Psychology Mid-Term 1
Which perspective most clearly focuses on how we learn observable responses
Behavioral
Endocrine glands secrete hormones directly into
Bloodstream
The part of the cerebral cortex that directs the most the movements involved in speech is known as
Broca's area
Which professional specialty focuses on diagnosis and treatment of people with psychological disorders
Clinical
The coiled, fluid-filled tube in which sound waves trigger nerve impulses is called the
Cochlea
The ability to pay attention to only one voice at a time is called
Cocktail party effect
Piaget is best known for his interest in the process of ____ development
Cognitive
Which psychological perspective highlights the manner in which people encode, process, store, and retrieve information
Cognitive
Servering a cat reticular formation for higher brain regions cause the car to
Comma
Five-year-old Tommy mistakenly believes that her short, wide glass contains less soda than her brothers tall, narrow glass. Actually, both glasses contain the same amount of soda. This illustrates that Tammy lacks the concept of
Conservation
Thinking that she has outperformed most of her classmates Glenville was surprised to receive just an average grade on my psychology test. Glendas experience best illustrates
Context affects, overconfidence
When Dominique learned that many students have received a failing grade on the midterm exam, he was no longer disappointed by his C grade. His experience best illustrates the impact of
Context effects
In an experiment designed to study the effectiveness of the new drug, researchers participants who receive a placebo or participating in the____ group
Control
In formation is most quickly transmitted for one cerebral hemisphere to another by the
Corpus callosum
Which of the following pain techniques is emphasized in Lamaze method of childbirth training
Distraction, breathing, massage
Both the researchers in the participants in a memory study or ignorant about whispered to spit have actually received a potentially memory enhancing drugs and whichever see the placebo. this investigation involves the use of
Double-blind procedure
The association areas are located in the
Everywhere in the brain most likely cerebral cortex
Professor Crisman believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners because this preference enhanced the survival of our ancestors' genes. This viewpoint beat illustrates _________ perspective
Evolutionary
Crystallized intelligence refers most directly to a person's
Experience
A research method in which an investigator manipulates factors that potential he produced a particular behavior is a(n)
Experiment
The self-reflective observation of ones own sensations and feelings is called
Introspection
The first psychological laboratory was established by
Fred wuntr
Who emphasize that the whole may exceed the summer of its parts
Gestalt psychology
Humanistic psychologist focused attention on the importance of
Health and growth potential
Sierra, a 28 year old heroin on addict, is pregnant. Her baby will be born
Heroin addict
The believe that weather conditions signal the onset of a arthritis pain best illustrates
Hindsight bias
Professor Smith told one class the alcohol consumption has been found to increase sexual desire. He informed another class that alcohol consumption has been found to reduce sexual appetite. The fact that neither class was surprised by the information they perceived best illustrates the power of
Hindsight bias, over confidence
The chemical messengers of the endocrine system are called
Hormones
Individualism is to collectivism as _____ is to ______
Independence to interdependence
The chemical messengers released into the spatial junctions between neurons are called
Neuron transmittera
Professor Lopez believes that severe depression results primarily from an imbalanced diet and abnormal brain chemistry. Professor Lopez favors a ____ perspective on depression
Neuroscience
The practice of covering your mouth when you cough best illustrates the impact of
Norms
Dr.Kozak has concluded that the unusually low incidence of alcoholism among citizens of a small African American country can be attributed to strong fundamentalistic religious influences in that region. This brief best illustrates a(n) _______perspective.
