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.
O tomto balíčku
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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Kartičky v tomto balíčku
Kartička 1
Otázka
Nature in the nature–nurture question?
Odpověď
Inherited biological influences on behavior and mental processes.
Kartička 2
Otázka
Central nervous system?
Odpověď
The brain and spinal cord, which process information and coordinate responses.
Kartička 3
Otázka
Main role of the spinal cord?
Odpověď
It carries messages between brain and body and organizes some reflexes.
Kartička 4
Otázka
Scores are
4, 6, 8, 10. What is the mean?Odpověď
7, found by dividing the total of 28 by 4 scores.
Kartička 5
Otázka
Nurture in the nature–nurture question?
Odpověď
Environmental influences, such as family, culture, education, and experience.
Kartička 6
Otázka
Peripheral nervous system?
Odpověď
The nerves that connect the central nervous system with the rest of the body.
Kartička 7
Otázka
Reflex arc?
Odpověď
A rapid neural pathway that can produce a response through the spinal cord before conscious brain processing.
Kartička 8
Otázka
Reflex times are
180, 190, 210, 260, 410milliseconds. What is the median?Odpověď
210 milliseconds, the middle score after ordering the five values.
Kartička 9
Otázka
Heritability?
Odpověď
The proportion of variation in a trait within a population that is associated with genetic differences. It doesn't describe one person's trait.
Kartička 10
Otázka
Autonomic nervous system?
Odpověď
The peripheral division that regulates involuntary functions of glands and internal organs.
Kartička 11
Otázka
Evolutionary perspective on behavior?
Odpověď
It asks how natural selection may have favored psychological traits that helped survival or reproduction.
Kartička 12
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Why is eugenics scientifically and ethically invalid?
Odpověď
It misuses heredity claims to rank people and justify coercion, while ignoring environmental influence, human rights, and the complexity of traits.
Kartička 13
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Why isn't behavior explained by genes or environment alone?
Odpověď
They interact. A biological tendency can be strengthened, weakened, or redirected by experience.
Kartička 14
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Researchers compare a trait across biological relatives who share different amounts of DNA. Which method is this?
Odpověď
A family study; twin comparisons are one example, but shared environments still limit causal conclusions.
Kartička 15
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Natural selection?
Odpověď
Traits that support survival or reproduction can become more common across generations.
Kartička 16
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Somatic nervous system?
Odpověď
The peripheral division that carries sensory information and controls voluntary skeletal-muscle movement.
Kartička 17
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Sensory neurons?
Odpověď
They carry incoming information from sensory receptors toward the central nervous system.
Kartička 18
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Which design compares adoptees with both biological and adoptive relatives?
Odpověď
An adoption study, used to separate some hereditary and environmental similarities.
Kartička 19
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Twins show a strong trait correlation. What keeps this result from proving genetic causation?
Odpověď
Correlation doesn't isolate genes from shared environments or other confounding variables.
Kartička 20
Otázka
Sympathetic nervous system?
Odpověď
The autonomic division that mobilizes energy during challenge or threat.
Kartička 21
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Evidence shows a genetic risk predicts an outcome only under chronic stress. Best claim?
Odpověď
The outcome reflects a gene–environment interaction, not a purely genetic effect.
Kartička 22
Otázka
Motor neurons?
Odpověď
They carry outgoing commands from the central nervous system to muscles or glands.
Kartička 23
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Sleep duration and stress are correlated. What directionality problem limits a causal conclusion?
Odpověď
The result cannot show whether less sleep raises stress, stress reduces sleep, or both directions operate.
Kartička 24
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Parasympathetic nervous system?
Odpověď
The autonomic division that calms the body and supports rest, digestion, and recovery.
Kartička 25
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Resting potential?
Odpověď
The neuron's stable negative charge when it isn't firing, maintained by unequal ion concentrations across the membrane.
Kartička 26
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Interneurons?
Odpověď
Neurons within the central nervous system that process information and connect other neurons.
Kartička 27
Otázka
Adrenaline's behavioral role?
Odpověď
It helps mobilize the body during arousal and the fight-or-flight response.
Kartička 28
Otázka
Frontal lobes?
Odpověď
Planning, judgment, impulse control, working memory, voluntary movement, and aspects of speech.
Kartička 29
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Neural threshold?
Odpověď
The minimum stimulation needed to trigger an action potential.
Kartička 30
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Corpus callosum?
Odpověď
The large fiber tract that carries information between the cerebral hemispheres.
Kartička 31
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Leptin's role in eating?
Odpověď
It signals stored energy and helps reduce hunger.
Kartička 32
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Temporal lobes?
Odpověď
Auditory processing, language comprehension, memory, and object recognition.
Kartička 33
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Depolarization during an action potential?
Odpověď
Positive ions enter the neuron, making the membrane charge less negative and then briefly positive.
Kartička 34
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Dopamine's major psychological functions?
Odpověď
Movement, motivation, reward learning, attention, and reinforcement.
Kartička 35
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Ghrelin's role in eating?
Odpověď
It helps stimulate hunger.
Kartička 36
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Drug agonist?
Odpověď
A substance that increases a neurotransmitter's effect by activating its receptor or supporting its action.
Kartička 37
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Action potential?
Odpověď
A brief electrical impulse that travels along a neuron after threshold is reached.
Kartička 38
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Reuptake?
Odpověď
The sending neuron reabsorbs neurotransmitter from the synapse after release.
Kartička 39
Otázka
Serotonin's major psychological functions?
Odpověď
Mood, sleep, appetite, and arousal regulation.
Kartička 40
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Glutamate's major psychological functions?
Odpověď
It is the brain's main excitatory neurotransmitter and supports learning and memory.
Kartička 41
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Refractory period?
Odpověď
A short recovery interval after firing when the neuron resets and can't immediately produce another full action potential.
Kartička 42
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Melatonin's role?
Odpověď
It helps regulate circadian timing and promotes sleepiness in darkness.
Kartička 43
Otázka
Drug antagonist?
Odpověď
A substance that blocks or reduces a neurotransmitter's effect at its receptor.
Kartička 44
Otázka
Stimulants?
Odpověď
Psychoactive drugs that increase central nervous system activity and alertness.
Kartička 45
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Drug tolerance?
Odpověď
A reduced response after repeated use, so a larger dose may be needed for the same effect.
Kartička 46
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Damage to myelin slows messages in the central nervous system. Which disorder illustrates this problem?
Odpověď
Multiple sclerosis.
Kartička 47
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All-or-none principle?
Odpověď
A neuron fires a full action potential once threshold is reached; stronger input changes firing rate, not impulse size.
Kartička 48
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Norepinephrine's major psychological functions?
Odpověď
Alertness, arousal, attention, and the stress response.
Kartička 49
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GABA's major psychological function?
Odpověď
It is the brain's main inhibitory neurotransmitter and reduces neural activity.
Kartička 50
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Oxytocin's behavioral role?
Odpověď
It supports social bonding and also contributes to childbirth and lactation.
Kartička 51
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Reuptake inhibitor?
Odpověď
A drug that keeps more neurotransmitter in the synapse by slowing reabsorption.
Kartička 52
Otázka
Depressants?
Odpověď
Psychoactive drugs that reduce central nervous system activity.
Kartička 53
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Drug withdrawal?
Odpověď
Physical or psychological symptoms that can appear when regular drug use is reduced or stopped.
Kartička 54
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Antibodies disrupt acetylcholine receptors at muscles, causing weakness. Which disorder illustrates this problem?
Odpověď
Myasthenia gravis.
Kartička 55
Otázka
Glial cells?
Odpověď
Cells that support, nourish, insulate, protect, and help regulate neurons and their connections.
Kartička 56
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Endorphins?
Odpověď
Natural neurotransmitters that reduce pain and can produce pleasure.
Kartička 57
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Substance P?
Odpověď
A neurotransmitter involved in pain signaling.
Kartička 58
Otázka
Acetylcholine's major functions?
Odpověď
Muscle action, learning, memory, and attention.
Kartička 59
Otázka
Opioids?
Odpověď
Drugs that bind to opioid receptors, reducing pain and often producing relaxation or euphoria.
Kartička 60
Otázka
Hallucinogens?
Odpověď
Drugs that alter perception and can produce sensory experiences without matching external input.
Kartička 61
Otázka
Addiction?
