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Psychology 101: History, the brain, Sensation & Perception, Consciousness, Learning
Psychology 101: History, the brain, Sensation & Perception, Consciousness, Learning
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Getting your hair cut just enough for others to notice is an example of ____ threshold
Absolute
Difference
Detectable
perception
2
Learning to drive a stick shift is an automatic process & working out is a controlled process
false
true
3
In what field did psychology first become a scientific study?
Neurology
Sociology
Philosophy
Biology
4
The two parts of ____ are awareness and arousal
metacognition
circadian rythm
REM sleep
consciousness
5
What does sleep do?
conserves energy
all of the above
strenghtens synaptic conections
rebuilds cells and tissues
6
When do neurons fire more frequently?
In response to getting a massage
When we process color
When we hear loud music at a concert
While in stage 3 of sleep
7
What do glial cells do?
provide nutrition
Be totally awesome, man
race to the CNS to relay information
Process information
8
Correlational methods are useful for creating cause-and-effect relationships between variables
True
False
9
semi-circular canals located in the ___, help with ____.
Eyes, sight
ears, balance
brain, thought processing
ears, light-headedness
10
What part of the neuron carries info away from the cell body to other cells
axon
neurotransmitter
Dendrite
cell body
11
Mental processes are
Observable
Better with coffee
Private
unintentional
12
Action potential lasts ____ of a second
1/10000
1/100
1/1000
1/10
13
Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
False
True
14
Critical thinking, curiosity, skepticism, and objectivity are part of the ___ approach to Psych
Behavioral
Scientific
Cognitive
Humanistic
15
John Watson and B.F. Skinner are famous for their contributions to ____ psychology
sociocultural
Behavioristic
Humanistic
Cognitive
16
Observations, surveys and interviews, and case studies are all part of:
psychology
being on this Earth
the psychodynamic approach
descriptive research
17
The ____ system excites while the ____ system calms
arousal, awarness
Sympathetic, Parsympathetic
awareness, arousal
parasympathetic, sympathetic
18
___ theory and ___ theory are both theories on hearing.
pressure, frequency
frequency, place
trichromatic, sound
sound, pressure
19
Thinking about your thoughts is
consiousness
controlled process
cool
metacognition
20
the central nervous system is composed of...
has two subdivisions: somatic and automatic
has two subdivisions: somatic and autonomic
the nerves in the most central part of the body
the neurons in the brain and spinal cord
21
Who founded structuralism
William Wunt
William James
Aristotle
Charles Darwin
22
Chromosomes come in 26 pairs, each parent gives us one member, and they contain DNA
True
False
23
Regulation of sleep/wake, body temp, blood pressure and blood sugar is...
not enough, I still need coffee
biological clock
circadian rhythm
24
Remembering lyrics to a song is an example of
down-top processing
top-down processing
up-bottom processing
bottom-up processing
25
The afterimage shown on the white space, after staring at the red dot is an example of:
color blindness
Gestalt psychology
trichromatic theory
opponent-process theory
26
the ratio of glial cells to neurons is:
1000:1
1:1
10:1
100:1
27
cognitive theory and activation-synthesis theory are theories on
dreaming
awareness and arousal
all of the above
consiousness
28
Awareness is...
Being conscious of what's going on in the environment
of ourself and our thoughts
all of the above
involves many regions of the brain
29
Bottom-up processing (3 answers)
not top-down
toes send info about the grass to the brain
is the initial intake of the external environment
is the recall of events or a song
30
Behavior is:
A mental process
A choice we make
private
observable
31
We use ______ to initially take in information and use ____ to interpret the information.
sensation, perception
perception, reception
reception, sensation
reception, perception
32
cones see ___ and rods see ___
black and white, color
rainbows, unicorns
color, black and white
33
Many blind people have sleeping issues because the __ cannot detect light & send info to the __
SCN, retina
CSN, retina
Retina, CSN
Retina, SCN
34
What does the somatosensory cortex do?
process information about metacognition
process information about body perceptions
proess information about body sensations
precesses information about body actions
35
The body's electrochemical communication circuitry.
endocrine system
Nervous System
behavior
genetics
36
Removing your hand from a hot plate or turning your head toward a loud noise uses ____ nerves
Afferent
Efferent
Somatic
Autonomic
37
_____ therapy is used as treatment for phantom limb pain (a confusion of the senses)
pain
limb
leg
mirror
38
These cells are the administrators and process information.
Neurons
mirror cells
support cells
Glial cells
39
The difference between an MRI and an fMRI is that an MRI allows us to examine brain function
true
False
40
Knowing a quarter retains its size no matter if it is in front of your face or three feet away:
Shape constancy
Color constancy
Size constancy
monocular constancy
41
Asking a friend to turn the music down until you can no longer hear it is an example of ____
just being rude
perception threshold
difference threshold
absolute threshold
42
Feeling a hot plate or hearing a loud noise uses _____ nerves
autonomic
Afferent
somatic
Efferent
43
What psychologist founded functionalism
William James
Aristotle
Wilhelm Wunt
Charles Darwin
44
The "feelers" of the neuron. This part of the neuron receives info & sends it to the cell body
synaptic gap
myelin sheath
axon
dendrite
45
Sensations _____ with sensory receptors
end
become less clear
dance
begin
46
the brief wave of positive electrical charge that sweeps down the axon
all-or-nothing
axon potential
dendrite
action potential
47
A doctor prescribing Prozac for depression is an example of the ___ approach
Behavioral
Psychodynamic
Biological
Cognitive
48
The ability to understand that others have their own thoughts and feelings
metacognition
imagination
place theory
theory of mind
49
When people text and drive they put themselves at risk of:
selective attention
inattentional blindness
the cocktail party effect
shiftable attention
50
What are the steps to the scientific method?
hypothesis, observe, test, draw conclusions, evaluate
observe, hypothesis, test, draw concusions, evaluate
51
What approach emphasized the importance of mental processes?
Behavioral
Cognitive
Sociocultual
Evolutionary
52
Color blindness and color matching support which theory?
trichromatic theory
gestalt psychology theory
opponent-process theory
rod and cone theory
53
What is the difference between nightmares and night terrors.
which stage of dreaming it occurs in
whether or not a person sleep walks
the age of the person
the intensity of fear
54
A broad idea or related set of ideas that attempts to explain observations & make predictions
hypothesis
the cognitive approach
Theory
scientific method
55
Focuses on functions of the mind and on interactions with the environment
Structuralism
Functionalism
stream of consciousness
natural selection
56
the ears and skin both use mechanoreceptors, smell and taste both use chemoreceptors
True
False
57
The recessive-dominant gene principle states: the dominant gene over rides the recessive gene
True
False
