REAL PSYCH EXAM 2

Eli is afraid of bees, and has been ever since he was nearly stung by one a few months ago. Lately, his father has been very distressed to see that Eli is now afraid of any flying insect, even tiny ones like gnats. The fact that Eli gets terribly afraid and runs to another room whenever he sees a flying bug demonstrates _____.

generalization

Classical Conditioning: Identify UCS, UCR, CS, CR: Tommy ducks when the school bully passes him in the hall to avoid getting hit on the head

getting hit, pain, sight of bully, ducks

If people are continuously exposed to an unchanging stimulus that they know will not cause them harm, they will most likely ____.

habituate to the stimulus

I am the stimuli of the vestibular system

head movements

_____ is also known as social learning or modeling and occurs when one organism learns by watching the actions of another organism.

Observational learning

_____ insomnia is when a person lies in bed for a long period and is unable to go to sleep.

Onset

I imitate the effects of natural endorphins in your brain

Opioids

Why does associative learning provide an enormous survival advantage?

Organisms are able to predict the future and thus are given time to prepare for future events.

Patients with narcolepsy have damaged or missing cells in their ____, which disrupt the production of ________.

hypothalamus; orexin

Copying a behavior that is unlikely to occur naturally and spontaneously is referred to as ____.

imitation

Peter's mother normally arrives home from work in a terrible mood, causing Peter extreme anxiety. However, when Peter sees that his mother is wearing sweatpants, Peter feels at ease, knowing that she has been home from work for a while. Peter's recognition that the sweatpants indicate that there is no reason to feel anxious illustrates ____.

inhibition

When a conditioned stimulus can predict the nonoccurrence of an unconditioned stimulus, this is referred to as ____.

inhibition

Undergraduate student Gabrielle is writing a research paper on the physiological effects of commonly used drugs, such as caffeine. As her well-informed friend, you tell Gabrielle that caffeine is known to ____.

interfere with adenosine-induced inhibition in the brain

Learning that occurs in the absence of reinforcement is referred to as ____.

latent learning

I am the stimuli of the visual system

light waves

Richard Dawkins referred to the basic unit of cultural transmission as a _____.

meme

As Katie hears a song on the radio, she feels stressed: her heart races, her hands become clammy, and her breathing becomes rapid. The song is familiar because it was very popular at a time when her parents were going through a divorce that caused Katie intense anxiety. In this scenario, identify the unconditioned stimulus.

Parents fighting

Study participants who were selectively deprived of Stages 3 and 4 N-REM sleep reported ____.

muscle and joint pain

Consuela stands in front of her U.S. history class to give a presentation. She suddenly loses consciousness and suffers a sleep attack referred to as ____.

narcolepsy

Richard, who is 16 years old, misses his curfew and is grounded by his parents. He is not allowed to leave the house, see his friends, or use his cell phone for one week. His parent's actions illustrate ____.

negative punishment

Identify the consequence: When Christa poked a stick at the dog, the dog bit her

Positive Punishment

Lucia, who experiences extreme anxiety when taking an exam, practices meditation breathing to reduce her anxiety before taking a test. Her meditation breathing is an example of ____.

negative reinforcement

Identify the consequence: Shawna gets spanked for stealing candy

Positive punishment

Identify the consequence: Little Mario gets his homework back with a star sticker on top

Positive reinforcement

Identify the consequence: When matt's girlfriend cooks for him, he gives her a massage

Positive reinforcement

The demo of looking at an image of Beyonce demonstrated what?

Prolonged Stimulus showed inhibitor cells showing opposite color of what we stared at

Learning that involves changes in the magnitude of responses to a specific stimulus is referred to as ____ learning. This type of learning does not involve the formation of connections between stimuli.

nonassociative

In contrast to patients in a coma, patients in a vegetative state look _____.

normal

What is the activation-synthesis theory of dreaming

Random stimuli being synthesized into narrative

Learning is traditionally divided into three categories: associative, nonassociative, and ____.

observational

What physiological response may be responsible for the phenomenon of a near-death experience characterized by out-of-body experiences, the perception of light at the end of a tunnel, and the state of calmness?

Release of chemicals to minimize cell loss in the brain

Being conscious means to know or be aware of _____, both internally and in the world around us.

ongoing experiences

The activation-synthesis theory of dreaming suggests that the content of dreams reflects _____.

ongoing neural activity

What was a key finding of the Bobo doll experiment?

Reprimanding the adult for her aggressive behavior slightly reduced the children's aggressive behavior.

After cardiac arrest, Teresa's father, Ike, is in a coma. Ike's doctor explains to Teresa that his brain activity shows ____.

only alpha waves that are distinct from those of a normal sleeping pattern

What brain structure is responsible for raising or lowering the thresholds of conscious awareness?

