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(2) Explicit memory is also known as

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declarative memory

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(2) The cerebral cortex is the covering layer of the

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cerebral hemispheres

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(2) Which portion of the cerebral cortex is most closely adjacent to the ears?

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temporal lobes

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(2) Tim, a third-grader, learns the sentence 'George Eats Old Gray Rats and Paints Houses Yellow' to help him remember the spelling of geography Tim is using?

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a mnemonic device

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(2) The process of getting information out of memory is called

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retrieval

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(2) The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as the _______ effect

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serial position

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(2) After reading a newspaper report suggesting that drunken driving might have contributed to a recent auto accident, several people who actually witnessed the accident began to remember the driver involved as traveling more recklessly than was actually the case. This proves an example of

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The misinformation effect

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(2) When an eyewitness to an auto accident is asked to describe what happened, which measure of memory is being used

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recall

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(2) The motor cortex is located in the ___________ lobes

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frontal

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(2) Jamille is taking french in school. She gets better grades on vocabulary tests if she studies or 15 minutes every day for 8 days rather than cramming for 2 hours the night before the test. This illustrates what is known as

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The spacing effect

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(2) Explicit memories are

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memories of facts and personal events that can be consciously retrieved

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(2) The basal ganglia help students form implicit memories of

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motor skills

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(2) The process of encoding refers to

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getting information into memory

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(2) The occipital lobes are to ______ as the temporal lobes are to _______

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seeing; hearing

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(2) The somatosensory cortex is most important for our sense of

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touch

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(2) Which region of your brainstem plays a role in arousing you to a state of conscious alertness

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reticular formation

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(2) The ability to simultaneously draw one shape with the right hand and a different shape with the left hand is most characteristic of those whose__________ has been cut

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corpus callosum

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(2) Which of the following techniques used by professional therapists is (are) likely to promote false memories in patients

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Hypnosis, guided imagery, and dream analysis

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(2) The function of dendrites is to

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receive incoming signals from other neurons

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(2) Opiate drugs like morphine or Vicodin work by occupying the same receptor sites as

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endorphins

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(2) Memories are primed by

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retrieval cues

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(2) Forming many associations between new course material and what you already know is an effective way to build a network of

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retrieval cues

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(2) Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people's ability to

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solve arithmetic problems

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(2) After attending group therapy sessions for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Karen mistakenly remembered details from others' traumatic life stories as part of her own life history. The best illustrates the dangers of

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source amnesia

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(2) An undersupply of the major inhibitory neurotransmitters known as______ is linked to seizures

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GABA

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(2) Which brain structure regulates hunger, thirst and sexual motivation

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Hypothalamus

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(2) Arnold so easily remembers his old girlfriend's phone number that he finds it difficult to recall his new girlfriend's number. Arnold's difficulty best illustrates

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proactive interference

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(2) Memories for well-learned skills such as how to ride a bicycle are typically _______ memories

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implicit

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(2) The term working memory represents psychologists' newer understanding of

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short-term memory

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(2) If anxiety-arousing or distressing memories are blocked from conscious awareness is known as

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repression

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(2) Which part of the limbic system plays an essential role in the process of storing of new memories

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hippocampus

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(2) Answering questions about what she had read in her psychology textbook improves Shauna's memory of the material more effectively than rereading the textbook material. This best illustrates

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the testing effect

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(2) An undersupply of serotonin is most closely linked to

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depression

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(2) The two major divisions of the nervous system are the central nervous system and the

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peripheral

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(2) The corpus callosum is a wide band of neural fibers that

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transmits information between the cerebral hemispheres

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(2) The chemical messengers released into the junctions between neurons are called

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neurotransmitters

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(2) George Miller proposed that about seven information bits constitutes the capacity of ______ memory

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short-term

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(2) A synapse is a

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junction between a sending neuron and a receiving neuron

