exam 3 physiology

Jason studies Spanish for three years, and then switches to Pashto. When asked to remember Spanish vocabulary he can't, instead he can only remember Pashto vocabulary. This is an example of ________ interference.

retroactive interference

If new experiences disrupt recall of old experiences, this is referred to as:

retroactive interference.

the fundamental attribution error explains the observation that we

credit the failures of others to their personal characteristics

there esults of the schachter-singer experiment indicate that

emotional experience is the cognitive interpretation of arousal

arousal reflects the release of the hormones

epinephrine and nonepinephrine

I am trying to learn the names of all 50 states. While I am actively remembering and recalling this information, it is considered ________.

explicit memory

what are some of the symptoms of grouplthink?

illusion of unanimity and invulnerability

when people say you never forget how to ride a bike, they are referring to ___ memory, a.so called non-declarative

implicit

which of the following theories of emotion best recognizes the importance of the cognitive component of emotion

schachter-singer

if you think you will win a hot dog eating competition then you have ____ and you are likely to enter the contest

self efficacy

Following an outcome, ________ are those attributions that enable us to see ourselves in favorable light.

self-serving bias

the ____ emotional pathway involves the ____; the ____ pathway does not

slow; front lobe; fast

sam, a firefighter, rushed into an inferno to save a child that was trapped inside, which norm did sam demonstrate?

social responsibility

research shows that ____; performance tends to suffer ____

moderate arousal is generally best; when arousal is very high or very low

which statement about social physiology is most accurate?

people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by social stimuli

when it comes to social physiology, a script is a ____.

peron's knowledge about a sequence of events in a specific setting.

According to Schachter and Singer, two factors lead to our experience of an emotion:

physiological and cognitive

which of the following is an example of fixed ratio reinforcement schedule?

playing miniature golf as soon as you collect 10 gold from a reward chart

which of the following is an example of a fixed interval reinforcement schedule?

taking your dog to the park every afternoon at 4:00 p.m.

which fo the following defines affect?

the experience of feeling or emotion.

Declan, a PHD candidate, tells his colleagues that his dissertation research is on motivation, delian is researching:

the factors that direct behavior toward goals

Remembering ________ is a good example of semantic memory.

what the word chocolate means

which piece of evidence is correctly matched with its relevance to a particular theory of emotion?

without arousal our emotional experiences are weaker- James-Lange theory

gender differences in IQ in general

women score higher than men in verbal abilities, visuo-spatial scores tend to be higher for men

which of the following is not a type of longterm memory?

working memory

rules about the use of personal space are called ___. clues to emotion or identity contained in our voices are ____.

proxemics; paralanguage

which of the following is an example of a variable interval reinforcement schedule?

Winona checks her cellphone at random times throughout the day.

which of the following describes the schachter-singer theory of emotion

a cognitive label allows us to interpret arousal

According to Schachter and Singer's two-factor theory, emotion is determined by two factors: _____.

a physiological response and cognitive evaluation

intelligence is positively related to

academic performance, longevity, job success

Mercy has maintained her body weight far below what is healthy through starvation and constant exercise. Mercy probably suffers from ________.

anorexia

when studying for a test, Cory creates her own questions based on the class material. this is an example of what memory?

deep level processing

which of the following is not a step in lateen and parleys theory of bystander intervention?

diffusion of responsibility

The facial ________ hypothesis states that facial expressions are capable of influencing our emotions.

feedback

What is confirmation bias?

focusing on information that confirms your existing beliefs

sweating and shivering are responses created by internal temperature fluctuations, and they are designed to maintain ____

homeostasis

John has a mild intellectual disability. part of this diagnosis was based on his iq score, what must the score have been

less than 70

a persons's____ rate is the amount of energy she expends in a given period of time

metabolic

Dave's boss told him that he doesn't have to attend the company picnic (which everybody dislikes) if Dave meets his sales quota this month. Dave's boss is using ________.

negative reinforcement

What is procedural memory?

type of implicit memory that stores information about how to do things