Reticular formation

The process of associating a behavior with its consequences is known as ____.

operant conditioning

I increase Dopamine and Norepinephrine levels in your brain (but don't mess with dopamine reuptake)

Ritalin

I am the receptors for the visual system

Rods and Cones

Characterized by: Uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain

Seizure

Classical Conditioning: Identify UCS, UCR, CS, CR: Little Antwan's heartbeat quickens when he has to return to the dentist

pain, dentist

_____ are uncontrolled electrical disturbances in the brain that are often correlated with changes in consciousness.

Seizures

Tasha runs a day care center. She places birthday hats on a group of children to celebrate 1-year-old Chantal's birthday. Tasha notices that when Chantal passes by a mirror she grabs for the hat by reaching for the mirror instead of reaching for her own head. Tasha picks up the baby and helps her find her hat. What aspect of consciousness has Chantal not yet reached?

Self-awareness

Some cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) may include biological vulnerabilities in the function of which neurotransmitter?

Serotonin

The reinforcement of a desired behavior on some occasions, but not others, is called ____ reinforcement.

partial

What kind of schedule works best to maintain a learned response

partial

Dr. Goddard is studying the behavioral effects of MDMA (Ecstasy) using a rat model. He would measure increased release of which hormones in response to MDMA treatment?

Serotonin and oxytocin

Debi lights up a cigarette before her creative writing class. How is the nicotine in the cigarette likely to affect Debi?

She will be more alert and more relaxed.

Carl's wife, Juanita, is unhappy that her husband's new shift as a security guard is from 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. She complains to her husband that since he started his new job, he has been having health, personality, mood, and interpersonal problems. What condition might Carl have?

Shift maladaption syndrome

Classical Conditioning: Identify UCS, UCR, CS, CR: My cat cries when she sees her cat taxi (recalling shots at the vet)

Shots, pain, cat taxi, cries

A modified cage containing levers or buttons that can be pressed or pecked by animals and is used to investigate operant conditioning is called a ____.

Skinner box

We measure sleep by collecting a______, which calculates....

polysomnography; EEG (brain activity), EMG (muscle movements) and EOG (eye stuff)

Which of the following is a possible explanation for why animals have evolved to have various states of alertness?

Sleep allows animals to repair their bodies and conserve energy.

Michael sleeps every night with a loud and somewhat disruptive machine that uses a mask to regulate airflow into his lungs. Which diagnosis might Michael have received?

Sleep apnea

Patti finds her husband, Derek, asleep in his recliner. She gently touches his shoulder and says, "Derek, wake up; the dog needs to go out." Derek abruptly responds, "Patti, I am awake!" Derek was most likely in ____.

Stage 1 N-REM sleep

Fifteen minutes after falling asleep, Duke is not awakened by the refrigerator cycling on. He is, however, awakened by his roommate opening the refrigerator door. Duke is most likely in ____.

Stage 2 N-REM

Approximately an hour after falling asleep, Daisy's roommate repeatedly shakes her shoulder and asks Daisy to move her car out of the driveway. Daisy takes several minutes to respond to her roommate and then opens the refrigerator to find her keys. Daisy was most likely in ____.

Stage 3 or 4 N-REM

Which of the following phrases describes the different mental states of students in your class, whether it be drowsy, full of energy, or somewhere in-between?

State of awareness

Neutral Stimulus (Classical Conditioning)

Stimulus that has no effect on the desired response (bell --> salivation).

A consequence that eliminates or reduces the frequency of a behavior by applying an aversive stimulus is referred to as ____.

positive punishment

____ occurs when a healthy infant simply dies while asleep.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

I am the receptors for the gustatory system

Taste cells

Both Thorndike and Skinner agreed that ____ is a powerful tool for managing behavior.

positive reinforcement

What was a key implication of Garcia and Koelling's classic taste-aversion studies?

The studies challenged Pavlov's views on the interchangeability of stimuli and brought up new information about different organisms' predispositions to learn things.

What is the physiological basis for night terrors?

The transition from Stage 4 N-REM sleep upward into REM goes away.

Which of the following would decrease the likelihood of acquisition?

The unconditioned stimulus is presented long after the conditioned stimulus.

In experienced meditators, EEG recordings of the frontal lobes of the brain during meditation feature increased levels of which type of brain waves?

Theta waves

Which of the following may be an effective treatment for recurring, upsetting nightmares?

Training in lucid dreaming

What type of stimulus elicits a response without prior experience—that is, without learning having taken place?

Unconditioned

Preeti discovers that her roommate Shari recently experimented with methamphetamine. Preeti, worried about her roommate, informs Shari that there are risks associated with methamphetamine use, such as the induction of symptoms associated with ____.

psychosis

Vanessa crams for her anatomy and physiology final by staying up the entire night before the exam. What is a likely consequence of Vanessa's actions?

Vanessa will likely perform significantly below her fullest potential because shedecreased her capacity to remember the material.

