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1
Who invented the preferential looking paradigm & what is it?
Saphor, infants look longer at interesting stimuli
Piaget, infants look longer at interesting stimuli
Frantz, infants look longer at interesting stimuli
Muller, infants look longer at interesting stimuli
2
The attempt to analyze the conscious mind by breaking it into pieces is called..
structuralism
psychoanalysis
behaviorism
functionalism
3
Genie missed her critical period but was slowly still able to understand/speak, this supports
interactionalist perspective
behaviorist perspective
nativist perspective
none of the above
4
Introspection is... and was used in
subjective observation of ones experiences, structuralism
subjective observation of ones experiences, functionalism
objective observation of ones experiences, behaviorism
objective observation of someones experiences, functionalism
5
At Formal Operational, what can children age 7-10 do?
under value influence of sociocultural environment
become capable of flexible and abstract thought
mentally represent objects
Nothing, that is not the age of FO
6
The mcgurk effect referes to___ and tested __ & __
multimodal perception, sight and sound
multimodal perception, sight and taste
monomodal perception, sight and touch
monomodal perception, sound and touch
7
When depolarization occurs in the neuron, a threshold potential must be reached, What is this #
-55
+40
-45
-70
8
Brenda is watching bright lights and is asked to choose the brightest, this likely shows
psychophysics
phrenology
correlational
functionalist
9
Mark always studies in the bathroom. Now at college, he can't and is doing poorly on exams. Why
He has less retrieval cues b/c no toilet in test rooms
He should have studies at multiple places
Similar context of rooms allowed him to have a mental image
All of the above
10
Manipulation of information for tasks refers to
Long term memory
Working memory
sensory memory
Short term memory
11
The loss of ability to use or understand speech language due to lesions is known as a(n)
aphasia
blocking
lateralization
correlation
12
How long do depression symptoms need to last? (must also cause significant distress)
2 weeks
2 years
a month
4 weeks
13
Which is not a positive symptom of schniprenia?
disorganized speech/behaviour
social withdrawl
delusions
hallucinations
14
The belief that all behavior can be explained by conditioning is parallel with
Gustav Fechner
Ivan Pavlov
John Watson
William James
15
Sam said that she doesn't remember her old dog's birthday now that she has a new dog is an ex o
Proactive Interference
Anterograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia
Retroactive interference
16
When the brain can reorganize (possibly after stroke), this is known as...
aphasia
TMS
brain plasticity
split brain
17
Paula began talking about her first date. What kind of memory is Paula experiencing?
implicit-procedural
explicit-semantic
explicit-episodic
implicit-semantic
18
Guy's car was making weird noises but nothing happened and he did nothing, SDT says he
false alarm
hit
miss
correct rejection
19
What is transfer appropriate processing?
similarity of retrieval to encoding override level of proces
all the above
leanring in water is good for testing in water
learning in air is not good for testing in water
20
What gathers info from photorecpetors after transduction
optic nerve
cochlea
cornea
ganglion cells
21
I can't forget my ex-boyfriends cell number even though I have a new bf is an example of...
retrograde amnesia
proactive interference
anterograde amnesia
Retroactive inteference
22
Random sampling refers to
a subset of the population's equal chance of being selected
convenience sampling/ generalization
none of the other answers
all of the above
23
The belief that the brain organs were exercised to leave a physical difference in your skull is
psychophysics
psychoanalysis
phrenology
introspection
24
Over regularization, applying rules to words that are exceptions to the rule, occurs when
at 6 months
at 2+ years
at 1 year
at 1 month
25
The tendency to see the world from ones own perspective is
egocentrism
object permenance
limitations
conservation
26
The motherese and the creation of sign language by deaf students in Nicaragua supports
categorical speech perspection
behaviorist perspective
nativist perspective
interactionalist perspective
27
Behaviorism is the study of...
introspection of the unconscious mind
how behaviors and personality are influenced by unconscious
observable behaviors and mental processes
only observable behaviors
28
Mel called the cops when there was a man in her home. STD says she
miss
hit
false alarm
correct rejection
29
Which brain imaging builds up a pic based on x-rays?
CT
EEG
MRI
fMRI
30
George taught his son how to ride a bike, what type of memory did George use to teach his son?
Explicit - Semantic
Explicit - Episodic
Implicit- Episodic
Implicit- Procedural
31
If I increase the amount of EPSP and IPSP, does it lead to an increased rate of AP?
no
yes
32
Botox affects AcH so muscles won't contract. It functions as a(n)
antagonist
agonist
33
WEIRD played a huge role in the 1980's and is it a part of ______ psychology
Cognitive
Social
Cross Cultural
Developmental
34
Descartes believed the mind and body were separate but interacted through the...
pineal gland
hypothalamus
reticular formation
amygdala
35
Which is not a criticism to Piaget's work?
all of the above
undervalues influence of sociocultural environment
underestimated kids abilities, vague on processes
stage model doesn't account for variability in diff children
36
Yau knew he shouldn't eat dog food but learns that again after trying it. What is this an ex of
accomodation
schema
object permenance
assimilation
37
Preparedness, evolutionary history can make it easier to associate particular associations is
all of the above
something that affects operant conditioing
something that affects classical conditioning
something that affect latent learning
38
What are the 2 major regions of the forebrain?
