Flashcards Open Source App — Five-Unit Psychology Course Review

Review five units of psychology through concept recall, real-world applications, research methods, data analysis, and evidence-based reasoning.

关于这套卡组

Review a five-unit psychology course with 705 independently written cards, ready to install and study offline. The deck covers biological bases of behavior, cognition, development and learning, social psychology and personality, and mental and physical health. It supports four science practices through concept application, research methods and design, data interpretation, and argumentation.

What this deck practices

  • 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 sequence follows Units 1–5, stays within the current or next topic, and puts prerequisites and chronological steps first. Manually identified definition/application, foundation/claim, scenario, cue, and near-duplicate variants are assigned semantic families. At least three cards unrelated to either variant separate consecutive members of each family. Explicit prerequisite and chronological sequences stay together only when adjacency makes the progression easier to learn.

What's deliberately left out

The deck doesn't mechanically reverse every definition, diagnose personal anecdotes, offer treatment advice, or include long essay prompts. It stays within the reviewed five-unit course boundary and leaves out detailed genetics, neuron labeling, out-of-scope theories, unlisted disorders, names-and-dates trivia, and exhaustive study permutations.

Content and scope were reviewed on 2026-08-25.

The psychological facts and course outline aren't claimed as original. The CC0 label applies only to the independently written prompts, answers, organization, metadata, and ordering, to the extent those rights exist. No examination questions, scoring materials, curriculum text, source prose, logos, or third-party media were copied.

This independent, unofficial study deck is not affiliated with or endorsed by College Board.

这套卡组中的卡片

  1. 卡片 1

    问题

    Nature in the nature–nurture question?

    答案

    Inherited biological influences on behavior and mental processes.

  2. 卡片 2

    问题

    Central nervous system?

    答案

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

  3. 卡片 3

    问题

    Main role of the spinal cord?

    答案

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

  4. 卡片 4

    问题

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

    答案

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

  5. 卡片 5

    问题

    Nurture in the nature–nurture question?

    答案

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

  6. 卡片 6

    问题

    Peripheral nervous system?

    答案

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

  7. 卡片 7

    问题

    Reflex arc?

    答案

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

  8. 卡片 8

    问题

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

    答案

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

  9. 卡片 9

    问题

    Heritability?

    答案

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

  10. 卡片 10

    问题

    Autonomic nervous system?

    答案

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

  11. 卡片 11

    问题

    Evolutionary perspective on behavior?

    答案

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

  12. 卡片 12

    问题

    Why is eugenics scientifically and ethically invalid?

    答案

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

  13. 卡片 13

    问题

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

    答案

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

  14. 卡片 14

    问题

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

    答案

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

  15. 卡片 15

    问题

    Natural selection?

    答案

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

  16. 卡片 16

    问题

    Somatic nervous system?

    答案

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

  17. 卡片 17

    问题

    Sensory neurons?

    答案

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

  18. 卡片 18

    问题

    Which design compares adoptees with both biological and adoptive relatives?

    答案

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

  19. 卡片 19

    问题

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

    答案

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

  20. 卡片 20

    问题

    Sympathetic nervous system?

    答案

    The autonomic division that mobilizes energy during challenge or threat.

  21. 卡片 21

    问题

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

    答案

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

  22. 卡片 22

    问题

    Motor neurons?

    答案

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

  23. 卡片 23

    问题

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

    答案

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

  24. 卡片 24

    问题

    Parasympathetic nervous system?

    答案

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

  25. 卡片 25

    问题

    Resting potential?

    答案

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

  26. 卡片 26

    问题

    Interneurons?

    答案

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

  27. 卡片 27

    问题

    Adrenaline's behavioral role?

    答案

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

  28. 卡片 28

    问题

    Frontal lobes?

    答案

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

  29. 卡片 29

    问题

    Neural threshold?

    答案

    The minimum stimulation needed to trigger an action potential.

  30. 卡片 30

    问题

    Corpus callosum?

    答案

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

  31. 卡片 31

    问题

    Leptin's role in eating?

    答案

    It signals stored energy and helps reduce hunger.

  32. 卡片 32

    问题

    Temporal lobes?

    答案

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

  33. 卡片 33

    问题

    Depolarization during an action potential?

    答案

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

  34. 卡片 34

    问题

    Dopamine's major psychological functions?

    答案

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

  35. 卡片 35

    问题

    Ghrelin's role in eating?

    答案

    It helps stimulate hunger.

  36. 卡片 36

    问题

    Drug agonist?

    答案

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

  37. 卡片 37

    问题

    Action potential?

    答案

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

  38. 卡片 38

    问题

    Reuptake?

    答案

    The sending neuron reabsorbs neurotransmitter from the synapse after release.

  39. 卡片 39

    问题

    Serotonin's major psychological functions?

    答案

    Mood, sleep, appetite, and arousal regulation.

  40. 卡片 40

    问题

    Glutamate's major psychological functions?

    答案

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

  41. 卡片 41

    问题

    Refractory period?

    答案

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

  42. 卡片 42

    问题

    Melatonin's role?

    答案

    It helps regulate circadian timing and promotes sleepiness in darkness.

  43. 卡片 43

    问题

    Drug antagonist?

    答案

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

  44. 卡片 44

    问题

    Stimulants?

    答案

    Psychoactive drugs that increase central nervous system activity and alertness.

  45. 卡片 45

    问题

    Drug tolerance?

    答案

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

  46. 卡片 46

    问题

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

    答案

    Multiple sclerosis.

  47. 卡片 47

    问题

    All-or-none principle?

    答案

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

  48. 卡片 48

    问题

    Norepinephrine's major psychological functions?

    答案

    Alertness, arousal, attention, and the stress response.

  49. 卡片 49

    问题

    GABA's major psychological function?

    答案

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

  50. 卡片 50

    问题

    Oxytocin's behavioral role?

    答案

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

  51. 卡片 51

    问题

    Reuptake inhibitor?

    答案

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

  52. 卡片 52

    问题

    Depressants?

    答案

    Psychoactive drugs that reduce central nervous system activity.

  53. 卡片 53

    问题

    Drug withdrawal?

    答案

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

  54. 卡片 54

    问题

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

    答案

    Myasthenia gravis.

  55. 卡片 55

    问题

    Glial cells?

    答案

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

  56. 卡片 56

    问题

    Endorphins?

    答案

    Natural neurotransmitters that reduce pain and can produce pleasure.

  57. 卡片 57

    问题

    Substance P?

    答案

    A neurotransmitter involved in pain signaling.

  58. 卡片 58

    问题

    Acetylcholine's major functions?

    答案

    Muscle action, learning, memory, and attention.

  59. 卡片 59

    问题

    Opioids?

    答案

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

  60. 卡片 60

    问题

    Hallucinogens?

    答案

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

  61. 卡片 61

    问题

    Addiction?

    答案

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

  62. 卡片 62

    问题

    Parietal lobes?

    答案

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

  63. 卡片 63

    问题

    Consciousness?

    答案

    Awareness of internal experiences and the surrounding environment.

  64. 卡片 64

    问题

    Circadian rhythm?

    答案

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

  65. 卡片 65

    问题

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

    答案

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

  66. 卡片 66

    问题

    Occipital lobes?

    答案

    Primary cortical processing of visual information.

  67. 卡片 67

    问题

    What does split-brain research reveal?

    答案

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

  68. 卡片 68

    问题

    How does the suprachiasmatic nucleus regulate circadian rhythm?

    答案

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

  69. 卡片 69

    问题

    NREM-1 sleep?

    答案

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

  70. 卡片 70

    问题

    Motor cortex?

    答案

    A frontal-lobe strip that directs voluntary movement.

  71. 卡片 71

    问题

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

    答案

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

  72. 卡片 72

    问题

    Brainstem's core function?

    答案

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

  73. 卡片 73

    问题

    NREM-2 sleep?

