Psych 101 Quiz 3 - 4
True or False Insomnia is a sleep disorder in which the air passages are obstructed.
False
True or False Short term memory and working memory mean the same thing
False
True or False The thalamus is a structure of the limbic system that is involved in the storage of memories and does not become mature until we are about two years old
False
In order to form new memories, you must have a fully functioning
Hippocampus
Which of the following is true about anterograde amnesia
It is a failure to remember the events that occurred after a physical trauma
Which of the following best defines the term pre-consciousness?
It refers to material that is not In awareness but can be brought into awareness by focusing one's attention.
When Kendall picked up her puppy, she did not realize that he'd gain a pound since the last time she picked him up. This small increase in weight is not big enough to be a ———.
Just noticeable difference.
The MacArthur Longitudinal Twin Study found that ——— We are more similar than for ternal twins in Spatial memory, Ability to categorize things, and word comprehension
Monozygotic twins
Which of the following Substances is classified as barbiturate?
Nembutal
Research on the biology of memory involving the visual cortex of rats reared in stimulating Environments and the stimulation of certain synapses is in sea snail suggest that
Neural events may be involved in memory
At the start of the exam Bobby did not notice any distracting sounds. As time passed she became more and more aware of the ticking clock on the wall. What is this an example of?
Sensory adaptation
People with ——— Stop breathing periodically, up to several hundred times per night.
Sleep apnea.
Ray often wakes up at night talking loudly and incoherently. During this time, his heart rate increases, and he recalls vague images of someone pressing on his Chest. However, he has never fully awake and returns to sleep. In the context of sleep disorders, Ray is exhibiting symptoms of
Sleep terrors
In the context of classical conditioning, ——— helps organisms adapt to situations that require from time to time
Spontaneous recovery
True or False According to the American lung Association, the hydrocarbons, or tours, and cigarettes and cigars smoke lead to lung cancer
True
If you were having trouble with balance, it would most likely be a problem with your ——— system
Vestibular
True or False In psychodynamic theory, descriptive information that is not awareness, but can be brought to awareness by focusing one's attention ( by what did I eat for breakfast this morning? Or what is my cell phone number?) Is called preconscious material.
True
True or False Women seem less affected by alcohol than men because they have more of an enzyme called Aldehyde dehydrogenase, Which metabolizes alcohol in the stomach.
True
True or False Biofeedback training is a system that provides information about bodily functions so that the organisms can gain control of that function.
True
High frequency brain waves are associated with
Wakefulness
——— is the fraction of the intensity by which a source of physical energy must be increased or decreased so that a difference in intensity will be perceived.
Weber's constant
True or False A composite of studies of the relationship between IQ scores and hereditary suggests that both genetic and environmental factors contribute to IQ scores.
False
True or False Dreams are most likely to be vivid during nonrapid eye movement (NREM) Sleep, whereas images are vaguer and more fleeting during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
False
True or False Early in the 20th century, Gestalt Psychologists noted certain consistencies in the way we integrate bits and pieces of sensory stimulation into meaningful holes. This group of rules is referred to as the laws of similarity.
False
Max is a waiter at a coffee shop. He gets paid $100 every day at 9 PM regardless of the number of customers he serves during the day. In this scenario, max payment is based on the
Fixed interval schedule
When Darren first started working in the poultry plant, he found the smell from the chickens to be overwhelming. However, he gradually became accustomed to the smell, and now it no longer bothers him. This scenario illustrates an instance of ———.
Negative adaptation
The audience was very impressed by the singers ability to hit high and low notes. This most closely refers to ———.
Pitch
True or False In Pavlov's famous experiment, the dog salivated in response to the tone because the town became mentally connected with the meat powder. The meat powder is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS)
True
Jane is a 10-year-old girl with a mental age (MA)of 12. James intelligent quotient (IQ) calculated using Wilhelm Stearns formula is
120
True or False With well-known information such as our names and occupations, retrieval is effortless and rapid
True
In ——— , The problem solver associates freely to the elements of the problem, allowing "Leads" to run a nearly limitless course.
Convergent thinking
Brandon had fear of dogs. To extinguish the sphere, his mother baked him his favorite cake and gradually brought a dog closer to him while he ate the cake. In this scenario Brandon's mother use ——— to cure his fear.
Counter conditioning
True or False In divergent thinking, thought is limited to present facts; the problem solver Narrows his or her thinking to find the best solution, whereas, in convergent thinking, the problem solver associates freely to the elements of the problem, allowing "leads" to run nearly limitless course
False
True or False In the continuing research, psychologists have come to define consciousness and only one way, as they continuing self in the world.
False
True or False It takes children longer to learn new words and it takes apes to learn new signs
False
True or False Consider a child who is burned by touching a hot stove. The side of the stove may invoke fear, and because hearing the word stove may invoke a mental image of the stove, just hearing the word may invoke fear. The child shows discrimination towards the hot stove.
False
True or false A schedule in which reinforcement is provided after a fixed number of correct responses is known as a fixed interval schedule
False
True or false According to Arne Öhman and Susan Mineka, humans are not biologically prepared by evolutionary forces to develop fears of any kind.
False
True or false Media violent and aggressive video games decreases viewers level of emotional arousal
False
True or false The weschler Intelligence scale yielded the mental age score
False
Positive reinforcement ——— the probability of behavior occurring, and negative reinforcement ——— the probability of behavior occurring.
Increase increase
Which of the following statements is true of prospective memory
Moods and attitudes after prospective memory
True or False Behavioral psychologist believe learning is a relatively permanent change in behavior that arises from practice or experience.
True
True or False Memory may be defined as the processes by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved.
True
True or False Odors trigger firing of receptor neurons in the olfactory membrane high in each nostril.
True
True or False PCP, phencyclidine, is an opiate whose name is an acronym for its chemical structure.
True
True or False People with frequent nightmares are more likely than others to have anxiety, depression, and other psychological problems.
True
True or False Prolonged exposure to secondhand smoke during childhood is a risk factor for cancer of the throat.
True
True or False The difference between sensation and perception is that sensation, or the stimulation of our senses, is an automated process resulting from sources of energy (light and sound) or the presence of chemicals (as in taste and smell), while perception is an active process in which sensations are organized and interpreted to form an inner representation of the world.
True
True or False When we think of the eye as the camera to the world, the photosensitive surface is called the lens, which contains photo receptors called rods and cones
True