occipital lobe and frontal lobe
Basal Ganglia and frontal cortex
basal ganglia and hypothalamus
somatosensory cortex and frontal cortex
39
In 1906, Ivan Pavlov discovered ____ when dogs salivated at the sound of a bell
Classical Conditioning
Psychophysics
Operant Conditioning
Correlational Designs
40
Little Albert's fear of fluffy white things can be referenced to a predisposition to fear aka
PTSD
EEG
SAD
preparedness theory
41
Nativist perspectiv states that children are born w/innate mental structures what support this?
children apply rules of grammar to novel words
language is learned more easily in the critical period
linguistic universals
all of the above
42
the rules for word combinations is known as
morpheme
phoneme
generativity
syntax
43
The cerebellum is part of the ___ and it's function is___
cerebral cortex, fine motor movements/coordination
midbrain, fine motor movements/coordination
forebrain, fine motor movements/coordination
hindbrain, fine motor movements/coordination
44
There are more __ in the fovea
rods
cones
45
When I do well on a test, my dopamine level skyrockets and my nucleus accumbens is activated is
Latent Learning
Positive Reinforcement
Reward
Negative Reinforcement
46
Difficulty planning and decision making after an accident might meant the injury is where?
frontal lobe
temporal lobe
parietal lobe
occipital lobe
47
When a teen receives likes on a post, this is representative of the social value of
longitudinal
law of conservation
theory of mind
peer influence
48
Because I'm a cancer, I'm supposedly friendly. I believe this vague statement which is an ex of
structuralism
hindsight bias
the Barnum effect
the Expert Blind Spot
49
UCLA has a 16% acceptance rate but an 84% rejection, this uses
framing effects
availabity bias
confirmation bias
sunk-cost fallacy
50
Which is not a variation of the milgram experiment
closeness of confederate
female instead of male learner
closeness of experimenter
# of other teachers
51
Children being quiet during class and loud during recess, and the reason is due to:
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Retrograde Reinforcement
Latent Learning
52
My dog keeps digging up plants so I put him in a cage is an example of...
Thorndike's law of effect: Negative punishment
Thorndike's law of effect: Negative Reinforcement
Thorndike's law of effect: Positive punishment
Thorndike's law of effect: Positive Reinforcement
53
Uli tends to repeat words & has disordered syntax & grammar, her comprehension is fine She has
Wernicke's Aphasia
Broca's Aphasia
54
Transduction of light happens in the _____
photoreceptors
ganglion cells
cochlea
cornea
55
What theory says we perceive color in 3 opposing pairs & what are the pairs?
Trichromatic color theory: red/green yellow/blue white/black
Trichromatic color theory red/gray yellow/orange white/black
Opponent process theory: red/gray yellow/orange white/black
Opponent process theory: red/green yellow/blue white/black
56
What type of reinforcement is most resistant to extinction?
Variable Interval
Variable ratio
Fixed Interval
Fixed Ratio
57
When a variety of research techniques are used to investigate a particular strategy is called
quasi-experimental designs
operant conditioning
converging operations
replication
58
I've made a shopping list, if i find a rotten tomato, something on my list, what do I use?
Retrieval, Recall, Rxn Time
Recall, Rexn Time, Retrieval
Recall, Retrieval, RXN Time
None of the above
59
If Kira repeats the word "literally" everyday, she portrays
anchoring
sunk cost fallacy
loss aversion
availability bias
60
Innate capacity for language interacts with experience is an example of
behaviorist perspective
all of the above
nativist perspective
interactionalist perspective
61
Baby stops crying when it hears mom's voice or when it hears music mom listened to in utero is
Social Development
Perceptual Development
Theory of Mind
Cognitive Theory
62
At what age does object permanence occur?
7-11 years
2-7 years
birth- 2 years
11+ years
63
The false belief task is passed at age
4
1
2
6
64
Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter, where is it's primary role?
muscles
motor behavior
brains
pineal gland
65
Right: a box Left: a circle. What would a split brain patient draw?
circle
box
66
If I give my dog a treat every time they sit, this leads to ____ of classical conditioning?
Reinforement in variable interval
Reinforcement in fixed ratio
Extinction in fixed ratio
Extinction in fixed interval
67
At age 11+, what stage of Paiget's development is this and what can children now do?
Formal Operational capable of flexible and abstract thought
Preoperational, capable of flexible and abstract thought
Concrete Operational, capable of flexible& abstract thought
Sensimotor, capable of flexible and abstract thought
68
Which brain imaging measures electrical activity in brain by recording from electrodes on scalp
CT
EEG
MRI
fMRI
69
Eila thinks she knows what the results of a research study should be. As participant, she shows
the placebo effect
deception
experimenter bias
participant demand
70
If a student was accepted for training for Wundt. It's likely the student would be trained to
condition his participants to fear certain types of stimuli
analyze break down his sensation into most basic elements
listen intently while people tell him of their depression
determine the function of a particular human behavior
71
At the synapse, neurotransmitters are sent from ___ to ___.
dendrites, axon
cell body, dendrite
cell body, myelin
axon terminal, receptors of dendrites
72
Unipolar disorders include which of the following?