    答案

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

  74. 卡片 74

    问题

    Somatosensory cortex?

    答案

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

  75. 卡片 75

    问题

    Medulla's main functions?

    答案

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

  76. 卡片 76

    问题

    Reticular activating system?

    答案

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

  77. 卡片 77

    问题

    NREM-3 sleep?

    答案

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

  78. 卡片 78

    问题

    Cerebellum's main functions?

    答案

    Balance, coordinated movement, procedural learning, and timing.

  79. 卡片 79

    问题

    Thalamus?

    答案

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

  80. 卡片 80

    问题

    Hypothalamus?

    答案

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

  81. 卡片 81

    问题

    REM sleep?

    答案

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

  82. 卡片 82

    问题

    Why is the pituitary called a master gland?

    答案

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

  83. 卡片 83

    问题

    Amygdala?

    答案

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

  84. 卡片 84

    问题

    Hippocampus?

    答案

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

  85. 卡片 85

    问题

    How does sleep change across a typical night?

    答案

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

  86. 卡片 86

    问题

    Contralateral brain control?

    答案

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

  87. 卡片 87

    问题

    What does an EEG measure?

    答案

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

  88. 卡片 88

    问题

    Reward-center activity?

    答案

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

  89. 卡片 89

    问题

    Neuroplasticity?

    答案

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

  90. 卡片 90

    问题

    Which method shows brain activity changing during a task?

    答案

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

  91. 卡片 91

    问题

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

    答案

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

  92. 卡片 92

    问题

    Insomnia?

    答案

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

  93. 卡片 93

    问题

    How do wavelength and amplitude shape sound?

    答案

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

  94. 卡片 94

    问题

    Absolute threshold?

    答案

    The minimum stimulation detected 50% of the time.

  95. 卡片 95

    问题

    Activation-synthesis view of dreams?

    答案

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

  96. 卡片 96

    问题

    Narcolepsy?

    答案

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

  97. 卡片 97

    问题

    Why can jet lag disrupt sleep?

    答案

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

  98. 卡片 98

    问题

    Difference threshold?

    答案

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

  99. 卡片 99

    问题

    Consolidation view of dreams?

    答案

    Dreaming may reflect the brain organizing and integrating recent memories.

  100. 卡片 100

    问题

    REM sleep behavior disorder?

    答案

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

  101. 卡片 101

    问题

    Why can rotating shift work impair sleep?

    答案

    Frequent schedule changes force the circadian system to keep readjusting.

  102. 卡片 102

    问题

    Weber's law?

    答案

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

  103. 卡片 103

    问题

    Two supported functions of sleep?

    答案

    Memory consolidation and restoration of resources used during waking activity.

  104. 卡片 104

    问题

    Sleep apnea?

    答案

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

  105. 卡片 105

    问题

    REM rebound?

    答案

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

  106. 卡片 106

    问题

    Signal detection theory?

    答案

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

  107. 卡片 107

    问题

    Sensory transduction?

    答案

    Sensory receptors convert physical energy into neural signals.

  108. 卡片 108

    问题

    Vestibular sense?

    答案

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

  109. 卡片 109

    问题

    Somnambulism?

    答案

    Sleepwalking, which most often occurs during deep NREM sleep.

  110. 卡片 110

    问题

    Why is there a blind spot in each eye?

    答案

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

  111. 卡片 111

    问题

    What begins visual transduction?

    答案

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

  112. 卡片 112

    问题

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

    答案

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

  113. 卡片 113

    问题

    Why are taste and smell called chemical senses?

    答案

    Their receptors respond to molecules from food or the air.

  114. 卡片 114

    问题

    Accommodation in vision?

    答案

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

  115. 卡片 115

    问题

    Cones?

    答案

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

  116. 卡片 116

    问题

    What begins auditory transduction?

    答案

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

  117. 卡片 117

    问题

    How does trichromatic processing explain color vision?

    答案

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

  118. 卡片 118

    问题

    How is smell unusual among the senses?

    答案

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

  119. 卡片 119

    问题

    Kinesthesia?

    答案

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

  120. 卡片 120

    问题

    Place coding versus frequency coding in hearing?

    答案

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

  121. 卡片 121

    问题

    Nearsightedness?

    答案

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

  122. 卡片 122

    问题

    Pheromones?

    答案

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

  123. 卡片 123

    问题

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

    答案

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

  124. 卡片 124

    问题

    Volley theory of pitch?

    答案

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

  125. 卡片 125

    问题

    Farsightedness?

    答案

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

  126. 卡片 126

    问题

    Six taste qualities named in the course?

    答案

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

  127. 卡片 127

    问题

    Phantom-limb sensation?

    答案

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

  128. 卡片 128

    问题

    Sensory interaction?

    答案

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

  129. 卡片 129

    问题

    What causes most color-vision deficiency?

    答案

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

  130. 卡片 130

    问题

    Prosopagnosia?

    答案

    Difficulty recognizing familiar faces despite otherwise usable vision.

  131. 卡片 131

    问题

    Rods?

    答案

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

  132. 卡片 132

    问题

    How does opponent processing explain afterimages?

    答案

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

  133. 卡片 133

    问题

    Conductive versus sensorineural hearing loss?

    答案

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

  134. 卡片 134

    问题

    Nontasters, medium tasters, and supertasters?

    答案

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

  135. 卡片 135

    问题

    What do the semicircular canals detect?

    答案

    Rotational head movement, helping the vestibular system maintain balance.

  136. 卡片 136

    问题

    Synesthesia?

    答案

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

  137. 卡片 137

    问题

    Dichromatism versus monochromatism?

    答案

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

  138. 卡片 138

    问题

    Blindsight?

    答案

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

  139. 卡片 139

    问题

    Sensory adaptation?

    答案

    Reduced sensitivity after constant, unchanging stimulation.

  140. 卡片 140

    问题

    Gate-control view of pain?

    答案

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

  141. 卡片 141

    问题

    Bottom-up processing?

    答案

    Building a perception from incoming sensory details.

  142. 卡片 142

    问题

    Concept?

    答案

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

  143. 卡片 143

    问题

    Fixation in problem solving?

    答案

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

  144. 卡片 144

    问题

    Algorithm?

    答案

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

  145. 卡片 145

    问题

    Top-down processing?

    答案

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

  146. 卡片 146

    问题

    Confirmation bias?

    答案

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

  147. 卡片 147

    问题

    Retinal disparity?

    答案

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

  148. 卡片 148

    问题

    Heuristic?

    答案

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

  149. 卡片 149

    问题

    Selective attention?

    答案

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

  150. 卡片 150

    问题

    Figure–ground organization?

    答案

    Separating the object of attention from its background.

  151. 卡片 151

    问题

    Convergence as a depth cue?

    答案

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

  152. 卡片 152

    问题

    Representativeness heuristic?

    答案

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

  153. 卡片 153

    问题

    Missing a visible event while attention is elsewhere?

    答案

    Inattentional blindness.

  154. 卡片 154

    问题

    Gestalt proximity principle?

    答案

    Elements close together tend to be perceived as a group.

  155. 卡片 155

    问题

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

    答案

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

  156. 卡片 156

    问题

    Cocktail-party effect?

    答案

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

  157. 卡片 157

    问题

    Failing to notice an obvious change in a scene?

    答案

    Change blindness.

  158. 卡片 158

    问题

    Gestalt similarity principle?

    答案

    Elements that look alike tend to be grouped together.

  159. 卡片 159

    问题

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

    答案

    Linear perspective.

  160. 卡片 160

    问题

    Perceptual constancy?

    答案

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

  161. 卡片 161

    问题

    Perceptual set?

    答案

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

  162. 卡片 162

    问题

    Gestalt closure principle?

    答案

    The mind fills gaps to perceive a complete object.

  163. 卡片 163

    问题

    One object blocks part of another. Which seems closer?