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(2) After suffering an accidental brain injury, Kira has difficulty walking in a smooth and coordinated manner and keeping her balance while walking. She has probably suffered damage to her

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cerebellum

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(2) Recall of what you have learned is often improved when your physical surroundings at the time of the retrieval and encoding are the same. This best illustrates

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context-dependent memory

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(2) After recovering from a stroke, Farina was able to learn how to hit a tennis ball. She is unable, however, to learn and remember the name of the rehabilitation therapist who has been working with her each day to develop her tennis swing. Farina is most likely to have suffered damage to her

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hippocampus

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(2) The part of the peripheral nervous system the controls the glands and internal organs is called the

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autonomic nervous system

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(2) The best way to detect enlarged fluid-filled brain regions income patients who have schizophrenia is to use a

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MRI

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(2) Patient H.M. had trouble storing new memories after the surgery on his medial temporal lobes. Which type of amnesia is this

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Anterograde amnerria

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(2) Which of the following would be an example of a recall test?

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Fill-in-the-blank

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(2) An undersupply of the following might be associated with depression

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serotonin

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(2) Which of the following types of memories are paired with the correct memory structure in the brain

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explicit memories- frontal lobe/hippocampus

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(2) During football practice, Tommy hit his head and suffered a concussion. He remembers waking up in the hospital but does not remember what happened during the particular play in practice where he received his injury. This is probably an example of

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Retrograde amnesia

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(2) Which brain imaging technique shows which areas of the brain are most active at the time of the scan?

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PET scan

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(2) Broca's area is located in the _______, which Wernicke's area is located in the _______

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Frontal lobe; Temporal lobe

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(2) What area of Phones Gage's brain was damaged, causing him to become inconsiderate, irresponsible and unable to show the planning and follow through that his railroad job required?

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Frontal lobe

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(2) A split brain patient is shown a picture of a foot on the right side of the screen and a picture of a ball on the left side of the screen. Which picture is the patient most likely to easily verbally identify?

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The foot

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(2) What are the tree stages of the information processing model of memory?

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Sensory Memory, working/short-term Memory, Long-term Memory

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(2) ___________ refers to organizing or combining items into manageable units to increase the capacity of short-term memory

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chunking

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Mary believes that cognitive development is a matter of gradual and almost invisible changes over time. Her viewpoint is most directly relevant to the issue of (4)

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Continuity and stages

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Janine is disgusted by the thought of watching a pornographic video. Freud would have attributed these feelings to Janine's (4)

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superego

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Carl Rogers suggested that the _________ is a central feature of personality (4)

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self-concept

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According to psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that strives for immediate gratification of basic drives is the (4)

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id

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By about 8 months, children become increasingly likely to to react to newcomers with tears and distress (4)

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stranger anxiety

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In a pleasant but unfamiliar setting, infants who are securely attached to their mothers are most likely to (4)

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use their mothers as a base from which to explore the new surroundings

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Will anxious children grow up to be either fearful or relaxed adults? This question highlights the issue of (4)

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stability and change

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During the course of successful prenatal development, a human organism begins as a (4)

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zygote and finally develops into a fetus

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The projective tests are most closely associated with the ___________ perspective (4)

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psychoanalytic

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Years after his participation in terrifying military combat, Gordon continues to suffer intrusive anxiety-arousing images of his war experiences, which he could forget. Gordon's experience is most clearly inconsistent with Freud's concept of (4)

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repression

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The study of outside influences (like drug use or stress) on gene expression that occur without a DNA change is called (4)

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epigenetics

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Research has found that an animal's sexual orientation can be altered by (4)

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manipulations of prenatal hormone conditions

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Dr. Zytowics wants to assess the extent to which a client is suffering from social anxiety and other symptoms of an emotional disorder. Which personality inventory would be most helpful for this purpose? (4)

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the MMPI

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A refusal to believe direct and highly credible evidence that your spouse is suffering a terminal illness best illustrates (4)