Depression
Bipolar disorder
all of the above
none
73
Our concern for others indiviual thoughts/ feelings is
developmental psychology
social cognition
social psychology
developmental cognition
74
Language shapes thought is
Milgram Experiment
Behaviorist perspective
nativist perspective
Saphir Whorf Hypothesis
75
WEIRD stands for
Western, Educated, Industrialized, Reckless, Democrats
Western, Emancipated, Industrialized, Rich, Democrats
Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democrats
Western, Educated, Indian, Rich, Democrats
76
A car salesman tells you the initial price is 40k and negotiates it to 35k (still high) this is
confirmation bias
sunk cost fallacy
anchoring effect
loss aversion
77
Who developed the world's first personality classifications?
Ancient Egyptian doctors
Ancient Greek philosophers
Ancient Greek Physicians (Hippocrates)
Ancient Egyptian physician (Hippocrates)
78
How do we evaluate others?
all of the above
Schemas
on 'thin slices' of info
Stereotypes
79
What increases the chances that characteristics will be equally distributed among groups?
Random Assignment
The placebo effect
convenience sampling
Random sampling
80
If CS is repeated without the US, the learned response will..
only work at a fixed interval
never be forgotten
only work at a variable ratio
be eliminated/ extinct
81
What part of the brain is this?
Temporal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Frontal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
82
The capacity of STM can increase when chunking, how many chunks can we store in STM at once?
7 +/- 2
6 +/- 10
2+/- 2
10 +/- 9
83
Conformity results from concern for what others think of us is an example of
informative influence
normative influence
84
Once a response has been conditioned, similar stimuli can elicit the same response is known as
preparedness
generalization
expectation
discrimination
85
With out medulla, me die. Where is the medulla and what's it's function?
midbrain, emotion/motivation, memory
midbrain, sneezing, breathing, heart rate
Hindbrain, emotion/motivation, memory
hindbrain, breathing, heart rae, sneezing, swallowing
86
Piaget’s theory describes development as being
discontinuous
continuous
87
The phonological loop in Working Memory is most applicable to which of the following situations
2 digit muliplication
reading a book
long division
memorizing a phone number
88
After the optic nerve, where does the signal go?
through hypothalamus to primary visual cortex
through thalamus to the parietal lobe
through thalamus to primary visual cortex
through hypothalamus to temporal lobe
89
The research domain criteria project best explained
medical model stigma
egocentricism
combordity
maladaptive
90
What is not a major subtype of a phobia
situational or natural
all are
animal type
blood-injury-inection
91
What 3 structures are in the limbic system?
broca's area left hemisphere, hypothalamus
frontal cortex, medulla, amygdala
basal ganglion, hippocampus, medulla
hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus
92
SSRIs are used to treat
anxiety
depression
schnizoprenia
none of the above
93
On both the whole report and partial report condition of Sperlins's test, ppl got __ # recalled
5-6 correct
1-2 correct
9-12 correct
3-4 correct
94
OCD refers to
irrational eating behaviors
obsessive thoughts and compulsions
depressed mood
seeing hallucinations
95
A con to antianxiety medication, such as xanax, is
can cause psychological dependance
can inhibit neural activity
fatal if combined with alcohol
all of the above
96
the serial position effect displays the
primacy and recency effect
short term working memory
primacy effect only
recency effect only
97
Yanny and Laurel sound different to people due to the__
frequency distortion
perception
sensation
psychophysics
98
The cerebral cortex can be defined as...
can be divided into multiple regions and has a small SA
the border between the parietal with primary motor cortex
has only two parts that both control vision and hearing
can be divided into multiple regions and has a large SA
99
Problem(s) with behaviorist persective on language includes
parents won't correct syntax
all above
kids say things they've never heard before
speech errors show overgeneralization of grammar rules
100
5 of 9 symptoms need to occur for depression to happen, which 2 MUST happen?
recurrent suicidal thoughts, inappropriate guilt
fatigue, insomia
depressed mood, anhedonia
depressed mood, weight loss/gain
101
In the bandura experiment, what were the independent (IV) and dependent (DV) variables?
IV: watching adult be aggressive DV: Measure kids aggression
DV: watching adult be aggressive IV: Measure kids aggression
102
symbolism, displacement, generativity, and meaninful sounds are all a part of
the misninformation effect
generalization
language
the placebo effect
103
TMS is so cool because it____
speeds up brain signals
allows you to understand multiple languages
disrupts motor movement
increases memory potential
104
What is the first location affected by alcohol in the brain?
medulla
cerebellum
cerebrum
thalamus
105
Perception is influenced by...
only JND
Absolute Threshold, Just Noticeable Difference
Signal Detection Theory, Absolute Threshold
Signal Detection Theory, JND
106
What contributes to bipolar disorder and depression?
biology
all of the above
environement
psychosocial
107
The famous case of kitty genovese can best portray the psychological
bystander effect
normative influence
deindividuation
informative influence
108
Why do preoperational children have difficulty?
conservation
lack reversibility
centration - focus on one aspect of an issue
all the above
109
At concrete operational age, children's limitations include
tasks that require mental manipulation
reasoning is limited to real, present objects
pass conservation tasks and think logically concrete situate
thinking abstractly and reasoning hypothetically
110
Which of the following is not one of the 4 schools of thought
psychoanalytic
cross cultural
behaviorism
structuralism
111
The sally Anne task is an example of
egocentricism
theory of mind
conservation
object permenance
112
unable has how many mophemems
3
2
10
1
113
When I recall “espresso" a code name I use for my crush, I am using which two paired processes?
