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What does the Yerkes-Dodson Law suggest about stress and performance?
What does the Yerkes-Dodson Law suggest about stress and performance?
Which of the following is NOT a stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
Which of the following is NOT a stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
What is indicated by the normal curve in relation to IQ scores?
What is indicated by the normal curve in relation to IQ scores?
Which disorder is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states?
Which disorder is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states?
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What does 'object permanence' refer to in child development?
What does 'object permanence' refer to in child development?
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Study Notes
Stress and Psychology
- Stress impacts the subconscious mind
- Trait psychology examines individual traits
- Type A personality is a style of behavior
- Yerkes-Dodson Law describes the relationship between arousal and performance
Child Development and Intelligence
- Assimilation/accommodation are cognitive processes
- The BITCH test is a psychological test (Williamson)
- Stages of cognitive development: Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
- Developmental psychology studies the changes in behavior and mental processes
- First words a child learns
- Harlow's Monkey study explored attachment behaviors
- IQ Calculation methods
- Kohlberg's theory on moral development investigates nature vs nurture
- Normal curve and IQ measurement
- Object permanence is understanding that objects continue to exist even when hidden
- Reliability and validity are crucial aspects of a psychological test
- Seriation is arranging objects in order of size or other properties
- Sex differences are analyzed
- Theory of mind is understanding that others have different thoughts and beliefs
- Sex differences are studied in psychology
- Disorders are a variety of mental illnesses
Psychological Disorders
- Amnesia is memory loss
- Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder
- Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder
- Conversion disorder is a mental disorder
- Dissociative identity disorder is a disorder
- Fugue state is a dissociative disorder
- Illness anxiety disorder is a disorder
- Medical model of mental illness is an approach
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental disorder
- Panic disorder is a mental illness
- Phobias are excessive fears
- Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental condition caused by a traumatic event
- Schizophrenia: chronic/acute is a psychotic disorder
- Social anxiety disorder is a mental disorder
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Description
This quiz covers key topics in psychology, focusing on stress and its effects on the subconscious, as well as major theories in child development. It includes important concepts like the Yerkes-Dodson Law, cognitive development stages, and attachment behaviors from Harlow's studies. Test your knowledge on how personality traits, moral development theories, and IQ measurement play a role in understanding psychology.
