Carol Gilligan said moral thinking and moral behavior are______.

2 Different Things; you don't always do what you should do

Bipolard Disoder; depression to mania to depression (cycle), Major Depression ; dysthymia=milder depression & lasts years, Seasonal Affective Disorder; depressed in darkish winterish

parkinsons, schizophrenia, pleasure

a researcher finds that 5% chance her results are due to chance?

minimum result; considered statistically significant

coordinated movement; above medulla

carries neural impulse from eye to brain

Kinesthesia is ___ while Vestibular Sense is____.

system for sensing position; sense of balance and motion, Both sense of body, motion and position but V.S = balance 2

detect black, white, grey; twilight and peripheral vision

stressful, at risk for heart disease, easily frustrated

behaviorist, Little Albert experiment

Psychiatrists differ from psychologists in that______.

are licensed to prescribe medication

concentrated near center; fine details and color

Ventromedial Hypothalamus

when damaged you never stop eating, when stimulated you feel full

Sensation vs Perception

process by our receptors; process of organization

Classical conditioning is..

when an organism associates a stimuli

view that psychology should be objective

muscle contraction, alzheimers, muscle spasms

Somatoform Disorders; Def and/or Examples

Conversion Disorder, psychological disorders with no apparent cause, Hypochondriacs

when stimulated you feel hungry, when damaged you never feel hungry again

Dissociative Identity

Legitimacy is often doubted, usually caused by childhood abuse, NOT SCHIZOPHRENIA, several personalities who normally are not aware of others

Which is a fixed ratio?