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denial

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Research suggests that the finding that the more older brothers a male has, the greater their chance of being gay may be a result of their utero development being influenced by (4)

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maternal immune system responses

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If children cannot grasp the principle of conversation, they are unable to (4)

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recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same despite the changes in its shape

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The Harlows observed that most monkeys raised in total isolation from other monkeys (4)

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were incapable of mating upon reaching sexual maturity

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A characteristic pattern of behavior or tendency to act and feel in a certain way is called a (4)

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trait

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A psychotherapist instructs Dane to relax, close his eyes, and stale aloud whatever thoughts come to mind no matter how unimportant or absurd. The therapist is using a technique known as (4)

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free association

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Self-efficacy refers to our beliefs or cognitions concerning our (4)

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competence

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Which of the following is the correct order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development? (4)

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sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

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Simon LeVay discovered that a neural cluster located in the _____________ was larger in heterosexual men than in homosexual men (4)

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hypothalamus

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Three-year-old Sachiko mistakenly believes that her mother would like to receive a toy doll as a Christmas present. This best illustrates Piaget's concept of (4)

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egocentrism

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Reaction formation refers to the process by which people (4)

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consciously express feelings that are the opposite of unacceptable unconscious impulses

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Many researchers believe that adult styles of romantic love correspond with childhood patterns of (4)

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attachment

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A segment of DNA that provides the code for creating protein molecules is called a (4)

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gene

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Carl Rogers referred to an attitude of total acceptance toward another person as (4)

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unconditional positive regard

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Abraham Maslow suggested that those who fulfill their potential have satisfied the need for (4)

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self-actualization

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The 3 component parts of personality as proposed by Freud are (4)

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the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious

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Which psychologists is known for his "hierarchy of human needs" (4)

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Maslow

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Which psychologist is known for his social cognitive theory of "reciprocal determinism" (4)

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Bandura

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Of the big five super traits which one includes trustworthy, kindness, and cooperation? (4)

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Agreeableness

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According to Piaget, a _________ is a mental category or concept that organizes, stores and interprets knowledge and experiences (4)

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Schema

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Mike is working with his teammates and offensive coach to learn a new passing route, this information will be easy for Mike to learn because he has learned similar passing routes before. Piaget would probably predict that Mike could use the process of ________ to incorporate this new passing play to his mental categories (4)

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Assimilation

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A child before the age of 6 months depends on seeing, hearing, touching, mouthing, and grasping objects to be able to think about those objects. If a baby of this age sees a toy, but then the toy is covered by a blanket, for the baby the toy no longer exists. This example of "out of sight out of mind" (4)

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Object permanence

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Monozygotic twins are also known as (4)

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Identical twins

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Chemicals or viruses that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause birth defects or improper development are called (4)

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teratogens

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The branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social/emotional changes across the life span is (4)

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Developmental Psychology

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Giving a child love and approval only when he/she conforms to parental expectations is an example of (4)

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conditional positive regard

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In his theory Sigmund Freud emphasized all of these things EXCEPT: (4)

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poor self-concept (importance of childhood experiences, unconscious forces and motivations, intrapsychic conflicts between different parts of personality)

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You see a delicious piece of chocolate cake. Part of you says you shouldn't eat it because it has too many calories. According to Freud, what part of your personality gives rise to this though? (4)

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superego

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Research on twin pairs has found that if an identical male twin is homosexual, there is about a ____ chance that his twin is also homosexual (4)

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52%

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Forest is a very talented baseball pitcher and believes that he is going to strike out the next batter he faces. Albert Bandura would say that Forest has high: (4)

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Self-Efficacy

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While calling out his wife, Bill accidentally calls her by his former girlfriend's name. Freud would suggest that this is an example of: (4)

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Freudian slip

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The Oedipus Complex centers around:

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A boy's competition with his father and attraction to his mother

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Which of the following are false (4)

