Psychology Flashcards
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Which sleep stage is most associated with dreaming and rapid eye movements?
Answer: REM sleep
REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep features vivid dreaming, muscle atonia, and heightened brain activity.
In social psychology, the bystander effect predicts that as the number of onlookers increases, each individual's likelihood of helping:
Answer: Decreases
The bystander effect occurs due to diffusion of responsibility — each person assumes someone else will act.
Which psychological disorder is characterized by persistent, recurrent, intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors performed to reduce anxiety?
Answer: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
OCD involves obsessions (intrusive thoughts) and compulsions (rituals) that temporarily relieve distress.
According to Erikson's psychosocial theory, the central conflict of adolescence is:
Answer: Identity vs. Role Confusion
During adolescence (ages 12–18), the developmental task is forming a coherent personal identity.
The phenomenon where the first items in a list are best remembered is called the:
Answer: Primacy effect
The primacy effect occurs because early items receive more rehearsal and are better encoded into long-term memory.
Which research method allows the strongest conclusions about cause and effect?
Answer: Randomized controlled experiment
Only a randomized controlled experiment with manipulation and random assignment allows causal inference.
Classical conditioning pairs a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus until the neutral stimulus alone elicits a response. This learned response is called the:
Answer: Conditioned response
The conditioned response is the learned reaction produced by the conditioned stimulus after repeated pairings.