Psychology Final Review

Final Review

62 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

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Front Back
A process of describing and interpreting an event in 'problem-solving'
Framing
The term for 'being accepted, valued, and treated positively regardless of one's behavior'. This was which researcher's term?
Unconditional Positive Regard / Rogers
A personality assessment test that presents individuals with an ambiguous stimulus and asks them to describe it or tell a story about it in their own way
Projective Test
Self-Determination theory: we feel fulfilled when we are able to meet three important needs.....
CAR: Competence (mastering skills) / Autonomy (independence) / Relatedness (warmth w/others)
The first process by which memory gets into memory storage. It is broken down into 3 processes?
Encoding / Attention, Elaboration, Imagery
Type of memory that allows us to learn from our experiences, store lessons learned, and use as a resource when faced with a difficulty
Autobiographical Memory
Factors that influence learning
Principles
Define 'Psychology'
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Define 'Cognition'
The way in which information is processed and manipulated in remembering, thinking, and knowing
When was the Equal Pay Act? Which legislator(s)?
1963 / Kennedy
When was the Paycheck Fairness Act? Which legislator(s)?
2013 / US Senate
When was the Civil Rights Act? Which legislator(s)?
1964 / LBJ
When was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act? Which legislator(s)?
2009 / Obama
Current Feminist who wrote 'The End of Men...and rise of women'. What did she think about the 'Hook-up' Culture?
Hanna Rosin / 'Good for women because it gives them the power over men'
The force that moves people to behave, think, and feel the way they do
Motivation