Social-cultural
The knee-jerk reflex is controlled by interneurons in the
Spinal cord
The reproductive advantage enjoyed by organisms best suited to a specific ecological niche is known as
Survival of the fittest or natural selection
And accelerated heartbeat is to a slow heartbeat as the _____ nervous system to the _____ nervous system
Sympathetic to parasympathetic
If research suggest that a pregnant mothers use of an artificial sweetener caused harm to the fetus, the artificial sweetener would be considered a(n)
Terogen
Hypotheses are best described best
Testable predictions
The prenatal development of the external make sex organs is stimulated by
Testosterone
Which brain structure relays information from the eyes to the visual cortex
The Thalamus ( switch board )
People are more likely to perceive a figure and ground illustration as reversable if they were told if it is reversed. This best illustrates
Top-down
In order to estimate trade heritability, researchers are most likely to make use of
Twin studies
The distinctive feature of the psychodynamic perspective is its emphasis on
Unconscious
The surgical removal of a large tumor from dane's occipital love resulted in extensive loss of brain tissue. Dane is most likely to suffer some loss of
Vision
During the course of successful prenantal development, a human organism begins as a(n)
Zygote
Which specialist most likely to have a medical degree is a(n)
psychiatrist
The threadlike structure that contains genes are called
Chromosomes
In order to axis reactions to me propose tuition hike at her college, Ariano set a questionnaire to every 15th person in the college registers alphabetical listing of all current enrolled students. Ariana employee the technique of
Random selection
Surveys indicate that people are most like lead to support " welfare " than " aid to the needy." The somewhat paradoxical survey results best illustrate the importance of
Random selection
Which technique involves repeating the essence of it earlier research study with different participants in different circumstances
Replication
The light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the rods and cones, is the
Retina
A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information is called a(n)
Schema
Providing children with a safe haven in times of stress contributes most directly to ( willingness to explore environment)
Secure attachment
In one experiment, most of the participants who viewed a video of man tossing a basketball remained unaware of a gorilla walking across the screen this a list streets
Selective attention
While reading a novel, Nathan isn't easily distracted by the sounds of the TV or even by his sisters' loud arguments. This best illustrates
Selective attention
Which of the following play the biggest role in our feeling dizzy and unbalance after he threw really roller coaster ride
Semi-circular canal
The detection and encoding of stimulus Energies by the nervous stream is called
Sensation
After listening to your high-volume car streo for 15 minutes, you fail to realize how loudly the music is blasting. This best illustrates
Sensory adaptation
During the month in which there is a large amount pollen in the air, your hay fever severely affects your sense of smell. At the same time your food all seems to taste the same. This best illustrates
Sensory integration, chemical Senses
Julia experience the motion sickness simply from watching a movie scene of a thrilling motorcycle chase. Her experience best illustrates the impact of
Sensory interaction
Which of the following senses is best described as a chemical sense
Smell and taste
The sequence of brain regions from the evolutionarily oldest to newest is
1)brain stem 2)limbus system 3)cerebral cortex
In order to test whether newborns can visually discriminate between various shapes and colors, psychologists have made use of the process of
Abbituation (novel)
Although Valentino was sitting right next to his parents, he smelled a skunk minutes before they did. Apparently, valentino's had a lower _____ for skunk or for than his parents have
Absolute threshold
Adjusting current Schemas to make sense of new information is called
Accommodation
A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon eating neuron is called
Action potential and neural impulse
Three-year-old Zara calls all four-legged animals "kitties." Her tendency to fit all four Leggitt animals into her existing conception of a kitten illustrates the process of
Assimilation
Parents who are demanding and yet it sensitively responsive to their children are said to be
Authoritive
Which perspective is most directly concerned with assessing the relative impact if both nature and nurture in our psychological traits
Behavior genetics
Comptemporary paychology ia best defined as the scientific study of
Behavior and mental processes
A subliminal message is one that is presented
Cannot be notticed
While a student provided directions to a construction worker, to experimenters rudely interrupted I pass in between them carrying a door . The students failure to notice that the construction worker was replaced by a different person during this interruption illustrates
Change blindness
The enduring traditions, ideas, attitudes, and behaviorist shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next define their
Culture
Dr.Santaniello conducts basic research on how children's moral thinking changes as the grow older. It is most likely that Dr.Santaniello is a(n) ______ psychologist
Developmental
Weber's law is relevant to an understanding of
Difference threshold
A synapse is a(n)
Junction between a sending neuron and a receiving neuron
After Kato's serious motorcycle accident, there's detected damage to his cerebellum. Kati is most likely to have difficulty
Keeping his balance
Surgical destruction of brain tissue is called a(n)
Leaion
Biological growth processes that are relatively uninfluenced by experiment in the enable orderly changes in behavior are referred to as
Maturation
Your life would be most immediately threading and if you suffered destruction of the
Medulla
According to erickson, trust is to ______ as identity is to _____
Mistrust to trust
In area at the rear of the frontal loves that control voluntary movements is called the
Motor cortex
Receptor cells for kinesthetics are located in the
Muscle, tenants, and joints
A common error in gene replication is known as
Mutation
In order to describe the behavior of animals in their native habitat, researchers are likely to make use of
Naturalistic observation
A specification of how a researcher measures a variable is known as a(n)
Operational definition
The false consensus effect refers to the tendency of
Over estimate that others agree with us
The study of phenomena such as clairvoyance and telepath is called
Parapsychology
Lisa attempts to retrieve her bottle after her father Hides it under a blanket. This suggests that Lisa has developed a sense of
Performance
The process by which we select, organize, and interpret sensory information in order to recognize meaningful objects and events is called
Perseption
Even though many chairs in the library study area are unoccupied, Wayne chooses to sit next to Annis. Annis is most likely to feel uncomfortable because want has violated her
Personal space
Pat is normally very restless and fidgety, where as Shelley is usually quiet and easy-going. the two children most clearly differ in
Personality
In a study of the effects of alcohol consumption some participants drinking nonalcoholic beverage that I actually smelled and taste like alcohol this nonalcoholic drink was a
Placebo, placebo affect
The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as Brian
Plasticity
Adoptive parents are most likely to influence the _____ of their adopted children
Political views and religion
According to kohlberg, morality based in the avoidance of punishment and the attainment of concrete rewards a(n) _____ morality
Preconventional