    答案

    The blocking object, using interposition.

  164. 卡片 164

    问题

    Apparent motion?

    答案

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

  165. 卡片 165

    问题

    Availability heuristic?

    答案

    Judging likelihood by how easily examples come to mind.

  166. 卡片 166

    问题

    Divergent thinking?

    答案

    Generating many varied, original possibilities.

  167. 卡片 167

    问题

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

    答案

    Relative clarity.

  168. 卡片 168

    问题

    Prototype?

    答案

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

  169. 卡片 169

    问题

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

    答案

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

  170. 卡片 170

    问题

    Convergent thinking?

    答案

    Narrowing possibilities to the single best answer.

  171. 卡片 171

    问题

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

    答案

    Texture gradient.

  172. 卡片 172

    问题

    Belief perseverance?

    答案

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

  173. 卡片 173

    问题

    Explicit memory?

    答案

    Conscious memory for facts and experiences.

  174. 卡片 174

    问题

    Three stores in the multi-store model?

    答案

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

  175. 卡片 175

    问题

    Seeing an object only in its usual role?

    答案

    Functional fixedness.

  176. 卡片 176

    问题

    Mental set?

    答案

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

  177. 卡片 177

    问题

    Episodic memory?

    答案

    Explicit memory for personally experienced events.

  178. 卡片 178

    问题

    Working memory?

    答案

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

  179. 卡片 179

    问题

    Insight?

    答案

    A sudden realization of a problem's solution.

  180. 卡片 180

    问题

    Framing effect?

    答案

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

  181. 卡片 181

    问题

    Implicit memory?

    答案

    Learning that affects behavior without deliberate conscious recall.

  182. 卡片 182

    问题

    Overconfidence bias?

    答案

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

  183. 卡片 183

    问题

    Anchoring bias?

    答案

    Relying too heavily on the first number or idea encountered.

  184. 卡片 184

    问题

    Schema in thinking?

    答案

    A mental framework that organizes knowledge and guides interpretation.

  185. 卡片 185

    问题

    Procedural memory?

    答案

    Implicit memory for skills and habits.

  186. 卡片 186

    问题

    Gambler's fallacy?

    答案

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

  187. 卡片 187

    问题

    Sunk-cost fallacy?

    答案

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

  188. 卡片 188

    问题

    Executive functions?

    答案

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

  189. 卡片 189

    问题

    How can priming affect judgment?

    答案

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

  190. 卡片 190

    问题

    Central executive in working memory?

    答案

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

  191. 卡片 191

    问题

    Serial-position effect?

    答案

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

  192. 卡片 192

    问题

    Semantic memory?

    答案

    Explicit memory for facts, meanings, and general knowledge.

  193. 卡片 193

    问题

    Levels-of-processing principle?

    答案

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

  194. 卡片 194

    问题

    Automatic processing?

    答案

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

  195. 卡片 195

    问题

    Maintenance rehearsal?

    答案

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

  196. 卡片 196

    问题

    Prospective memory?

    答案

    Remembering to carry out an intended action in the future.

  197. 卡片 197

    问题

    Primacy effect?

    答案

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

  198. 卡片 198

    问题

    Long-term memory?

    答案

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

  199. 卡片 199

    问题

    Highly superior autobiographical memory?

    答案

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

  200. 卡片 200

    问题

    Effortful processing?

    答案

    Encoding that requires attention and deliberate work.

  201. 卡片 201

    问题

    Elaborative rehearsal?

    答案

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

  202. 卡片 202

    问题

    Memory consolidation?

    答案

    The process that stabilizes a memory after learning.

  203. 卡片 203

    问题

    Recency effect?

    答案

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

  204. 卡片 204

    问题

    Spacing effect?

    答案

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

  205. 卡片 205

    问题

    Testing effect?

    答案

    Actively retrieving information improves later memory more than rereading alone.

  206. 卡片 206

    问题

    Chunking?

    答案

    Organizing separate pieces of information into meaningful units.

  207. 卡片 207

    问题

    Mnemonic?

    答案

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

  208. 卡片 208

    问题

    Why organize material into a hierarchy?

    答案

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

  209. 卡片 209

    问题

    How can a schema help encoding?

    答案

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

  210. 卡片 210

    问题

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

    答案

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

  211. 卡片 211

    问题

    Iconic memory?

    答案

    A very brief visual sensory memory.

  212. 卡片 212

    问题

    Recall?

    答案

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

  213. 卡片 213

    问题

    Retrieval cue?

    答案

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

  214. 卡片 214

    问题

    Encoding-specificity principle?

    答案

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

  215. 卡片 215

    问题

    Context-dependent memory?

    答案

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

  216. 卡片 216

    问题

    Does the hippocampus permanently store every explicit memory?

    答案

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

  217. 卡片 217

    问题

    Echoic memory?

    答案

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

  218. 卡片 218

    问题

    Anterograde amnesia?

    答案

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

  219. 卡片 219

    问题

    Phonological loop?

    答案

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

  220. 卡片 220

    问题

    Cerebellum's memory role?

    答案

    It supports procedural learning and some classically conditioned responses.

  221. 卡片 221

    问题

    Why is short-term memory described as limited?

    答案

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

  222. 卡片 222

    问题

    Retrograde amnesia?

    答案

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

  223. 卡片 223

    问题

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

    答案

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

  224. 卡片 224

    问题

    How can the amygdala affect memory?

    答案

    Emotional arousal can strengthen consolidation of emotionally significant events.

  225. 卡片 225

    问题

    Visuospatial sketchpad?

    答案

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

  226. 卡片 226

    问题

    Long-term potentiation?

    答案

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

  227. 卡片 227

    问题

    Infantile amnesia?

    答案

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

  228. 卡片 228

    问题

    Alzheimer's disease?

    答案

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

  229. 卡片 229

    问题

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

    答案

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

  230. 卡片 230

    问题

    Recognition?

    答案

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

  231. 卡片 231

    问题

    Why is memory called reconstructive?

    答案

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

  232. 卡片 232

    问题

    Storage decay?

    答案

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

  233. 卡片 233

    问题

    State-dependent memory?

    答案

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

  234. 卡片 234

    问题

    Relearning?

    答案

    Measuring memory by how much faster material is learned again.

  235. 卡片 235

    问题

    Misinformation effect?

    答案

    Misleading information after an event changes memory of the event.

  236. 卡片 236

    问题

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

    答案

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

  237. 卡片 237

    问题

    Mood-congruent memory?

    答案

    A current mood makes similarly toned memories easier to retrieve.

  238. 卡片 238

    问题

    Priming?

    答案

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

  239. 卡片 239

    问题

    Tip-of-the-tongue state?

    答案

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

  240. 卡片 240

    问题

    Why does retrieval practice strengthen memory?

    答案

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

  241. 卡片 241

    问题

    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?

    答案

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

  242. 卡片 242

    问题

    Metacognition?

    答案

    Monitoring and regulating one's own thinking and learning.

  243. 卡片 243

    问题

    Source amnesia?

    答案

    Remembering information but misremembering where it came from.

  244. 卡片 244

    问题

    Test standardization?

    答案

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

  245. 卡片 245

    问题

    Reliability?

    答案

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

  246. 卡片 246

    问题

    Stereotype threat?

    答案

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

  247. 卡片 247

    问题

    General intelligence, or g?

    答案

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

  248. 卡片 248

    问题

    Encoding failure?

    答案

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

  249. 卡片 249

    问题

    Validity?

    答案

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

  250. 卡片 250

    问题

    Proactive interference?

    答案

    Older learning disrupts recall of newer information.

  251. 卡片 251

    问题

    Imagination inflation?

    答案

    Repeatedly imagining an event increases confidence that it really happened.

  252. 卡片 252

    问题

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

    答案

    Forgetting is fastest soon after learning and slows over time.

  253. 卡片 253

    问题

    Retrieval failure?