The Misinformation Effect
Context and Retrieval
Recognition and Retrival
Episodic LTM
114
'Window' during a memory test in class is known as
a flashbulb memory
the critical lure
the misinformation effect
morphemes
115
The atkinson-shiffrin model showed
sensory store -> STM -> LTM
STM-> LTM -> Sensory store
none of the above
sensory store -> WM -> LTM
116
How is the Hawthorne Effect a good example of demand characteristics?
people walked in slower than they walked out
ppl were primed with pictures of old ppl& walked out slower
people act differently when they know they're being studied
It is actually a good example of quasi experimental designs
117
Transduction of sound happens in the
ossicles
cochlea
ganglion cells
ear drum
118
Children do not pass conservation tasks until what age?
6-7
10-11
4-5
7-8
119
SAD refers to
fear of social situations
insomia
hallucinations and insomnia
exposure to traumatic event
120
If I'm "face blind" what lobe in my brain isn't recognizing faces as it should? (hearing lobe)
occipital
frontal
parietal
temporal
121
If an individuals behavior is modified by consequences, this is known as
B.F Skinner's Classical Conditioning
B.F Skinner's Operant Conditioning
122
Which of the following shows group behavior conformity?
Solomon Asche
Milgram Experiment
None
HArvard Study
123
Paralysis in the left arm may be due to injury of
left primary motor cortex
left somatosensory cortex
right somatosensory cortex
right primary motor cortex
124
The ability to distinguish between similar but distinct stimuli is known as
operant conditioning
discrimination
JND
generalization
125
If you choose that you'd rather have 2/3 people live rather than 1/3 die, you're showing
loss aversion
anchoring
availability bias
confirmation bias
126
You buy an $800 ticket, but on the day of the concert, you feel sick, do u go? This is an ex of
loss aversion
sunk cost fallacy
availability bias
anchoring effect
127
Wernicke's Area works at speech comprehension, if damaged, one can speak incoherently. Where is
Left occipital lobe
right frontal lobe
Left Frontal lobe
right temporal lobe
128
CBT is a combo of cognitive and behavioral therapy, what's its goal?
teach people new/more constructive ways of thinking and act
reveal how childhood experiences have shaped individual
all of the above
none of the above
129
after the visual cortex info goes to cortical areas for processing, what are the 2 pathways?
none of the above
dorsal "where" (parietal lobe) & ventral "what" (temporal)
dorsal "where" (temporal lobe) & ventral "what" (parietal)
dorsal "what" (temporal lobe) ventral "where" (parietal lobe
130
Limitations to correlational studies include...
potential third variables
not always ethical
you can't truly test them
correlation does not equal causation
131
I created 2 gps. first 30 people experimental gp & last 30 to the control group, this violates
Random Assignment
Generalization
Correlational Research
Variability
132
Which of the following is a good context to help retrieval?
all of the above
environmental cues such as ordors or sounds
other words on a list
internal state at the time of encoding
133
Older adults are more strategic with memory strategies due to
Cartesian socio economic selectivity theory
none
sapor whof
strategic compensations
134
What are the demands of the mountain task?
verbally demanding
memory
spatial abilities
all the above
135
While intensely studying, I fail to notice the song that comes on, this is an example of
subliminal perception
selective attention
change blindness
inattentional blindness
136
What type of reinforcement is most susceptible to extinction?
Fixed Ratio
Variable Ratio
Variable Interval
Fixed Interval
137
Why is spacing good for learning?
ultimately, your health is more important than studying
Allows retrieval, variability, and attention
cramming is better
allows recall, forgetting, and failure
138
Symptoms of anxiety include all:
muscle tension
sense of unease/apprehension
sleep problems/fatigue
increased HR
139
smallest unit of meaning is a
morpheme
phoneme
140
When light passes through the retina, the image is...
inverted
upstanding
141
Drawbacks to an experimental design include:
precise control can eliminate alternative explanations
a potential 3rd variable
Ethics/ Practicality. High controls make it less realistic
can infer causation
142
How is an message sent to the brain from the ganglion cells?
via optic nerve
via transduction
via photoreceptors
via cochlea
143
How did the bandura experiment operationalize aggression? And what was the control?
