Myers Psych Exam #2 ( modules 7-9 & 13-19)

_____ developed the strange situation to investigate _____. -Ainsworth; attachment -Harlow; temperament -Ainsworth; temperament -Harlow; attachment

Ainsworth; attachment

Hue

the dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue, green, and so forth

Fetus

Developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

_____ refers to the distance from the peak of one light or sound wave to the peak of the next.

Wavelength

Wavelength

distance from wave peak to the next

cones

retinal receptors that are concentrated nea the center of the retina, -functions in daylight or well lit conditions

Identify three issues that have engaged developmental psychologists.

1. Nature vs nurture 2. Continuity and stages 3.Stability and change

WHat are the 3 steps that are basic to all sensory systems?

1. receive 2. transform 3. deliver

Children's anxiety over parental separation peaks around _____ months of age. 18 13 12 10

13

When does the brain cortex peak at producing neurons during prenatal development?

28 weeks

Young-Helmholtz

3-color theory Theory that the retina contains 3 diff types of receptors, when stimulated in combonation can produce the perception of any color

______ is characterized by deficient social interaction and an impaired understanding of another person's state of mind.

ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder

Embryo

About 2 weeks after fertilization through the 2nd month

bottom up processing

Analysis that begins with sensory receptors and works up to the brains integration of sensory info

The phenomenon of _____ BEST illustrates that visual information can be processed without conscious awareness.

Blindsight

Improved judgment, impulse control, and the ability to plan for the future develop during the late teens and early twenties, largely as a result of: -a surge of hormones beginning in puberty. -development of the parietal lobe of the brain. -growth in the number of neurons and their connections. -development of the frontal lobe and its connections with other parts of the brain.

Development of the frontal lobe and its connections with other parts of the brain

The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate, parallel conscious and unconscious tracks is known as _____ processing.

Dual processing

In part, the trademark impulsivity of adolescence reflects that brain development proceeds more slowly in the brain's _____ than in its _____. a)frontal lobe; limbic system b)brainstem; limbic system c)limbic system; frontal lobe d)brainstem; frontal lobe

Frontal lobe, limbic system

Our tendency to organize stimuli into coherent sets is known as _____.

Grouping

REM Sleep

HR rises and breathing becomes rapid and irregular. Eyes drt every 30 seconds or so

The process of developing a sense of _____ during adolescence was highlighted by Erik Erikson's psychosocial development theory.

Identity

Top down processing

Info processing guided by higher level mental processes

NREM-2

Lasts about 20 minutes Body temp drops, HR begins to slow, brain begins to produce sleep spindles

NREM-1

Lasts around 5-10 min. transitions b/t wakefullness and sleep

perseptual set

Mental predisposition to preceive one thing and not the other

Relative height, motion, size, and linear perspective are examples of _____ cues to depth perception

Monocular

NREM-3

Muscles relax, BP and resp. drop, deepest sleep occurs

Both _____ and _____ indicate how our experiences help us to construct perception.

Perceptual set and context

According to Lawrence Kohlberg, people attain the _____ level of moral development when they develop an abstract level of reasoning wherein they perceive basic ethical principles and the moral good as more important than their own selves. -postconventional -preconventional -unconventional -conventional

Post conventional

Affecting physical events or objects with one's mind is called _____.

Psychokinesis

Rods

Retinal receptors that detect black white and grey

What are the steps in visual info processing?

Scene --> retinal processing--> feature detection--> parallell processing--> recognition

When subjects look at a picture of the Moon's surface, some of them report seeing a human face. This is due to the development of concepts called _____.

Schemas

Anna is reading her psychology textbook. The activation of receptors in her retina is called _____. Her interpretation of the stimuli as particular words is called _____.

Sensation, perception

One sense influencing the perception of another is known as:

Sensory interaction

The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement is known as the _____ clock.

Social

Subliminal

Stimuli you cannot ceonsciously detect 50% of the time

Scientists have found that nicotine can be passed through the placenta. For the unborn children of mothers who smoke heavily, nicotine is a(n): -agonist. -depressant. -teratogen. -hallucinogen.

Teratogen

Zygote

The fertilized egg Enteres a 2 week period of rapid cell devision and developes into embryo

The size of the difference threshold is greater for heavier objects than for lighter ones. This BEST illustrates: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

Webbers law

signal detection theory

a theory predicting how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus (signal) amid background stimulation (noise). Assumes there is no single absolute threshold and that detection depends partly on a person's experience, expectations, motivation, and alertness.

Fova

central focal point in the retina, around which the eyes cones cluster

Intensity

the amount of energy in a light or sound wave, which we perceive as brightness or loudness, as determined by the wave's amplitude

Webbers law

the principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage

opponent-process theory

the theory that opposing retinal processes (red-green, yellow-blue, white-black) enable color vision. For example, some cells are stimulated by green and inhibited by red; others are stimulated by red and inhibited by green