    答案

    Stored information is temporarily inaccessible because effective cues are missing.

  254. 卡片 254

    问题

    Retroactive interference?

    答案

    Newer learning disrupts recall of older information.

  255. 卡片 255

    问题

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

    答案

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

  256. 卡片 256

    问题

    Repression in psychodynamic theory?

    答案

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

  257. 卡片 257

    问题

    Flashbulb memory?

    答案

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

  258. 卡片 258

    问题

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

    答案

    An operational definition of memory accuracy.

  259. 卡片 259

    问题

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

    答案

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

  260. 卡片 260

    问题

    Stereotype lift?

    答案

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

  261. 卡片 261

    问题

    Achievement test?

    答案

    An assessment of knowledge or skills already learned.

  262. 卡片 262

    问题

    Construct validity?

    答案

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

  263. 卡片 263

    问题

    Test–retest reliability?

    答案

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

  264. 卡片 264

    问题

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

    答案

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

  265. 卡片 265

    问题

    Multiple-abilities view of intelligence?

    答案

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

  266. 卡片 266

    问题

    Aptitude test?

    答案

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

  267. 卡片 267

    问题

    Traditional IQ formula?

    答案

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

  268. 卡片 268

    问题

    Predictive validity?

    答案

    How well a test score forecasts a relevant later outcome.

  269. 卡片 269

    问题

    What does a normal score distribution look like?

    答案

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

  270. 卡片 270

    问题

    Split-half reliability?

    答案

    Consistency between two comparable halves of the same assessment.

  271. 卡片 271

    问题

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

    答案

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

  272. 卡片 272

    问题

    Flynn effect?

    答案

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

  273. 卡片 273

    问题

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

    答案

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

  274. 卡片 274

    问题

    Continuous versus stage development?

    答案

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

  275. 卡片 275

    问题

    How can prenatal environment affect later development?

    答案

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

  276. 卡片 276

    问题

    Teratogen?

    答案

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

  277. 卡片 277

    问题

    Maturation?

    答案

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

  278. 卡片 278

    问题

    Stability–change question in development?

    答案

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

  279. 卡片 279

    问题

    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?

    答案

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

  280. 卡片 280

    问题

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

    答案

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

  281. 卡片 281

    问题

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

    答案

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

  282. 卡片 282

    问题

    Fine versus gross motor skills?

    答案

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

  283. 卡片 283

    问题

    Why are infant reflexes useful to researchers?

    答案

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

  284. 卡片 284

    问题

    What did the visual-cliff procedure test?

    答案

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

  285. 卡片 285

    问题

    Puberty?

    答案

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

  286. 卡片 286

    问题

    Sensitive period?

    答案

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

  287. 卡片 287

    问题

    What physical pattern commonly marks the start of adolescence?

    答案

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

  288. 卡片 288

    问题

    Primary versus secondary sex characteristics?

    答案

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

  289. 卡片 289

    问题

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

    答案

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

  290. 卡片 290

    问题

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

    答案

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

  291. 卡片 291

    问题

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

    答案

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

  292. 卡片 292

    问题

    Menarche?

    答案

    The first menstrual period.

  293. 卡片 293

    问题

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

    答案

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

  294. 卡片 294

    问题

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

    答案

    About 68%.

  295. 卡片 295

    问题

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

    答案

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

  296. 卡片 296

    问题

    Spermarche?

    答案

    The first ejaculation.

  297. 卡片 297

    问题

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

    答案

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

  298. 卡片 298

    问题

    Imprinting?

    答案

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

  299. 卡片 299

    问题

    Why can adolescent risk-taking increase?

    答案

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

  300. 卡片 300

    问题

    Menopause?

    答案

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

  301. 卡片 301

    问题

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

    答案

    Naturalistic observation.

  302. 卡片 302

    问题

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

    答案

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

  303. 卡片 303

    问题

    Gender identity?

    答案

    A person's internal sense of their gender.

  304. 卡片 304

    问题

    Gender role?

    答案

    A culture's expectations for behavior associated with gender.

  305. 卡片 305

    问题

    Sex versus gender?

    答案

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

  306. 卡片 306

    问题

    Common sensory change in later adulthood?

    答案

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

  307. 卡片 307

    问题

    Sexual orientation?

    答案

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

  308. 卡片 308

    问题

    Gender schema?

    答案

    A mental framework that organizes information and expectations about gender.

  309. 卡片 309

    问题

    Best broad view of gender development?

    答案

    Biological, cognitive, social, and cultural influences interact.

  310. 卡片 310

    问题

    Does normal aging cause uniform cognitive decline?

    答案

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

  311. 卡片 311

    问题

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

    答案

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

  312. 卡片 312

    问题

    Schema in cognitive development?

    答案

    A mental framework used to organize and interpret experience.

  313. 卡片 313

    问题

    Sensorimotor stage?

    答案

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

  314. 卡片 314

    问题

    Preoperational stage?

    答案

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

  315. 卡片 315

    问题

    Assimilation?

    答案

    Fitting new information into an existing schema.

  316. 卡片 316

    问题

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

    答案

    In the learner's zone of proximal development.

  317. 卡片 317

    问题

    Animism in preoperational thought?

    答案

    Attributing life, feelings, or intentions to inanimate objects.

  318. 卡片 318

    问题

    Concrete operational stage?

    答案

    Children reason logically about concrete events and understand conservation.

  319. 卡片 319

    问题

    Accommodation?

    答案

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

  320. 卡片 320

    问题

    Reversibility in cognitive development?

    答案

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

  321. 卡片 321

    问题

    How can social learning shape gender expression?

    答案

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

  322. 卡片 322

    问题

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

    答案

    Assimilation.

  323. 卡片 323

    问题

    Language?

    答案

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

  324. 卡片 324

    问题

    Cooing stage?

    答案

    Early vowel-like sounds that typically appear before babbling.

  325. 卡片 325

    问题

    Babbling stage?

    答案

    Infants produce repeated speech-like sounds before meaningful words.

  326. 卡片 326

    问题

    One-word stage?

    答案

    A child uses single words to express whole ideas.

  327. 卡片 327

    问题

    Grammar?

    答案

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

  328. 卡片 328

    问题

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

    答案

    Egocentrism: difficulty taking another person's visual perspective.

  329. 卡片 329

    问题

    Crystallized intelligence across adulthood?

    答案

    Accumulated knowledge and verbal skills often remain stable or increase.

  330. 卡片 330

    问题

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

    答案

    Accommodation.

  331. 卡片 331

    问题

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

    答案

    Scaffolding.

  332. 卡片 332

    问题

    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?

    答案

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

  333. 卡片 333

    问题

    Fluid intelligence across adulthood?

    答案

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

  334. 卡片 334

    问题

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

    答案

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

  335. 卡片 335

    问题

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

    答案

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

  336. 卡片 336

    问题

    Formal operational stage?

    答案

    Adolescents and adults can reason abstractly and test hypothetical possibilities.

  337. 卡片 337

    问题

    Dementia?

    答案

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

  338. 卡片 338

    问题

    Phoneme?

    答案

    The smallest distinctive sound unit in a language.

  339. 卡片 339

    问题

    Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems view?

    答案

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

  340. 卡片 340

    问题

    Temperament?

    答案

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

  341. 卡片 341

    问题

    Attachment?

    答案

    An enduring emotional bond that supports proximity and security.

  342. 卡片 342

    问题

    Erikson's infancy conflict?

    答案

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

  343. 卡片 343

    问题

    Microsystem?

    答案

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

  344. 卡片 344

    问题

    Erikson's toddler conflict?

    答案

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

  345. 卡片 345

    问题

    Erikson's early-childhood conflict?

    答案

    Initiative versus guilt: directing activities and plans supports purpose.

  346. 卡片 346

    问题

    Erikson's school-age conflict?

    答案

    Industry versus inferiority: mastering valued skills supports competence.

  347. 卡片 347

    问题

    Mesosystem?

    答案

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

  348. 卡片 348

    问题

    Erikson's adolescent conflict?

    答案

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

  349. 卡片 349

    问题

    Erikson's young-adult conflict?

    答案

    Intimacy versus isolation: forming close, committed relationships.

  350. 卡片 350

    问题

    Erikson's middle-adult conflict?

    答案

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

  351. 卡片 351

    问题

    Exosystem?

    答案

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

  352. 卡片 352

    问题

    Morpheme?

    答案

    The smallest unit that carries meaning.

  353. 卡片 353

    问题

    Telegraphic speech?

    答案

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

    Abstract human profile with five luminous symbols representing perception, memory, learning, social behavior, and research.

    705张卡片

    Flashcards Open Source App — Five-Unit Psychology Course Review

    免费学习这套卡组

    Flashcards 将打开,你可以立即开始学习。

  354. 卡片 354

    问题

    How do nonverbal gestures support language development?

    答案

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

  355. 卡片 355

    问题

    Macrosystem?

    答案

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

  356. 卡片 356

    问题

    Semantics?

    答案

    The meanings of words and sentences.

  357. 卡片 357

    问题

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

    答案

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

  358. 卡片 358

    问题

    What does a sensitive period for language imply?

    答案

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

  359. 卡片 359

    问题

    Does language completely determine thought?

    答案

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

  360. 卡片 360

    问题

    Syntax?

    答案

    Rules for arranging words into phrases and sentences.

  361. 卡片 361

    问题

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

    答案

    Secure attachment.

  362. 卡片 362

    问题

    How does the behavioral perspective explain behavior?

    答案

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

  363. 卡片 363

    问题

    Authoritative parenting?

    答案

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

  364. 卡片 364

    问题

    Identity achievement?

    答案

    A person makes commitments after meaningful exploration.

  365. 卡片 365

    问题

    Avoidant attachment pattern?

    答案

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

  366. 卡片 366

    问题

    Classical conditioning?

    答案

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

  367. 卡片 367

    问题

    Unconditioned stimulus?

    答案

    A stimulus that naturally produces a response without prior learning.

  368. 卡片 368

    问题

    Unconditioned response?

    答案

    The unlearned response naturally produced by an unconditioned stimulus.

  369. 卡片 369

    问题

    Conditioned stimulus?

    答案

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

  370. 卡片 370

    问题

    Conditioned response?

    答案

    The learned response to a conditioned stimulus.

  371. 卡片 371

    问题

    Acquisition in classical conditioning?

    答案

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

  372. 卡片 372

    问题

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

    答案

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

  373. 卡片 373

    问题

    Authoritarian parenting?

    答案

    Low warmth with strict control and little discussion.

  374. 卡片 374

    问题

    Identity diffusion?

    答案

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

  375. 卡片 375

    问题

    Extinction in classical conditioning?

    答案

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

  376. 卡片 376

    问题

    Anxious-resistant attachment pattern?

    答案

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

  377. 卡片 377

    问题

    Permissive parenting?

    答案

    High warmth with few demands or limits.

  378. 卡片 378

    问题

    Parallel play?

    答案

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

  379. 卡片 379

    问题

    Imaginary audience?

    答案

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

  380. 卡片 380

    问题

    Identity foreclosure?

    答案

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

  381. 卡片 381

    问题

    Disorganized attachment pattern?

    答案

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

  382. 卡片 382

    问题

    Neglectful parenting?

    答案

    Low warmth and low control or involvement.

  383. 卡片 383

    问题

    Chronosystem?

    答案

    Life transitions and historical changes that alter development over time.

  384. 卡片 384

    问题

    Why is pretend play developmentally useful?

    答案

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

  385. 卡片 385

    问题

    Personal fable?

    答案

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

  386. 卡片 386

    问题

    Identity moratorium?

    答案

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

  387. 卡片 387

    问题

    Best claim about adverse childhood experiences?

    答案

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

  388. 卡片 388

    问题

    Separation anxiety in infancy?

    答案

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

  389. 卡片 389

    问题

    What did infant-monkey research suggest about attachment?

    答案

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

  390. 卡片 390

    问题

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

    答案

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

  391. 卡片 391

    问题

    Emerging adulthood?

    答案

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

  392. 卡片 392

    问题

    Social clock?

    答案

    Culturally shaped expectations about when major life events should occur.

  393. 卡片 393

    问题

    Erikson's later-adult conflict?

    答案

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

  394. 卡片 394

    问题

    Possible selves?

    答案

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

  395. 卡片 395

    问题

    Stimulus generalization?

    答案

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

  396. 卡片 396

    问题

    Operant conditioning?

    答案

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

  397. 卡片 397

    问题

    Law of effect?

    答案

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

  398. 卡片 398

    问题

    Spontaneous recovery?

    答案

    An extinguished conditioned response briefly returns after a rest period.

  399. 卡片 399

    问题

    Stimulus discrimination?

    答案

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

  400. 卡片 400

    问题

    Reinforcement?

    答案

    Any consequence that increases a behavior.

  401. 卡片 401

    问题

    Higher-order conditioning?

    答案

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

  402. 卡片 402

    问题

    Counterconditioning?

    答案

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

  403. 卡片 403

    问题

    Habituation?

    答案

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

  404. 卡片 404

    问题

    Punishment?

    答案

    Any consequence that decreases a behavior.

  405. 卡片 405

    问题

    Partial reinforcement?

    答案

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

  406. 卡片 406

    问题

    Why can taste aversion form after one delayed pairing?

    答案

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

  407. 卡片 407

    问题

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

    答案

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

  408. 卡片 408

    问题

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

    答案

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

  409. 卡片 409

    问题

    Fixed-ratio schedule?

    答案

    Reinforcement follows a set number of responses.

  410. 卡片 410

    问题

    Observational learning?

    答案

    Learning by watching others and the consequences they receive.

  411. 卡片 411

    问题

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

    答案

    Positive reinforcement.

  412. 卡片 412

    问题

    Primary reinforcer?

    答案

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

  413. 卡片 413

    问题

    Variable-ratio schedule?

    答案

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

  414. 卡片 414

    问题

    Modeling?

    答案

    Performing a behavior after observing it in another person.

  415. 卡片 415

    问题

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

    答案

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

  416. 卡片 416

    问题

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

    答案

    Negative reinforcement.

  417. 卡片 417

    问题

    Conditioned reinforcer?

    答案

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

  418. 卡片 418

    问题

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

    答案

    Vicarious reinforcement.

  419. 卡片 419

    问题

    Fixed-interval schedule?

    答案

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

  420. 卡片 420

    问题

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

    答案

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

  421. 卡片 421

    问题

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

    答案

    Positive punishment.

  422. 卡片 422

    问题

    Shaping?

    答案

    Reinforcing successive approximations toward a target behavior.

  423. 卡片 423

    问题

    Extinction in operant conditioning?

    答案

    A behavior weakens when it no longer produces reinforcement.

  424. 卡片 424

    问题

    Variable-interval schedule?

    答案

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

  425. 卡片 425

    问题

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

    答案

    Negative punishment.

  426. 卡片 426

    问题

    Learned helplessness?

    答案

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

  427. 卡片 427

    问题

    Continuous reinforcement?

    答案

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

  428. 卡片 428

    问题

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

    答案

    A fixed-interval schedule.

  429. 卡片 429

    问题

    Discriminative stimulus?

    答案

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

  430. 卡片 430

    问题

    Operant generalization versus discrimination?

    答案

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

  431. 卡片 431

    问题

    Instinctive drift?

    答案

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

  432. 卡片 432

    问题

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

    答案

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

  433. 卡片 433

    问题

    How can superstitious behavior develop through operant conditioning?

    答案

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

  434. 卡片 434

    问题

    How does similarity to a model affect observational learning?