# time kid yelled, aggressive adult
# times the kid laughed, non-aggressive adult
# punches to doll/ screaming, non-aggressive adult
# punches to doll, aggressive adult
144
filled a bowl up with water & moved the bowl to a cup, it looked like ther was more water,shows
theory of mind
conservation
limitation
egocentricism
145
Patient KC had severe Retrograde and Anterograde amnesia, but she did remember...
old semantic memories
new semantic memories
old episodic memories
new episodic memories
146
Dan failed test so Sally though he was stupidbut when she failed a test, she blamed the teacher
actor-observer effect
conformity
fundamental attribution error
milgram experiment
147
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, what is it's primary role?
all of the above
regulates motor behavior, motivation, pleasure & emotional
regulates sleep, wakefulness and eating behavior
regulates motor neurons
148
Limitations to structuralism (Wundt and Titchener) include...
difficulty to access subconscious& experience is subjective
all behaviors can be reduced to simple 'stimulus- response'
that these basic research findings were inconclusive
It showed that behaviors were less observable &more science
149
Delayed gratification is an example of ___
egocentricism
social development
theory of mind
conservation
150
The process of LTM consists of
encoding, storage, retrieval
Iconic Memory capacity
processing, recall, retrieval
encoding, processing, mnemonics
151
Submarine has __ morpheme(s)
1
2
3
4
152
1 man at a police station said they saw a man hit a window, the other said he broke it is ex of
Improper retrieval
Absentmindedness
Misinformation Effect
Transience
153
PTSD can occur in which of the following situations
rape
none of the above
winning the lottery
war
154
What contains the somatosensory cortex and what's its function?
frontal lobe, body sensitivity & left/right brain border
parietal lobe, body sensitivity & left/right brain border
occipital lobe, body sensitivity & left/right brain border
temporal lobe, body sensitivity & left/right brain border
155
The reticular Formation is in the hindbrain, what's it's function?
receives all incoming signals and acts as a thermostat
bridge of fibers that connect the brain to the cerebellum
controls drowsiness, allows higher order cognition
controls alertness, produces melatonin to help sleep
156
K made new security& anytime someone walks through it rings even if they aren't an intruder
SDT
correct rejection
Miss
False Alarm
Hit
157
Which brain imaging uses trace radioactive material to map fxnal process in brain?
fMRI
EEG
CT
PET
158
Mia's syntax is good, her sentences are repetitive & she doesn't understand q's. She likely has
Wernicke's aphasia
Broca's Aphasia
159
The topic of social psychology conformity (copying others) can
best
be shown in...
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
Solomon Asche experiment
Bandura's Social Learning Theory Experiment
Milgram experiment
160
Difficulty w/reasoning/logic and repping psych exp to others occurs during what stage?
sensimotor (0-2)
concrete operational (7-11)
formal operational (11+)
Preoperational (2-7)
161
The UR and CR in Pavlov's dogs was the...
salivation to the bell-CR
none of the above
all of the above
salivation -UR
162
Broca's Area controls language production, what would damage to the left frontal lobe do?
can't understand but can form incoherent sentences
can understand but can't speak
163
Phineas Gage had damage to his frontal lobe which led him to be more
impulsive
calm
greedy
business-like
164
If the basal ganglion is affected, what condition could this lead to?
Amnesia
Parkingsons
Multiple Sclerosis
Epilepsy
165
You want to give up but you're almost done and you made it this far, this shows
anchoring
availability bias
the sunk cost fallacy
persistent bias
166
the size of the JND is a constant proportion of the og stimulus is stated in...
Absolute Threshold
Signal Detection Theory
Weber's Law
Psychophysics
167
Frontal cortex of the forebrain consists of what?
frontal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe & parietal lobe
somatosensory cortex and the parietal lobe
frontal lobe only
none of the above
168
Clara thought she recognized a song, but had to hear a bit more to be certain, this shows..
bottom up processing
top down processing
169
TMS was used to control motor movements, what else can it be used for?
depression
nothing
anxiety
Therapy
170
Why are quasi experimental and experimental designs different?
None of the above
Can't do random assignment in quasi experimental
All of the above
can't infer causation
171
When I enter a store, why don't I yell to announce my arrival?
Due to the blocking
Due to the misinformation effect
Schemas developed by society taught me to conform
Because of Transience
172
Sounds were presented at low level of intensity,J could only detect them 20% of the time. Below
all of the above
attentional threshold
Absolute threshold
JND threshold
173
The inference about the cause of people's behaviors is known as
all of the above
dispositional attribution
situational attribution
attribution
174
What is stereotype threat?
impression of others can be biased
fear of confirming a negative stereotype about a group
175
Where is the thalamus and what's it's function?
coordination and fine motor movements
responds to emotional stimuli
receiving incoming sensory info except smell
acts as a thermostat, the 4 fs
176
Humans are very sociable, they learn by copying others. This is known as __ and was observed in
Latent Learning, Conformity on elevator experiment
observational learning, Harvard prison study experiment
Observational Learning, Solomon Asch Esperiment
Latent Learning, Milgram Experiment
177
In the stanford prison experiment, why did people behave the way they did?
deindividuation
bystander effect
none of the above
all of the above
178
If I took a pill that claimed it would make me happier& did, I found it was just a fake this is
replication crisis
barnum effect
placebo effect
Descartes theory of separate mind and body
179
Postsynaptic potentials are ___ while APs are ___
graded, all-or-nothing
inhibitory, excitatory
all-or-nothing, graded
excitatory, inhibitory
180
The process by which people come to understand others is
social cognition
social psychology
181
Which experiment showed that normal people were being treated as psychiatric?
