AP Psychology JeopardyRound 2

Cognition & Intelligence

Developmental Psych Personality

Motivation & Emotion

Abnormal & Therapy

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100The name for the bell-shaped

distribution of intelligence scores in the general population.

What is Normally Distributed

200Failing to see that an article of clothing can be inflated as a

life preserver is an example of this.

What is Functional Fixedness

Or

Being stuck in one Mental Set

300A person who is mentally

tarded, but has one exceptional ability, would be likely to be diagnosed with

this.

What is Idiot Savantism a subset ofAutism

400When one’s attitudes cause

predictible behavior .

What is Self Fulfilling Bias

500The rules most directly

involved in permitting a person to derive meaning from words

and sentences.

Semantics

100This reflex occurs when a

newborn’s cheek is touched.

What is the Rooting Reflex

200He conducted a famous study that

separated infant monkeys from their mothers at birth and placed them

with wire or cloth surrogates.

Who is Harlow

300A 30-year old who doesn't want to

marry because he is afraid of losing his freedom and independence

would be said to be dealing with this stage of Erikson’s psychosocial

developmental model.

What is Intimacy v. Isolation

400The stage of cognitive

development when children acquire object permanence.

Going from Sensori-motor toPre-Operational

500The stage of Kohlberg’s

theory of moral reasoning where a person obeys to

avoid punishment or to gain concrete rewards.

What is Pre-Conventional

100According to Freud, this functions on the “reality

principle.”

What is the Ego

200This theory of personality attempts to describe and

classify people in terms of their predispositions to behave

in certain ways.

What is Attributional Theory

300This is the tendency to

overestimate the extent to which one has power over

events.

What is a strong Locus of Control

400These are Freud’s

psychosexual stages in the proper order.

What is1. Oral2. Anal

3. Phallic4. Latency5. Genital

500These are 3 of the Big Five

personality factors.

1. Openness to Experience

2 Conscientiousness 3 Extroversion 4 Agreeableness

5 Neuroticism

100This theory of emotion emphasizes

the simultaneous experience of body response and emotional feeling.

What is the Schachter Two Factor Theory

Also know:

Cannon-BardJames Lange

Lazarus

200This is Hans Selye’s theory of how the body adapts to stress, involving three stages – alarm,

resistance, and exhaustion.

What is G.A.Sor General Adaptation

Syndrome

300His research demonstrated

that although gestures may be culture-specific, certain facial

expressions appear to be universal.

Who is Paul Ekman

400The term for the body's tendency to maintain a

constant internal state, which is the goal of drive reduction.

What is Homeostasis

500Electrically stimulating this

part of the brain will cause an animal to begin eating.

Ventromedial Hypothalamus

100Someone who is continually

tense, jittery, and apprehensive for no specific

reason would likely be diagnosed with this.

What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder

200This is the most pervasive of all psychological disorders.

What are Mood Disorders

300This category of psychotherapy is known for its nondirective nature.

What is Client Centered

400This type of medication

appears to work by blocking the activity of dopamine.

Neuroleptics actually BLOCK dopamine messages of

“excitement” -- while SSRI’s increase the amount of

Serotonin available to send increased “calm” messages

500This neurotransmitter is present in overabundant amounts during the manic phase of bipolar disorder.

Dopamine is usually given as the main culprit for the MANIC

part, and Serotonin as the Depressive part