Psychology - General Psychology, Helping Quiz 9

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Any mental process used to avoid, deny, or distort sources of threat or anxiety, including threats to one's self-image, are called

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When every member of a population has an equal chance of being included in a sample, the sample is said to be _____ the population.

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Transcendental meditation always involves repeating a mantra to achieve a different state of consciousness

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Which type of psychologist would most likely study the improvements in children's memory as they age from three to 12 years?

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A very high rate of responding is produced by a _______ schedule of reinforcement

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Skin patches are to touch as ____ are to vision

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A behavioral contract is a formal written agreement in which the goals for behavioral change, reinforcements, and penalties are clearly stated

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The left hemisphere processes information

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Systematic desensitization is a therapy method used in treating phobias that involves relaxation training and exposure to the feared object

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Alisha is doing a history report on the 35th president of the United States for her tenth-grade history class. Where is Alisha most likely going to look for information to complete her report?

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What was the fifth taste receptor identified that responds to stimulation by glutamate?

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According to the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), described by Selye, the appearance of a threat in the environment will trigger:

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If you try to persuade your parents to pay for you to take a two-week tour of Europe next summer, you would MOST likely be successful if you first

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A single-blind experiment would most likely be used to minimize researcher bias

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Which noted African-American psychologist held a post as president of Shaw University in North Carolina and then president of Virginia State College?

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When Lewis smokes, the nicotine from the cigarettes will affect his brain cells by

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Slot machines pay out according to a ____ schedule of reinforcement

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Samantha attends a public school that has a great deal of freedom to set its own curriculum. This type of school is referred to as what in your textbook?

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________ increases the probability of a behaviour by the removal of a negative stimulus after that behaviour occurs.

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A neuron's threshold is

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Individuals who are highly driven, competitive, impatient, and aggressive are referred to as

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According to Freud, personality develops through a series of psychosexual stages. During infancy, the psychosexual stage is called the __________ stage.

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The most basic speech sounds of a given language are called:

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When college students were asked to describe someone they knew well, they mentioned an average of __________ traits

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When we use the term "outside of consciousness" we are referring to

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What term refers to the first principle from which all knowledge is created?

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Each of the following is a promising strategy for reducing prejudice and discrimination except ________

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Which theory of color vision states that we have three different cone receptors that are sensitive to varying wavelengths of light?

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Researchers have found that if one identical (monozygotic) twin suffers from schizophrenia, the other twin has a 50% chance of developing that condition. In fraternal (dizygotic) twins, however,