none of the above
Milgram
Sapir-Whorf
Rosenhan
182
Choosing if 1/3 people die or 2/3 people live, this shows
framing effects
loss aversion
availability bias
sunk cost fallacy
183
At what age do children pass the mountain task
5-6
9-10
3-4
7-8
184
Y was scared of heights but fell slid down a slide and was fine. This experience helped him use
Object Permenance
Schema
Accomodation
Assimilation
185
What is abnormal & how can practitioners universally decide if something fits in this category?
weird behavior, DDS
maladaptive (cause distress to self or others) ,DSM measures
SDM, maladaptive
combordity, DSM
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Smached/hit/contacted are examples of the misinformation effect, who is most accredited to it?
loftus and palmer
mills
mcgurk
saphir & whorf
187
the smallest unit of sound is a
phoneme
morpheme
188
The 2 cerebral hemispheres are connected by the ____ and this allows _____
corpus collosum, lateralization
none of the above
wernicke's area, split brain
corpus collosum, TMS
189
When 3 month old Sa's mom leaves the room, Sa cries, why?
she has developed object permenance
due to accomodation
due to assimiliation
she has not developed object permenance
190
Which of the following is not a memory sin?
Blocking
Absentmindedness
Discrimination
Transience
191
Minority groups and negative correlation are more attention grabbing because..
all if the above
conservation
illusory correlation
egocentricism
192
The room starts smelling funny but I don't notice because I'm consciously unaware
change blindness
subliminal perception
inattentional blindness
selective attention
193
The basal ganglia controls
subconscious movement like breathing and heart rate
audio
intentional movement
vision
194
B was being robbed but thought the dog was in the house so did nothing, SDT
correct rejection
hit
miss
false alarm
195
Retinal disparity, diff retinal images each eye receives based on perspective occurs only in
binocular depth cues
both
neither
monocular depth cues
196
The ego is the conscious process of the freudian
None of the above
psychoanalytic theory
it was actually part Titchner's Structualism theory
cross cultural psychology theory
197
the process of repeating a study for the sake of similar outcomes each time is called
converging operations
experimenter bias
experimenting
replication
198
William James wrote the principles of psych, he also developed...
Structuralism
Behaviorism
cognitive psych
Functionalism
199
What you were doing during the time of the news of the 9/11 attack is remembered as
the critical lure
a flashbulb memory
transience
blocking
200
I can’t remember going on recent trips, but I’ve acquired the new skill of skateboarding..
I'm similar to patient HR
I'm similar to Patient HM
I'm similar to Patient KC
I'm similar to patient BQ
201
If my biweekly paycheck increases if I am good around my Thursday boss, this is known as...
Fixed Interval
Variable Interval
Variable Ratio
Fixed Ratio
202
Which brain imaging technique detects blood oxygenation in response to neural activity?
fMRI
EEG
MRI
CT
203
Sensory Memory was tested by Sperling's Memory test, he tested
iconic memory (3-4s)
iconic memory (<1s)
echoic memory (<1s)
echoic memory (3-4s)
204
STM can be transfered to LTM as well as retrieved from LTM, what's duration of STM?
up to 5 seconds
30-60 seconds
10-12 seconds
15-30 seconds
205
If Henry believes the earth is flat, learns it is round, still keeps his og belief, example of.
no interference
blocking
Proactive interference
Retroactive interference
206
What is an example of a cross sectional study?
comparing you at 20 years old then you at 80 years old
testing the same person for one year
comparing wealthy to poor
Comparing you at 20 years old to other 80 year olds
207
Chlorprozamine is used as an antipsychotic, what does it do?
act as a placebo to make people think they're being treated
it actually treats depression
treat negative symptoms only
trreat positive symptoms only
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When the corpus collosum is cut, it causes __ which disturbes___
none of the other answers
split brain, contralateral organization
split brain, lateralization
wernicke's area, lateralization
209
Which brain processing looks at organs and stuctures in body, can diagnose tumors
CT
MRI
EEG
fMRI
210
What's the function of the midbrain?
helps with balance and coordination
bridge of fibers that connect brain to cerebellum
orienting in response to outside stimuli
controls the amount of melatonin
211
The difference between 2 stimuli 50% of the time is
Weber's Law
Signal Detection theory
Absolute threshold
JND
212
There are more__ in the eyes, these have low color sensitivity
cones
rods
213
People in more collectivistic societies are less likely to commit
both
none
fundamental attribution error only
actor-observer effect only
214
The visuo-spatial sketchpad is used in __ to __
WM, do long division/ double digit multiplication
STM, do long division/ double digit multiplication
LTM, do long division/ double digit multiplication
SM, do long division/ double digit multiplication
215
Right: a box Left: a circle. What would a split brain patient say?
circle
box
216
Salivation in Pavlov's experiments was an example of a ___
conditioned stimulus
neutral stimulus
unconditioned response
conditioned response
217
Which of the following best describes the amygdala?
