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Psych. Final
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Psychology
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05/15/2017

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Cognitive Consistency
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Psychological need to behave according to one's beliefs

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Affiliation
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Desire to join with others and be part of something larger than oneself

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Opponent-Process Theory
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Theory that states that emotions often come in pairs

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Self-Actualization
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A person's need to become what he or she is capable of being

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Are not necessarily based on deprivation

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In contrast to biological needs, psychological needs

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Humanistic Psychology
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Abraham Maslow pioneered the study of

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Rewarded by parents for good grades
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Children who set performance goals are usually

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Self actualization-top

Esteem-second-top

Belongingness-middle

Safety- second-bottom

Physiological- bottom

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Draw and label Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

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Collective Unconscious
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Store of human concepts shared by all people across cultures

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Congruence
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Consistency between one's self-concept and one's exerience

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Surface Trait
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Obvious personality trait such as friendliness

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Introvert
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A ____ person tends to be imaginative and looks inward rather than to other people for ideas and energy.

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Ego
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Freud wrote that the ___ "stands for reason and good sense" because it is the part of hte mind guided by the reality principle.

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Repression
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____ is a defense mechanism that pushes anxiety-causing ideas into the unconscious.

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Behavioral Psychologists
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Socilization is a process desbribed by

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Superego- moral principle

Ego- reason and good sense

id- basic drives such as hunger

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Draw a figure to represents the three parts of the mind, and describe the role of each part.

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Schizophrenia
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Psychological disorder characterized by loss of contact with reality

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Bipolar Disorder
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Mood disorder involving a cycle of mood changes from depression to whild elation

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Simple Phobia
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Anxiety disorder incolcing a persistent excessive or irrational fear

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Intense, persistent feelings of anxiety caused by traumatic experience

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Mania
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Periods of ____ involve extreme excitement charaterized by hyperactivity and chaotic behavior.

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Anxiety
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____ is a general state of dread or uneasiness.

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Almsot 1/3 of all adults
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In the U.S., psychological disorders affect

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Anxiety and mania
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Mood disorders fall into the general categories of 

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How does PTSD differ from acute stress disorder?
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Acute stress disorder is for a short period of time where as PTSD is for a long time, or possibly terminal.

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Self-serving bias
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Attributing one's successes to personality factors and failures to externl factors

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Reciprocity
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Mutual exchange of feelings and attitudes

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Discrimination
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_____ the unfair treatment of individuals because they are members of a particular group.

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Prejudice
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_____ is a harmful and negative attitude about other people based on their membership in a particular group.

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Attitudes
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____ are beliefs and feelins aout objects, people, and events that lead people to behave in certain ways.

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Social
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The ways in which we perceive other people are known as our ____ perceptions.

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Cognitive Anchors
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Though a person's attitudes can change, they usually stay the same becaue of 

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Central and Peripheral Route
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The two basic ways to persuade people are the 

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In a Good Mood
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People are less likely to evaluate messages carefully when they are

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All of the above
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People tend to develop stereotypes because

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Scapegoating- blaming an individual/group for problems of others

In-Group- social groups w/ whom a person identifies "us"

Comparison- that prson is not like "us" 

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Explain 3 of 5 causes of prejudice.

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Evaluation Apprehension
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Concern about the opinion of others that motivte people to try harder

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Diffusion of Responsibility
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Tendency for people to feel less responsible for a task when it is shared by a group

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Bystander Effect
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The _______ describes the tendency of people to withold assistance when other peole are present.

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Democratic
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_____ leaders encourage group discussion and may try to encourage unanimous agreement on a decision.

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Conform
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People who ____ bring their behaviors into line with those of a group.

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Experience All of the Above
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Social loafing may occur because individuals

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Explicit Norms
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Traffic rules and school dress choses are examples of

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The Foot-in-the-Door Effect
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Soldiers who have learned to obey minor orders obey more important commands because of 

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Does All of the Above
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Watching violence on tv may cause some people to become more agressive because

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Unavoidable Reactions to Everday Frustrations
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Sigmund Freud believed that agressive urges are caused by

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Participation in Sports
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Learning theorists believe that aggression is reinforced through

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