Odpověď
Compulsive substance use or behavior that continues despite harmful consequences and is difficult to control.
Kartička 62
Otázka
Parietal lobes?
Odpověď
Body-sense processing, spatial attention, and integrating sensory information.
Kartička 63
Otázka
Consciousness?
Odpověď
Awareness of internal experiences and the surrounding environment.
Kartička 64
Otázka
Circadian rhythm?
Odpověď
A roughly 24-hour biological cycle that helps regulate sleep and wakefulness.
Kartička 65
Otázka
Damage causes slow, effortful speech with relatively preserved comprehension. Likely region?
Odpověď
Broca's area, usually in the left frontal lobe.
Kartička 66
Otázka
Occipital lobes?
Odpověď
Primary cortical processing of visual information.
Kartička 67
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What does split-brain research reveal?
Odpověď
When the corpus callosum is severed, the hemispheres can process some information independently.
Kartička 68
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How does the suprachiasmatic nucleus regulate circadian rhythm?
Odpověď
It uses light information from the eyes to coordinate the body's roughly 24-hour clock.
Kartička 69
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NREM-1 sleep?
Odpověď
The light transition into sleep, sometimes accompanied by hypnagogic sensations.
Kartička 70
Otázka
Motor cortex?
Odpověď
A frontal-lobe strip that directs voluntary movement.
Kartička 71
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Damage causes fluent but nonsensical speech and poor comprehension. Likely region?
Odpověď
Wernicke's area, usually in the left temporal lobe.
Kartička 72
Otázka
Brainstem's core function?
Odpověď
It supports basic survival functions and connects the brain with the spinal cord.
Kartička 73
Otázka
NREM-2 sleep?
Odpověď
A light sleep stage marked by sleep spindles and K-complexes.
Kartička 74
Otázka
Somatosensory cortex?
Odpověď
A parietal-lobe strip that registers touch and body-position information.
Kartička 75
Otázka
Medulla's main functions?
Odpověď
It regulates vital automatic functions such as breathing and heart rate.
Kartička 76
Otázka
Reticular activating system?
Odpověď
A brainstem network involved in alertness, arousal, and the sleep–wake cycle.
Kartička 77
Otázka
NREM-3 sleep?
Odpověď
Deep slow-wave sleep, associated with physical restoration and difficult awakening.
Kartička 78
Otázka
Cerebellum's main functions?
Odpověď
Balance, coordinated movement, procedural learning, and timing.
Kartička 79
Otázka
Thalamus?
Odpověď
A relay that directs most sensory information to the cerebral cortex and helps regulate alertness.
Kartička 80
Otázka
Hypothalamus?
Odpověď
It helps regulate homeostasis, hunger, thirst, temperature, sexual behavior, and endocrine activity.
Kartička 81
Otázka
REM sleep?
Odpověď
A stage with vivid dreaming, rapid eye movements, active brain patterns, and skeletal-muscle paralysis.
Kartička 82
Otázka
Why is the pituitary called a master gland?
Odpověď
Its hormones influence other endocrine glands, under the hypothalamus's control.
Kartička 83
Otázka
Amygdala?
Odpověď
A limbic structure involved in processing emotion, threat, and emotional learning.
Kartička 84
Otázka
Hippocampus?
Odpověď
A limbic structure essential for forming new explicit memories and spatial memory.
Kartička 85
Otázka
How does sleep change across a typical night?
Odpověď
NREM and REM repeat in cycles; REM periods generally lengthen toward morning.
Kartička 86
Otázka
Contralateral brain control?
Odpověď
Each cerebral hemisphere mainly receives sensory input from and controls movement on the opposite side of the body.
Kartička 87
Otázka
What does an EEG measure?
Odpověď
Electrical activity recorded from the scalp, with strong timing information but limited spatial precision.
Kartička 88
Otázka
Reward-center activity?
Odpověď
Activity in neural reward pathways can reinforce behaviors that predict desirable outcomes.
Kartička 89
Otázka
Neuroplasticity?
Odpověď
The nervous system's ability to change its organization or function through experience, learning, or injury.
Kartička 90
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Which method shows brain activity changing during a task?
Odpověď
A functional brain-imaging method, such as fMRI or PET, rather than a structural scan alone.
Kartička 91
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A patient loses a function after damage to one brain region. What is the cautious conclusion?
Odpověď
The region contributes to the function, but the behavior may depend on a wider network.
Kartička 92
Otázka
Insomnia?
Odpověď
Persistent difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or obtaining restorative sleep.
Kartička 93
Otázka
How do wavelength and amplitude shape sound?
Odpověď
Wavelength relates to frequency and perceived pitch; amplitude relates to intensity and perceived loudness.
Kartička 94
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Absolute threshold?
Odpověď
The minimum stimulation detected 50% of the time.
Kartička 95
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Activation-synthesis view of dreams?
Odpověď
The brain builds a story while interpreting internally generated neural activity during sleep.
Kartička 96
Otázka
Narcolepsy?
Odpověď
A disorder involving sudden sleep attacks and abnormal entry into REM sleep.
Kartička 97
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Why can jet lag disrupt sleep?
Odpověď
The internal circadian clock is temporarily out of sync with the new light–dark schedule.
Kartička 98
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Difference threshold?
Odpověď
The smallest change between stimuli detected 50% of the time.
Kartička 99
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Consolidation view of dreams?
Odpověď
Dreaming may reflect the brain organizing and integrating recent memories.
Kartička 100
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REM sleep behavior disorder?
Odpověď
Loss of normal REM muscle paralysis, allowing a person to act out dreams.
Kartička 101
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Why can rotating shift work impair sleep?
Odpověď
Frequent schedule changes force the circadian system to keep readjusting.
Kartička 102
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Weber's law?
Odpověď
The noticeable difference between two stimuli is a constant proportion of the original intensity.
Kartička 103
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Two supported functions of sleep?
Odpověď
Memory consolidation and restoration of resources used during waking activity.
Kartička 104
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Sleep apnea?
Odpověď
Repeated breathing interruptions during sleep that fragment sleep and reduce oxygen.
Kartička 105
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REM rebound?
Odpověď
A temporary increase in REM sleep after a period of REM deprivation.
Kartička 106
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Signal detection theory?
Odpověď
Detection depends on stimulus strength plus expectations, experience, motivation, and alertness.
Kartička 107
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Sensory transduction?
Odpověď
Sensory receptors convert physical energy into neural signals.
Kartička 108
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Vestibular sense?
Odpověď
The sense of balance and head movement, supported by structures in the inner ear.
Kartička 109
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Somnambulism?
Odpověď
Sleepwalking, which most often occurs during deep NREM sleep.
Kartička 110
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Why is there a blind spot in each eye?
Odpověď
The optic nerve leaves the retina at a point with no rods or cones.
Kartička 111
Otázka
What begins visual transduction?
Odpověď
Retinal receptors convert light into neural signals that travel toward the brain.
Kartička 112
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A sound reaches the left ear slightly earlier and louder than the right. Where will it seem to originate?
Odpověď
From the left, because the brain compares arrival-time and intensity differences between the ears.
Kartička 113
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Why are taste and smell called chemical senses?
Odpověď
Their receptors respond to molecules from food or the air.
Kartička 114
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Accommodation in vision?
Odpověď
The lens changes shape to focus near or distant objects on the retina.
Kartička 115
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Cones?
Odpověď
Retinal receptors that support color vision and fine detail in brighter light.
Kartička 116
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What begins auditory transduction?
Odpověď
Hair cells in the inner ear convert sound-driven vibration into neural signals.
Kartička 117
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How does trichromatic processing explain color vision?
Odpověď
Three cone types respond most strongly to different wavelength ranges, and their combined activity produces color experience.
Kartička 118
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How is smell unusual among the senses?
Odpověď
Olfactory signals reach cortical and limbic areas without first passing through the thalamic relay used by other senses.
Kartička 119
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Kinesthesia?
Odpověď
The sense of body-part position and movement, based on signals from muscles, tendons, and joints.
Kartička 120
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Place coding versus frequency coding in hearing?
Odpověď
Place coding links pitch to where the cochlea responds most; frequency coding links pitch to neural firing rate.
Kartička 121
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Nearsightedness?
Odpověď
Nearby objects are clear, but distant images focus in front of the retina and look blurred.
