AP Psych 51-100

According to the APA are learning styles real?

No, they are a myth

A child thinks she is bad at math then ends up doing badly in math. This is an example of a

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Conservatives/Liberals who only watch Fox News/MSNBC may be susceptible to

Confirmation bias

The tendency of behavior to influence our own and other's’ thoughts, feelings, and actions

Behavior feedback effect

What state passed the world’s first Eugenics sterilization law in 1907?

Indiana

What state sterilized the most Americans and a disproportionately high number of Mexican-Americans?

California

The study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior

Behavior genetics

The study of how environments can influence genetic expression (How genes work)

Epigenetics

The study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using the principle of natural selection

Evolutionary psychology

Name all 6 contemporary approaches to psychology

Behaviorism, biological, cognitive, humanism, psychoanalytic, social

Name the famous psychologist who believed unconscious sexual urges influence conscious behavior

Sigmund Freud

Psychoanalytic psychology was created by whom?

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud compared the mind to what large natural object?

An iceberg

The biggest criticism of psychoanalytic psychology is that it is what

Unscientific

Who was Sigmund Freud’s nephew

Edward Bernays

Sigmund Freud believed women suffer from what

Penis envy

Karen Horney believed men suffered from what

Womb envy

Edward Bernays used psychoanalytic psychology to convince women to do what

Smoke

Psychologist who said free will was a fiction

B.F. Skinner

A teacher who awards her students extra credit for arriving on time to class is using what kind of psychology

Behaviorism

Kind of behavioral therapy; person is conditioned to associate an unpleasant state (such as nausea) with an unwanted behavior (such as drinking alcohol)

Aversive conditioning

Behavioral treatment method used in conversion therapy to “cure” people of homosexuality

Aversive conditioningThe

The encoding of a memory that requires attention and conscious effort

Effortful processing

Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

Inattentional blindness

Memory of facts and experiences that we can consciously know and “declare”, aka declarative memory

Explicit memory

What term refers to the ability of the brain to from new connections in response to learning or experience?

Plasticity

Which approach to psychology believes all people have a need for personal growth and a need to fulfill their unique potential?

Humanism

What kind of psychological therapy teaches that active listening, empathy, and unconditional love can change a person’s behavior for the better?

Humanism

Empathetic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and seeks clarification. A feature of Rogers’ person-centered therapy

Active listening

The view that intelligence, abilities and talents are unchangeable, even with effort

Fixed mindset

The belief that a person’s abilities and intelligence can be developed through dedication and hard work

Growth mindset

In psychology, passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals

Grit

Abraham Maslow’s levels of human needs. often visualized as a pyramid

Hierarchy of Needs

What is the key word for psychoanalytic psychology

Unconscious

What is the key word for behavioral psychology

Learning

What is the key word for cognitive psychology?

Thinking

What is the key word for social psychology

groups

What is the key word for humanistic psychology

self

What is the key word for biological psychology

the brain

What kind of psychologist might explain that introverted behavior is a product of free will

Humanism

What kind of psychologist might explain that introverted behavior is caused by rewards and punishments?

behaviorism

What kind of psychologist might explain that introverted behavior is a product of a repressed memory of trauma in childhood?

psychoanalysis

What kind of psychologist might explain that introverted behavior is a product of how a person thinks about herself

Cognitive

What kind of psychologist might explain that introverted behavior as a product of a person’s genes?

biological

What kind of psychologist might explain that introverted behavior is a product of a person’s cultural norms

social

An approach to psychotherapy that uses the best techniques from various psychological approaches

Eclectic approach

Kind of psychologist who deals with such issues as substance abuse and the mental health of children

Clinical psychologist

Kind of psychologist that works with clients who have less serious mental health issues

counseling psychologist

Kind of psychologist who applies psychological principles to civil and criminal legal issues.

Forensic psychologist

Kind of psychologist who deals with common workplace issues such as increasing worker productivty

Industrial/organizational psychologist