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1
A pair of cell clusters in the hypothalamus that control circadian rhythm are called the...
Supercell Cluster
Ghrelin Clusters
Melatonin Suppressors
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
2
The medulla is to the control of________ as the cerebellum is to the control of ________.
eating;sleeping
hearing;seeing
breathing;walking
emotion; motivation
3
Which of the following tests is designed to predict a person's future performance?
Achievement Test
None of the Above
Aptitude Test
Standardized Test
4
Which of these words contain 2 morphemes?
mailbox
bay
preexisting
trash
5
Who concluded that the mind is not separable from the body, and that knowledge is learned?
William James
Aristotle
Socrates
Wilhelm Wundt
6
What is an independent variable?
The variable outcome of the experiment
A variable which is kept constant by the researcher
An uncontrolled variable
A variable which is manipulated or changed by the researcher
7
An increase in a cell's firing potential (connections) after rapid stimulation is called..
Rapid fire effect
Priming
Long-term potentiation
Positive transfer
8
You see a girl get in a wreck and think that she is a bad driver.
Fundamental attribution error
Self-fulfilling-prophecy
Confirmation Bias
Cognitive Dissonance
9
This picture demonstrates what gestalt principle?
continuity
connectedness
closure
similarity
10
Enables a person to be aware of position and movement of body parts
Kinesthetic
Vestibular
Difference Threshold
Signal Detection
11
According to Freud, defense mechanisms are used by the
id, ego, and superego equally in a repetitive sequence.
id to defend against feelings produced by the superego.
ego to prevent threatening impulses from being recognized.
superego to prevent expression of sex and aggression.
12
Which imaging technique utilizes radioactive glucose to detect blood flow to the brain?
PET
MRI
fMRI
CAT
13
A researcher who is interested in finding the size of an area of the brain would use
EEG
MRI
Lesions
fMRI
14
If someone suffers from comas, what part of the brain is most likely damaged?
Reticular formation
Frontal lobe
Corpus callosum
Medulla
15
Repeating of an earlier research study w/different participants & different circumstances
Replication
Random Sampling
Correlation
Naturalistic Observation
16
The diagram below depicts which theory of emotion?
James-Lange
Cannon-Bard
Two-Factor
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
17
In drug treatment studies, participants given a pill containing no actual drug are receiving a
independent variable
double blind
random sample
placebo
18
The suffix -
ed
would be considered a...
semantic
morpheme
phoneme
syntax
19
Controls language expression and directs the muscle movements involved in speech
Broca's area
Motor cortex
Sensory cortex
Wernicke's area
20
The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep.
Beta
Delta
Theta
Alpha
21
Which of the following suggestions is most likely to reduce hostility felt between two groups?
Punish the groups when they treat eachother badly
Encourage the groups to avoid eachother as much as possible
Give a task that cannot be solved unless they work together
Force the groups to spend a lot of time together
22
Someone taking a "SSRI" would most likely be treating their
depression.
Schizophrenia
DID.
OCD.
23
Lack of fear and rage result in the damage or removal of what?
thalamus
hypothalamus
hippocampus
amygdala
24
According to Bandura, reciprocal determinism involves multi directional influences among
mind, body, and behavior.
behaviors, internal personal factors, and environ. events.
learned helplessness, locus of control, and optimism.
thoughts, emotions, and actions.
25
When the ventromedial hypothalamus is stimulated, it tells your body to do this.
stop eating
keep eating
eat even though you are full
never eat again
26
Skeptics of dissociative identity disorder (DID) might say that DID just reflects
neurons firing at different rates for different people.
ole-playing by people being influenced their therapists.
a persons desire to "bond" with the emotions of trauma.
an overlarge hippocampus in some people.
27
What is the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself?
Hindsight Bias
Envy Theory
Adaptation-Level Phenomenon
Relative Deprivation
28
Which of the following is an example of an implicit memory?
multiplying 4 times 5
remembering what you ate for lunch yesterday
visualizing the layout of your high school
playing the piano
29
"Progressive relaxation" is part of systemic desensitization which is type of
exposure therapy
client-centered therapies
psychoanalytic therapy
cognitive therapies
30
To be perceived as different, 2 stimuli must differ by min % rather than amount
Signal detection theory
Difference threshold
Weber's law
Absolute threshold
31
Which is true of rods?
Rods facilitate color vision
Rods are most useful in well lit sitiations
Rods are concentrated at center of the retina
Rods are concentrated at the periphery of the retina
32
When your weight fluctuates, but you always goes back to a certain weight, it's is called your
original point
original weight
set point
set weight
33
On Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, what comes directly after physiological needs?
social
self-actualization
safety
self-esteem
34
Baby Sally says things like "Daddy here", "Want bottle", "Pet doggy". Sally is using
telegraphic speech
babbling
holographic speech
phonemes
35
Cor. coefficient that best exemplifies the relation between media violence and karate lessons
-.2
-1.10
.20
.73
36
What is the primary function of the Parietal Lobes?
Memory and hearing
Processing the various aspects of vision
Connecting touch and body position
Judgment, problem solving, emotional regulation
37
Racial & ethnic stereotypes can bias our perceptions of others' behaviors. This illustrates:
interposition
top-down processing
retinal disparity
perceptual adaptation
38
Focuses light onto retina
Lens
Fovea
Iris
Rods
39
The Milgram study found that obedience was NOT strengthened when
There was no role model for disobedience
The authority figure looked professional
The authority figure was close by
When teachers were ordered to continue.
40
In hearing, the length of a wave determines ___ while amplitude of wave determines ______
Loudness:frequency
Loudness:hue
Frequency:loudness
Hue:brightness
41
You jump in a cold pool and after 5 minutes it no longer feels cold. This is known as
Sensation
Sensory Adaptation
Sensory Input
Sensory Interaction
42
Triarchic theory of intelligence, creativity, analytical, practical
Sternberg
Gardner
Thurstone
Spearman
43
Amnesia patients typically have suffered damage to the _________ of their limbic system.
hypothalamus
basal ganglia
amygdala
hippocampus
44
You ask to push the test back to Friday. Teach says no you ask her to push it back just one day
reciprocity norm
Foot-in-the-door
compromise
door-in-the-face
45
Disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information
Storage Decay
Proactive Interference
Retroactive Interference
Serial Position Effect
46
Unconscious, automatic, reflex responses to a conditioned stimulus is __________ conditioning.
Observational
Operant
Higher-Order
Classical
47
Immediate very brief recording of information in the memory system
Iconic Memory
Working Memory
Flashbulb Memory
Sensory Memory
48
"I hate her!" becomes "I love her!" -- this is an example of which defense mechanism?
projection
repression
reaction formation
rationalization
49
Judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent a prototype
Representative Heuristic
Intuition
Stereotype threat
Availability Heuristic
50
Which of the following is NOT a sympathetic division response?
Heart Accelerates
Digestion Inhibits
Pupils Contract
Salivation Decreases
51
Processes sensory input, coordinates movement, balance, and implicit, procedural memory
Angular gyrus
Limbic system
Cerebellum
Broca's area
52
Tom complains of dizziness, sweating palms, and ringing in his ears. His symptoms suggest
generalized anxiety disorder.
antisocial personality disorder.
major depressive disorder
schizophrenia.
53
A procedure in which the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued
Discrimination
Generalization
Extinction
Spontaneous Recovery
54
What type of brain test studies brain waves and activities?
CT Scan
PET Scan
MRI
EEG
55
Which is NOT a type of psychoactive drug?
Stimulants
Barbituates
Depressants
Habituates
