and causes distress or impairment.

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    Ataque de nervios?

    Отговор

    A culture-related syndrome, described especially in some Latin American and Caribbean communities, involving an acute episode of intense emotional distress and loss of control.

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    Psychodynamic explanation of disorder?

    Отговор

    It focuses on unconscious conflicts and early relationships.

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    Three considerations when identifying a psychological disorder?

    Отговор

    Dysfunction, experienced distress, and deviation from social norms, interpreted with cultural context.

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    When may deception be ethically considered in research, and what must follow?

    Отговор

    Only when justified, minimal-risk, and not replaceable by a practical alternative; researchers must debrief participants promptly and explain the deception.

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    Comorbidity?

    Отговор

    The presence of two or more disorders in the same person.

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    Humanistic explanation of distress?

    Отговор

    It focuses on blocked growth, incongruence, and conditions of worth.

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    Confidential versus anonymous research data?

    Отговор

    Confidential data can be linked to identities but are protected; anonymous data are collected without identifying links.

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    Stigma around mental disorder?

    Отговор

    Negative stereotypes and discrimination that can increase distress and discourage help-seeking.

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    Why must diagnosis consider culture?

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    Norms affect how distress is expressed and interpreted, so behavior can't be judged outside its context.

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    Sociocultural explanation of disorder?

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    It focuses on social roles, inequality, relationships, discrimination, and cultural context.

  642. Карта 642

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    Two clinicians independently use the same criteria. What quality is being checked?

    Отговор

    Interrater reliability.

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    A category improves communication but overlaps another category. Balanced conclusion?

    Отговор

    Classification is useful, but boundaries and comorbidity limit the idea of perfectly separate disorders.

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    Best account of neurodevelopmental-disorder causes?

    Отговор

    Genetic, physiological, and environmental factors may interact; no single cause explains every case.

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    Evolutionary explanation of disorder?

    Отговор

    It asks whether a behavior or mental process reflects an adaptation, mismatch, or cost related to survival and reproduction.

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    Delusion?

    Отговор

    A firmly held false belief that persists despite strong contrary evidence and isn't explained by cultural context.

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    Agoraphobia?

    Отговор

    Intense fear of situations where escape or help may feel difficult, such as crowds, transit, open spaces, or being outside alone.

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    Best account of schizophrenia risk?

    Отговор

    Biological vulnerability, including genetic and neural factors, interacts with prenatal and later environmental stressors.

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    Eclectic approach to disorder?

    Отговор

    Using ideas or treatments from more than one psychological perspective when evidence and client needs support them.

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    Hallucination?

    Отговор

    A sensory perception without a matching external stimulus.

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    Panic disorder?

    Отговор

    Recurrent unexpected panic attacks followed by continuing concern or behavior change related to more attacks.

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    Best account of depressive-disorder causes?

    Отговор

    Biological vulnerability can interact with learning, cognition, relationships, culture, and stressful events.

  653. Карта 653

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    Two people face the same stressor, but the person with greater underlying vulnerability develops symptoms. Which model fits?

    Отговор

    The diathesis–stress model.

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    Cluster A personality disorders?

    Отговор

    The odd or eccentric cluster: paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders.

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    What do psychotherapy meta-analyses generally find?

    Отговор

    Psychotherapy is effective on average, while outcomes vary by problem, method, therapist, and client.

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    Evidence-based treatment?

    Отговор

    Using the best research evidence together with clinical expertise and the client's needs, culture, and preferences.

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    Therapeutic alliance?

    Отговор

    A collaborative, trusting relationship in which client and therapist agree on goals and work.

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    Cultural humility in therapy?

    Отговор

    Ongoing self-reflection, respect, and willingness to learn from the client's cultural experience.

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    Deinstitutionalization?

    Отговор

    Moving many people from long-term psychiatric hospitals toward community-based care, aided partly by medication.

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    A client safely approaches a feared situation in planned steps instead of avoiding it. Which treatment method is this?

    Отговор

    Exposure therapy.

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    Nonmaleficence in therapy?

    Отговор

    Avoiding or minimizing harm.

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    Four medication categories in the course?

    Отговор

    Antidepressants, antianxiety drugs, lithium, and antipsychotic medications.

  663. Карта 663

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    Depressive cognitive triad?

    Отговор

    Negative views of oneself, the world, and the future.

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    Applied behavior analysis?

    Отговор

    Using measured learning principles to change socially significant behavior.

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    Psychosurgery?

    Отговор

    Rare invasive treatment that alters brain tissue; modern use is tightly limited because effects can be irreversible.

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    Free association?

    Отговор

    A psychodynamic technique in which a client says whatever comes to mind to explore unconscious themes.

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    A client examines evidence for an automatic thought and develops a more accurate alternative. Which technique is this?

    Отговор

    Cognitive restructuring.

  668. Карта 668

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    One advantage of group therapy?

    Отговор

    Members can receive support, feedback, and practice with others while learning they aren't alone.

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    Lobotomy?

    Отговор

    An obsolete form of psychosurgery that cut frontal-lobe connections and often caused severe, irreversible harm.