Kartička 122
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Pheromones?
Odpověď
Chemical signals released by one organism that can affect the behavior or physiology of others of the same species.
Kartička 123
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Touch receptors for warmth and cold fire together strongly. What sensation can result?
Odpověď
A hot or burning sensation, showing that temperature experience combines receptor signals.
Kartička 124
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Volley theory of pitch?
Odpověď
Groups of auditory neurons alternate firing so their combined rate can represent pitches too fast for one neuron alone.
Kartička 125
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Farsightedness?
Odpověď
Distant vision is clearer, while nearby images tend to focus behind the retina and look blurred.
Kartička 126
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Six taste qualities named in the course?
Odpověď
Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami, and oleogustus (fat taste).
Kartička 127
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Phantom-limb sensation?
Odpověď
Feeling pain, touch, or movement in a limb that is no longer present because the nervous system still represents it.
Kartička 128
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Sensory interaction?
Odpověď
One sense changes how another is experienced, as smell influences flavor.
Kartička 129
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What causes most color-vision deficiency?
Odpověď
One or more cone types are missing or function differently, reducing discrimination among some colors.
Kartička 130
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Prosopagnosia?
Odpověď
Difficulty recognizing familiar faces despite otherwise usable vision.
Kartička 131
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Rods?
Odpověď
Retinal receptors sensitive to dim light and peripheral movement, without color detail.
Kartička 132
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How does opponent processing explain afterimages?
Odpověď
Color is coded in opposing pairs, so tiring one response can make its opponent briefly dominate.
Kartička 133
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Conductive versus sensorineural hearing loss?
Odpověď
Conductive loss blocks sound transmission; sensorineural loss damages hair cells or auditory pathways.
Kartička 134
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Nontasters, medium tasters, and supertasters?
Odpověď
Categories describing lower, typical, and unusually high sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness.
Kartička 135
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What do the semicircular canals detect?
Odpověď
Rotational head movement, helping the vestibular system maintain balance.
Kartička 136
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Synesthesia?
Odpověď
Stimulation of one sense consistently and automatically produces an additional sensory experience.
Kartička 137
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Dichromatism versus monochromatism?
Odpověď
Dichromatism uses two functioning cone systems; monochromatism uses one or none, producing far less color discrimination.
Kartička 138
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Blindsight?
Odpověď
Responding to visual information without consciously seeing it, usually after damage to primary visual cortex.
Kartička 139
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Sensory adaptation?
Odpověď
Reduced sensitivity after constant, unchanging stimulation.
Kartička 140
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Gate-control view of pain?
Odpověď
Spinal and brain processes can amplify or reduce pain signals before conscious experience.
Kartička 141
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Bottom-up processing?
Odpověď
Building a perception from incoming sensory details.
Kartička 142
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Concept?
Odpověď
A mental category used to group similar objects, events, ideas, or people.
Kartička 143
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Fixation in problem solving?
Odpověď
Getting stuck on one way of representing or solving a problem.
Kartička 144
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Algorithm?
Odpověď
A step-by-step method that guarantees a solution when followed correctly, though it may be slow.
Kartička 145
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Top-down processing?
Odpověď
Using expectations, context, and prior knowledge to interpret sensory input.
Kartička 146
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Confirmation bias?
Odpověď
Seeking or interpreting evidence in ways that support an existing belief.
Kartička 147
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Retinal disparity?
Odpověď
The difference between each eye's image; greater disparity usually signals a nearer object.
Kartička 148
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Heuristic?
Odpověď
A quick rule of thumb that saves effort but can produce errors.
Kartička 149
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Selective attention?
Odpověď
Focusing conscious awareness on one part of the available sensory input.
Kartička 150
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Figure–ground organization?
Odpověď
Separating the object of attention from its background.
Kartička 151
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Convergence as a depth cue?
Odpověď
The inward turning of the eyes increases as an object gets closer.
Kartička 152
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Representativeness heuristic?
Odpověď
Judging category membership by resemblance to a prototype while neglecting other information.
Kartička 153
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Missing a visible event while attention is elsewhere?
Odpověď
Inattentional blindness.
Kartička 154
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Gestalt proximity principle?
Odpověď
Elements close together tend to be perceived as a group.
Kartička 155
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Two familiar objects cast different-sized retinal images. Which looks farther away?
Odpověď
The one with the smaller retinal image, using the monocular cue of relative size.
Kartička 156
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Cocktail-party effect?
Odpověď
The ability to focus on one conversation while still noticing personally important information in the background.
Kartička 157
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Failing to notice an obvious change in a scene?
Odpověď
Change blindness.
Kartička 158
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Gestalt similarity principle?
Odpověď
Elements that look alike tend to be grouped together.
Kartička 159
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Parallel lines seem to meet in the distance. Which depth cue?
Odpověď
Linear perspective.
Kartička 160
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Perceptual constancy?
Odpověď
Seeing an object's size, shape, or color as stable despite changing sensory images.
Kartička 161
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Perceptual set?
Odpověď
A readiness to perceive something in a particular way because of expectations or context.
Kartička 162
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Gestalt closure principle?
Odpověď
The mind fills gaps to perceive a complete object.
Kartička 163
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One object blocks part of another. Which seems closer?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
The working-memory component that briefly holds and rehearses verbal or sound information.
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Cerebellum's memory role?
Odpověď
It supports procedural learning and some classically conditioned responses.
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Why is short-term memory described as limited?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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
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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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Exposure to one stimulus unconsciously influences the response to a later stimulus.
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Tip-of-the-tongue state?
Odpověď
A temporary retrieval failure accompanied by a feeling that the answer is known.
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Why does retrieval practice strengthen memory?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Concern about confirming a negative group stereotype can interfere with performance.
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General intelligence, or g?
Odpověď
A broad mental ability proposed to contribute to performance across many cognitive tasks.
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Encoding failure?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Older learning disrupts recall of newer information.
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Imagination inflation?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Forgetting is fastest soon after learning and slows over time.
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Retrieval failure?
Odpověď
Stored information is temporarily inaccessible because effective cues are missing.
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Retroactive interference?
Odpověď
Newer learning disrupts recall of older information.
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A confident witness recalls a detail introduced after the event. Best conclusion?
Odpověď
Confidence doesn't guarantee accuracy; post-event misinformation may have altered the memory.
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Repression in psychodynamic theory?
Odpověď
The proposed unconscious blocking of distressing memories or impulses from awareness.
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Flashbulb memory?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
An operational definition of memory accuracy.
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A score is at the 84th percentile. What does that mean?
Odpověď
It is equal to or higher than about 84% of scores in the reference group.
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Stereotype lift?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
How well evidence shows that a test measures the psychological construct it claims to measure.
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Test–retest reliability?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
How well a test score forecasts a relevant later outcome.
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What does a normal score distribution look like?
Odpověď
Most scores cluster near the mean, with fewer scores toward either extreme.
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Split-half reliability?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
That every member differs or that biology caused the gap; within-group variation and social conditions matter.
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Flynn effect?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
A growth mindset; a fixed mindset treats ability as largely unchangeable.
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Continuous versus stage development?
Odpověď
Continuous views emphasize gradual change; stage views describe distinct qualitative shifts.
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How can prenatal environment affect later development?
Odpověď
Nutrition, stress, illness, and substance exposure can influence physical and neural development before birth.
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Teratogen?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Maturation shapes the sequence, while biology and experience influence pace.
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Fine versus gross motor skills?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Their presence and change can indicate early nervous-system development.
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What did the visual-cliff procedure test?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
The period of sexual maturation driven by hormonal and physical changes.
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Sensitive period?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
A puberty-related growth spurt, with rapid increases in height and weight.
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Primary versus secondary sex characteristics?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
A longitudinal design; attrition can bias the results if those who leave differ from those who remain.
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Menarche?
Odpověď
The first menstrual period.
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Which method allows an intensive investigation of one person with an exceptionally rare developmental condition?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
About 68%.
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A prenatal exposure correlates with later difficulty. What limits a causal claim?
Odpověď
Other parental, health, and environmental variables may account for the association.
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Spermarche?
Odpověď
The first ejaculation.
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Which method combines results from many studies to estimate an overall effect?
Odpověď
A meta-analysis, which statistically synthesizes findings across studies.