while pressing a button, you receive food every 5 times

Atkinson-Shiffrin Model: three stages

Sensory memory, Short Term Memory, Long term Memory

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1
What part of your brain continues developing until you are around 25?
Parietal Lobe
Motor Cortex
Frontal Lobes
Hippocampus
2
thalamus
neural system with emotions and drives
emotion; aggression and fear
coordinated movement; above medulla
sensory control except for smell
3
Visual Organization
Figure-Ground
Schemas
Gestalt
Grouping
4
Which perspective would focus on encoding, storing and retrieval of information affects us?
Cognitive
Sociocultural
Humanistic
Behavioral
5
Carol Gilligan said moral thinking and moral behavior are______.
The same thing; you believe something so you do it
2 Different Things; you don't always do what you should do
6
Mood Disorders
Bipolard Disoder; depression to mania to depression (cycle)
Major Depression ; dysthymia=milder depression & lasts years
Seasonal Affective Disorder; depressed in darkish winterish
PTSD and OCD
7
Dopamine
depression, autism
parkinsons, schizophrenia
pleasure
memory
8
After the student council election, Bill tells you he knew all along who was going to win.
Hindsight bias
Self serving bias
Overconfidence
Intelligence
9
An example of extrinsic motivation is...
feeling smart
interesting content
praise
curiosity
10
Who studied taste aversion and in what animals was this study conducted?
Garcia; rats
Bandura; wolves
Bandura; rats
Garcia; wolves
11
TRUE OR FALSE: community psychology is interaction of people & their soc, eco, pol environment
TRUE
FALSE
12
a researcher finds that 5% chance her results are due to chance?
chance is not related to statistical significance
well beyond range of statistical significance
minimum result; considered statistically significant
not statistically significant
13
pons
emotion; aggression and fear
sensory control except for smell
coordinated movement; above medulla
neural system with emotions and drives
14
Mental Predisposition to perceive one way and not another
Parapsychologists
Perceptual Set
Framing
Bias
15
reticular formation
heart rate and breathing
memory
coordination and balance
arousal
16
Optic Nerve
central focal point in retina
detect black, white, grey; twilight and peripheral vision
concentrated near center; fine details and color
carries neural impulse from eye to brain
17
teens today are....
desensitized to violence
afraid of violence
18
Divergent Thinking
narrows down to best solution
lack of creativity
expands number of solutions
creativity
19
Kinesthesia is ___ while Vestibular Sense is____.
system of balance and motion; sensing position
system for sensing position; sense of balance and motion
Both sense of body, motion and position but V.S = balance 2
The Same Thing
20
Rods
detect black, white, grey; twilight and peripheral vision
central focal point in retina
carries neural impulse from eye to brain
concentrated near center; fine details and color
21
broca's area is to ___ as wernicke's area is to ____.
personality; plasticity
speaking; understanding
plasticity; personality
understanding; speaking
22
What fluid-filled tube in inner ear triggers nerve impulses?
Hammer
Stirrup
Cochlea
Anvil
23
why is an operation definition necessary when researching?
easier to translate for global studies
provides more context and better examples
Allows others to replicate
it is not necessary, just looks more "scientific"
24
Type A
stressful
at risk for heart disease
easily frustrated
laid back
25
Experiences influence our interpretation of data
Bottom up processing
Top down processing
26
John B. Watson
humanistic
behaviorist
bobo doll experiment
Little Albert experiment
27
Psychiatrists differ from psychologists in that______.
are not licensed to prescribe medication
are licensed to prescribe medication
are paid more
are more commonly hired
28
Learning is...
process of aquiring new info
organisism's decreasing response to stimulus with exposure
potential to retain new information
being intelligent
29
Cones
central focal point in retina
concentrated near center; fine details and color
carries neural impulse from eye to brain
detect black, white, grey; twilight and peripheral vision
30
Ventromedial Hypothalamus
when damaged you never stop eating
when stimulated you feel hungry
when stimulated you feel full
when damaged you never feel hungry again
31
Who established the first psychological lab?
John Locke
Ivan Pavlov
Rene Descartes
Wilhelm Wundt
32
Sensation vs Perception
analysis that begins with receptors and works up
focusing on conscious-unconscious stimuli
process of organization; process by receptors
process by our receptors; process of organization
33
Classical conditioning is..
when an organism associates a stimuli
removing adversive stimulus
tendency to recall info at end
relationship between new and old info
34
Behaviorism is..
view that mental process is most important aspect
view that psychology should be objective
view that behaviors are not important to understanding
view that psychology is based on self-thoughts
35
Thyroid
stomach; fight/flight
brain; growth
stomach; glucose
neck; metabolism
36
A researcher observes a class playing with toys to compare gender typing. What kind of study?
Case Study
Cross-Sectional
Longitudinal
Naturalistic Observation
37
Elephants appear to remember large scale spaces over long period of time? what is this ability?
cognitive map
flashbulb memory
kinetic spatial awareness
insight
38
Brain is to central nervous system as the limbs are to ____nervous system.
Autonomic
Peripheral
Parasympathtic
Somatic
39
Which are 3 of the 5 stages of Denial?
Repression
Bargaining
Denial
Anger
40
___is most affected by extreme scores
range
mode
mean
median
41
Who coined the term "tabula rasa"?
Wilhelm Wundt
John Locke
Ivan Pavlov
Rene Descartes
