Final Exam Review Part 1

Men in their ___ are most likely sexually attracted to women who are older rather than younger.

Our awareness of ourselves and our environment is called

Naturalistic observation is most useful for

The colored muscle that constricts when you feel disgusted or enter a dark room is the

Mass media scenarios that shape our expectations about how to develop a sexual relationship are

Genital arousal is most likely to be associated with

The incidence of male homosexuality has been found to be slightly higher than usual among

A hypothesis is a(n)

Particularly among men, sleep apnea is linked with

The temporary inflow of positive ions through an axon membrane is the

Which of the following drugs produces the quickest and most powerful rush of euphoria?

It has been suggested that the fraternal birth-order effect is a result of

In a typical full night of sleep, young adults spend the greatest amount of time (50%) in

Stimulant drug; aftereffects may include seizures, depression, and occasional violent outbursts

Conditioning is the process of:

Clinical psychologists specialize in

Conduction hearing loss is most likely to result from damage to the

According to Erikson, late adulthood is to integrity as young adulthood is to

Ivan Pavlov pioneered the study of

The specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a

According to Kohlberg, postconventional morality involves

Adjusting current schemas to make sense of new information is called

The two divisions of the peripheral nervous system are the

According to Freud, the latent content of a dream refers to

For younger adults, the human sleep cycle repeats itself about every

SQ3R is a study method incorporating five steps: survey, question, read, ________, and review.

Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus is called

Oxytocin is secreted by the

A learned association between behaviors and resulting events is central to:

Cocaine is classified as a(n)

Research has suggested that a reward deficiency syndrome may contribute to

Nicotine calms anxiety and diminishes sensitivity to pain by releasing opioids and

Erik Erikson maintained that the two basic aspects of life that dominate adulthood are

An area of the brain specialized task of recognizing faces is located in the right _____ lobe.

Gender refers to the ________ that define what it means to be a man or a woman.

Twins who develop from separate fertilized eggs are called ________ twins.

Drug tolerance refers to the

When pregnant rats drink alcohol, their young offspring later display a(n)

The somatosensory cortex is activated by ________ sensations

People whose gender identity feels mismatched with their biological sex are

Debates as to whether the excessive use of alcohol is biological or cultural are related to

Structuralism used a method known as ________ to reveal the basic elements of the mind.

The tremors of Parkinson's disease result from the death of nerve cells that produce

Which part of a neuron is often encased by a fatty myelin sheath?

Which of the following is located in the temporal lobes?

Critical thinkers can best be described as

According to Erikson, trust is to infancy as identity is to

Genes provide the code for the production of

Morphine and heroin are

Phineas Gage underwent a personality change after an iron bar damaged his ________ lobes.

The association areas are the last cortical areas to fully develop their

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow promoted a historically significant approach known as

Receptor cells for kinesthesia are located in the

In everyday behavior, men are LESS likely than women to

Random assignment is most likely to be used in ________ research.

As teens mature, the growth of myelin facilitates

Research participants are randomly assigned to different groups in an experiment in order to

Which of the following is a psychedelic drug?

Human females begin forming all the eggs they will ever have during

A brain lesion refers to ________ of brain tissue.

Neuroscientists have discovered mirror neurons in the

According to Piaget, schemas are

In remembering the spatial locations of objects, straight men perform

A birth-order effect seems to play a role in sexual orientation among

If you burn your finger, _____ transmit pain-triggering signals to your central nervous system.

Which of the following is a stress hormone that stimulates the body to make fat?

Any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response is called a(n)

Compared with males, females experience a greater risk of

The endocrine system consists of the

The symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome are most likely to include

Which school of thought emphasized the importance of our needs for love and acceptance?

A recurring difficulty in falling or staying asleep is called

The brain's oldest region is the

Newborns have been observed to show the greatest visual interest in a

The taste sensation umami is most likely to attract us to foods that are

The central nervous system consists of

Which of the following behaviors is typically reinforced on a variable-ratio schedule?

Which of the following is an amphetamine derivative that acts a mild hallucinogen?

Which lobes of the brain enables you to feel someone scratching your back?

A count of positive and negative words in millions of Tweets suggests that people are happiest

Which of the following is most clearly an operant behavior?

Which drugs are most likely to be prescribed as tranquilizers?

Beginning in the 1920s, American psychologists such as John B. Watson emphasized the study of

Normal visual sensation in the absence of complete visual perception is best illustrated by

The double-blind procedure is most likely to be used in ________ research.

In a psychological experiment, the experimental factor that is manipulated is called the

The mind's defenses against its own unconscious wishes and impulses were of special interest to

A descriptive method in which one individual or group is studied in great depth is called a(n)

The developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth is known as a(n)

A recording of the waves of electrical activity across the surface of the brain is called a(n)

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

Which portion of the brain is most directly involved in making plans and moral choices?

The preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view is called

For effective mastery of course material, the text emphasizes the value of

An organism learns associations between events it does not control during the process of

Which receptor cells most directly enable us to distinguish different wavelengths of light?

The placenta develops from many of the outer cells of the

The body's speedy electrochemical information network is called the

From ages 3 to 6, the brain's neural networks are sprouting most rapidly in the

Olfaction refers to

Learning that some responses, but not others, will be punished is called:

Compared with their counterparts of 30 years ago, American men today are marrying

Morality based on the avoidance of punishment and getting rewards represents ________ morality.

In a moment of danger, an individual's adrenal glands release

Men found women more attractive and sexually desirable when their photos were framed in

Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that

Methamphetamine enhances energy and mood by triggering the release of the neurotransmitter

The ________ at the back of the brain enables nonverbal learning and skill memory.

Children who suffer chronic abuse and become aggressive teens and adults have

Brain scans of teens reveal that __ immaturity is most evident w/ JuV. offenders & drug users