Psychology exam 2

What are the effects of heroin?

Euphoria, sedation, pain relief, depression of respiration

The person responsible for the most well-known account of moral development?

Lawrence kohlberg

according to new research, which drug is found to b effective for treating post traumatic stress disorder?

MDMA

A deeper sleep, characterized by a slower, more regular wave pattern, along with momentary interruptions of "sleep spindles" is __

N2

Which of the following behavior patterns, exhibited in the strange situation task, is most likely that of a child with insecure-resistant attachment?

The child is anxious before and after the mother leaves the room and displays mixed reactions to her upon the mother's return.

By what age are children able to hold objects?

4 months

By _____ months, children can sit by themselves, without any help.

6

Separation anxiety typically occurs around ____ months of age.

9

Definition of mindfulness

A heightened awareness of the present moment, whether of events in one's environment or in one's own mind.

The monitoring of information from the environment and from one's own thoughts is termed as ______________

awareness

Global workspace theory suggests that we _________ attend to information at hand.

temporarily

Kohlberg (1981) developed the "Heinz dilemma" to assess _____________ _____________ ____________ ___________

the development of moral reasoning in children

If an awake and alert person undergoes a brain wave test, what will it reveal?

beta waves

Between conception and birth, what major organ(s) form(s) first?

brain

Raj has been recently moved to the night shift at his job. Of late, he has been complaining of disturbed sleep and poor concentration. He also feels fatigued and listless more often. A change in __________ _________ is mostly to have causes raj's problems

circadian rhythm

The suprachiasmatic nucleus has been linked to ________ ________

circadian rhythm

Which of the following parts of the human ear is a bony tube, curled like a snail's shell and filled with fluid?

cochlea

_______________ is the general term for awareness of sensations, thoughts, and feelings being experienced.

consciousness

1. _______ is a clear, hard covering that protects the lens

cornea

What are the general categories of temperant children?

easy child, slow to warm child, difficult child

1. According to plaget, ______________ is the tendency to view the world from one's own perspective and not see things from another person's perspective

egocentrism

The second stage of prenatal development begins at about two weeks after conception. At this point, the growing bundle of _______

embryo

1. Dr. Arnett calls the phase between adolescence and young adulthood ______________ _____________ which spans the ages 18-27 years

emerging adulthood

We see images with the greatest clarity when they are focused on the ______

fovea

The _____ stage is the first prenatal stage, which begins at conception and lasts the first two weeks.

germinal

A drug that is capable of producing pronounced changes in perception is a _________

hallucinogen

The process of how genotype becomes phenotype, and therefore, how we change and remain the same over the course of a lifetime is called _________ ______________

human development

What is the process by which non-human newborn animals come to recognize the first moving object they see as their primary caregiver?

imprinting

An _____ _______ infant cannot be comforted by the caregiver on reunion and shows difficulty in returning to play. Multiple choice question.

insecure-resistant

According to Dr. Erikson, the psychosocial crisis linked to behaviors like parenting, starting a business, and creating works of art is _____________ vs _____________

intimacy vs isolation

Participants with no previous meditation experience completed 8 weeks of mindfulness meditation training. At the end of the training, researchers observed significant increases in EEG activity in which region of the brains of participants?

left frontal cortex

A state of full consciousness, _____ is the heightened awareness of the present moment.

mindfulness

What are the levels of consciousness?

minimal, moderate, and full consciousness

Kohlberg is most associated with ______ ________

moral reasoning

From months 3 through 5 of pregnancy, neurons move from one part of the brain to their more permanent home in a process known as ___________ migration.

neuronal

What are the group of people who share equal standing or status and usually at the same level in terms of age, and gender?

peers

When the retina senses light in the morning, the _______ gland decreases the amount of melatonin it releases.

pineal

Freud used the term ______ to describe material that is potentially accessible but not currently available to awareness. Multiple choice question.

preconsciousness

What is the process called when events in the womb alter the development of physical and psychological health?

prenatal programing

___________ ________________ is the process by which events in the womb alter the development of physical and psychological health.

prenatal programming

One study linked meditation-related changes in brain activity with __________ performance in attentional tasks.

quicker

According to Piaget, mastering object permanence is the hallmark of the ____________ stage of cognitive development

sensorimotor

The ________ stage of cognitive development occurs when infants use their senses and move their bodies to understand the world.

sensorimotor

Which Piaget stage involves infants learning their world, from their eyes, ears, and mouth?

sensorimotor

The _____________ _____________ procedure was designed to assess the quality of attachment between infants and their

strange situation

The internal 'timekeeper' located in the hypothalamus is the _____, which regulates physiological activity on daily cycles.

suprachiasmatic nucleus

True or False- We pass more biological milestones before birth than we will during the rest of our lives.

true

When a sperm fertilizes an egg, the resulting single cell is known as a _______

zygote

Which of the following is true of disoriented infants?

They may freeze in the presence of their caregivers. They display peculiar behaviors in a strange situation.

When does an individual attain a flow state?

When he/she thrives in the ability to rise to the occasion of challenging tasks

what is the most widely used depressant?

alcohol

Circadian cycles last about ______ hours.

24 hours

By _________ months, most children start taking their first steps.

12

Emerging adulthood spans the age range of _____ to ______ years

18 to 25 years

List in order from first to last, the steps of death and dying according to Kubler-Ross.

1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance

a groundbreaking area of research has demonstrated that, under hypnosis, what three things?

1. hypnotically induced pain creates a subjective experience similar to real pain 2. people turn off the areas of the brain that normally process the meaning of words 3. hypnotically induced pain activates the same brain circuit as real pain does

What is a true statement about an insecure-avoidant infant?

The infant often shows little to no distress in separation episodes.