42
Pancreas
stomach; glucose
brain; growth
stomach; fight/flight
neck; metabolism
43
which ABILITY is a good predictor of good grades, adjustment and social success?
self-esteem
extrinsic motivation
self-control
insight
44
Who invented the medical model?
Karen Horney
Dorothea Dix
45
hippocampus
heart rate and breathing
arousal
memory
coordination and balance
46
ACH
muscle contraction
alzheimers, muscle spasms
memory
pleasure
47
Somatoform Disorders; Def and/or Examples
Conversion Disorder
psychological disorders with no apparent cause
Hypochondriacs
disorders with weak causes
48
Lateral Hypothalamus
when damaged you never stop eating
when stimulated you feel full
when stimulated you feel hungry
when damaged you never feel hungry again
49
Dissociative Identity
Legitimacy is often doubted
usually caused by childhood abuse
NOT SCHIZOPHRENIA
several personalities who normally are not aware of others
50
Which is a fixed ratio?
while pressing a button, you receive food every 5 times
winning the lottery after one try but never play again
every five days you receive new clothes
while gambling, you win after 1, then 2, then 6 tries
51
Atkinson-Shiffrin Model: three stages
Sensory memory
Repressed Memory
Short Term Memory
Long term Memory
52
Long sound waves=_____ and ______
high frequency
low frequency
low pitch
high pitch
53
You lack the connection between your right and left hemispheres? What were you born without?
corpus collosum
medulla
broca's area
Cerebral cortex
54
Who questioned personal freedom, saying that "one's actions are controlled by external forces"?
Gardner
Pavlov
Skinner
Thorndike
55
cerebellum
coordination and balance
heart rate and breathing
memory
arousal
56
Weber's Law
principle that to be perceived, differ by constant minimum %
diminished sensitivity as consequence of repetition
minimum stimulation 50%
signals you cant detect 50% of the time
57
amygdala
sensory control except for smell
coordinated movement; above medulla
emotion; aggression and fear
neural system with emotions and drives
58
Looking for yogurt so you check every single aisle in the grocery mart
Heuristic
Algorithm
59
Noah Chomsky is to _____ as Benjamin Lee Whorf is to______.
linguistic determinsim; biological dispositions
Mental set; heuristics
biological dispositions ;linguistic determinism
heuristics; mental set
60
Occipital and temporal are which functions, respectfully?
visual cortex; auditory cortex
auditory cortex; visual cortex
speaking; sensory complex
sensory complex; speaking
61
In normal distibution, ___ falls within 1 standard deviation on either side of mean?
83
68
54
34
62
the prototype of a bird would most likely be...
dodo bird
owl
ostrich
robin
63
Theory X Management vs Theory Y Management
manager gives employees responsibility; manger controls
good for higher level jobs; good for lower level jobs
manager controls; manger gives employees responsilty
good for lower level jobs; good for higher level jobs
64
serotonin
epileptic seizures
depression and autism
arousal and memory
arousal and moods
65
If you endured a stroke; causing paralysis in your right leg. What was damaged?
left parietal lobe
right motor cortex
left motor cortex
right parietal lobe
66
the cerebral cortex is to processing information as the hypothalamus is to_____.
maintenance; control pituatary
visual cortex
sensory input
auditory
67
You can't recall your new cell # and you keep writing down your old #.
Anterograde Amnesia
Proactive Interference
Retroactive Interference
Retrograde Amnesia
68
medulla
coordination and balance
memory
arousal
heart rate and breathing
69
what is better for long term memory?
Semantic
Deep
Echoic
Shallow
70
Which is a negative correlation?
people who run more, weigh less
People who spend more hours studying, use more paper in math
Students' shoe size is not related to grades
As studying hours go down, so do test scores
71
Pitch Volley Principle
Neural cells alternate firing
links pitch with where the cochlea is stimulated
rate of neural impulses matches pitch
72
Personality Disorders
Antisocial- disregard for others, manipulative, break laws
Narcissism - self obsessed and lack of epathy
Borderline- instable relationship & self, i h8 u but dont go
Histroinic- excessive emotion& attention seeking "slut dis"
73
Law Of Effect: behaviors with good consequences increase in frequency (and decreases with bad)
Watson
Bandura
Thorndike
Pavlov
74
Phrenology
study of brain activity
study of skulls shape to associate with functions
study of behaviors to associate with personality
study of learning potential
75
What did Harry Harlow discover?
Comfort and physiological don't impact attachment
comfort and physio. both must be given 4 child 2 attach
contact comfort doesn't matter as much as physiological need
Comfort is more important than physiological needs
76
3 receptors; red, green, blue; when stimulated in blend = other colors
opponent-process theory
young-helmholts theory
77
The Process of Classical Conditioning (more than 1)
Spontaneous Recovery
Restoration
Acquisition
Extinction
78
Pitch place theory
rate of neural impulses matches pitch
links pitch with where the cochlea is stimulated
Neural cells alternate firing
79
An example of intrinsic motivation would be...
to avoid grounding
GPA
an upcoming deadline
curiosity
80
The sympathetic is ____ while the parasympathetic is___.
arousing; calming
fight; flight
calming; arousing
flight; fight
81
Habituation is..
organism associates stimuli
creating habits
organism's decreasing response due to exposure
responding to stimuli habitually
82
Kolhberg's Morality Development: Pre-Conventional
follow rules because they know they exist and to keep order
follow rules to avoid punishment
follow rules they agree with and go against rules when dont
83
Which sense takes the longest to develop?
Smell
Vision
Taste
84