2 of them, response to emotional stim, stimulate hippocampus
2 of them, repsond to the 4 f's
motivation and memory, there's two placed close together
2 of them, respond to sensual stimuli
218
Language is learned through reinforcement is
behaviorist perspective
nativist perspective
219
At around 9 months, Stella begins searching for hidden objects, this shows
concept of conservation
object permenance
theory of mind
secure attachment
220
Which theory states that there are 3 different cones w/different sensitivities to light?
none of the above
Opponent Process Theory
Theory of Evolution
Trichromatic Color Theory
221
talkativeness, racing thoughts, reckless behavior, and decreased sleep are signs of
none of the above
depression
anxiety
mania
222
GAD refers to excessive worry and is reinforced (mus tension, insomnia) can be diagnosed after
2 weeks excessive anxiety
6 months excessive anxiety
none of the above
8 years excessive anxiety
223
The discovery that infants will look longer at objects that violate their expectations follows.
Baillargeon- evidence of object permenance
Piaget- evidence of object permenance
224
Which of the following is an example of telegraphic speech?
truck go
ball fall
all of the above
daddy eat
225
At what age range does egocentricism develop
Pre-operational (2-7)
sensorimotor (0-2 years)
Formal Operational (11+)
Concrete Operational (7-11)
226
Patient HM removed his hippocampus & his seizures stopped, what is the fxn of it?
looks like a seahorse, controls the 4 f's
looks like a seahorse, controls motor movements
looks like a seahorse, controls sensations
looks like a seahorse, consolidation of memories
227
Sami would never steal but when she is with her friends, she does, this is best known as
deindividuation
bystander effect
conformity
all of the above
228
Adding a delay between study and test has the outcome of the
both
neither
recency effect
primacy effect
229
Infants that are faster to tune into speech sounds have larger vocabulary by age 2, supports...
categorical speech perception
telegraphic speech
behaviorist speech
none of the above
230
My dog keeps digging up plants so I didn't take him on daily walk is an ex of..
Thorndike's law of effect: Negative Reinforcement
Thorndike's law of effect: Negative Reinforcement
Thorndike's law of effect: positive punishment punishment
Thorndike's law of effect: Negative punishment
231
Clara heard words to a song & then the music and then realized what song it was what processing
Bottom Up
Top down
232
While studying intensely, a whole parade walks by, but I missed it, this shows
inattentional blindness
change blindness
selective attention
subliminal perception
233
Judgements about others can be made quickly and with a high degree of accuracy, we do this by
stereotypes alone
schemas alone
illusory correlation
schemas and stereotypes
234
The myelin fatty sheath is made of glial cells, if damaged, it can lead to
Parkingsons
Aphasia
Multiple Sclerosis
Saltatory conduction
235
Which part of the brain develops last?
amygdala
Prefrontal Cortex
Cerebellum
Frontal Cortex
236
The Solomon Asch experiment showed
humans are antisocial
none of the above
conformity is disadvantageous in groups
human conformity and obedience in groups
237
Hodgkin and Huxley studied neurons of ____. Why?
squids, larger neurons
octopi, larger neurons
fish, smaller neurons
seahorses, larger neurons
238
What type of evidence was embraced by structuralists but rejected by behaviorists?
Reliability
Function-based evidence
Introspection
Reaction Time
239
conformity results from a concern to act in a socially approved way- useful, shows
normative influence
informative influence
240
If I throw water on my roommate every time her alarm goes off and she doesn't wake up, this is
Schemas
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Positive Reinforcement
241
Which of the following is true regarding phrenology?
It was developed by Sigmund Freud.
It was an early approach to brain localization
It is still used by forensic psychologists.
It was developed in the 1960’s.
242
Difficulty viewing the world in others perspectives can best be illustrated by
Structuralism
the mountain task
Harvard Prison Study
Milgram experiment
243
50% Americans chose dairy milk over chocolate milk while 30% Italians chose strawberry Ex of?
Correlational Study
Quasi Experimental Study
Blocking
Experimental Study
244
An experiment conducted found that rats explore & learn maze even without a reward, what this?
Observational Learning
Classical Conditioning
Latent Learning
Operant Conditioning
245
What is only used when patient is unresponsive to medication and gives them seizures?
TMS (Transcrianial magnetic stimulation)
antianxietry meds
SSRI (selective serortin reuptake inhibitors)
ECT (electroconvulsive therapy)
246
What is a difference between a longitudinal study and a cross- sectional?
longitudinal is faster and less accurate
cross sectional is slower and more accurate
longitudinal is slower and less accurate
cross sec is faster but less accurate
247
Darwin's TOE is a good theory (as opposed to Freud's psychoanalytic theory) because...
It was an experimental study
It never needs to be changed
It is falsifiable
It was a correlational study
248
The bell in Pavlov's experiment was a __
unconditioned stimulus
conditioned stimulus
unconditioned response
neutral stimulus
249
Who developed Operant conditioning?
Titchener
B.F. Skinner
Gustav Fechner
Charles Darwin
250
What do humans have that animals don't?
More developed subcortical structures= 4Fs and incoming info
More developed pons= more brain connections
More developed cerebellum= more complex movements
More developed frontal cortex= higher order cognition
251
An AP is an all-or-nothin response, what happens to cause an AP?
Na+ leaves cell and AP propogates
Na+ enters and propogates along neuron
K+ leaves and AP stops
K+ enters and propogrates along neuron
252
Mat, evolutionary bio major who likes studying the physical world & behaviors, ideas similar to
Darwin (evolution and natural selection)
Gustav Fechner (Psychophysics)
Titchener &Wundt (Structuralism)
William James (Functionalism)
253
What are the 3 assumptions made for infant testing?
all the above
see/hear b4,heard stimuli repeat exposure,prefer interesting
none the above
familiarization habituation & orientation interestin stimuli
254
When you are doing a backflip, what type of memory are you using?
Episodic
Procedural
Explicit
Explicit
255
If I correlate heat to murder at a 96% positive correlation what is the strength of association
-4
-10
1
12
256
The ___ is the minimum amount of sound needed for stimulation
absolute threshold
JND
frequency distortion
none of the above
257
A method of psychoanalytic therapy is
all answers are correct
free association & dream analysis
psychodyanmic is more modern
therapist interprets insight into your inner feelings
258
EPSPs and IPSPs sum in the dendrites of cells, what summation # do they need to add to?
+10 (from -70 to -60)
-10 (from -70 to -80)
+40 (from -70 to -30)
+15 (from -70 to -55)
259
When people estimate that they've encountered association between trait and impression, this is
stereotype
illusory correlation
schemas
attribution
260
What bias might lead you to fear plane crashes over car crashes?
availability bias
anchoring
framing effects
loss aversion
261
People who thought they were drinking became more aggressive. This is an example of
placebo effect
demand characteristics
none of the above
experimenter bias
262
Because Dr. Lavelle drew cisplatinum many times, he assumed we knew it on the final this shows
The Barnum Effect
The expert blind spot
Hindsight bias
that he is mean
263
Which (if true) is problematic for a behaviorist’s explanation of language acquisition? (2 answ
sensitive period for language acquisition
none of the above
linguisitc universals
parents reinforcing correct syntax
264
Language acquisition device by noah chomsky shows the
nativist perspective
behaviorist perspective
265
As people age, they perceive time as limited and adjust priorities, this shows
Sapor- Whorf Theory
Theory of Evolution
none of the above
Cartesian socioeconomic selectivity theory
266
Pairing of the CS and UCS before behavior is an example of
classical conditioning
operant conditioing
267
Results from the Milgram experiment showed
participants were glad they participated
equal rates of obedience from both genders
all of the above
rate of shocks decreased when learner was in the same room
268
The study of purpose and function of behaviors and mental processes is
functionalism
behaviorism
introspection
structuralism
269
Who is the father of neuroscience?
Descartes
Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Titchner
Gustav Fechner
270
If I'm faster at naming an object in a scene rather than alone, I'm using
inattentional blindness
top down processing
bottom up processing
selective attention
271
Savanna had a brain injury, she can't remember events she’s recently been to she may be from
Blocking
Retrieval
Anterograde Amnesia
Retrograde Amnesia
272
A benefit to antidepresants (SSRI) is that it can also treat
psychosis
eating disorders
anxiety
alcohol addiction
273
By the middle of the fist year, a baby will
cry
coo
babble
have patterned speech
274
If everytime my dog digs up plants I yell at him, so he stops, I am ____ him.
Blocking
Negatively punishing
Positively reinforcing
Shaping
275
At what age does the prefrontal lobe fully develop?
10-14 years
3-5 years
15-19 years
20-25 years
276
According to the DSM, bipolar disorder has mania that must last _?
1 year
1 month
1 week
1 day
277
Prozac allows selective serotonin uptake to elevate mood, it is a(n)
agonist
antagonist
278
The internet allows you to strengthen your beliefs by confirming them with searches, this shows
confirmation bias
sunk cost fallacy
framing effects
anchoring
279
A specific irrational fer that affects daily life is a
hallucination
insomiac
depressive state
phobia
280
a tendency to overestimate dispositional influences and underestimate situaional is an ex of
actor observer effect
stereotypes
implications
fundamental attribution error
281
Changing the words meaning based on the sound (bit and pit) is an example of
phoneme
morpheme
282
Where and what is pons?
part of the limbic system, controls emotion
Midbrain, fine motor movements
forebrain, sight, vision
Hindbrain, bridge of fibers connects to cerebellum
283
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter, what is it's primary role?
all above
regulates sleep, wakefulness & eating behavior, role in depr
regulates motor behavior, motivation and pleasure
blocks neurotransmitters
284
What helps us perceive depth using one eye?
audition
binocular depth
retinal disparity
monocular depth
285
Semantic LTM referes to
facts
my sister's wedding year
birthdates
where Texas is
286
After a while, it doesn't feel like I have pants on even though I do, this shows
sensory adaptation
change blindness
selective attention
inattentional blindness
287
I was watching a basketball game and when my team lost I said "I knew they would" this shows:
The Expert Blind spot
The Barnum Effect
none of the above
hindsight bias
288
what is a condition in which perceptual activities trigger sensory experiences?
synesthesia
anesthesia
parkingsons
amnesia