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Imprinting?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Reward systems develop earlier than the prefrontal control systems used for planning and inhibition.
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Menopause?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Naturalistic observation.
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How do mobility, flexibility, and reaction time typically change across later adulthood?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Biological, cognitive, social, and cultural influences interact.
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Does normal aging cause uniform cognitive decline?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Variation alone isn't evidence of dysfunction; distress often reflects stigma or discrimination rather than identity.
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Schema in cognitive development?
Odpověď
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?
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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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Assimilation.
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Language?
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A shared, rule-governed system of symbols used to communicate and generate ideas.
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Cooing stage?
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Early vowel-like sounds that typically appear before babbling.
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Babbling stage?
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Infants produce repeated speech-like sounds before meaningful words.
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One-word stage?
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A child uses single words to express whole ideas.
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Grammar?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Egocentrism: difficulty taking another person's visual perspective.
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Crystallized intelligence across adulthood?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Accommodation.
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A teacher first models each step, then removes hints as the learner improves. What support strategy is this?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Theory of mind: recognizing that another person can hold a different belief.
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Fluid intelligence across adulthood?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Conservation: understanding that quantity remains the same despite a change in appearance.
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Formal operational stage?
Odpověď
Adolescents and adults can reason abstractly and test hypothetical possibilities.
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Dementia?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
An enduring emotional bond that supports proximity and security.
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Erikson's infancy conflict?
Odpověď
Trust versus mistrust: dependable care supports a basic sense of security.
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Microsystem?
Odpověď
Immediate settings and relationships, such as family, school, peers, and work.
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Erikson's toddler conflict?
Odpověď
Autonomy versus shame and doubt: supported self-control builds independence.
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Erikson's early-childhood conflict?
Odpověď
Initiative versus guilt: directing activities and plans supports purpose.
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Erikson's school-age conflict?
Odpověď
Industry versus inferiority: mastering valued skills supports competence.
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Mesosystem?
Odpověď
Connections among a person's microsystems, such as communication between family and school.
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Erikson's adolescent conflict?
Odpověď
Identity versus role confusion: exploring and integrating roles supports identity.
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Erikson's young-adult conflict?
Odpověď
Intimacy versus isolation: forming close, committed relationships.
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Erikson's middle-adult conflict?
Odpověď
Generativity versus stagnation: contributing to others and the next generation.
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Exosystem?
Odpověď
Settings that affect a person indirectly, such as a caregiver's workplace.
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Morpheme?
Odpověď
The smallest unit that carries meaning.
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Telegraphic speech?
Odpověď
Early short phrases that contain essential words while omitting smaller grammatical words.
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How do nonverbal gestures support language development?
Odpověď
Pointing, gaze, expression, and movement communicate meaning before and alongside spoken words.
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Macrosystem?
Odpověď
The wider culture, values, laws, customs, and economic conditions surrounding development.
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Semantics?
Odpověď
The meanings of words and sentences.
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A child says “goed” after learning the usual past-tense pattern. What is this?
Odpověď
Overgeneralization: applying a language rule where an exception is required.
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What does a sensitive period for language imply?
Odpověď
Early exposure supports fluent development, though later learning remains possible.
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Does language completely determine thought?
Odpověď
No. Language can shape attention and categorization, but thought also occurs without words.
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Syntax?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Secure attachment.
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How does the behavioral perspective explain behavior?
Odpověď
It focuses on observable behavior learned through conditioning, reinforcement, punishment, and environmental cues.
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Authoritative parenting?
Odpověď
High warmth with clear, consistent expectations and age-appropriate autonomy.
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Identity achievement?
Odpověď
A person makes commitments after meaningful exploration.
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Avoidant attachment pattern?
Odpověď
The child shows little contact-seeking and tends to avoid or ignore the caregiver at reunion.
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Classical conditioning?
Odpověď
Learning that one stimulus predicts another, so a previously neutral stimulus elicits a response.
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Unconditioned stimulus?
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A stimulus that naturally produces a response without prior learning.
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Unconditioned response?
Odpověď
The unlearned response naturally produced by an unconditioned stimulus.
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Conditioned stimulus?
Odpověď
A previously neutral stimulus that elicits a learned response after association.
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Conditioned response?
Odpověď
The learned response to a conditioned stimulus.
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Acquisition in classical conditioning?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
The conditioned stimulus should appear shortly before the unconditioned stimulus so it predicts what comes next.
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Authoritarian parenting?
Odpověď
Low warmth with strict control and little discussion.
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Identity diffusion?
Odpověď
A person has neither actively explored alternatives nor made firm commitments.
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Extinction in classical conditioning?
Odpověď
The conditioned response weakens when the conditioned stimulus repeatedly appears without the unconditioned stimulus.
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Anxious-resistant attachment pattern?
Odpověď
The child seeks contact but remains distressed or resists comfort at reunion.
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Permissive parenting?
Odpověď
High warmth with few demands or limits.
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Parallel play?
Odpověď
Young children play beside one another with similar materials but little direct coordination.
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Imaginary audience?
Odpověď
An adolescent's belief that other people are constantly noticing and evaluating them.
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Identity foreclosure?
Odpověď
A person commits without exploring alternatives, often adopting others' expectations.
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Disorganized attachment pattern?
Odpověď
The child shows contradictory, confused, or fearful behavior without a consistent reunion strategy.
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Neglectful parenting?
Odpověď
Low warmth and low control or involvement.
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Chronosystem?
Odpověď
Life transitions and historical changes that alter development over time.
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Why is pretend play developmentally useful?
Odpověď
It lets children practice symbols, roles, perspective-taking, and social rules.
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Personal fable?
Odpověď
An adolescent's sense that their experiences are unique and that ordinary risks may not apply to them.
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Identity moratorium?
Odpověď
A person is actively exploring alternatives without yet making a stable commitment.
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Best claim about adverse childhood experiences?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Structured observation: researchers record behavior during standardized separations and reunions.
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Emerging adulthood?
Odpověď
A transitional period, often from the late teens through the twenties, marked by identity exploration and changing roles.
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Social clock?
Odpověď
Culturally shaped expectations about when major life events should occur.
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Erikson's later-adult conflict?
Odpověď
Integrity versus despair: evaluating life with acceptance rather than regret.
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Possible selves?
Odpověď
Mental images of who a person might become, hopes to become, or fears becoming.
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Stimulus generalization?
Odpověď
Stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus also trigger the conditioned response.
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Operant conditioning?
Odpověď
Learning in which consequences change the future frequency of voluntary behavior.
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Law of effect?
Odpověď
Behaviors followed by satisfying consequences become more likely, while behaviors followed by unpleasant consequences become less likely.
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Spontaneous recovery?
Odpověď
An extinguished conditioned response briefly returns after a rest period.
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Stimulus discrimination?
Odpověď
Learning to respond differently to the conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli.
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Reinforcement?
Odpověď
Any consequence that increases a behavior.
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Higher-order conditioning?
Odpověď
An established conditioned stimulus helps a new neutral stimulus become conditioned without direct pairing with the original unconditioned stimulus.
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Counterconditioning?
Odpověď
Replacing an unwanted conditioned response by pairing the trigger with a new, incompatible response.
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Habituation?
Odpověď
A reduced response after repeated exposure to a harmless, unchanged stimulus.
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Punishment?
Odpověď
Any consequence that decreases a behavior.
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Partial reinforcement?
Odpověď
Reinforcing only some responses; learning is slower, but behavior resists extinction.
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Why can taste aversion form after one delayed pairing?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Whether the scientific value justifies the risks and whether safeguards reduce those risks to an acceptable level.
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Fixed-ratio schedule?
Odpověď
Reinforcement follows a set number of responses.
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Observational learning?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Positive reinforcement.
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Primary reinforcer?
Odpověď
A naturally rewarding stimulus tied to biological needs, such as food when hungry.
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Variable-ratio schedule?
Odpověď
Reinforcement follows an unpredictable number of responses, producing persistent responding.
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Modeling?
Odpověď
Performing a behavior after observing it in another person.
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Which response pattern is typical of a fixed-ratio schedule?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Negative reinforcement.
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Conditioned reinforcer?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Vicarious reinforcement.
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Fixed-interval schedule?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Positive punishment.
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Shaping?
Odpověď
Reinforcing successive approximations toward a target behavior.
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Extinction in operant conditioning?