Why was the baby experiment for depth perception being innate or not, not fully accurate?
babies were too scared to move
babies lives were long enough to already learn depth
movement was limited to test at younger ages
babies would not cooperate
85
The unconditioned stimuli
triggers taught response
triggers no response
triggers natural response
is operant conditioning
86
human-factors study interaction of people and machines OR application of concepts in work?
Application of concept in workplace
Interaction of people and machines
87
Fovea
central focal point in retina
concentrated near center; fine details and color
detect black, white, grey; twilight and peripheral vision
carries neural impulse from eye to brain
88
TRUE OR FALSE: Vygotsky's Theory: cognitive process is a social process built with interaction
FALSE
TRUE
89
agonists are ____ while antagonists are ____.
slowing down rate; increasing rate
stimulating; blocking
increasing rate; slowing down rate
blocking; stimulating
90
Operant Conditioning
impulses drive our responses
based on biological dispositions
behaviors are strengthened by rewards
behaviors are diminished by consequences
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Type B
calm
laid back
non stressed
at risk for heart disease
92
Louis can remember his past but cant form new long term memories since brain infection 4 yrs ag
Anterograde Amnesia
Retrograde Amnesisa
93
determined by peak one light/sound wave to the peak of the next
Intensity
Wavelength
Frequency
Brightness
94
Semicircular canals and vestibular sacs contain fluid to accommodate your sense of ____.
Balance
Motion
Hearing
Awareness
95
parietal and frontal are which functions, respectfully?
speaking; sensory complex
auditory cortex; visual cortex
sensory complex; speaking
visual cortex; auditory cortex
96
The difference between autonomic and somatic is that somatic _____.
arousal
is anger
uncontrollable
voluntary
97
Which strange situation paradigms are correctly matched?
AMBIVALENT: avoids mom but freaks out when leaves
SECURE: upset when mom leaves, easily calmed when returns
AVOIDANT: avoids mom but freaks out when leaves
98
Pitch Frequency theory
links pitch with where the cochlea is stimulated
rate of neural impulses matches pitch
Neural cells alternate firing
99
Erikson's Crisis that occurs in adolescence.
Initiative vs Guilt
Identity Vs Role Confusion
Integrity vs Despair
Intimacy VS Isolation
100
You're in a parking lot ad 2 am when a thief jumps you with a knife. What would arouse you?
Somatic
Sympathetic
Autonomic
Parasympathetic
101
You jump into an ice cold pool but five minutes later, you tell your friend,"it's not that bad.
Habituation
Sensory Adaptation
102
Who proposed that nerves allow for reflexes?
Rene Descartes
Ivan Pavlov
Wilhelm Wundt
John Locke
103
Generalization is____while discrimination is____.
ability to distinguish; sim stimuli elicits same response
incorporating mislead info; sim stimuli = same response
sim stimuli elicits same response; ability to distinguish
ability to distinguish; incorporate misleading info
104
Erikson's principle of____is when one feels safe in the world
Basic Trust
Autonomy
Integrity
Identity
105
Convergent Thinking
creativity
narrows down to best solution
lack of creativity
expands number of solutions
106
Which of the following is mot important when conducting survey research?
Choosing large sample
choosing sample whose answers will support hypothesis
having representative sample
Having every member of the population
107
endorphins
pleasure
memory
arousal
block out pain
108
Kolhberg's Morality Development: Post-Conventional
follow rules to avoid punishment
follow rules because they know they exist and to keep order
follow rules they agree with and go against rules when dont
109
Albert Bandura
studied concept of modeling
aggression is learned
Bobo doll experiment
aggression is purely genetic
110
limbic system
sensory control except for smell
emotion; aggression and fear
coordinated movement; above medulla
neural system with emotions and drives
111
____is a measure of variation
median
range
mode
mean
112
What would a counselor most likely not do?
help people make good decisions towards physical well being
works with families going through a death
work with children whose parents are divorcing
helps people develop skills to cope
113
Truths about Pain
chronic pain can not be treated
women are less pain sensitive than men
feelings can be diminished by distractions or endorphins
114
TRUE OR FALSE: emotion weakens memory
false
true
115
Kolhberg's Morality Development: Conventional
follow rules they agree with and go against rules when dont
follow rules to avoid punishment
follow rules because they know they exist and to keep order
116
Ivan Pavlov
little Albert experiment
trained dog to salivate at sound of tone, = food
behaviorist
psychoanalist
117
opposing retinal processes; red-green, yellow-blue, white-black; enable color vision
young-helmholts theory
opponent-process theory
118
Parapsychology
clairvoyance
precognition
telepathy
hypnosis
119
transduction
type of neuron
using energy to move limbs
intensity of neural impluse
conversion of one form on energy into another
120
Which is a variable ratio?
winning lottery once and never playing again
gambling
every five days= clothes
every 5 button pushes = food
121
Pituitary
brain; growth
stomach; glucose
neck; metabolism
stomach; fight/flight
122
Explicit memory is mostly associated with what two areas?
hypothalamus
frontal lobes
amygdala
hippocampus
123
Adrenal
brain; growth
stomach; fight/flight
stomach; glucose
neck; metabolism
124
Eat a starburst without smelling = lemon flavor; release nose and smell =correctly guess orange
Embodied Cognition
Anosmia
Sensory Interaction
Perceptual Set
125
Melatonin
metabolism
memory
arousal
sleep

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