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Chapters 1 - 5 Textbook - Introducing Psychology Fourth Edition - Schacter/Gilbert/Nock/Wegner
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1
What are and where are your main colour receptors in your eyes?
Fovea and Cones
Foveria and Rods
Farquad and Cones
Fovea and Rods
2
What is it called when the brain organises sensory information into meaningful patterns?
Perception
Weber's Law
Sensation
Absolute Threshold
3
The Just Noticeable Difference is the smallest amount of sensation that can be perceived 50% of the time.
True
False
4
Which lobe area of the cortex is the primary auditory cortex located?
A2
A3
A1
AIV
5
What Sense is most closely connected to memories?
Sight
Smell
Hearing
Touch
6
Humanistic Psych. - we have do not free will to live more creative, meaningful, and satisfying lives - Maslow and Rogers
True
False
7
Consciousness refers to our awareness of external stimuli and our own mental and other internal processes
False
True
8
What can Meditation help with?
Improved Cardiovascular Health
Help Immune System Function
Lower Stress Hormones
Reduces Chronic Pain
9
What is Psychology?
The study of the mind
All of the Above
The study of what we do, think, feel, dream, sense and perceive
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
10
William James made the first psychological Laboratory - what was his baby?
Functionalism - Consciousness is for adaptation
Cognitive Psychology
Behaviourism
Psychodynamic Theory
11
Which
IS
a quality for good experimental Design?
Independent Variable
Experimental and Control Groups
A Measurable Dependent Variable
Use Random Assignment
12
Below shows the Gestalt principle of Continuation
True
False
13
Behaviourism - our behaviour is learned, observable, and measurable - Watson and Skinner
True
False
14
Stage 1 sleep uses Beta Waves
True
False
15
A Confounding Variable is a variable that is not independent but could affect the experiment
True
False
16
What would these be considered?
High Reliability
Low Reliability
Low Validity
High Validity
17
Hormones work like Neurotransmitters, just slower.
False
True
18
What are the space between the dendrites and the receiving neurone called?
System
Sandwich
Synapse
Sinus
19
What is this considered?
Low Validity
Low Reliability
High Validity
High Reliability
20
What neurotransmitter is in charge of Motor Behaviour, Motivation, pleasure, and emotional arousal?
Aceylcholine
Dopamine
Glutamate
21
The Somatosensory Cortex is used to process pain.
False
True
22
Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder
True
False
23
The goal of Psychology is to describe, Explain, predict and control and Organism's Behaviour
True
False
24
Which of these is
NOT
a sub section of the Frontal Lobe?
Primary Motor Cortex
Broca's Area
Wernicke's Area
Prefrontal Cortex
25
The Somatic Nervous system controls the Muscles
True
False
26
What neurotransmitter is intimately involved in the process of learning and memory?
Acetylcholine
Norepinephrine
Dopamine
27
What Nervous system is in charge of dealing with emergency situations?
The Autonomic Nervous System
The Sympathetic Nervous System
The Somatic Nervous System
The Automatic Nervous system
28
What would this be?
High Reliability and Validity
High Validity / Low Reliability
Low Validity / High Reliability
29
Humans are born a "BLANK SLATE" - John Locke
Elementals
Empiricism
"Naked Brain"
Emperialism
30
Sigmund Freud
Over Emphasised sex and Aggression
Psychodynamic Theory - our behaviour is deeply influenced by unconscious
All of the Above
Penis Envy
31
Who Gets to make the Quiz next time?
Maddie
Not Maddie
32
Weber's Law is the difference that can be that can be detected depends on the size of the stimuli being compared.
False
True
33
What is NOT true about Hypnosis?
It only works on those who are willing
Can help recall memories
It will Decrease Anxiety
Helps with pain
34
Who founded what we consider to be the basis of modern Psychology?
The Chinese - Confucius - "Understanding is our purpose."
The Egyptians - Nefertiti - "The Mind is Divine."
The Greeks - Plato - Philosophy - "What is the Mind?"
The Romans - Caesar - "Et tu Brute?"
35
A Confounding variable is an extra variable you didn't account for
True
False
36
What is an example of inattentional Blindness?
Playing Pokemon go
Texting and Driving
Playing Pokemon go, so intensely that you don't notice a crime happening.
Committing a Crime
37
Which one of these is an extrasensory perception?
Psychokinesis - Moving objects without touching them
Precognition - Seeing the Future
Clairvoyance - seeing things that you should not be able to.
Telepathy - Reading Thoughts
38
What structure in the hindbrain is responsible for coordination and balance?
Cerebral Cortex
Pituitary Gland
Cerebellum
Hypothalmus
39
Monocular Cues deal with Linear Perspective and Relative Size
True
False
40
What part of the brain is the most important to the Endocrine Glands?
Pituitary Gland
Pineal Gland
Adrenal Glands
Thyroid Gland
41
What is the smallest difference between two stimuli that can be detected?
JND
DJN
NDJ
42
Withdrawal is a negative side affects that occur when drug use is discontinued
False
True
43
What does Frequency mean for Sound Waves?
Colour
Pitch
Brightness
Loudness
44
What things does Cognitive Psychology (Neisser) look at that Behaviourists Ignored?
All of the Above
Internal Mental Processes
Thinking and reasoning
Introspection
45
What neurotransmitter is our bodies natural response to pain?
Serotonin
Dopamine
Endorphins
46
What does Frequency mean for light waves?
Colour
Brightness
Pitch
Loudness
47
What is Homeostasis and what part of the nervous system is in charge of maintaining it?
It maintains Balance : Somatic System
It helps you body sweat : The Somatic System
It Maintains Balance : Automatic Nervous System
It is your body doing exercise : The Automatic System
48
Where are the most sensitive parts of the Skin?
Lips
All of the Above
Hands
49
Which of these is affected Monocular Cues?
Interposition - Overlapping Objects
Aerial Perspective AKA Relative Clarity
Light and Shadow - Light objects appear closer
Texture Gradient - Sharp defined texture appear closer.
50
What is NOT true about REM sleep?
Only 30 - 40 minutes long
None of these
Delta waves
Known for dreams
51
The Thalamus is the gateway to the cortex, because it is the sensory pathway for most senses.
False
True
52
What is it called when a user uses for a long time so they need to take more each time to get the same high?
Addiction
High Bar
Tolerance
Withdrawl
53
Which one is not one of the four lobes of the brain?
The Parental Lobe
The Temporal Lobe
The Frontal Lobe
The Occipital Lobe
54
What is the Substance that Insulates axons?
Miami sheath
Milan Sheath
Myelin Sheath
Meilian Sheath
55
The Corpus Callosum connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain.
False
True
56
What are Controlled Processes?
They require full Awareness
Focused attention on carrying our controlled processes
Both
Neither
57
How long is a Human's Circadian Rhythm?
25 hours
24 hours
12 hours
8 hours
58
The Cochlea (tiny hairs) inside the ear translate vibrations in to neural signals.
True
False
59
Sensation is when sensory organs respond to the environment.
True
False
60
Gestalt View point - Wertheimer - Whole over Sum - What is an important idea?
Brain teasers
Problem Solving
Law of Closure
Illusions
61
Which of these are automatic processes?
Breathing
Singing
Knitting
Day Dreaming
62
What stages of sleep have Theta Waves?
3
4
2
1
63
Vestibular system is fluid filled sacs that help us keep balance, sense gravity and motion.
False
True