    答案

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

  435. 卡片 435

    问题

    Vicarious conditioning?

    答案

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

  436. 卡片 436

    问题

    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?

    答案

    A variable-interval schedule.

  437. 卡片 437

    问题

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

    答案

    Observed consequences can influence whether learned behavior is performed.

  438. 卡片 438

    问题

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

    答案

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

  439. 卡片 439

    问题

    Latent learning?

    答案

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

  440. 卡片 440

    问题

    Cognitive map?

    答案

    A mental representation of the layout of an environment.

  441. 卡片 441

    问题

    Insight learning?

    答案

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

  442. 卡片 442

    问题

    Biological preparedness?

    答案

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

  443. 卡片 443

    问题

    What can mirror-neuron activity show?

    答案

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

  444. 卡片 444

    问题

    Attribution?

    答案

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

  445. 卡片 445

    问题

    Attitude?

    答案

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

  446. 卡片 446

    问题

    Upward social comparison?

    答案

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

  447. 卡片 447

    问题

    Optimistic explanatory style?

    答案

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

  448. 卡片 448

    问题

    Situational attribution?

    答案

    Explaining behavior through external circumstances or social context.

  449. 卡片 449

    问题

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

    答案

    Cognitive dissonance.

  450. 卡片 450

    问题

    Downward social comparison?

    答案

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

  451. 卡片 451

    问题

    Internal locus of control?

    答案

    The belief that one's actions strongly influence outcomes.

  452. 卡片 452

    问题

    Dispositional attribution?

    答案

    Explaining behavior through internal traits, motives, or abilities.

  453. 卡片 453

    问题

    Pessimistic explanatory style?

    答案

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

  454. 卡片 454

    问题

    Relative deprivation?

    答案

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

  455. 卡片 455

    问题

    External locus of control?

    答案

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

  456. 卡片 456

    问题

    Fundamental attribution error?

    答案

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

  457. 卡片 457

    问题

    Halo effect?

    答案

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

  458. 卡片 458

    问题

    Self-fulfilling prophecy?

    答案

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

  459. 卡片 459

    问题

    Mere-exposure effect?

    答案

    Repeated exposure to a neutral stimulus can increase liking.

  460. 卡片 460

    问题

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

    答案

    The actor–observer difference.

  461. 卡片 461

    问题

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

    答案

    The central route.

  462. 卡片 462

    问题

    Effort justification?

    答案

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

  463. 卡片 463

    问题

    Stereotype?

    答案

    A generalized belief about members of a group.

  464. 卡片 464

    问题

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

    答案

    Self-serving bias.

  465. 卡片 465

    问题

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

    答案

    The peripheral route.

  466. 卡片 466

    问题

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

    答案

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

  467. 卡片 467

    问题

    Prejudice?

    答案

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

  468. 卡片 468

    问题

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

    Workload Errors
    Low 2
    High 8

    Which attribution is better supported?

    答案

    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.

  469. 卡片 469

    问题

    Why does source credibility affect persuasion?

    答案

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

  470. 卡片 470

    问题

    Conformity?

    答案

    Adjusting behavior or beliefs to match a group.

  471. 卡片 471

    问题

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

    答案

    The bystander effect.

  472. 卡片 472

    问题

    Diffusion of responsibility?

    答案

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

  473. 卡片 473

    问题

    How can taking on a role affect attitude?

    答案

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

  474. 卡片 474

    问题

    In-group bias?

    答案

    Favoring one's own group over other groups.

  475. 卡片 475

    问题

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

    答案

    The foot-in-the-door technique.

  476. 卡片 476

    问题

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

    答案

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

  477. 卡片 477

    问题

    When do attitudes best predict behavior?

    答案

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

  478. 卡片 478

    问题

    Discrimination?

    答案

    Unjustified behavior toward people because of group membership.

  479. 卡片 479

    问题

    Out-group homogeneity effect?

    答案

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

  480. 卡片 480

    问题

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

    答案

    The door-in-the-face technique.

  481. 卡片 481

    问题

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

    答案

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

  482. 卡片 482

    问题

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

    答案

    A bimodal distribution, with two distinct peaks.

  483. 卡片 483

    问题

    Just-world belief?

    答案

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

  484. 卡片 484

    问题

    Implicit attitude?

    答案

    An automatic evaluation that can affect responses without deliberate awareness.

  485. 卡片 485

    问题

    Ethnocentrism?

    答案

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

  486. 卡片 486

    问题

    How do confirmation bias and belief perseverance maintain an attitude?

    答案

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

  487. 卡片 487

    问题

    Normative social influence?

    答案

    Conforming to gain approval or avoid rejection.

  488. 卡片 488

    问题

    Psychodynamic view of personality?

    答案

    Unconscious conflicts and motives influence personality and behavior.

  489. 卡片 489

    问题

    Norm of reciprocity?

    答案

    The expectation that people should return help or favors.

  490. 卡片 490

    问题

    Individualism?

    答案

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

  491. 卡片 491

    问题

    Informational social influence?

    答案

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

  492. 卡片 492

    问题

    Id?

    答案

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

  493. 卡片 493

    问题

    Altruism?

    答案

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

  494. 卡片 494

    问题

    Social norm?

    答案

    A group's shared expectation about acceptable behavior.

  495. 卡片 495

    问题

    What tends to increase conformity?

    答案

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

  496. 卡片 496

    问题

    Ego?

    答案

    The psychodynamic component that manages reality and balances competing demands.

  497. 卡片 497

    问题

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

    答案

    Social facilitation: an audience strengthens the dominant response.

  498. 卡片 498

    问题

    Collectivism?

    答案

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

  499. 卡片 499

    问题

    Obedience?

    答案

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

  500. 卡片 500

    问题

    Superego?

    答案

    The psychodynamic component representing internalized moral standards.

  501. 卡片 501

    问题

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

    答案

    Denial.

  502. 卡片 502

    问题

    Social-responsibility norm?

    答案

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

  503. 卡片 503

    问题

    How does proximity affect attraction?

    答案

    Frequent contact creates opportunities for familiarity and relationship development.

  504. 卡片 504

    问题

    What tends to increase obedience?

    答案

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

  505. 卡片 505

    问题

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

    答案

    Displacement.

  506. 卡片 506

    问题

    Social loafing?

    答案

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

  507. 卡片 507

    问题

    Multiculturalism?

    答案

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

  508. 卡片 508

    问题

    How does similarity affect attraction?

    答案

    Shared attitudes, values, and interests often increase liking.

  509. 卡片 509

    问题

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

    答案

    Projection.

  510. 卡片 510

    问题

    Helping falls as group size rises. Best explanation?

    答案

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

  511. 卡片 511

    问题

    Deindividuation?

    答案

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

  512. 卡片 512

    问题

    Group polarization?

    答案

    Discussion strengthens the group's initial average tendency.

  513. 卡片 513

    问题

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

    答案

    Rationalization.

  514. 卡片 514

    问题

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

    答案

    Groupthink.

  515. 卡片 515

    问题

    Pluralistic ignorance?

    答案

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

  516. 卡片 516

    问题

    Social trap?

    答案

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

  517. 卡片 517

    问题

    Reaction formation?

    答案

    Expressing the opposite of an unacceptable impulse.

  518. 卡片 518

    问题

    Superordinate goal?

    答案

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

  519. 卡片 519

    问题

    False-consensus effect?

    答案

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

  520. 卡片 520

    问题

    Industrial-organizational psychology?

    答案

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

  521. 卡片 521

    问题

    Repression?

    答案

    Unconsciously blocking distressing thoughts or impulses from awareness.

  522. 卡片 522

    问题

    Burnout?

    答案

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

  523. 卡片 523

    问题

    Unconditional positive regard?

    答案

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

  524. 卡片 524

    问题

    Trait?

    答案

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

  525. 卡片 525

    问题

    Regression as a defense mechanism?

