What is a case study in research?

Study of a particular person, group, or situation over time.

What is a reflex action?

a quick movement that is not directed by the brain

Function of the Parietal Lobe

Movement, orientation, recognition & perception of stimuli

What is a longitudinal study in research?

Repeated observations of the same variables over time.

What is the scientific method?

A way to ask/answer scientific questions by observing and experimenting

Which experiment was unethical and led to reforms in APA ethical guidelines?

Milgram's obedience to authority study

How does the left hemisphere compare to the right hemisphere?

left - speaking & language; right - vision & emotion

GESTALT: what is the main idea of gestalt psychology?

whole objects are more important than sections to the mind

Negative reinforcement involves

removal of an unpleasant stimulus

In a naturalistic observation, the subjects ...

are unaware they are being observed

What does standard deviation tell you about a data set?

The measure of the dispersion of data from the mean

Selective attention is..?

Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

The Central Nervous System is what?

The Brain and Spinal Cord, the 'main control center'

What is the definition of normal distribution

makes a symmetrical bell-shaped graph

A major disadvantage of the experimental method is that

there is a certain amount of artificiality attached to it

stimulus generalization is

tendency to evoke same response

Modeling thinking is...

Performing the skill in front of them

one of the limitations of the survey method is

that replies may not be accurate

in which you experience abnormal patterns in breathing while you are asleep

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1
In the famous experiment of Pavlov’s dogs, what was the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) ?
Saliva Flow
Meat Powder
Bell
Saliva From Bell
2
To look into yourself and explain what you see or feel?
Amendment
Gestalt
Rflection
Introspection
3
What is a case study in research?
A study examining the relationship between variables.
Study of a particular person, group, or situation over time.
The systematic study of people and cultures.
Repeated observations of the same variables over time.
4
What is a reflex action?
a bundle of cells
a quick movement that is not directed by the brain
a major organ
a organ that carries messages
5
E.L. Thorndike suggested that responses leading to satisfying outcomes are more likely to be repeated:
Law of Outcomes
Law of Punishment
Law of Reinforcement
Law of Effect
6
Function of the Parietal Lobe
visual processing
reasoning, problem solving, speech, emotions, & movment
Movement, orientation, recognition & perception of stimuli
auditory processing, memory, & speech
7
What is a longitudinal study in research?
The systematic study of people and cultures.
Study of a particular person, group, or situation over time.
Repeated observations of the same variables over time.
A study examining the relationship between variables.
8
The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are subdivisions of the:
peripheral nervous system
somatic nervous system
voluntary nervous system
autonomic nervous system
9
What is the scientific method?
A method to find energy flow
A way to ask/answer scientific questions by observing and experimenting
A method used to discover science
A method used to find kinetic and potential energy
10
Which experiment was unethical and led to reforms in APA ethical guidelines?
Milgram's obedience to authority study
Sherif's boys' camp study
Bandura's Bobo study of TV aggression
Asch's line test for conformity
11
How does the left hemisphere compare to the right hemisphere?
left - perceptual tasks & inferences; right - calculations & literal interp
left - speaking & language; right - vision & emotion
<---interpretations (ran out of room - don't pick this!)
left - vision & emotion; right - speaking & language
12
The Removal of a desired stimulus is called...
Positive Reinforcement
Negative Removal
Negative Punishment
Positive Punishment
13
What does the amygdala do?
Controls your emotions.
Act as a filing cabinet.
Helps you make plans and make decisions.
Controls your movements.
14
What does the occipital lobe do?
Hearing
Sight
Touch
Memory
15
GESTALT: what is the main idea of gestalt psychology?
The ongoing conscious experience of mental processes
whole objects are more important than sections to the mind
Curing people by discovering unconscious thoughts and ideas
Breaking down mental processes into their most basic parts
16
What part of the brain controls speech?
Parental Lobe
Temporal Lobe
Moter Cortex
Pons
17
what is NOT a research method
googling it
naturalistic observation
Survey
case study
18
Negative reinforcement involves
presentation of a pleasant stimulus
removal of an unpleasant stimulus
presentation of an unpleasant stimulus
removal of a pleasant stimulus
19
The founder of Behaviorism after he studied the findings of Pavlov?
Watson
Skinner
Freud
Dix
20
In a naturalistic observation, the subjects ...
know that they should behave naturally
are unaware they are being observed
are not in their natural environment
are aware they are being observed
21
What does standard deviation tell you about a data set?
The average of a data set
The measure of the dispersion of the mean away from the data
The median of a data set
The measure of the dispersion of data from the mean
22
How many lobes are there in the brain?
4
6
2
8
23
The initial learning stage between the neutral stimulus and unconditioned stimulus
High-Order Conditioning
Conditioned responce
Acquisition
Behaviorism
24
We are a product of our thoughts?
Social Cultural
Cognitive
Psychoanalytic
Behavioral
25
what is the goal for a correlational research
cause and effect
identity relationships
central tendancy
third variable problems
26
Selective attention is..?
Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
Failing to see visible objects when attention is elsewhere.
respond to visual stimulus without consciously realizing it
failing to notice a change in environment
27
What does the cerebellum do?
Tells you how to move
Tracks movement
All of the above
Tells you where you are
28
What is true about the evolutionary perspective?
It focuses on gender differences
All of the above
It focuses on attraction and selection of mates
It examines adaptive functions of mating behaviors
29
Drugs that block neurotranmitters are called
Antagonist
Agonist
30
The Hippocampus is...
A place to study Hippos
Helps make decisions
Helps you to store memories
An animal at the zoo
31
