Psychology Cumulative Exam Review – Flashcards
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____________ reinforcement occurs if a behavior is only reinforced some of the time.
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Intermittent
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Behavior modification is often used to improve one's self-control.
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T
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Most split-brain surgeries are preformed on ___________.
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intractable epilepsy patients
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Sigmund Freud was primarily interested in the conscious mind.
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A person born without chemoreceptors would probably be unable to sense pain.
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F
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Although women have made great strides over the last century, they only make up a small percentage of people earning degrees in psychology.
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To study the dependant variable, a scientist must __________.
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manipulate the independent variable
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__________ focuses on one specific thing at a time, whereas __________ is the attempt to focus on more than one thing at a time.
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Focused attention . . . divided attention
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The spinal cord runs down the back from the base of the __________ and ends just below __________ level.
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brain . . . waist
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The process of biofeedback begins when the subject __________.
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has their biological impulses measured
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The two types of visual receptors located in the retina are __________ and __________.
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rods . . . cones
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Most research generates only quantitative data.
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Empirical research into emotional intelligence increased after the publication of "General Intelligence, Objectively Determined and Measured."
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F
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The _________ lobe contains the primary motor cortex and mirror neurons.
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frontal
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A simple rule of __________ is that a sentence must have a noun phrase and a verb phrase.
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syntax
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Ancient cultures were much more likely than modern cultures to view dreams as __________.
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part of waking reality
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Homeostasis is the ability of a system or living organism to adjust its __________ environment in order to maintain __________.
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internal . . . equilibrium
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Which of the following is true of a reliable study?
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Results that are produced are consistent.
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A stimulus for which there is no conditioned response is called a(n) __________ stimulus.
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neutral
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All of the following are types of Gestalt grouping principles described by Gestalt psychologists, except __________.
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figure and ground
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During the reuptake process, which of the following is occurring?
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A neuron is reabsorbing neurotransmitters.
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Reporting frequencies of sample data, such as eye color, ethnicity, grade point average, and height is done by using __________ statistics.
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descriptive
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Most learning takes place through association.
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Which of the following are the goals of psychology?
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describe, explain, predict, control
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Providing subgoals for individuals helps them solve problems more quickly.
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