Odpověď
A behavior weakens when it no longer produces reinforcement.
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Variable-interval schedule?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Negative punishment.
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Learned helplessness?
Odpověď
After repeated uncontrollable negative events, a person or animal stops trying to escape even when escape becomes possible.
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Continuous reinforcement?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
A fixed-interval schedule.
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Discriminative stimulus?
Odpověď
A cue that signals when a particular response is likely to be reinforced.
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Operant generalization versus discrimination?
Odpověď
Generalization spreads a learned response to similar cues; discrimination limits it to cues that signal reinforcement.
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Instinctive drift?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Observers are often more likely to attend to and imitate models they see as similar or relevant.
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Vicarious conditioning?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
A variable-interval schedule.
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Children imitate a rewarded model more than a punished model. Supported claim?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Random assignment helps balance preexisting differences between groups, strengthening a causal inference about the model's effect.
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Latent learning?
Odpověď
Learning that occurs without obvious reinforcement and appears later when there is an incentive.
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Cognitive map?
Odpověď
A mental representation of the layout of an environment.
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Insight learning?
Odpověď
A sudden cognitive solution without visible trial-and-error steps.
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Biological preparedness?
Odpověď
An evolved readiness to learn some associations more easily than others.
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What can mirror-neuron activity show?
Odpověď
Some neural systems respond during both action and observation, though this alone doesn't explain all imitation or empathy.
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Attribution?
Odpověď
An explanation for the cause of a person's behavior or an event.
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Attitude?
Odpověď
An evaluation of a person, object, issue, or behavior, involving beliefs, feelings, and action tendencies.
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Upward social comparison?
Odpověď
Comparing oneself with someone doing better, which can inspire improvement or reduce satisfaction.
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Optimistic explanatory style?
Odpověď
Explaining setbacks as temporary, specific, and changeable rather than permanent and global.
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Situational attribution?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Cognitive dissonance.
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Downward social comparison?
Odpověď
Comparing oneself with someone doing worse, which can protect self-evaluation.
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Internal locus of control?
Odpověď
The belief that one's actions strongly influence outcomes.
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Dispositional attribution?
Odpověď
Explaining behavior through internal traits, motives, or abilities.
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Pessimistic explanatory style?
Odpověď
Explaining setbacks as lasting, widespread, and rooted in personal failure.
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Relative deprivation?
Odpověď
Feeling disadvantaged by comparing one's situation with the situation one believes others have.
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External locus of control?
Odpověď
The belief that outcomes mainly depend on luck, fate, or powerful outside forces.
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Fundamental attribution error?
Odpověď
Overestimating personality and underestimating the situation when explaining someone else's behavior.
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Halo effect?
Odpověď
One favorable trait shapes an overly positive overall judgment of a person.
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Self-fulfilling prophecy?
Odpověď
An expectation changes behavior in ways that help make the expected outcome occur.
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Mere-exposure effect?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
The central route.
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Effort justification?
Odpověď
Valuing an outcome more after investing substantial effort in it, which reduces dissonance.
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Stereotype?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Insufficient justification: the small reward provides too little external explanation, so attitude change reduces dissonance.
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Prejudice?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
People are more likely to accept a message from a source seen as knowledgeable and trustworthy.
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Conformity?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
The bystander effect.
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Diffusion of responsibility?
Odpověď
Each person feels less personally responsible when others are available to act.
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How can taking on a role affect attitude?
Odpověď
Repeated role-consistent behavior can gradually shift beliefs and self-perception.
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In-group bias?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
When the attitude is specific, accessible, personally important, and social pressure is limited.
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Discrimination?
Odpověď
Unjustified behavior toward people because of group membership.
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Out-group homogeneity effect?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
A bimodal distribution, with two distinct peaks.
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Just-world belief?
Odpověď
The assumption that people generally get what they deserve, which can encourage victim blaming.
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Implicit attitude?
Odpověď
An automatic evaluation that can affect responses without deliberate awareness.
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Ethnocentrism?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
People may favor supporting evidence and retain the belief even after its original support is discredited.
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Normative social influence?
Odpověď
Conforming to gain approval or avoid rejection.
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Psychodynamic view of personality?
Odpověď
Unconscious conflicts and motives influence personality and behavior.
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Norm of reciprocity?
Odpověď
The expectation that people should return help or favors.
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Individualism?
Odpověď
A cultural orientation that gives greater priority to personal goals, autonomy, and individual identity.
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Informational social influence?
Odpověď
Conforming because the group is treated as a source of accurate information.
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Id?
Odpověď
The psychodynamic component driven by immediate gratification and the pleasure principle.
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Altruism?
Odpověď
Helping intended to benefit another person without requiring a personal reward.
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Social norm?
Odpověď
A group's shared expectation about acceptable behavior.
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What tends to increase conformity?
Odpověď
Unanimity, group size up to a point, public responses, ambiguity, and group importance.
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Ego?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Social facilitation: an audience strengthens the dominant response.
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Collectivism?
Odpověď
A cultural orientation that gives greater priority to group goals, interdependence, and shared identity.
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Obedience?
Odpověď
Changing behavior in response to a direct command from an authority.
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Superego?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Denial.
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Social-responsibility norm?
Odpověď
The expectation that people should help those who depend on them or need assistance.
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How does proximity affect attraction?
Odpověď
Frequent contact creates opportunities for familiarity and relationship development.
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What tends to increase obedience?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Displacement.
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Social loafing?
Odpověď
Exerting less effort when individual contributions to a group task aren't identifiable.
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Multiculturalism?
Odpověď
Recognizing and supporting distinct cultural identities within a shared society or institution.
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How does similarity affect attraction?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Projection.
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Helping falls as group size rises. Best explanation?
Odpověď
Responsibility diffuses across more bystanders; the result doesn't show that groups eliminate empathy.
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Deindividuation?
Odpověď
Reduced self-awareness and restraint in an anonymous or arousing group setting.
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Group polarization?
Odpověď
Discussion strengthens the group's initial average tendency.
Kartička 513
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After being rejected, an applicant says the opportunity was worthless anyway. Which defense mechanism fits?
Odpověď
Rationalization.
Kartička 514
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A cohesive team ignores warnings and pressures doubters to preserve agreement. Which process is this?
Odpověď
Groupthink.
Kartička 515
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Pluralistic ignorance?
Odpověď
People privately reject a norm or perceive danger but assume others' calm behavior means it is accepted or safe.
Kartička 516
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Social trap?
Odpověď
Individuals pursue short-term self-interest that produces a worse long-term outcome for everyone.
Kartička 517
Otázka
Reaction formation?
Odpověď
Expressing the opposite of an unacceptable impulse.
Kartička 518
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Superordinate goal?
Odpověď
A shared goal that competing groups can reach only through cooperation.
Kartička 519
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False-consensus effect?
Odpověď
Overestimating how widely other people share one's beliefs or behavior.
Kartička 520
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Industrial-organizational psychology?
Odpověď
Applying psychological science to work, organizations, hiring, performance, and employee well-being.
Kartička 521
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Repression?
Odpověď
Unconsciously blocking distressing thoughts or impulses from awareness.
Kartička 522
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Burnout?
Odpověď
Work-related exhaustion, detachment or cynicism, and reduced sense of effectiveness after chronic stress.
Kartička 523
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Unconditional positive regard?
Odpověď
Acceptance and respect that aren't dependent on meeting another person's conditions.
Kartička 524
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Trait?
Odpověď
A relatively stable tendency to think, feel, or behave in a certain way.
Kartička 525
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Regression as a defense mechanism?
Odpověď
Reverting to an earlier pattern of behavior when facing stress or conflict.
Kartička 526
Otázka
Reciprocal determinism?
Odpověď
Behavior, personal factors, and environment influence one another.
Kartička 527
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Self-efficacy?
Odpověď
Belief in one's ability to perform a specific task or meet a challenge.
Kartička 528
Otázka
Self-concept in humanistic theory?
Odpověď
A person's organized understanding of who they are.
Kartička 529
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Sublimation as a defense mechanism?
Odpověď
Redirecting an unacceptable impulse into a socially valued activity.
Kartička 530
Otázka
A person seeks novel ideas, art, and unfamiliar experiences. Which Big Five trait is most evident?
Odpověď
Openness.
Kartička 531
Otázka
Personality inventory?
