Weeks 1-5 Revision

People recognise voices, as well as the sounds of different musical instruments, from their characteristic:

Ethology is the study of

What kind of learning can be achieved through classical conditioning

Creating lesions in the brain (i.e., surgically removing parts of the brain) has been shown to:

The two schools of thought that dominated psychology in its earliest years were:

One of the most important functions of the hypothalamus is:

The psychological property corresponding to frequency is known as:

The highest & most consistent rate of response is produced by a ____ schedule of reinforcement

The order of the bones in the middle ear from eardrum to cochlea are:

Freud distinguished between 2 different types of content in dreams, which he called:

In the context of psychology, the philosophy of Monism proposes that:

Functionalism emphasised the role of psychological processes in:

The most important legacy of the psychodynamic perspective is its focus on

The text defines psychology as the scientific investigation of behaviour and:

Graded potentials are

In operant conditiong, when a response has been extinguished

The primary projection area for the auditory stimuli is the _________ of the brain

The electrical difference between the inside and outside of a resting neuron is

When do most forms of schizophrenia begin?

Which of the following DECREASES THE LIKELIHOOD that a response will recur?

The part of the axon that involves small sacs that contain neurotransmitters is called:

Which of the following is NOT an important distinction between sound and light?

Communication from one neuron to another is initiated by

Which of the following clarified the link between brain and behaviour?

According to the textbook, the earliest theory of mental illness argued that:

People who do not have sufficient acetylcholine in the brain are likely to experience:

________________ relates to patterns of behaviour that are relatively fixed and exist without have been learned

Which one of the following is NOT a method used by philosophers?

Which field argues that one's perception of the pieces will be influenced when seeing them as parts of the whole?

In describing the effects of a split-brain operation, one could say that:

The _____ involves rational, logical and goal-directed thoughts.

Exposure to extremely loud noises can result in hearing loss. The effect of the loud noise was to:

A crude form of neurosurgery to rid evil spirits from the body, which were causing disease/ails, was known as...

Damage to the reticular activation system is likely to result in

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that affects

The hindbrain includes all of the following except

Achievement goals are thought to be a combination of three motives:

Light from the outside world passes through several parts of the eye. What is the correct order?

Wernicke's aphasia results in:

The 2 main functions of consciousness are

Multiple sclerosis is a disorder that involves problems with the:

Habituation is

The fundamental building block of the nervous system is:

The automatic nervous system is responsible for:

I cut off the tip of my thumb while using a power saw. What would my reaction be if I did not have any endorphins?

Psychodynamic theorists name 3 classes of psychopathology forming a continuum of INCREASING DYSFUNCTION in correct order

In Harlow's studies of infant monkeys, contact comfort referred to:

Neurotransmitters are important because they:

Narcotics work because they are chemically very similar to:

Nightmares, flashbacks, hypervigilance, exaggerated startle response & psychological numbness are symptoms of:

The neurotransmitter that regulates anxiety and that is used by about 1/3 of all the neurons in the brain is

You know someone who is seriously depressed. It is likely that s/he is:

According to the government, what proportion of the population will experience a mental health illness at some point

Sensation refers to the process by which

Negative symptoms of schizophrenia include:

Classical conditioning was originally proposed by

Cannon-Baird theory argues that: