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Winter Final
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Unit 1-6 and 9
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1
Which of the following is an unconditioned response?
getting money as a reward
sweating in hot weather
running through a maze to get a food reward
clapping aftera thrilling concert performance
2
Alexis is addicted to drugs. The room in which she usually takes them is likely to become a(n) ___ for drug cravings.
US
CR
primary reinforcer
CS
3
Mirror neurons most clearly provide us with the capacity for
spontaneous recovery
insight learning
intermittent reinforcement
imitation
4
A choppy stop-start pattern of operant responding is associated with the ____ schedule of reinforcement
variable-ration
fixed-interval
variable-interval
fixed-ration
5
Stimulated digestion is to inhibited digestion as the _____ nervous system is to the ____ nervous system.
sympathetic; parasympathetic
parasympathetic; sympathetic
somatic; autonomic
autonomic; somatic
6
Intensity is to brightness as wavelength is to
amplitude
frequency
accomodation
hue
7
Electronically recording, amplifying, and displaying information regarding subtle physiological repsonses is callled
psychometrics
biofeedback
psychoneuroimmunology
acupunture
8
One function of the glial cells is to
stimulate the production of hormones
provide nutrients to interneurons
control heartbeat and breathing
mimic the effects of neurotransmitters
9
A store owner charges Af-Am customers more than Hispanic customers for the very same merchandise.
ingroup bias
discrimination
group polarization
sterotyping
10
Iconic memory refers to
Important events often encoded through flashbulb memory
the encoded meanings of words adn events in STM
photographic memory that lasts for only a few .10 of a second
The visually encoded images in LTM
11
The tendency for people to exert less effort when they are pooling their efforts toward a common goal is known as
social-loafing
deindividuation
the bystander effect
group polarization
12
The mechanical vibrations triggered by sound waves are transduced into neural impulses by
eardrum
auditory cortex
the oval window
hair cells
13
If college grads typically earn more $$ than high school grads, this would indicate that level of ed. and income are
negativley coorelated
dependent variables
casually related
positively coorelated
14
When a mild-mannered woman had an electrode implanted in her amygdala, she
lost her ability to remember events that had recently occurred
exhibited more masculine behaviors
became even milder, unable evn to say "no" to requests
developed more aggressive tendencies
15
Kaitlin concluded that her husband was late for dinner because he was caught in heavy traffic. Her conc. best illust..
a situational attribution
a dispositional attribution
deindividuation
reciprocity norm
16
Unlike the use of algorithms or herusitics, insight does involve
concepts
strategy-based solutions
prototypes
cognition
17
The semicircular canals are most directly relevant to
hearing
the vestibular sense
kinesthesis
parallel processing
18
Excess neural connections in the brain's association areas are reduced through a process of
imprinting
assimilation
accomodation
pruning
19
Slow-wave sleep promotes
dissociation
REM rebound
narcolepsy
effective memory
20
Formal operational thought is MOST necessary for the development of _____ morality
postconventional
conventional
preconventional
operational
21
If you burn your finger, ________ transmit pain-triggering signals to your central nervous system
nociceptors
ganglion cells
vestibular sacs
hair cells
22
The participants in Philip Zimbardo's stimulated prison study
found it very difficult to play the role of prison guard
were selectively chosen in order to max their effect. as prisonors/guards
became a cohesive unit when they pursued superordinate goals
were so endangered by their role-playing exp the study was discont.
23
Neurotransmitters are released from vesicles located on knoblike terminals at the end of the
synapse
dendrites
axon
cell body
24
Which of the following is most likely to inhibit critical thinking?
random assignment
operational definitions
naturalistic observation
overconfidence
25
What are looking forward to most about spring break?
warmth, sunshine and waves
sleeping
SAT/ACT prep!!
skiing with Ms. Bailey!!
26
maria feels socially useful in her career as a financial investment advsior. Erik Erikson would say Marie exps a sense
generativity
conventional morality
intergrity
conservation