Odpověď
A standardized self-report questionnaire used to measure traits or patterns.
Kartička 532
Otázka
Self-actualizing tendency?
Odpověď
The humanistic idea that people are motivated to grow and fulfill their capacities.
Kartička 533
Otázka
Self-esteem?
Odpověď
A person's overall evaluation of their worth or value.
Kartička 534
Otázka
Instinct in motivation research?
Odpověď
An innate, typically fixed behavior pattern in nonhuman animals; this framework doesn't classify human motivation as instinctual.
Kartička 535
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A person plans carefully, meets deadlines, and follows through. Which Big Five trait is most evident?
Odpověď
Conscientiousness.
Kartička 536
Otázka
Projective test?
Odpověď
An ambiguous stimulus used to invite responses thought to reflect inner themes; reliability and validity can be limited.
Kartička 537
Otázka
How does factor analysis help trait research?
Odpověď
It identifies clusters of correlated behaviors or questionnaire items that may reflect broader traits.
Kartička 538
Otázka
Drive-reduction theory?
Odpověď
A physiological need creates arousal that motivates behavior to restore balance.
Kartička 539
Otázka
A person is sociable, assertive, and energized by group interaction. Which Big Five trait is most evident?
Odpověď
Extraversion.
Kartička 540
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Person–situation debate?
Odpověď
It asks how much behavior reflects stable traits versus changing contexts.
Kartička 541
Otázka
A training study reports Cohen's d = 0.65 for improvement in self-efficacy. What does this statistic describe?
Odpověď
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.
Kartička 542
Otázka
Homeostasis?
Odpověď
The body's tendency to maintain a stable internal state.
Kartička 543
Otázka
Incentive theory?
Odpověď
External rewards or goals pull behavior toward them.
Kartička 544
Otázka
Big Five agreeableness?
Odpověď
Compassion, trust, and cooperativeness.
Kartička 545
Otázka
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?
Odpověď
Regression toward the mean: an extreme score is often followed by a less extreme score because temporary influences are unlikely to repeat exactly.
Kartička 546
Otázka
A student must choose between two appealing internships. Which motivational conflict is this?
Odpověď
An approach–approach conflict.
Kartička 547
Otázka
Arousal theory of motivation?
Odpověď
People seek a personally suitable level of stimulation.
Kartička 548
Otázka
Big Five emotional stability?
Odpověď
A tendency toward calm and resilience; it is the inverse of neuroticism.
Kartička 549
Otázka
What regulates hunger?
Odpověď
Biological signals such as ghrelin and leptin interact with learning, culture, stress, and food cues.
Kartička 550
Otázka
Three broad components of emotion?
Odpověď
Physiological arousal, expressive behavior, and conscious experience or appraisal.
Kartička 551
Otázka
Self-determination theory?
Odpověď
Motivation grows when autonomy, competence, and relatedness are supported.
Kartička 552
Otázka
Emotion regulation?
Odpověď
Processes used to influence which emotions arise, when they arise, and how they are expressed.
Kartička 553
Otázka
Sensation-seeking?
Odpověď
A tendency to pursue novel, varied, or intense experiences, sometimes despite risk.
Kartička 554
Otázka
Cognitive appraisal in emotion?
Odpověď
Interpreting what an event means for one's goals, safety, or well-being.
Kartička 555
Otázka
Intrinsic motivation?
Odpověď
Doing an activity for its own interest or satisfaction.
Kartička 556
Otázka
Display rules?
Odpověď
Cultural norms that shape when and how emotions are expressed.
Kartička 557
Otázka
Arousal and performance relationship?
Odpověď
Moderate arousal often supports difficult tasks, while higher arousal can help simple or well-learned tasks.
Kartička 558
Otázka
A promotion offers higher pay but requires an unwanted move. Which motivational conflict is this?
Odpověď
An approach–avoidance conflict.
Kartička 559
Otázka
Extrinsic motivation?
Odpověď
Doing an activity for an external reward or to avoid punishment.
Kartička 560
Otázka
Achievement motivation?
Odpověď
The drive to meet standards, master tasks, and pursue success.
Kartička 561
Otázka
Four sensation-seeking dimensions?
Odpověď
Thrill and adventure seeking, experience seeking, disinhibition, and boredom susceptibility.
Kartička 562
Otázka
A person must either pay a fine or complete an unpleasant course. Which motivational conflict is this?
Odpověď
An avoidance–avoidance conflict.
Kartička 563
Otázka
Overjustification effect?
Odpověď
Expected external rewards can reduce intrinsic interest in an activity already enjoyed.
Kartička 564
Otázka
Belongingness motivation?
Odpověď
The drive to form and maintain stable, positive relationships with other people.
Kartička 565
Otázka
Study time changed after students chose their own topic:
Condition Mean minutes Assigned topic 34 Chosen topic 47 What is the observed mean difference?
Odpověď
13 minutes more in the chosen-topic condition; the table alone does not show whether the difference is statistically significant.
Kartička 566
Otázka
Facial-feedback effect?
Odpověď
Facial expressions can influence the emotion a person experiences.
Kartička 567
Otázka
Can bodily arousal occur before conscious interpretation?
Odpověď
Yes. Some emotional responses begin quickly, while later appraisal shapes the experience.
Kartička 568
Otázka
A speaker reframes a racing heart as readiness rather than danger. Which emotion-regulation strategy is this?
Odpověď
Cognitive reappraisal.
Kartička 569
Otázka
Broaden-and-build view?
Odpověď
Positive emotion can widen attention and action possibilities, helping build lasting resources.
Kartička 570
Otázka
Which emotions often appear across cultures?
Odpověď
Anger, disgust, sadness, happiness, surprise, and fear, though findings on universality are mixed.
Kartička 571
Otázka
How can the same arousal become different emotions?
Odpověď
Context and cognitive interpretation can label similar physiological arousal differently.
Kartička 572
Otázka
Expressive suppression?
Odpověď
Inhibiting the outward display of emotion after it has arisen.
Kartička 573
Otázka
How does acute stress affect the body?
Odpověď
It activates sympathetic and hormonal responses that mobilize energy for immediate demands.
Kartička 574
Otázka
Cultures differ in public emotional expression. What shouldn't be concluded?
Odpověď
That people in one culture don't experience the emotion; display rules can alter expression.
Kartička 575
Otázka
In a medication study, neither participants nor outcome raters know who receives the active drug or an inactive pill. What two safeguards are present?
Odpověď
A placebo control and double-blinding, which reduce expectancy effects and observer bias.
Kartička 576
Otázka
A scatterplot rises from lower left to upper right, with points close to a line. What relationship does it show?
Odpověď
A strong positive correlation: higher values of one variable tend to occur with higher values of the other.
Kartička 577
Otázka
Health psychology?
Odpověď
The study of how biological, psychological, and social factors affect health and illness.
Kartička 578
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Positive psychology?
Odpověď
The scientific study of strengths, well-being, and conditions that help people and communities thrive.
Kartička 579
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Stress?
Odpověď
The process of appraising and responding to events viewed as threatening or demanding.
Kartička 580
Otázka
A study records stress ratings from 1 to 10 and also collects open-ended descriptions. Which data are quantitative and which are qualitative?
Odpověď
The numeric ratings are quantitative; the written descriptions are qualitative.
Kartička 581
Otázka
Why do sleep, exercise, and nutrition matter to health psychology?
Odpověď
They are behaviors that interact with stress and biology to influence health outcomes.
Kartička 582
Otázka
Resilience?
Odpověď
Adapting or recovering after adversity; it is a process, not a guarantee of being unaffected.
Kartička 583
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Stressor?
Odpověď
An event or condition that challenges a person's ability to cope.
Kartička 584
Otázka
General adaptation syndrome?
Odpověď
A three-phase pattern of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion under prolonged stress.
Kartička 585
Otázka
A worker makes a schedule and asks for resources to reduce a controllable workload. Which coping approach is this?
Odpověď
Problem-focused coping.
Kartička 586
Otázka
A stress study uses nonhuman animals. What ethical duties apply?
Odpověď
Researchers need scientific justification, humane care, the least possible pain and distress, and oversight by an institutional animal care and use committee.
Kartička 587
Otázka
A student first judges whether an upcoming exam threatens an important goal. Which appraisal is this?
Odpověď
Primary appraisal.