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None of them are false (if an XX fetus is exposed to androgens its genitals will be masculinized, all of us develop female looking genitalia if not exposed to prenatal hormones, androgens like testosterone "masculinize" body, brain, and behavior, if an XY fetus, for genetic reasons, does not have "androgen receptors" the baby will look female"

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Where does fertilization of the egg typically occur? (4)

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in the fallopian tube

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When thinking about motor development in babies, which of the following refers to the fact that motor control begins with the head and then progresses down towards the toes? (4)

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cephalocaudal

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You show a child sitting across from you a a piece of paper that has a duck on one side and a car on the other. You then hold the piece of paper up between you two of you with the duck facing the child and the car facing you. After asking the child what picture they are looking at, they respond they see a duck. After asking the child what picture they think you are looking at, they respond that you are also looking at the duck. What stage of Piaget's cognitive development would this child be in? (4)

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preoperational stage

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In the case of Harry Harlow and his studies of the baby rhesus monkeys, what did he find? (4)

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the monkeys preferred the mother with the soft outside and no milk

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Harlow was using the baby monkeys to study (4)

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attachment

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During which of Freud's stages of psychosexual development would interest in genitals, recognition of gender differences, and competing vs identifying with the same sex parent take place? (4)

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Phallic

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Choose the correct sequence of defense mechanisms to fit the blanks below. Punching your office wall after having your boss yell at you would be an example of_______ A youth sucking his thumb on the first day of middle school would be an example of _______ (4)

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displacement, regression

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Negative reinforcers _________ the rate of operant responding, and punishments ________ the rate of operant responding (3)

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increase; decrease

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Evidence that some cones are especially sensitive to red light, others to green light, and still others to blue light is most directly supportive of (3)

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the trichromatic or Young-Helmholtz theory

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A fixed-interval schedule of reinforcement is one in which a response is reinforced only after a (3)

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specified time interval has elapsed

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Watching the night sky for shooting stars is likely to be reinforced on a _________ schedule (3)

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variable-interval

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Which cells for visual processing are locate3d closest to the back of the retina? (3)

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rods and cones

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A child's learned fear at the sight of a hypodermic needle is a (3)

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conditioned response

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The ability to simultaneously process the pitch, loudness, melody, and meaning of a song best illustrates (3)

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parallel processing

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After one chimpanzee sees a second chimp open a box that contains a food reward, the first chimp opens a similar box with great speed. This best illustrates (3)

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observational learning

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Receptor cells for our sense of _________ reproduce themselves every week or two. (3)

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taste

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Damage to the hammer, anvil, and stirrup is most likely to cause (3)

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conduction hearing loss

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The perception of an object as distinct from its surroundings is called (3)

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figure-ground perception

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In classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning is called a (3)

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neutral stimulus

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Peggy's use of foul language decreased because it was followed by the loss of her $5 weekly allowance. Taking away Peggy's allowance served as _________ for her foul language (3)

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negative punishment

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Spontaneous recovery refers to (3)

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reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response

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At one time Jimmy was scared of dogs because he was bitten by one. With subsequent repeated exposure to tame dogs in safe settings, however, his fear of dogs has gradually faded. Jimmy's diminishing fear of dogs best illustrates (3)

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extinction

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Our ability to learn by watching the behavior of others best illustrates (3)

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observational learning

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The pitch of sounds is determined by the ________ of sound waves (3)

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frequency

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Mason, a stock blocker, runs two miles every day after work because it reduces his level of stress. Mason's running habit is maintained by a _________ reinforcer (3)

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negative

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Cones and rods are to vision as __________ are to hearing (3)

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hair cells

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As the retinal image of a horse galloping toward you becomes larger, you do not perceive that the horse is actually growing larger. Our perceptual system is capable of maintaining its recognition of the horse because of (3)

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size constancy

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Behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely and behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely. Thorndike called this principle: (3)

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the law of effect

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The wavelength of visible light determines (3)

