Psychology trigger words - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Learning that certain events occur together is called... - answer-associative learning conditioning is the process of... - answer-learning associations By directly experiencing a thunderstorm, we learn that a flash of lightning signals an impending crash of thunder. This best illustrates... - answer-classical conditioning Seals in an aquarium will repeat behaviors, such as slapping and barking, that prompt people to toss them a herring. This best illustrates... - answer-operant conditio...

GRE psychology practice 159 Questions with Verified Answers Acetycholine - CORRECT ANSWER neurotransmitter associated with voluntary movement, sleep and wakefulness. Too little is associated with Alzheimer's Analysis of Variance/ANOVA - CORRECT ANSWER inferential statistical procedure used to compare 2 or more means to see if the difference is not chance (need p<.05 for statistical significance) Aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER impairment of ability to communicate either through oral or wri...

complementary and alternative medicine - ANSWER as yet unproven health care treatments intended to supplement or serve as alternatives to conventional medicine, and which typically are not widely taught in medical schools, used in hospitals, or reimbursed by insurance companies. When research shows a therapy to be safe and effective, it usually becomes part of accepted medical practice concept - ANSWER a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people concrete operational stag...

AQA A Level Psychology: Schizophrenia Already Passed Cheniaux et al (2009)had two psychiatrists independently diagnose 100 patients using both DSM and ICD criteria. What were the results? Psychiatrist 1 using DSM = 26. Psychiatrist 1 using ICD = 4. Psychiatrist 2 using DSM = 13. Psychiatrist 2 using ICD = 24. Name 2 weaknesses of the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Poor inter-rater reliability and reliability. Criterion validity The extent to which different assessment systems arrive at the same d...

AP PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE TEST I (WITH EXPLANATIONS) EXAM 2023 Which of the following is an example of habituation? (A) The first time Ilene wear high-heeled shoes, she finds them extremely uncomfortable. (B) Ilene can only tolerate wearing high-heeled shoes for a few hours because they hurt. (C) Ilene wore high-heeled shoes for the first time two weeks ago; now she wears them every day. (D) High-heeled shoes always hurt Ilene's fee, but she forces herself to wear them because they ...

CFPT Practice Questions With Correct Answers CFPT Practice Questions The capacity of news media to select some aspects of a story that promote a particular problem definition, interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation is known in the media as: a) agenda setting b) cultivation c) framing d) priming - ANS c) framing Which of the following is a daily newspaper published in the UK? a) The Independent b) Time Out c) The Daily Herald d) The...

CFPT Questions And Answers CFPT Practice Questions The capacity of news media to select some aspects of a story that promote a particular problem definition, interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation is known in the media as: a) agenda setting b) cultivation c) framing d) priming - ANS c) framing Which of the following is a daily newspaper published in the UK? a) The Independent b) Time Out c) The Daily Herald d) The Observer - ANS ...

GRE Psychology Subject Test 432 Questions with Verified Answers Ablation - CORRECT ANSWER A surgically induced brain lesion. Absolute refractory period - CORRECT ANSWER The period that follows the onset of an action potential. During this period, a nerve impulse cannot be initiated Absolute threshold - CORRECT ANSWER The minimum of stimulus energy needed to activate a sensory system. Accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER A principle of Piaget's theory of cognitive development. It occurs wh...

absolute threshold - ANSWER the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time accommodation - ANSWER (1) the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina. (2) adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information achievement motivation - ANSWER a desire for significant accomplishment; for mastery of things, people, or ideas; for rapidly attaining a high standard achievement tests - ANSWER tests...

counseling Exam NCE And CPCE Ch. 3 - Human Growth & Development (100) 1. Freud’s stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson’s stages are a. Psychometric. b. Psychodiagnostic. c. Psychopharmacological. d. psychosocial. 2. In Freud’s psychodynamic theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson is an ego psychologist. Ego psychologists a. emphasize id processes. b. refute the concept of the superego. c. believe in man’s powers of reasoning to control behavior. d. are sometimes kno...