Kartička 588
Otázka
What happens during the alarm phase of general adaptation syndrome?
Odpověď
A fight, flight, or freeze response mobilizes resources when the stressor is first encountered.
Kartička 589
Otázka
How can major trauma and daily hassles both create stress?
Odpověď
One can overwhelm through intensity, while repeated smaller demands can accumulate over time.
Kartička 590
Otázka
A person uses breathing and social support to manage feelings about an unchangeable loss. Which coping approach is this?
Odpověď
Emotion-focused coping.
Kartička 591
Otázka
The student next considers available study time, tutoring, and coping options. Which appraisal is this?
Odpověď
Secondary appraisal.
Kartička 592
Otázka
Why can prolonged exhaustion increase illness risk?
Odpověď
Stress resources are depleted, and sustained physiological activation can weaken health and immune function.
Kartička 593
Otázka
Adverse childhood experiences?
Odpověď
Potentially traumatic childhood conditions linked with higher later health risks, without determining any one person's outcome.
Kartička 594
Otázka
How can social support protect health?
Odpověď
It provides practical help, belonging, perspective, and a buffer against stress.
Kartička 595
Otázka
Eustress versus distress?
Odpověď
Eustress is experienced as motivating or manageable; distress is experienced as harmful or overwhelming.
Kartička 596
Otázka
Tend-and-befriend response?
Odpověď
Coping with stress by caring for needs and seeking supportive connection, a pattern observed especially among women.
Kartička 597
Otázka
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?
Odpověď
Resilience; both accounts describe adapting or recovering after adversity.
Kartička 598
Otázka
Biofeedback?
Odpověď
Using real-time information about bodily activity to learn voluntary regulation of that activity.
Kartička 599
Otázka
How does perceived control affect stress?
Odpověď
A sense of control often reduces stress, while uncontrollability can intensify it.
Kartička 600
Otázka
Psychoneuroimmunology?
Odpověď
The study of interactions among psychological processes, the nervous system, hormones, and immune function.
Kartička 601
Otázka
Subjective well-being?
Odpověď
A person's life satisfaction together with the balance of positive and negative emotion.
Kartička 602
Otázka
Psychological disorder?
Odpověď
A clinically significant disturbance in thought, emotion, or behavior that causes distress or impairment.
Kartička 603
Otázka
How can gratitude practice affect well-being?
Odpověď
Regularly noticing valued experiences can increase positive emotion for some people, though effects vary.
Kartička 604
Otázka
A school survey samples 120 students from a population of 1,800 enrolled students. What are the sample and population?
Odpověď
The 120 respondents are the sample; all 1,800 enrolled students are the target population.
Kartička 605
Otázka
Signature strengths?
Odpověď
Character strengths that are especially central and natural to a person and can be used deliberately.
Kartička 606
Otázka
Biopsychosocial model?
Odpověď
Biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors interact in health and disorder.
Kartička 607
Otázka
Six broad virtue categories in positive psychology?
Odpověď
Wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence.
Kartička 608
Otázka
Posttraumatic growth?
Odpověď
Positive psychological change that can develop through struggling with trauma or major stress; it doesn't erase harm.
Kartička 609
Otázka
An optional well-being survey is completed mostly by students who already attend wellness clubs. How does this affect generalizability?
Odpověď
Self-selection creates sampling bias, so the results may not generalize to students with different interests or experiences.
Kartička 610
Otázka
A survey asks people to report how often they exercise. What limitation should the researcher consider?
Odpověď
Self-report can be distorted by inaccurate memory, question wording, or socially desirable answers.
Kartička 611
Otázka
A treatment comparison reports p = .03 with a preset alpha of .05. Is the result statistically significant?
Odpověď
Yes. Because .03 is below .05, the result is statistically significant, though that does not show the effect is large or important.
Kartička 612
Otázka
A striking well-being result appears in one small study. What should happen before confidence grows?
Odpověď
Independent replication and critical peer review should test whether the finding is reliable and the methods support the claim.
Kartička 613
Otázka
Biological explanation of disorder?
Odpověď
It focuses on genetic, neural, hormonal, or other physiological factors.
Kartička 614
Otázka
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?
Odpověď
A neurodevelopmental disorder involving developmentally inappropriate inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that impairs functioning.
Kartička 615
Otázka
Purpose of the DSM?
Odpověď
It supplies shared diagnostic categories and criteria for communication, research, and treatment planning.
Kartička 616
Otázka
What must informed consent explain before people join a psychology study?
Odpověď
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.
Kartička 617
Otázka
Behavioral explanation of disorder?
Odpověď
It focuses on maladaptive responses learned through conditioning or observation.
Kartička 618
Otázka
Autism spectrum disorder?
Odpověď
A neurodevelopmental disorder involving differences in social communication and restricted or repetitive behavior, with varied support needs.
Kartička 619
Otázka
Schizophrenia's broad symptom areas?
Odpověď
Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thought or speech, disorganized movement, and negative symptoms.
Kartička 620
Otázka
Major depressive disorder?
Odpověď
A sustained depressive episode with mood, cognitive, physical, and motivational changes that impair functioning.
Kartička 621
Otázka
Specific phobia?
Odpověď
Intense, persistent fear of a particular object or situation that leads to avoidance or distress.
Kartička 622
Otázka
Obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Odpověď
Obsessions, compulsions, or both consume time or cause significant distress or impairment.
Kartička 623
Otázka
Dissociative amnesia?
Odpověď
Inability to recall important autobiographical information, usually related to trauma or stress, beyond ordinary forgetting.
Kartička 624
Otázka
Bipolar I disorder?
Odpověď
A bipolar disorder defined by at least one full manic episode, often with depressive episodes.
Kartička 625
Otázka
Posttraumatic stress disorder?
Odpověď
Persistent intrusion, avoidance, negative mood or thinking, and heightened arousal after trauma exposure.
Kartička 626
Otázka
Anorexia nervosa?
Odpověď
Persistent energy restriction, significantly low body weight, intense fear of weight gain, and disturbed body experience.
Kartička 627
Otázka
Cognitive explanation of disorder?
Odpověď
It focuses on maladaptive beliefs, interpretations, and thinking patterns.
Kartička 628
Otázka
Bipolar II disorder?
Odpověď
A bipolar disorder involving hypomanic and major depressive episodes without a full manic episode.
Kartička 629
Otázka
Purpose of the ICD?
Odpověď
The World Health Organization's classification system supplies internationally used codes and categories for health conditions, including mental disorders.
Kartička 630
Otázka
Bulimia nervosa?
Odpověď
Repeated binge eating followed by compensatory behavior, with self-evaluation strongly influenced by body shape or weight.
Kartička 631
Otázka
What broadly defines a personality disorder pattern?
Odpověď
An enduring, inflexible pattern that departs from cultural expectations, begins in adolescence or early adulthood, and causes distress or impairment.
Kartička 632
Otázka
Ataque de nervios?
Odpověď
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.
Kartička 633
Otázka
Psychodynamic explanation of disorder?
Odpověď
It focuses on unconscious conflicts and early relationships.
Kartička 634
Otázka
Three considerations when identifying a psychological disorder?
Odpověď
Dysfunction, experienced distress, and deviation from social norms, interpreted with cultural context.
Kartička 635
Otázka
When may deception be ethically considered in research, and what must follow?
Odpověď
Only when justified, minimal-risk, and not replaceable by a practical alternative; researchers must debrief participants promptly and explain the deception.
Kartička 636
Otázka
Comorbidity?
Odpověď
The presence of two or more disorders in the same person.
Kartička 637
Otázka
Humanistic explanation of distress?
Odpověď
It focuses on blocked growth, incongruence, and conditions of worth.
Kartička 638
Otázka
Confidential versus anonymous research data?
Odpověď
Confidential data can be linked to identities but are protected; anonymous data are collected without identifying links.
Kartička 639
Otázka
Stigma around mental disorder?
Odpověď
Negative stereotypes and discrimination that can increase distress and discourage help-seeking.
Kartička 640
Otázka
Why must diagnosis consider culture?
Odpověď
Norms affect how distress is expressed and interpreted, so behavior can't be judged outside its context.
Kartička 641
Otázka
Sociocultural explanation of disorder?
Odpověď
It focuses on social roles, inequality, relationships, discrimination, and cultural context.