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the color we perceive

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Conditioning is the process of (3)

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learning associates

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The process of detecting and representing an external stimulus by the sensory receptors is called (3)

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sensation

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As a rock musician who has spent too many hours listening to loud music, Rodney is beginning to lose his hearing. It is most likely that this hearing loss results from damage to (3)

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hair cells

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A perceptual set is a (3)

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mental predisposition of expectation that influences what we perceive

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People are less bothered by pain if they carry a gene that boosts the normal supply of (3)

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endorphins

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If rats are allowed to wander through a maze, they will later run the maze with few errors when a food reward is placed at the end. The good performance demonstrates (3)

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latent learning

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If bears find insects after they move decaying logs, they more frequently move decaying logs. This most clearly indicates that finding insects is an example of (3)

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reinforcement

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In Pavlov's experiments on the salivary conditioning of dogs, the US was (3)

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food placed in the dog's mouth

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In which form of learning is behavior influenced by its consequences? (3)

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operant conditioning

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The fovea is the (3)

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central focal point in the retina, where many of the eye's cones cluster

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A time lap between sound waves striking or left and right ears is important for accurately (3)

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locating sounds

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Retinal disparity refers to the (3)

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somewhat different images our two eyes receive of the same object

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The perceptual tendency to group together stimuli that are near each other is called (3)

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proximity

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Rods are (3)

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more light-sensitive and less color-sensitive than are cones

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Which of the following is an unconditioned response? (3)

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sweating in hot weather

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Last year, Dr. Moritano cleaned Natacha's skin with rubbing alcohol before each of a series of painful rabies shots. Which of the following processes explains why Natacha now is afraid every time she smells rubbing alcohol? (3)

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Classical conditioning

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The blind spot is located in the area of the retina (3)

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where the optic nerve leaves the eye

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A partial reinforcement schedule that reinforces a response after an unpredictable number of responses is a ________ schedule (3)

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variable-interval

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In an experiment, preschool children pounded and kicked a large inflated Bobo doll that they had seen an adult beat on. This is a famous experiment conducted by: (3)

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Albert Bandura

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Watson and Rayner's study Little Albert demonstrated how specific fears (3)

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may be learned through classical conditioning

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The fact that "afterimages" of strong visual stimuli of a primary color are seen in the opposite color of the original image best supports what theory? (3)

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opponent process theory

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Who is credited with the discovery of classical conditioning? (3)

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pavlov

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Who is famous for working out the principles of operant conditioning? (3)

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skinner

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Your favorite flavor of JellyBelly jellybeans is "Buttered Popcorn" while your roommate likes the Pear and the Tangerine jellybeans. To taste these special flavors as well as the sweet and the tang of the candies depends on: (3)

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both taste and olfactory receptors

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Punch cards from restaurants which offer a free item after a certain number of punches are an example of which schedule of reinforcement? (3)

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fixed ratio

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__________ refers to the influence of higher-level mental processes like past experiences and expectations on perception (3)

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top-down processing

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This doughnut shaped ring of muscle adjusts the size of the opening of the interior of the eye (3)

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iris

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When walking through the gas station candy isle, you see your favorite sour candy. Your mouth begins to water. In this situation, seeing the candy would be the: (3)

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conditioned stimulus

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A mother takes her daughter to get groceries with he. In the check out line, her daughter throws a tantrum on the floor, because she wants her favorite snack from the check out isle. In order to avoid a scene, the mother eventually gives in and buys the little girl her snack. The mother did what her daughter's tantrum behavior? (3)

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positive reinforcement

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If a casino penny slot machine is set to give winnings every 100th play, it is operating on which schedule of reinforcement? (3)

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fixed ratio

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A man is trying to teach his dog to sit on command. Every time the dog sits on command it receives a treat by the owner. This is an example of ______ (3)