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    Best account of bipolar-disorder causes?

    Отговор

    Biological and genetic influences are important, while stress and social context can affect episodes.

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    Cognitive-behavioral therapy?

    Отговор

    Treatment that changes maladaptive thinking and behavior together.

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    Disorganized speech in schizophrenia?

    Отговор

    Speech becomes difficult to follow because ideas or words are connected in disordered ways.

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    Social anxiety disorder?

    Отговор

    Intense fear of scrutiny or negative evaluation in social situations.

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    Best account of obsessive-compulsive-disorder causes?

    Отговор

    Biological factors and learned relief from compulsions can combine with maladaptive beliefs.

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    Rational-emotive behavior therapy?

    Отговор

    A cognitive-behavioral approach that challenges rigid, irrational beliefs and builds more workable alternatives.

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    Dissociative fugue?

    Отговор

    Dissociative amnesia accompanied by unexpected travel or confusion about identity.

  677. Карта 677

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    Cluster B personality disorders?

    Отговор

    The dramatic, emotional, or erratic cluster: antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders.

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    Best account of anxiety-disorder causes?

    Отговор

    Biological vulnerability, learned fear, avoidance, and maladaptive interpretation can interact.

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    Catatonia?

    Отговор

    Markedly disordered movement, which can include unusual excitement or profound lack of movement.

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    Manic episode?

    Отговор

    A distinct period of unusually elevated or irritable mood and increased energy severe enough to cause major impairment or require hospitalization.

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    Dissociative identity disorder?

    Отговор

    Disruption of identity involving distinct personality states and gaps in autobiographical memory.

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    Best account of feeding and eating disorder causes?

    Отговор

    Biological, cognitive, behavioral, family, social, and cultural factors can interact.

  683. Карта 683

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    Cluster C personality disorders?

    Отговор

    The anxious or fearful cluster: avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.

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    Taijin kyofusho?

    Отговор

    A culture-related syndrome described in Japan involving intense fear that one's appearance, gaze, odor, or behavior will offend or embarrass other people.

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    Negative symptom of schizophrenia?

    Отговор

    A reduction in a typical function, such as emotional expression, speech, motivation, or movement.

  686. Карта 686

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    What experiences are often linked with dissociative disorders?

    Отговор

    Severe trauma or stress, though diagnosis requires careful assessment and isn't inferred from trauma alone.

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    Hypomanic episode?

    Отговор

    A noticeable period of elevated or irritable mood and increased energy that is less severe and impairing than mania.

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    Generalized anxiety disorder?

    Отговор

    Persistent, hard-to-control anxiety and worry across several areas of life.

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    Hoarding disorder?

    Отговор

    Persistent difficulty discarding possessions, producing clutter that impairs the use of living spaces.

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    Best account of personality-disorder causes?

    Отговор

    Biological dispositions and long-term social, cultural, learning, and cognitive influences can interact.

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    Why can't one symptom establish a disorder?

    Отговор

    Diagnosis depends on a broader pattern, duration, distress or impairment, context, and alternative explanations.

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    Persistent depressive disorder?

    Отговор

    A chronic depressed mood with related symptoms lasting at least two years in adults or one year in children and adolescents.

  693. Карта 693

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    Fidelity in therapy ethics?

    Отговор

    Maintaining trust, responsibility, and professional commitments.

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    Systematic desensitization?

    Отговор

    Gradual exposure to a fear hierarchy while practicing relaxation or another incompatible response.

  695. Карта 695

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    Dream interpretation in psychodynamic therapy?

    Отговор

    Exploring possible personal meanings and unconscious themes in dreams, not treating dreams as objective facts.

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    Dialectical behavior therapy?

    Отговор

    A cognitive-behavioral approach that builds mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and relationship skills.

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    Integrity in therapy ethics?

    Отговор

    Being honest and accurate in professional work.

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    Aversion therapy?

    Отговор

    Pairing an unwanted behavior with an unpleasant stimulus to reduce the behavior.

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    Tardive dyskinesia?

    Отговор

    A movement disorder that can occur as a serious side effect of long-term antipsychotic medication.

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    ECT versus TMS?

    Отговор

    ECT induces a controlled seizure under anesthesia; TMS uses magnetic pulses without surgery. Both can treat selected conditions.

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    Respect for rights and dignity?

    Отговор

    Protecting autonomy, privacy, confidentiality, and fair treatment.

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    A clinic awards points for target behaviors, and clients exchange the points for privileges. Which method is this?

    Отговор

    A token economy.

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    A therapist emphasizes empathy, genuineness, active listening, and unconditional positive regard. Which approach is this?

    Отговор

    Person-centered therapy.

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    What can hypnosis treat, and what can't it reliably do?

    Отговор

    It can help some pain and anxiety; it can't reliably recover accurate memories or produce true age regression.

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    Medication and psychotherapy outperform either alone for some conditions. Best conclusion?

    Отговор

    Combined treatment can be useful for some clients, but the best plan depends on the condition and individual evidence.

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