what area is associated with speech comphrehension
wernikes area
brocas area
32
According to Freud our thoughts, beliefs, and personality is located in our?
Hypothalamus
Unconscious
Conscious
Subconscious
33
This is the response that is triggered by the sympathetic nervous system.
"Rest and Digest"
None of these
"Fight or Flight"
"Feed and Breed"
34
What does REM stand for?
Relaxed Eye Mode
Rapid Eye Movement
Real Emission Monitor
Random Electron Movement
35
Which of the following are ethical guidelines set by the APA?
Informed consent
All the above
Confidentiality
Debriefing
36
Dopamine influences motivation, pleasure, and addiction
False
True
37
Ratio schedules of reinforcement are based on:
amount of time between reinforcers
rate of responses
amount of time between responses
number of responses
38
Mirror neurons provide a biological basis for
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
observational learning
rewards and punishments
39
The Central Nervous System is what?
All main functions of the body
Your immune systems headquarters
The Brain and Spinal Cord, the 'main control center'
40
Gambling and fishing are examples of which reinforcement schedules?
Fixed-Ratio
Fixed Interval
Variable-Ratio
Variable Interval
41
Any stimulus that, being presented after a responce, strengthens that responce
Positive Reinforcement
Distracting
Shaping
Negative Reinforcement
42
What is the definition of normal distribution
obtained by multiplying quantities together
makes a symmetrical bell-shaped graph
circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to outcome
number that can be divided by another number w/o a remainder
43
A major disadvantage of the experimental method is that
there is a certain amount of artificiality attached to it
APA Ethical Review Committees approval is diificult
subjects are difficult to find for research projects
private funding can never be obtained
44
The depression(s) that separate the different lobes and hemispheres of the brain?
Fissures
Equators
Fault Lines
Canyons
45
stimulus generalization is
tendency to evoke same response
results always being different from hypothesis
no response is given
minimum amount needed to evoke response
46
What happens during REM sleep?
anxiety
movement
sleep walking
Dreaming
47
Modeling thinking is...
Asking students for the answers while you perform the skill
Performing the skill in front of them
Having a student model the skill while sharing their WHY's
Performing the skill while telling them your thoughts
48
Which Of These Is Not One Of The 4 Brain Lobes?
Pariteal
Occupational
Frontal
Anterior
49
one of the limitations of the survey method is
that replies may not be accurate
observer bias
the self-fulfilling prophecy
that it sets up an artificial situation
50
Approach tp psych that we all have free will
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
Behaviorism
Humanism
51
What is Sleep Apnea?
I have no clue.
A type of sleep movement disorder. Restless legs syndrome.
in which you experience abnormal patterns in breathing while you are asleep
A condition characterized by extreme sleepiness during the day.
52
What is median?
The middle of the road.
The average of a distribution.
The middle point of an ordered set of data.
The number that occurs most often.
53
Sensory adaptation helps us focus on ...
auditory stimuli
constant features of the environment
visual stimuli
important changes in the environment
54
Neutral stimulus is...
response caused by the conditioned stimulus
stimulus that does not initially evoke an automatic response
learning in which the stimulus or experience occurs before the behavior an
stimulus that does not initially elicit a response
55
Ivan Pavlov carried out
Conditioning experiments
Cognitive experiments
Makeup dry product experiments
Sleeping experiments
56
Who are the researchers of the visual cliff experiment?
Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk
Albert Bandura
Mary Ainsworth
Helmholtz
57
Which hemisphere of the brain recognizes faces, places, objects, and music?
Both Equally
Left
Right
58
The school of psychology that was developed by Freud?
Humanism
Psychoanalysis
Behaviorism
Cognitive
59
A study where the experimenter and the subject do not know what is going on is...
Sigmund Freud
William Taft
Double blind study
Single blind study
60
What is the term meaning the average of a group of numbers?
Mean
Range
Answer
Median
61
Color blindness and color matching support which theory?
opponent-process theory
gestalt psychology theory
trichromatic theory
rod and cone theory
62
What is mode?
Found by adding all scores and dividing by the # of scores.
The score in the middle of ordered data.
The score that occurs the most frequently.
The average.
63
Which of the following two sleep disorders occur most commonly?
insomnia and narcolepsy
apnea and insomnia
night terrors and apnea
apnea and narcolepsy
64
Ethical guidelines for experimentation set by the APA require that research participants
never be deceived under any circumstances
waive their right to privacy before participating
be debriefed after the research if it involves deception
be paid for their participation
65
The Unconditioned Stimulus produces a?
Unconditioned Response
Typical Response
Nothing at all
Conditioned Response
66
What does the Brocas area of the brain control?
listening
motor control
creativity
speech production
67
A negatively skewed distribution is also called a ...
right-skewed distribution
left-skewed distribution
depressed distribution
Gaussian distribution
68
She worked in the early days of psych for reforming how patients were taken care of in mental institutions?
Rosalie Rayner
Dorthea Dix
Mary Cover Jones
Anna Freud
69
What is the nervous system?
A group of organs that the body can live without.
The brain (something I don't have)
A complex network of nerves and cells.
What controls the body.
70
one of the characteristics of the scientific method is
emotive reasoning
top-secret information
repeatable results
analysis measurement
71
Which part of the neuron stores neurotranmitters?
Axon
Vesicles
Soma
Dendrite
72
Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) used for Little Albert to fear the rat was....
the loud noise
his mom hates rats
it was a rat
how fluffy it was
73
Which is a secondary reinforcer
an A on your report card
All of the above
video games
money
74
What method best reduces experimenter bias?
Single blind procedure
Placebo effect
Double blind procedure
Random assignment
75
What does the Parasympathetic Nervous System control?
emotions
ability to calm down
bladder control
arousal

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