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continuous reinforcement

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Allison doesn't want to eat broccoli. Every time her parents give her broccoli she screams uncontrollably. Her parents end up taking the broccoli away. Allison continues to scream every time she is given broccoli. This is an example of (3)

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negative reinforcement

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In intro to Psych the word "conditioned" means (3)

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learned

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A rat learned that when it presses a lever, the researcher stops shocking it. The rat begins to press the lever very frequently to avoid the shocks. This behavior is encouraged by: (3)

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negative reinforcement

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Reba as out as a dance club and stood next to the speakers all night. When she leaves the club she notices her hearing isn't quite as sharp as normal. This can most likely be explained by temporary damage to her (3)

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Hair cells

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Which psychological perspective is most likely to be concerned with thought processing, memory, and reasoning?(1)

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cognitive

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Which perspective would help us understand the impact of strokes and brain diseases on memory? (1)

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neuroscience

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The most notable feature of the psychodynamic perspective is its emphasis on (1)

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unconscious conflicts

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Dr. Wilson believes that the delinquent behaviors of many teens result from the pressures of being members of street gangs. Her account best illustrates a _________ perspective (1)

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social-cultural

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Which perspective most clearly focuses on how we learn observable responses? (1)

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behavioral

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Professor Crimson believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners because this preference promoted the survival of our ancestors' genes. This viewpoint best illustrates the __________ perspective (1)

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evolutionary

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Dr. Roberts creates tests to assess individual differences in traits such as anxiety and self-esteem. Which psychological subfield does her work best represent? (1)

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personality psychology

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The specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a (1)

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psychiatrist

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Dr. Santaniello studies how children's moral thinking changes as they grow older. Dr. Santaniello is most likely a ___________ psychologist (1)

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developmental

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Dr. Lipka is involved in the study of employee job satisfaction and productivity. Dr. Lipka is most likely a _________ psychologist (1)

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industrial-organizational

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Dr. Yoo studies why individuals conform to the behaviors and opinions of others. He is probably a (1)

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social psychologist

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The simultaneous processing of information at both conscious and unconscious levels is called (1)

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dual processing

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A hypotheis is (1)

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testable prediction that gives direction to research

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A clinical psychologist carefully does an in-depth investigation of a client's current life situation and his physical, social-cultural, and educational history. Which research method is the psychologist using? (1)

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the case study

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Which research method would be best for investigating the relationship between the religious beliefs of Americans and their attitudes toward abortion? (1)

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the survey

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Which of the following scientific procedures is most useful for helping survey researchers avoid false or biased generalizations? (1)

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random sampling

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Correlational research is most useful for purposes of (1)

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prediction

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A negative correlation between degree of wealth and likelihood of suffering from a psychological disorder would indicate that (1)

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the poor are more likely to have a psychological disorder than the wealthy

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Which of the following methods is most helpful for revealing cause-effect relationships (1)

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the experiment

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The group exposed to a newly created drug that is being tested in an experiment is called the ______ group (1)

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experimental

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Random assignment minimizes __________ between experimental and control groups. Random sampling minimizes _________ between a sample and a population (1)

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differences; differences

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Both the researchers and the participants in a memory study are ignorant about which participants have received a drug that is supposed to improve memory and which have received a placebo. This investigation involves the use of (1)

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the double-blind procedure

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In a psychological experiment, the factor that is manipulated by the investigator is called the _________ variable (1)

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independent

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After an experiment, research participants are told its purpose and about any deception they may have experienced. This is called (1)

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debriefing

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consciousness is defined as (1)

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our awareness of ourselves and our environment

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Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus is called (1)

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selective attention

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Failing to see visible objects when our attention or our thought process is directed elsewhere is called (1)

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inattention blindness

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Most college students are "owls," with performance ___________ across the day. Most older adults are "larks," with performance __________ as the day progresses (1)

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improving; declining

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In one study, while a man provides directions to a construction worker, two experimenters rudely pass between them carrying a door. The man does not notice that the construction worker was replaced by a different person during the interruption. This illustrates (1)