    答案

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

  526. 卡片 526

    问题

    Reciprocal determinism?

    答案

    Behavior, personal factors, and environment influence one another.

  527. 卡片 527

    问题

    Self-efficacy?

    答案

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

  528. 卡片 528

    问题

    Self-concept in humanistic theory?

    答案

    A person's organized understanding of who they are.

  529. 卡片 529

    问题

    Sublimation as a defense mechanism?

    答案

    Redirecting an unacceptable impulse into a socially valued activity.

  530. 卡片 530

    问题

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

    答案

    Openness.

  531. 卡片 531

    问题

    Personality inventory?

    答案

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

  532. 卡片 532

    问题

    Self-actualizing tendency?

    答案

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

  533. 卡片 533

    问题

    Self-esteem?

    答案

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

  534. 卡片 534

    问题

    Instinct in motivation research?

    答案

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

  535. 卡片 535

    问题

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

    答案

    Conscientiousness.

  536. 卡片 536

    问题

    Projective test?

    答案

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

  537. 卡片 537

    问题

    How does factor analysis help trait research?

    答案

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

  538. 卡片 538

    问题

    Drive-reduction theory?

    答案

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

  539. 卡片 539

    问题

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

    答案

    Extraversion.

  540. 卡片 540

    问题

    Person–situation debate?

    答案

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

  541. 卡片 541

    问题

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

    答案

    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.

  542. 卡片 542

    问题

    Homeostasis?

    答案

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

  543. 卡片 543

    问题

    Incentive theory?

    答案

    External rewards or goals pull behavior toward them.

  544. 卡片 544

    问题

    Big Five agreeableness?

    答案

    Compassion, trust, and cooperativeness.

  545. 卡片 545

    问题

    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?

    答案

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

  546. 卡片 546

    问题

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

    答案

    An approach–approach conflict.

  547. 卡片 547

    问题

    Arousal theory of motivation?

    答案

    People seek a personally suitable level of stimulation.

  548. 卡片 548

    问题

    Big Five emotional stability?

    答案

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

  549. 卡片 549

    问题

    What regulates hunger?

    答案

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

  550. 卡片 550

    问题

    Three broad components of emotion?

    答案

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

  551. 卡片 551

    问题

    Self-determination theory?

    答案

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

  552. 卡片 552

    问题

    Emotion regulation?

    答案

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

  553. 卡片 553

    问题

    Sensation-seeking?

    答案

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

  554. 卡片 554

    问题

    Cognitive appraisal in emotion?

    答案

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

  555. 卡片 555

    问题

    Intrinsic motivation?

    答案

    Doing an activity for its own interest or satisfaction.

  556. 卡片 556

    问题

    Display rules?

    答案

    Cultural norms that shape when and how emotions are expressed.

  557. 卡片 557

    问题

    Arousal and performance relationship?

    答案

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

  558. 卡片 558

    问题

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

    答案

    An approach–avoidance conflict.

  559. 卡片 559

    问题

    Extrinsic motivation?

    答案

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

  560. 卡片 560

    问题

    Achievement motivation?

    答案

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

  561. 卡片 561

    问题

    Four sensation-seeking dimensions?

    答案

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

  562. 卡片 562

    问题

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

    答案

    An avoidance–avoidance conflict.

  563. 卡片 563

    问题

    Overjustification effect?

    答案

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

  564. 卡片 564

    问题

    Belongingness motivation?

    答案

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

  565. 卡片 565

    问题

    Study time changed after students chose their own topic:

    Condition Mean minutes
    Assigned topic 34
    Chosen topic 47

    What is the observed mean difference?

    答案

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

  566. 卡片 566

    问题

    Facial-feedback effect?

    答案

    Facial expressions can influence the emotion a person experiences.

  567. 卡片 567

    问题

    Can bodily arousal occur before conscious interpretation?

    答案

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

  568. 卡片 568

    问题

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

    答案

    Cognitive reappraisal.

  569. 卡片 569

    问题

    Broaden-and-build view?

    答案

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

  570. 卡片 570

    问题

    Which emotions often appear across cultures?

    答案

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

  571. 卡片 571

    问题

    How can the same arousal become different emotions?

    答案

    Context and cognitive interpretation can label similar physiological arousal differently.

  572. 卡片 572

    问题

    Expressive suppression?

    答案

    Inhibiting the outward display of emotion after it has arisen.

  573. 卡片 573

    问题

    How does acute stress affect the body?

    答案

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

  574. 卡片 574

    问题

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

    答案

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

  575. 卡片 575

    问题

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

    答案

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

  576. 卡片 576

    问题

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

    答案

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

  577. 卡片 577

    问题

    Health psychology?

    答案

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

  578. 卡片 578

    问题

    Positive psychology?

    答案

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

  579. 卡片 579

    问题

    Stress?

    答案

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

  580. 卡片 580

    问题

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

    答案

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

  581. 卡片 581

    问题

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

    答案

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

  582. 卡片 582

    问题

    Resilience?

    答案

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

  583. 卡片 583

    问题

    Stressor?

    答案

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

  584. 卡片 584

    问题

    General adaptation syndrome?

    答案

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

  585. 卡片 585

    问题

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

    答案

    Problem-focused coping.

  586. 卡片 586

    问题

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

    答案

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

  587. 卡片 587

    问题

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

    答案

    Primary appraisal.

  588. 卡片 588

    问题

    What happens during the alarm phase of general adaptation syndrome?

    答案

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

  589. 卡片 589

    问题

    How can major trauma and daily hassles both create stress?

    答案

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

  590. 卡片 590

    问题

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

    答案

    Emotion-focused coping.

  591. 卡片 591

    问题

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

    答案

    Secondary appraisal.

  592. 卡片 592

    问题

    Why can prolonged exhaustion increase illness risk?

    答案

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

  593. 卡片 593

    问题

    Adverse childhood experiences?

    答案

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

  594. 卡片 594

    问题

    How can social support protect health?

    答案

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

  595. 卡片 595

    问题

    Eustress versus distress?

    答案

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

  596. 卡片 596

    问题

    Tend-and-befriend response?

    答案

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

  597. 卡片 597

    问题

    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?

    答案

    Resilience; both accounts describe adapting or recovering after adversity.

  598. 卡片 598

    问题

    Biofeedback?

    答案

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

  599. 卡片 599

    问题

    How does perceived control affect stress?

    答案

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

  600. 卡片 600

    问题

    Psychoneuroimmunology?

    答案

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

  601. 卡片 601

    问题

    Subjective well-being?

    答案

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

  602. 卡片 602

    问题

    Psychological disorder?

    答案

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

  603. 卡片 603

    问题

    How can gratitude practice affect well-being?

    答案

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

  604. 卡片 604

    问题

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

    答案

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

  605. 卡片 605

    问题

    Signature strengths?

    答案

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

  606. 卡片 606

    问题

    Biopsychosocial model?

    答案

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

  607. 卡片 607

    问题

    Six broad virtue categories in positive psychology?

    答案

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

  608. 卡片 608

    问题

    Posttraumatic growth?

    答案

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

  609. 卡片 609

    问题

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

    答案

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

  610. 卡片 610

    问题

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

    答案

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

  611. 卡片 611

    问题

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

    答案

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

  612. 卡片 612

    问题

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

    答案

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

  613. 卡片 613

    问题

    Biological explanation of disorder?

    答案

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

  614. 卡片 614

    问题

    Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

    答案

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

  615. 卡片 615

    问题

    Purpose of the DSM?

    答案

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

  616. 卡片 616

    问题

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

    答案

    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.

  617. 卡片 617

    问题

    Behavioral explanation of disorder?

    答案

    It focuses on maladaptive responses learned through conditioning or observation.

  618. 卡片 618

    问题

    Autism spectrum disorder?

    答案

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

  619. 卡片 619

    问题

    Schizophrenia's broad symptom areas?

