Psyc 101 - Final SI Review

A nurse administers a high dose of medication to a patient after being told to do so by a doctor, despite knowing it’s potentially harmful. This is best explained by which concept?

Obedience

How might social loafing influence voter turnout during a national election?

Individuals may believe their vote doesn’t matter

What kind of individuals are important to prevent groupthink in a decision-making team?

Those who speak up and challenge group ideas

A political discussion group becomes more extreme in its views after several heated discussions with like-mind members. What is this an example of?

Group Polarization

Why might a high school basketball team perform better during home games than away games?

Social facilitation increases motivation and performance

A person who is normally reserved begins shouting insults during an anonymous online group chat. This behavior is best explained by which concept?

Deindividuation

In therapy, Sarah says she feels like she’s not the person she wants to be. Her therapist explores the gap between Sarah’s “ideal self” and her “actual self”. This focus on self-concept is a hallmark of __________.

Client-centered therapy

What biological factor best explains rumination (a major symptom of depression)?

Lack of plasticity

Which of the following is not a clinical diagnostic tool?

Projective Tests

Reed’s medication causes hand tremors that resemble the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. What medication is he taking?

A traditional antipsychotic

Bob took LSD and started hallucinating. Why can’t Bob be diagnosed with schizophrenia?

His hallucinations are not coming from an internal source

Which of the following is a potential cause of anxiety from the Biological Perspective?

We are scared of what our ancestors were scared of

True or False? Compulsions are examples of negative reinforcement.

True

Hallucinations, bizarre behaviors, and disassociated thoughts are all _____________ of schizophrenia

Positive Symptoms

Jamie was reminiscing about her last birthday party. She was thinking about the dress she wore, the presents she received, and the people who attended. What type of memory is at work here?

Episodic

Gut bacteria imbalance is called _______.

Dysbiosis

When discussing controversial topics, Daniel typically tends to fence-sit to avoid offending anyone. Daniel likely scores ______.

High in agreeableness

Growing up, Kyle was not spoken to very much because his parents were busy working. Because of this, his IQ score is…

Low

When Katie broke up with her boyfriend, eventually, her heart rate no longer when she would see him. This is..

Extinction

______ receive messages from other cells and _____ sends messages away from the cell body to other neurons.

Dendrites; axons

For every A+ Max made in a class, his parents would give him 50 dollars. What are Max’s parents exercising?

Positive Reinforcement

When the HPA Axis releases __________, immune functioning will ____________.

Cortisol; decrease

Stacy thinks that no one likes her, which makes her pessimistic. Her pessimism makes her unfriendly and unlikable. What is she doing?

She is demonstrating the self-fulfilling prophecy and reciprocal determinism!

Dr. Dre announced a list of 12 words to the class. After his announcement, he noticed that his students tended to remember the words at the beginning and at the end of the list. What encoding effect is Dr. Dre’s students demonstrating?

Serial position effect

To help himself remember every color in the rainbow, Alex condenses the colors into ROYGBIV. What is this called?

Chunking

True or False? Reproductively, women invest more than men.

True

A major reason why adolescents tend to make irrational and irresponsible decisions is because their ________ has not fully developed.

Pre-frontal cortex

Which term influences perception?

Ambiguous stimuli, context, Previous experience and expectancies

When Max is feeling sluggish, his mom always gives him a green smoothie with a lot of probiotics in it. Why does his mom do this?

Because the gut influences behavior

Where does perception of flavor occur?

Orbitofrontal cortex

Dr. Leonardo wants to investigate the relationship between cigarette smoking and anxiety levels. After conducting a survey, he finds that as the number of cigarettes smoked per day increases, anxiety levels also increase. What type of research strategy is Dr. Leonardo using?

Correlation

To prevent bad breath, you brush your teeth. This demonstrates ________.

Negative reinforcement

Why are human mostly a monogamous species?

Monogamy helps with raising children

Abby exercises every day, and she quit smoking. She likely has ________.

A high amount of self-efficacy