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change blindness

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Circadian rhythm refers to (1)

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a pattern of biological functioning that occurs on a 24 hour cycle

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Jordanna has decided to go to bed early. Although her eyes are closed and she's very relaxed, she has not yet fallen asleep. An EEG is most likely to show the presence of the brain waves of relaxation known as (1)

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alpha waves

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An hour after going to be, Mike was so soundly asleep his parents were unable to awaken him for a scheduled dose of medicine. At this point in Mike's sleep, an EEG would have most likely detected (1)

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delta waves

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In terms of sleep, genital arousal is most likely to be associated with (1)

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REM sleep

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Forty-year-old Lance insists that he never dreams. Research suggests that he probably (1)

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would report a vivid dream if he were awakened during REM sleep

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Traffic accident rates have been found to _________ after the spring change to daylight savings time and to __________ after the fall change back to standard time (1)

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increase; decrease

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REM sleep is (1)

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reduced by alcohol and reduced by sleeping pills

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Narcolepsy is a disorder in which a person (1)

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experiences uncontrollable REM sleep attacks

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During a heated argument with his teenage daughter, Mr. Reid suddenly lapsed into a state of REM sleep. Mr. Reid apparently suffers from (1)

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Narcolepsy

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Compared with adults, children are (1)

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more likely to experience night terrors and more likely to experience sleepwalking

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Freud called the remembered story line of a dream its __________ content (1)

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manifest

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Research indicates that total time spent in REM sleep is especially high in (1)

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infants

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A group of individuals that fairly represents a population because each member of the population had an equal chance of inclusion in the group would be called (1)

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random sampling

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__________ explains behaviors of events by offering ideas that organize the observations made or the data that has been collected (1)

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an operational definition

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A statistical measure that indicates the direction and strength of relationship between 2 data sets is the (1)

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correlation coefficient

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In healthy young adults the sleep cycle repeats itself about every __________ during a night's sleep (1)

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90 minutes

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An experiment is done to test the effects of damage to the hypothalamus on eating behavior of rats. 25 rats have surgery to damage their hypothalamus, while another 25 receive all the steps of the surgery except the actual damage to the hypothalamus. For the next 6 months they are monitored for changes in eating behavior (1)

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damage to the hypothalamus

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In this situation (An experiment is done to test the effects of damage to the hypothalamus on eating behavior of rats. 25 rats have surgery to damage their hypothalamus, while another 25 receive all the steps of the surgery except the actual damage to the hypothalamus. For the next 6 months they are monitored for changes in eating behavior), which is the experimental group? (1)

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the rats with damage to the hypothalamus

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If research showed that the correlation between hours spent watching TV and GPA is -.75 this would mean that (1)

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As hours spent watching TV go up, GPA tends to be lower

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Alicia is in the last year of her doctoral program and is conducting a major research project on the variables affecting the accuracy of eye witness testimony. Alicia is most likely working towards which of the following degrees (1)

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Ph.D.

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ADHD researchers working with make fraternal twins pairs and male identical twin pairs looked at how similar the activity levels of the 2 boys in a twin pair were. After looking at many pairs of twins they found that overall: (1)

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there was strong positive correlation between the activity levels of the boys who were fraternal twins

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After observing many families with autistic kids, the first theory concerning the causes of autism proposed that the condition was due to (1)

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poor parenting

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The participants in an experiment that are NOT exposed, to the critical variable that the researcher is really interested in are part of the _________ (1)

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control group

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Which of the following would mostly like show a POSITIVE correlation (1)

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rainy weather and umbrella use

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If you were looking for someone to assess and treat serious mental, emotional and behavior disorders, which of the following (1)

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clinical psychologist

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A psychologist who uses twin studies to help determine the correlation between genetics and ADHD symptoms would best fit the ________ perspective in psychology (1)

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behavior genetics

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