Semester 1 Review 1-5 Quizzes all questions

A neural impulse leaves a neuron through the 

A variable-ratio (VR) schedule of reinforcement is where a response is reinforced after

Sam can't remember his new girlfriend's name because he's stuck on his old girlfriend's name.

This scanning technique uses temporarily radioactive glucose to display active brain regions

Overestimating the % of chores you do b/c it's easier to recall what you've done illustrates

What is the sensory switchboard

which parenting style has a likely outcome of children becoming disrespectful & out of control

Who came up with the idea of universal grammar?

Describing this picture as “Mother is away her working her work to get her better" shows ___

What is homeostasis?

Which of these is not a Gestalt Principle:

The way slot machines reward gamblers with money best illustrates

The theory that's most helpful for explaining why people are motivated to watch horror movies 

controls speech muscles via the motor cortex

According to Maslow, our need for

Which of the following are located exclusively within the brain and spinal cord?

Which theory suggests dreams are mental responses to random bursts of neural stimulation?

An approach that focuses on how the natural selection of traits promoted the survival of genes

After Ethan's serious motorcycle accident, doctors discovered damage to the brain area depicted

Concluding a person who likes poetry is more likely professor than truck driver illustrates

Maryke decided to study for her upcoming exam using spacing effect illustrated by the following

This brain area interpret's language. It will cause someone to speak nonsense if damaged.

Little Albert was conditioned w/out permission. This violates which ethical principle?

Closing your bedroom door so that you won't hear the TV that is interfering with your studying 

what type of parenting style is most likely to create poor communication skills with children?

The early school of psychology known as functionalism was developed by

If an adult develops cataracts, his or her

The inability to remember information previously stored in the memory

controls heartbeat and breathing

What psychologist studied childhood development and the evolutionary theory?

A brain lesion refers to __________ of brain tissue.

Analysis beginning with sensory receptors and working up to processing

Who came up with the concept of classical conditioning?

Reuptake refers to the 

Attempting to measure contributions of inborn traits and social influences on homosexuality 

A nerve cell receives information through its

A, B, and 4 are the components of a ______

Our tendency to remember the first and last words in a sequence

No hat:_____ Hat:_____

When provided with unscrambled anagrams, underestimating the time needed to solve them shows

Your ability to immediately recognize the voice over the phone as your mother’s illustrates

An event that decreases the behavior that precedes it is a 

Who is most associated with the study of classic conditioning?

Assisting people with social problems and achieving a greater well being best describes...

Direct stimulation of the motor cortex would be most likely to result in

_________ is well known for the law-of-effect.

Children tend to organize their worlds into male and female categories which illustrates  

Maslow and Rogers would have focused on the importance of

Most researches who have examined the effects of viewing televised aggression conclude that 

Who created the first psychology research lab?

The most light-sensitive receptor cells are the

75% lean ground beef sells better than 25% fat ground beef due to 

When Cameron is unexpectedly fired from his job he is likely experiencing ____

Contemporary psychology is best defined as the scientific study of

In the Little Albert experiment, the loud noise was the

investigating a client's life situation, physical, social-cultural, & educational history 

Golf instruction that reinforces short putts before attempting long putts illustrates

Classical conditioning is to _______ as Operant conditioning is to _____

As you read these words, the cells in your eyes fire in response to the light from the screen

Converting physical stimuli (e.g., light) into neural messages is known as

When 4 year-old Elise hit Kurt, Elise's G'ma put her in time-out. Time-out is considered

The term for encoding information by meaning

the parenting style that results in a child with high self esteem is

If you have a snake phobia due to a traumatic experience, for you a snake is

Arousal ________ emotion; cognition ________ it.

Occipital lobes are to ______ as the temporal lobes are to _______.

Who would be most likely to emphasize the role of the unconscious in affecting behavior?

Parkinson's patients lack dopamine. Drugs to treat PD (called ____) bind to dopamine receptors.

The "I knew it all along" bias is called

A dog's salivation at the sight of a food dish is a(n)

Mr. Yoneda has 5 kids (age 5, 10 yo twins, 15, & 20), & all are a great disappointment to him.

In what stage of sleep do people experience hallucinations?

Which of the following is true for those assigned to a control group?