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43 Cards in this Set
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You have been asked to serve as a fact witness by your client's attorney. When asked in court, do you offer an opinion?
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No. Expert witnesses offer opinions. Fact witness can give opinion only if ORDERED by court and then opinion must be qualified by statement about limitations of opinion.
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Who was the author of the Doll study which found that African American kids preferred white dolls and labelled black dolls 'bad'?
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Kenneth and Mamie Clark. Cited during Brown vs. Board of Ed. segregation case.
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If asked by a custodial parent, should a psychologist who is working with a child in therapy render an opinion in a custody hearing?
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No. The evaluative relationship would be a dual relationship given the existing therapeutic relationship.
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Name two treatments for migraine headaches that have shown some positive outcomes.
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Autogenic training (relaxation training with auto-suggestion) and thermal biofeedback (individual is given info about their skin temperature).
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Results of Wernicke's aphasia:
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Affects comprehension (Wernicke's area is in temporal lobe/auditory cortex). Related difficulties with spoken and written language, and anomia (can't recall words).
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Results of Broca's aphasia:
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Difficulty expressing language and therefore also difficulty repeating what others have said.
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Damage to arcuate fasciculus results in what problem?
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Conduction aphasia
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Results of conduction aphasia:
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Difficulty repeating what one has heard.
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What is the relationship between group heterogeneity and correlation coefficient?
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The more heterogeneous the group (i.e. the wider the variability), the higher the coefficient will be.
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How would a supervisor counter the effects of social loafing?
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Make individual's jobs more challenging, and provide individual recognition.
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An animal can be killed in research by a psychologist when:
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"when it is appropriate, done rapidly, w/effort to minimize pain" - from Ethical Standards (animals in research).
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A researcher presents a "V" on the screen. The most common incorrect response was : A, B, W, or X?
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The most common error was "B" suggesting that short term information is ususally stored acoustically
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In normal aging, which type of memory is most affected? Semantic, episodic, or procedural?
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Episodic -- memory of specific events including autobiographical memories.
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What neurotransmitter is associated with Tourette's disorder?
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Dopamine.
(others studies show links to serotonin and norepinephrine) |
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Does job enrichment increase job performance?
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Yes, for quality not quantity of performance. Also results in some increase in satisfaction, lower absentee and turnover, particularly for young well educated, high Ach types.
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome -- what is it?
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Rare but potentially lethal effect of neuroleptic (Clozaril/Clozapine) antipsychotics. Muscle rigidity, tachycardia, sweating, hyperthermia, altered consciousness.
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The number of values free to vary in a statistical calculation is called:
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Degrees of freedom
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What is the statistical calculation for the variability of scores called?
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Variance
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R squared indicates what?
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Improvement in the ability to predict scores using the regression line.
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When a predictor of a selection test is raised, what is the result?
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Fewer people are selected overall. Fewer OVERALL true AND false positives, but raised potential for true positives.
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Implicit (procedural)memory involves which brain structures?
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Basal ganglia
ventral thalamus premotor cortex |
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Explicit (semantic, episodic)memory involves which brain structures?
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Hippocampus
medial thalamus prefrontal cortex |
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In factor analysis, oblique rotation is preferred when?
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When underlying traits are believed to be dependent
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Carbamazepine: What's the trade name and when might it be used instead of lithium?
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Tegretol. (Anticonvulsant and mood stabilizer). Better for rapid cycling and dysphoric mania.
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Which has a faster onset of action, litium or carbamazepine?
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Carbemazapine.
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What is functional amnesia?
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Retrograde amnesia, especially for autobiographical information. (Also called psychogenic amnesia). Distinct from organic amnesias.
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Locke and Latham's Goal Setting Theory
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-Specific, challenging goals lead to higher performance (linear relationship btwn goal and performance)
-intention, direction, effort, and persistence mediate performance |
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What is the operant conditioning model of depression?
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Person is on a prolonged extinction schedule -- has not had access to reinforcement.
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Are personnel selection techniques focusing on "person-organization fit" effective?
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Mixed. Have positive effects on individual satisfaction, productivity, but may have negative effects on organization long term
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Delayed recall of specific events is first evident in children at what age?
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13 months (just at walking)
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How does maternal employment affect children's cognitive development and academic achievement?
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Generally is a positive effect. Negative effect when mother wants to work but is staying at home. (This result is mediated by "maternal conflict")
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How is clozapine (Clozaril) presumed to affect schizophrenia?
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Helps balance dopamine and norepinephrine (paranoid schiz may have high levels of norepinephrine).
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What are the sub-types of ADHD
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i. combined type
ii. predominantly inattentive type iii. predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type |
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What are some ways to control for the effects of an extraneous variable?
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-blocking
-matching -ANCOVA |
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What are organic causes of mood disorder?
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-hallucinogens and PCP
-hypo, hyperthyroidism (endocrine disorders) -carcinoma of pancreas -viral illness -stroke |
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What are the minimum and maximum values o the standard error of measurement?
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0 and the standard deviation of test scores.
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What is the assumption of homoscedasticity?
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In regression equation, the variability of Y scores is equal throughout the range of X scores.
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Symptoms of memory impairment, faulty judgement and impaired concentration would most likely result from damage to which part of the brain?
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Temporal lobe. (Note inclusion of memory with judgment and concentration which would otherwise indicate frontal lobe).
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Should you agree to enroll the child of a friend in your workshop on learning study skills?
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No. Dual relationship.
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Difference between agnosia and aphasia?
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Agnosia is loss of ability to recognize or comprehend, usually nonverbal. Aphasia is when lack of ability is in the verbal domain.
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What are the findings from the social psychology study called the Prisoner's Dilemma?
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In the situation where cooperation leads to moderate rewards for both and competition leads to winner-takes-all, people compete.
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What is Seyle's General Adaptation Syndrome?
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Model of reaction to stress:
Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion |
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Guttman scale
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Attitude scale where agreement with any item implies agreement with lower-level items (i.e. "I like eating ice cream" implies agreement with "I like some dairy foods")
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