PSY101 SP22 Final Exam Review pt.1

Question 1

Extinction is:

Accepted Answer

The removal of a reinforcer for a behavior which decreases the behavior

Question 2

The autonomic nervous system controls voluntary actions.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

The process by which we form a new memory is:

Accepted Answer

Encoding

Question 4

What is operationalization?

Accepted Answer

Conceptualizing abstract concepts so that we can measure them

Question 5

What is NOT a feature of an experimental study in psychology?

Accepted Answer

Little needs to be done to avoid confounding variables

Question 6

The recency effect states that it's easier to remember things at the beginning of a list.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

A study involves participants either meditating or reading and then taking a math test. The independent variable is:

Accepted Answer

Whether they meditated or read

Question 8

George is researching the effects of caffeine on test performance. What might be a confound of this study?

Accepted Answer

How much sleep the participants got the night before

Question 9

This cell structure is responsible for passing electrical signals on to another type of structure.

Accepted Answer

Axon

Question 10

The role of astrocytes is to...

Accepted Answer

Provide nutrients and repair the brain following an injury

Question 11

A correlational study cannot determine whether one variable caused another.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

A flashbulb memory is:

Accepted Answer

A vivid memory of a dramatic event

Question 13

Amy and George tell their son that he doesn't have to do Saturday chores when he gets As on tests in school. This is:

Accepted Answer

Negative reinforcement

Question 14

The process of making inferences about where memories came from is called:

Accepted Answer

Source monitoring

Question 15

You want your roommate to stop walking into your room without knocking, so you honk an airhorn every time. This is:

Accepted Answer

Positive punishment

Question 16

Select the INCORRECT association.

Accepted Answer

Long term memory - 7 + or - 2

Question 17

When attention is divided, memory performance...

Accepted Answer

Decreases

Question 18

Tonotopical organization occurs...

Accepted Answer

In the inner ear

Question 19

Long term memory is reconstructed when you recall an event.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

A natural and unlearned response to your environment is...

Accepted Answer

An unconditioned response

Question 21

The peripheral nervous system:

Accepted Answer

Connects the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body

Question 22

Who developed operant conditioning?

Accepted Answer

B.F. Skinner

Question 23

George found a strong positive relationship between caffeine intake and the trait "agreeableness." What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

The more agreeable someone is, the more they tend to drink coffee

Question 24

Which is NOT a correct association of a brain lobe and one of its functions?

Accepted Answer

Temporal -- abstract thought

Question 25

What are the three ethical principles of the APA discussed in class?

Accepted Answer

Beneficence, respect for persons, justice

Question 26

Amy buys George flowers each time he remembers her birthday. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Positive reinforcement

Question 27

A dog salivates when it hears a bell ring, because it always gets food when a bell rings. Salivation after a bell is:

Accepted Answer

The conditioned response

Question 28

What element brings vesicles which contain neurotransmitters to cell membranes for release into the synapse?

Accepted Answer

Calcium

Question 29

Which of the following is the correct association of neurotransmitter and its function?

Accepted Answer

Glutamate - learning, excitation

Question 30

Sensation is when the peripheral nervous system picks up on specific physical properties, such as light.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

Which of the following are true of methods of deactivation of extra neurotransmitters after release?

Accepted Answer

Degradation is the breakdown of neurotransmitters by enzymes, Reuptake is the transport of neurotransmitters back to the presynaptic cell

Question 32

Sympathetic and parasympathetic are divisions of the somatic nervous system.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

The reinforcement of gradual approximations of the desired behavior is:

Accepted Answer

Shaping

Question 34

George has been conditioned to squeal when he sees butterflies because he receives shocks when he sees them. Shocks are:

Accepted Answer

The unconditioned stimulus

PSY101 SP22 Final Exam Review pt.1

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PSY101 SP22 Final Exam Review pt.1

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