psych exam
brain activity preparing the movement began before the decision
people watched a clock-like device and made a spontaneous decision of when to flex a wrist, remembering the time of decision and reporting it later. what was the key result?
sleepier in the night tan during the following morning
someone who stays awake 24 hours a day for several days will probably feel
in the late afternoon or evening
tests of memory and reasoning ability might underestimate the capacities of older adults if the research is done
a day
a circadian rhythm lasts about how long?
from west to east
for most people the experience of jet lag is most severe if they travel across time zones
narcolepsy
logan often has sudden attacks of sudden sleepiness during the day. he is probably suffering from what?
animal learning
of the following, a behaviorist is most likely to study
discrimination
one the first floor of your dorm are two vending machines. the one on the left always works; the one on the right is usually broken. you therefore put your money only in the machine on the left. this illustrates which aspect of operant conditioning?
mostly rem sleep, but some non-rem sleep
during which stage(s) of sleep does dreaming occur?
repeatedly present the conditioned response by itself
how can one extinguish a classically conditioned response?
increased suggestibility
hypnosis is a condition of
the drug administration ritual
in some drug abusers, drug tolerance develops through classical conditioning. the conditioned stimulus in these cases is
variable ratio
the more lottery tickets you buy, the greater your chances of winning, however, you have no way of knowing how many tickets you will have to buy before you win. it might be fewer than 10; it might be more than a million, this is an example of which type of schedule of reinforcement?
after every response
under a continuous schedule of reinforcement the animal is reinforced
none
what disorder, if any, is related to talking in your sleep?
someone watches someone else do something and receive reinforcement
what happens during vicarious reinforcement?
food
what is an example of a primary reinforcer?
provides positive reinforcements for approximations to the desired behaviors
what procedure does a psychologist use in applied behavior analysis (shaping)?
exercise heavily shorty before going to bed
which is the best advice for someone with periodic limb movement disorder?
Edward thorndike
who of the following was the first to investigate operant conditioning?