Unit 4-6 Exam Review

Question 1

Which of the following statements is true of alcohol?

Accepted Answer

Alcohol is a depressant, because it calms neural activity

Question 2

If one day he plays the music by mistake and the students leave class, which of the following is being shown?

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Spontaneous Recovery

Question 3

Which of the following processes is the best term for explaining how we learn languages?

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Modeling

Question 4

The gate-control theory states that “gates” for pain must be open to feel pain. What are the "gates"?

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spinal cord

Question 5

Which reflects the notion that pitch is related to the stimulation of different areas of the cochlea’s basilar membrane

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place theory

Question 6

Natalia is washing her hands, and she adjusts the faucet handle until the water feels just slightly hotter than before

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difference threshold

Question 7

A couple is in a dancing competition. It is easy for spectators to see them against the dance floor because

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figure-ground relationship.

Question 8

What can be expected in someone who is a frequent user of marijuana?

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They will require less of the drug to feel its effects as the drug builds

Question 9

Patrick has just entered REM sleep. Which of the following is he likely to experience?

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Body paralysis

Question 10

Which drug causes the brain to stop producing endorphins?

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heroine

Question 11

What do we call the specialized neurons in the visual cortex that respond to particular edges, lines, & movements?

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feature detectors

Question 12

On a warm summer day, Kimberly tells her brother to put on a suit. Kimberly’s brother knows to put on a swimsuit

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context

Question 13

As she looks at a face, Jamie is able to recognize it as the face of her mother. Which explains why?

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top-down processing

Question 14

All of the following are examples of primary reinforcers EXCEPT a

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high score on an exam for which a student studied diligently.

Question 15

Which of the following is the best example of learning?

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A child flinches when he sees lightning because he is afraid of thunder.

Question 16

Months later she also buys 10 tickets for the senior prom raffle, hoping this will be the time she wins.

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Variable-ratio

Question 17

Which of the following is most closely associated with hair-like receptors in the semicircular canals?

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balance

Question 18

Thorndike’s principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely to be repeated is

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the law of effect

Question 19

If you scratch your eye, which structure are you most likely to damage?

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cornea

Question 20

If the light is repeatedly presented without the loud noise she will eventually stop being afraid of the light.

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extinction

Question 21

Sigmund Freud believed that a dream’s _____ content reflected the deep, underlying meaning of the dream.

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latent

Question 22

After observing his sibling walk across a balance beam, Joe’s brain reacts in a way that will enable him to imitate

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Mirror neurons

Question 23

What is the role of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in sleep?

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It causes the pineal gland to increase the production of melatonin.

Question 24

The cat comes running into the room when the microwave timer sounds, but not when it hears the oven timer.

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discrimination

Question 25

The principal decides to substitute popular music for the bell to indicate the end of each class period.

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students respond as if it was the bell is an example of CS

Question 26

Which of the following dream theories states that dreams help us sort out the day’s events?

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information-processing

Question 27

Nareem's ability to judge the distance of the whiteboard is due to which depth cue

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Retinal disparity

Question 28

Your best friend decides to paint her room an extremely bright electric blue. Which of the following best describes?

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Short wavelength; large amplitude

Question 29

Shortly after falling asleep, James experiences the hypnagogic sensation of falling. Which stage?

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NREM-1

Question 30

Your friend is playing the low notes on her tuba quite loudly. Which of the following best explains the sound waves?

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Long wavelength; large amplitude

Question 31

After two nights without sleep, which of the following can be expected?

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REM Rebound

Question 32

When you listen to music, the sound waves cause your _____ to vibrate first.

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eardrum

Question 33

Bandura’s famous Bobo doll experiment is most closely associated with which of the following?

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Observational learning

Question 34

Which of the following represents a circadian rhythm?

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Our bodies sleep-wake on a roughly 24 hour schedule.

Question 35

As Jeff reads his psychology textbook he is able to convert the light waves into signals that his brain can interpret

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transduction

Question 36

Which of the following is the best example of your kinesthetic sense?

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Touching your nose with your eyes closed

Question 37

Which of the following structures helps you most in detecting the color of your friend’s shirt?

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cones

Question 38

Which stimulant causes high energy, emotional elation, dehydration, and damage to serotonin-producing neurons?

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Ecstasy

Question 39

In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus

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is initially neutral, and then comes to trigger a response.

Question 40

Sleep deprivation can lead to weight gain, reduced muscle strength, common colds, and...

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Depression

Question 41

Which perceptual process explains why you can see varied aspects of your favorite singer’s face and instantly recognize

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parallel processing

Question 42

Charles and his wife are at a loud baseball game, yet are able to have a conversation with each other.

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the cocktail party effect

Question 43

Tyshane jumped in and after a few minutes declared, “It was cold when I first got in, but now it’s fine. Come on in!”

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sensory adaptation

Question 44

In classical conditioning, a person learns to anticipate events by

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associating two stimuli.

Question 45

What do we call the illusion of movement that results from two or more stationary, adjacent lights blinking on and off

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Phi phenomenon

Question 46

The purpose of reinforcement is to

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cause a behavior to continue.

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