    答案

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

  620. 卡片 620

    问题

    Major depressive disorder?

    答案

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

  621. 卡片 621

    问题

    Specific phobia?

    答案

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

  622. 卡片 622

    问题

    Obsessive-compulsive disorder?

    答案

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

  623. 卡片 623

    问题

    Dissociative amnesia?

    答案

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

  624. 卡片 624

    问题

    Bipolar I disorder?

    答案

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

  625. 卡片 625

    问题

    Posttraumatic stress disorder?

    答案

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

  626. 卡片 626

    问题

    Anorexia nervosa?

    答案

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

  627. 卡片 627

    问题

    Cognitive explanation of disorder?

    答案

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

  628. 卡片 628

    问题

    Bipolar II disorder?

    答案

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

  629. 卡片 629

    问题

    Purpose of the ICD?

    答案

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

  630. 卡片 630

    问题

    Bulimia nervosa?

    答案

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

  631. 卡片 631

    问题

    What broadly defines a personality disorder pattern?

    答案

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

  632. 卡片 632

    问题

    Ataque de nervios?

    答案

    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.

  633. 卡片 633

    问题

    Psychodynamic explanation of disorder?

    答案

    It focuses on unconscious conflicts and early relationships.

  634. 卡片 634

    问题

    Three considerations when identifying a psychological disorder?

    答案

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

  635. 卡片 635

    问题

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

    答案

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

  636. 卡片 636

    问题

    Comorbidity?

    答案

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

  637. 卡片 637

    问题

    Humanistic explanation of distress?

    答案

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

  638. 卡片 638

    问题

    Confidential versus anonymous research data?

    答案

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

  639. 卡片 639

    问题

    Stigma around mental disorder?

    答案

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

  640. 卡片 640

    问题

    Why must diagnosis consider culture?

    答案

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

  641. 卡片 641

    问题

    Sociocultural explanation of disorder?

    答案

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

  642. 卡片 642

    问题

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

    答案

    Interrater reliability.

  643. 卡片 643

    问题

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

    答案

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

  644. 卡片 644

    问题

    Best account of neurodevelopmental-disorder causes?

    答案

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

  645. 卡片 645

    问题

    Evolutionary explanation of disorder?

    答案

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

  646. 卡片 646

    问题

    Delusion?

    答案

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

  647. 卡片 647

    问题

    Agoraphobia?

    答案

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

  648. 卡片 648

    问题

    Best account of schizophrenia risk?

    答案

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

  649. 卡片 649

    问题

    Eclectic approach to disorder?

    答案

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

  650. 卡片 650

    问题

    Hallucination?

    答案

    A sensory perception without a matching external stimulus.

  651. 卡片 651

    问题

    Panic disorder?

    答案

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

  652. 卡片 652

    问题

    Best account of depressive-disorder causes?

    答案

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

  653. 卡片 653

    问题

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

    答案

    The diathesis–stress model.

  654. 卡片 654

    问题

    Cluster A personality disorders?

    答案

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

  655. 卡片 655

    问题

    What do psychotherapy meta-analyses generally find?

    答案

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

  656. 卡片 656

    问题

    Evidence-based treatment?

    答案

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

  657. 卡片 657

    问题

    Therapeutic alliance?

    答案

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

  658. 卡片 658

    问题

    Cultural humility in therapy?

    答案

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

  659. 卡片 659

    问题

    Deinstitutionalization?

    答案

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

  660. 卡片 660

    问题

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

    答案

    Exposure therapy.

  661. 卡片 661

    问题

    Nonmaleficence in therapy?

    答案

    Avoiding or minimizing harm.

  662. 卡片 662

    问题

    Four medication categories in the course?

    答案

    Antidepressants, antianxiety drugs, lithium, and antipsychotic medications.

  663. 卡片 663

    问题

    Depressive cognitive triad?

    答案

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

  664. 卡片 664

    问题

    Applied behavior analysis?

    答案

    Using measured learning principles to change socially significant behavior.

  665. 卡片 665

    问题

    Psychosurgery?

    答案

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

  666. 卡片 666

    问题

    Free association?

    答案

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

  667. 卡片 667

    问题

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

    答案

    Cognitive restructuring.

  668. 卡片 668

    问题

    One advantage of group therapy?

    答案

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

  669. 卡片 669

    问题

    Lobotomy?

    答案

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

  670. 卡片 670

    问题

    Best account of bipolar-disorder causes?

    答案

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

  671. 卡片 671

    问题

    Cognitive-behavioral therapy?

    答案

    Treatment that changes maladaptive thinking and behavior together.

  672. 卡片 672

    问题

    Disorganized speech in schizophrenia?

    答案

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

  673. 卡片 673

    问题

    Social anxiety disorder?

    答案

    Intense fear of scrutiny or negative evaluation in social situations.

  674. 卡片 674

    问题

    Best account of obsessive-compulsive-disorder causes?

    答案

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

  675. 卡片 675

    问题

    Rational-emotive behavior therapy?

    答案

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

  676. 卡片 676

    问题

    Dissociative fugue?

    答案

    Dissociative amnesia accompanied by unexpected travel or confusion about identity.

  677. 卡片 677

    问题

    Cluster B personality disorders?

    答案

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

  678. 卡片 678

    问题

    Best account of anxiety-disorder causes?

    答案

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

  679. 卡片 679

    问题

    Catatonia?

    答案

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

  680. 卡片 680

    问题

    Manic episode?

    答案

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

  681. 卡片 681

    问题

    Dissociative identity disorder?

    答案

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

  682. 卡片 682

    问题

    Best account of feeding and eating disorder causes?

    答案

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

  683. 卡片 683

    问题

    Cluster C personality disorders?

    答案

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

  684. 卡片 684

    问题

    Taijin kyofusho?

    答案

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

  685. 卡片 685

    问题

    Negative symptom of schizophrenia?

    答案

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

  686. 卡片 686

    问题

    What experiences are often linked with dissociative disorders?

    答案

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

  687. 卡片 687

    问题

    Hypomanic episode?

    答案

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

  688. 卡片 688

    问题

    Generalized anxiety disorder?

    答案

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

  689. 卡片 689

    问题

    Hoarding disorder?

    答案

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

  690. 卡片 690

    问题

    Best account of personality-disorder causes?

    答案

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

  691. 卡片 691

    问题

    Why can't one symptom establish a disorder?

    答案

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

  692. 卡片 692

    问题

    Persistent depressive disorder?

    答案

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

  693. 卡片 693

    问题

    Fidelity in therapy ethics?

    答案

    Maintaining trust, responsibility, and professional commitments.

  694. 卡片 694

    问题

    Systematic desensitization?

    答案

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

  695. 卡片 695

    问题

    Dream interpretation in psychodynamic therapy?

    答案

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

  696. 卡片 696

    问题

    Dialectical behavior therapy?

    答案

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

  697. 卡片 697

    问题

    Integrity in therapy ethics?

    答案

    Being honest and accurate in professional work.

  698. 卡片 698

    问题

    Aversion therapy?

    答案

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

  699. 卡片 699

    问题

    Tardive dyskinesia?

    答案

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

  700. 卡片 700

    问题

    ECT versus TMS?

    答案

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

  701. 卡片 701

    问题

    Respect for rights and dignity?

    答案

    Protecting autonomy, privacy, confidentiality, and fair treatment.

  702. 卡片 702

    问题

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

    答案

    A token economy.

  703. 卡片 703

    问题

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

    答案

    Person-centered therapy.

  704. 卡片 704

    问题

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

    答案

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

  705. 卡片 705

    问题

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

    答案

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

Abstract human profile with five luminous symbols representing perception, memory, learning, social behavior, and research.

705张卡片

Flashcards Open Source App — Five-Unit Psychology Course Review

免费学习这套卡组

Flashcards 将打开,你可以立即开始学习。