Kartička 642
Otázka
Two clinicians independently use the same criteria. What quality is being checked?
Odpověď
Interrater reliability.
Kartička 643
Otázka
A category improves communication but overlaps another category. Balanced conclusion?
Odpověď
Classification is useful, but boundaries and comorbidity limit the idea of perfectly separate disorders.
Kartička 644
Otázka
Best account of neurodevelopmental-disorder causes?
Odpověď
Genetic, physiological, and environmental factors may interact; no single cause explains every case.
Kartička 645
Otázka
Evolutionary explanation of disorder?
Odpověď
It asks whether a behavior or mental process reflects an adaptation, mismatch, or cost related to survival and reproduction.
Kartička 646
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Delusion?
Odpověď
A firmly held false belief that persists despite strong contrary evidence and isn't explained by cultural context.
Kartička 647
Otázka
Agoraphobia?
Odpověď
Intense fear of situations where escape or help may feel difficult, such as crowds, transit, open spaces, or being outside alone.
Kartička 648
Otázka
Best account of schizophrenia risk?
Odpověď
Biological vulnerability, including genetic and neural factors, interacts with prenatal and later environmental stressors.
Kartička 649
Otázka
Eclectic approach to disorder?
Odpověď
Using ideas or treatments from more than one psychological perspective when evidence and client needs support them.
Kartička 650
Otázka
Hallucination?
Odpověď
A sensory perception without a matching external stimulus.
Kartička 651
Otázka
Panic disorder?
Odpověď
Recurrent unexpected panic attacks followed by continuing concern or behavior change related to more attacks.
Kartička 652
Otázka
Best account of depressive-disorder causes?
Odpověď
Biological vulnerability can interact with learning, cognition, relationships, culture, and stressful events.
Kartička 653
Otázka
Two people face the same stressor, but the person with greater underlying vulnerability develops symptoms. Which model fits?
Odpověď
The diathesis–stress model.
Kartička 654
Otázka
Cluster A personality disorders?
Odpověď
The odd or eccentric cluster: paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders.
Kartička 655
Otázka
What do psychotherapy meta-analyses generally find?
Odpověď
Psychotherapy is effective on average, while outcomes vary by problem, method, therapist, and client.
Kartička 656
Otázka
Evidence-based treatment?
Odpověď
Using the best research evidence together with clinical expertise and the client's needs, culture, and preferences.
Kartička 657
Otázka
Therapeutic alliance?
Odpověď
A collaborative, trusting relationship in which client and therapist agree on goals and work.
Kartička 658
Otázka
Cultural humility in therapy?
Odpověď
Ongoing self-reflection, respect, and willingness to learn from the client's cultural experience.
Kartička 659
Otázka
Deinstitutionalization?
Odpověď
Moving many people from long-term psychiatric hospitals toward community-based care, aided partly by medication.
Kartička 660
Otázka
A client safely approaches a feared situation in planned steps instead of avoiding it. Which treatment method is this?
Odpověď
Exposure therapy.
Kartička 661
Otázka
Nonmaleficence in therapy?
Odpověď
Avoiding or minimizing harm.
Kartička 662
Otázka
Four medication categories in the course?
Odpověď
Antidepressants, antianxiety drugs, lithium, and antipsychotic medications.
Kartička 663
Otázka
Depressive cognitive triad?
Odpověď
Negative views of oneself, the world, and the future.
Kartička 664
Otázka
Applied behavior analysis?
Odpověď
Using measured learning principles to change socially significant behavior.
Kartička 665
Otázka
Psychosurgery?
Odpověď
Rare invasive treatment that alters brain tissue; modern use is tightly limited because effects can be irreversible.
Kartička 666
Otázka
Free association?
Odpověď
A psychodynamic technique in which a client says whatever comes to mind to explore unconscious themes.
Kartička 667
Otázka
A client examines evidence for an automatic thought and develops a more accurate alternative. Which technique is this?
Odpověď
Cognitive restructuring.
Kartička 668
Otázka
One advantage of group therapy?
Odpověď
Members can receive support, feedback, and practice with others while learning they aren't alone.
Kartička 669
Otázka
Lobotomy?
Odpověď
An obsolete form of psychosurgery that cut frontal-lobe connections and often caused severe, irreversible harm.
Kartička 670
Otázka
Best account of bipolar-disorder causes?
Odpověď
Biological and genetic influences are important, while stress and social context can affect episodes.
Kartička 671
Otázka
Cognitive-behavioral therapy?
Odpověď
Treatment that changes maladaptive thinking and behavior together.
Kartička 672
Otázka
Disorganized speech in schizophrenia?
Odpověď
Speech becomes difficult to follow because ideas or words are connected in disordered ways.
Kartička 673
Otázka
Social anxiety disorder?
Odpověď
Intense fear of scrutiny or negative evaluation in social situations.
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Best account of obsessive-compulsive-disorder causes?
Odpověď
Biological factors and learned relief from compulsions can combine with maladaptive beliefs.
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Rational-emotive behavior therapy?
Odpověď
A cognitive-behavioral approach that challenges rigid, irrational beliefs and builds more workable alternatives.
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Dissociative fugue?
Odpověď
Dissociative amnesia accompanied by unexpected travel or confusion about identity.
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Cluster B personality disorders?
Odpověď
The dramatic, emotional, or erratic cluster: antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders.
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Best account of anxiety-disorder causes?
Odpověď
Biological vulnerability, learned fear, avoidance, and maladaptive interpretation can interact.
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Catatonia?
Odpověď
Markedly disordered movement, which can include unusual excitement or profound lack of movement.
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Manic episode?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Disruption of identity involving distinct personality states and gaps in autobiographical memory.
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Best account of feeding and eating disorder causes?
Odpověď
Biological, cognitive, behavioral, family, social, and cultural factors can interact.
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Cluster C personality disorders?
Odpověď
The anxious or fearful cluster: avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.
Kartička 684
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Taijin kyofusho?
Odpověď
A culture-related syndrome described in Japan involving intense fear that one's appearance, gaze, odor, or behavior will offend or embarrass other people.
Kartička 685
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Negative symptom of schizophrenia?
Odpověď
A reduction in a typical function, such as emotional expression, speech, motivation, or movement.
Kartička 686
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What experiences are often linked with dissociative disorders?
Odpověď
Severe trauma or stress, though diagnosis requires careful assessment and isn't inferred from trauma alone.
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Hypomanic episode?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Persistent, hard-to-control anxiety and worry across several areas of life.
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Hoarding disorder?
Odpověď
Persistent difficulty discarding possessions, producing clutter that impairs the use of living spaces.
Kartička 690
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Best account of personality-disorder causes?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Diagnosis depends on a broader pattern, duration, distress or impairment, context, and alternative explanations.
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Persistent depressive disorder?
Odpověď
A chronic depressed mood with related symptoms lasting at least two years in adults or one year in children and adolescents.
Kartička 693
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Fidelity in therapy ethics?
Odpověď
Maintaining trust, responsibility, and professional commitments.
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Systematic desensitization?
Odpověď
Gradual exposure to a fear hierarchy while practicing relaxation or another incompatible response.
Kartička 695
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Dream interpretation in psychodynamic therapy?
Odpověď
Exploring possible personal meanings and unconscious themes in dreams, not treating dreams as objective facts.
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Dialectical behavior therapy?
Odpověď
A cognitive-behavioral approach that builds mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and relationship skills.
Kartička 697
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Integrity in therapy ethics?
Odpověď
Being honest and accurate in professional work.
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Aversion therapy?
Odpověď
Pairing an unwanted behavior with an unpleasant stimulus to reduce the behavior.
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Tardive dyskinesia?
Odpověď
A movement disorder that can occur as a serious side effect of long-term antipsychotic medication.
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ECT versus TMS?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Protecting autonomy, privacy, confidentiality, and fair treatment.
Kartička 702
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A clinic awards points for target behaviors, and clients exchange the points for privileges. Which method is this?
Odpověď
A token economy.
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A therapist emphasizes empathy, genuineness, active listening, and unconditional positive regard. Which approach is this?
Odpověď
Person-centered therapy.
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What can hypnosis treat, and what can't it reliably do?
Odpověď
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?
Odpověď
Combined treatment can be useful for some clients, but the best plan depends on the condition and individual evidence.
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