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1
Which best describes negative punishment?
Adding something unpleasant
Removal of something unpleasant
Adding something pleasant
Removal of something pleasant
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What is a heuristic?
Something used to identify something based on association with a category
Uncontrollable systematic error in thinking that affect our decision making
Mental shortcuts/rules that allow people to make judgements
A memory store
3
What includes the medulla oblongata, midbrain and the pons
Spinal cord
Brain
Hypothalamus
Brain stem
4
Where is the hypothalamus located?
A
D
B
C
5
Which correlation coefficent is most likely shown in the scatterplot?
0.65
1.02
- 0.32
0.05
6
What can change our circadian rhythm?
Age and Experience
Location and Age
Patterns in habits and wakefulness
Diet and Gender
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Which one of these are NOT a characteristic of a case study?
Has an independent and dependent variable
An in-depth investigation of an individual
An in-depth investigation of a small group
Uses a range of methods to gather and analyse data
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In the Pavlov Dog scenario, what was the neutral stimulus that became the conditioned stimulus?
The bell
The food
The dogs
The salivation
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semantic memory
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma
Memory of one's personal experiences
your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts
10
Which of the following would be the strongest correlation?
-.7
-.34
.63
.12
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medulla oblongata
regulates ventilation, heart rate, and blood pressure
lies superior to the pons
relays visual and auditory stimuli to the thalamus
is part of the diencephalon
12
Which of the following is NOT true about REM sleep?
Heart Rate is at it's lowest level.
Muscles are Paralysed
Vivid Dreams occur
Beta Waves are present
13
Identify the 3 colors of the Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory
red, blue, yellow
yellow, green, purple
blue, green, yellow
red, green, blue
14
Your perceptual set is
a tendency to ignore novel or unusual possibilities.
a tendency to stick to choices you have made in the past.
a tendency to recognize recently viewed stimuli faster.
a tendency to perceive certain things and not others.
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Which is NOT a primary reinforcer
water
sex
money
food
16
Kinesthesis involves which of the following...
The bones of the middle ear
Membranes within the cochlea
The body's sense of balance
Information from the bones, ears, tendons, and joints
17
What is the role of the hypothalamus?
Coordinating voluntary movements such as posture, balance
Relay sensory information to the cerebellum
Maintaining homeostasis and involved in daily activities (eating/drinking)
Secretion of melatonin by the pineal gland, regulation of motor pathways
18
What is a phoneme?
the smallest unit of sound in a word
the sound each individual letter makes
the letter or letters that represent a sound
a meaning piece of a word
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Frequency determines...
Love
Consistency
Pitch
Loudness
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What is a morpheme?
changing the word to make a new word( hat, sat)
A word that morphs over time
meaningful part of a word, (root word, prefix, suffix)
Symbol for letter sounds
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flashbulb memory
a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
Memory of one's personal experiences
the retention of encoded information over time
the processing of information into the memory system
22
What does the amplitude of sound determine?
Loudness
Length
Depth
Pitch
23
Meaghan gets paid every Thursday. What schedule of reinforcement is this?
Variable interval
Fixed ratio
Variable ratio
Fixed interval
24
Define Independent Variable
A graph that shows how variables are connected
A variable that doesn't change in an experiment
A way to show how variables are connected
A variable that changes in response to another variable
25
This type of learning was discovered by Ivan Pavlov.
cooperative learning
social learning
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
26
True or False: Correlation implies causation
False
True
27
Dopamine, serotonin, acetylcholine are types of
drugs
glial cells
neurotransmitters
nerve cells
28
Which of these is NOT a stimulant drug?
Energy drinks
Sugar
Caffeine
Meth
29
This celebrity selfie is an example of what monocular depth cue?
Overlapping
Linear Perspective
Interposition
Relative Size
30
What is a fixed-interval schedule of reinforcement?
Reinforcing an action after it has been done certain times
The ability to see a new use for things
The inability to see a new use for things
Reinforcing an action after a certain amount of time
31
The amygdala is responsible for what ?
Higher learning
Fight flight or freeze
Memories
Processing
32
The Reticular Formation is...
a formation that controls our cognitive processes
a formation that controls our sociability
one of the brain's common defense mechanisms
a formation that controls general arousal and focus
33
Which is not a monocular cue?
Relative motion
Relative clarity
Interposition
Retinal disparity
34
Low Frequency have?
Medium Wave length
Short Wave length
Long Wave length
Ultra high wave length
35
What's circled on this neuron?
Axon
Cell Body
Axon Terminals
Dendrites
36
What's circled on this neuron?
Cell Body
Neuron
Axon
Dendrites
37
Ethical considerations are
ensuring you know the background of your surveyed people.
taking into account peoples religion.
moral principles you follow when researching.
Finding the answer no matter the cost
38
How do neurotransmitters move from neuron to neuron?
cross the synaptic gap through active transport
cross the synaptic gap through passive transport
move across terminal branches
attach to mitochondria and flow out of cell
39
Which monocular cue is this?
Relative Size
Linear Perspective
Convergence
Relative Clarity
40
Episodic memory is...
Long-term memory of how to do things
Memory of Doctor Who episodes
Long-term memory of personal events
Long-term memory of knowledge
41
A slot machine is what type of reinforcement schedule?
fixed interval
variable interval
variable ratio
fixed ratio
42
Social learning theorists, such as Bandura emphasize ______?
attitude
punishments and rewards
maturation
the process of imitation
43
What occurs when the conditioned stimulus no longer elicits the conditioned response?
Acquistion
Extinction
Generalization
Discrimination
44
What B.F. Skinner famous for?
discovering neurons
Diagnosing the first person with Bipolar Disorder
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
45
An example of intrinsic motivation would be...
doing chores to earn allowance
studying to get good grades
participating in a sport because you enjoy it
practicing an art to obtain a scholarship
46
In a double blind study evaluating a new drug, one group takes the new drug; the other group:
takes an older (already approved) drug
does not take any drug
takes any kind of drug they choose
takes a placebo
47
What is an operational definition?
The outcome factor
The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable being studied
A statement of the procedures used to define research variables
A factor besides the independent variable that might produce an effect
48
How does an agonist molecule differ from an antagonist molecule?
Agonist molecules are good, antagonist molecules are bad
Agonist is used in the frontal cortex
Agonist molecules stimulate, antagonist molecules inhibit
They use different neurotransmitters
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What does the Young-Helmholtz trichromatic theory propose?
The retina contains three types of color receptors
The retina contains two types of color receptors
The retina contains four types of color receptors.
The retina contains five types of color receptors
