quiz 1 chapter 1-3

Which of the following is true of behaviorism?

Behaviorism explains the relationship between the brain, hormones, evolution, heredity, and behavior.

Which of the following statements is true of hue?

It is determined by the wavelength of visible light.

Efraim is interested in how parents and children make attachments to each other. Whose work was most influential on this topic?

Mary Salter Ainsworth

Who is credited with establishing the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany?

Wilhelm Wundt

Who was a founder of the school of functionalism?

William James

Kennedy is a fabric specialist. Recently, they were invited to an exhibition of Persian silks. Being an expert on fabrics, Kennedy continuously moved their hand along the surfaces of different pieces of fabric to get the feel of them. This action is referred to as ________.

active touching

Megna stepped on a nail at the construction site where they worked. Which kind of neuron brings the pain signal from Megna's foot to their brain?

afferent

As Dagwood is chomping on a huge sandwich, he thinks about how glad he is that he does not have to consciously control his digestion because that function is handled by his ________.

autonomic nervous system

Peter went out cycling one morning. He was not wearing a helmet. He fell off a ridge and fell into a steep valley. Apart from fracturing his arm and acquiring several bruises, Peter severely injured his head. The doctor noticed a swelling on the right side of his head and suspected that it was a blood clot. Which of the following did the doctor use to obtain a three-dimensional image of Peter's brain for further investigation?

computerized axial tomography

Why do the two lines in the Müller-Lyer illusion appear to be of different lengths even though they are the same length?

due to the principles of perceptual organization

Norepinephrine is manufactured exclusively by the adrenal glands.

false

The surface of the cerebrum—the cerebral cortex—is wrinkled, or convoluted, with ridges and valleys. These valleys are known as ________.

fissures

Alex uses his podcast to spread his conspiracy theory that chimpanzees set wildfires as revenge for being subject to experimentation. If Tempie demands proof, what aspect of critical thinking are they using?

insist on evidence

Which of the following plays a significant role in sleeping, sneezing, and coughing?

medulla

Isha is going to see a movie but arrives late. By the time she walks in, the lights are already dimmed making it difficult to see. Which type of photoreceptors would be more sensitive to helping process vision in this setting?

rods

Tavish was so excited to see the ocean for the first time that he jumped right in. The water was very cold! After a few minutes though, Tavish didn't seem to notice how chilly the water was anymore. This is an example of ________.

sensory adaptation

Yara is attending her high school pep rally. She walks into the gym and noticed there are a lot of people wearing purple shirt and others wearing green shirts. She assumes those individuals in the purple shirts must all be part of one collective group while the students in the green shirts are part of another group. Yara is using which principle of organization to deduce this?

similarity

Epilepsy can sometimes be helped by split-brain operations.

true

In the 1940s and 1950s, psychodynamic theory dominated the practice of psychotherapy.

true

Which of the following statements is true about the different types of psychologists?

Clinical psychologists help clients resolve problems and change self-defeating behavior.