Characterized by: A seemingly normal appearance

Vegetative State

Characterized by: Occasional random actions like opening eyes, smiling or crying

Vegetative State

Thorndike and Skinner were in agreement about the relative weakness of ____ as a means of controlling behavior.

punishment

_____consists of a set of behaviors that are the opposite of those produced by a drug.

Withdrawal

Based on his experiments with rats in mazes, Edward Tolman believed that ____.

rats developed a cognitive map for where they could find food

N(Non-REM)1- light sleep N2- No predominant wave. Sleep spindle and k complex N3- Largest and farthest apart wave (delta waves) REM- rapid eye movements. Dreams! Muscle paralysis

read again

Inevitable, involuntary responses to stimuli that are primarily controlled by circuits located in the spinal cord and brainstem are referred to as ____.

reflexes

Bandura identified four necessary cognitive processes in the modeling of others' behavior: attention, _____, reproduction, and motivation.

retention

Among the brain structures that are believed to participate in consciousness are the cerebral cortex, thalamus, and _____.

reticular formation

After a devastating fire that destroyed her home, Lisbeth finds that she is startled by the sound of car horns and sirens, the smell of smoke, and loud noises. This is an example of ____.

sensitization

Patients who recover after a cardiac arrest or some other life-threatening condition often report _____.

similar experiences

I am the stimuli of the gustatory system

soluble chemicals

I am the stimuli of the olfactory system

soluble chemicals

I am the stimuli of the auditory system

sound waves

In humans, most reflexes are controlled by nervous system circuits located in the ____.

spinal cord and brainstem

Greg, who mainly smoked cigarettes when out with friends, recently quit smoking. However, each time he visits a bar or restaurant with his friends, he has the strong urge to light up a cigarette. This is an example of ____.

spontaneous recovery

The reappearance of conditioned responses after periods of rest between sessions of extinction training is called ____.

spontaneous recovery

Thorndike's law of effect states that behavior is ____.

stamped into an animal relative to the consequences of the behavior

Brain death is identified as _____.

a complete and irreversible lack of measurable brain activity

A reaction to a given stimulus that is learned or acquired over time is referred to as ____.

a conditioned response

An environmental cue or event whose significance is learned is referred to as ____.

a conditioned stimulus

According to Rescorla and Wagner, the association between a conditioned stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus is strongest when the association is ____.

surprising

When experienced practitioners are asked to describe the subjective experience produced by meditation, they describe ____.

a conscious state without thought, accompanied by a blissful emotional state

As Angel speeds down Elm Avenue, he suddenly slams on his brakes to avoid a collision with another car. Angel's response is an example of ____.

a learned behavior

Kendyl was born with a congenital disorder that prevents her eyes from sensing light; her fraternal twin brother, Gabe, was born with normal vision. Compared with Gabe, Kendyl will likely have ____.

a longer circadian cycle

Counterconditioning, in which people relax while being exposed to stimuli that elicit fear, is referred to as ____.

systematic desensitization

Based on the work of Richard Dawkins, the basic unit of cultural transmission is known as ____.

a meme

In a person with sleep apnea, breathing can stop for _____ during sleep, leaving the sleeper gasping for air.

a minute or two

More than 8 million Americans have reported ____.

a near-death experience

Sara allows her dog, Isabel, to run freely at a local park. When a truck drives by and its engine backfires loudly, Isabel quickly jumps up on her hind legs and barks loudly. Isabel's response illustrates ____.

a reflex

Regina wakes her husband in the middle of the night and asks, "Where am I? This isn't our bedroom." After a visit to the emergency department, Regina learns that she likely suffered a partial seizure originating in her ____ lobe.

temporal

The major psychoactive chemical in marijuana is ____.

tetrahydrocannabinol

Consciousness requires complex interactions between the cerebral cortex and the ____.

thalamus

I am the stimuli of the tactile system

touch, temperature and pain

A stroke affecting a single hemisphere typically does not lead to coma.

true

Vegetative state often follows a period of coma.

true

Brain death is characterized by ____.

two flatline EEG recordings taken 24 hours apart

The development of a conditioned response is called ____.

acquisition

Children are most likely to pattern their own behavior on the ____ of their parents.

actions

Jordan typically has at least three cups of coffee throughout the day. She decides to cut her coffee habit cold turkey but experiences severe lethargy despite having a good night's sleep. Jordan is experiencing ____.

withdrawal symptoms

A person showing _____ activity is awake but relaxed.

alpha

Jim and his father are watching the ball game on television. Jim's father starts to yawn and Jim soon follows. This is an example of ____.

an instinct

Keller and Marion Breland, two of B. F. Skinner's former students who used operant conditioning to train animals for entertainment, found that ____.

animals tended to revert to instinctive behaviors even after they had acquired new (non-instinctive) behaviors

Sleep ________ is a sleep disorder in which a person stops breathing while asleep.

apnea

One of the most dramatic applications of behavior therapy is the treatment for _____ pioneered by O. Ivar Lovaas.

autism spectrum disorder

Imaging studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suggest that meditation represents a voluntary regulation of attention and ____ functions.

autonomic

Ira has a problem wherein he tends to speak without thinking, and this has caused him to lose friends and damage relationships at work. To reduce the frequency of this behavior, Ira wears a rubber band that fits loosely around his wrist. Whenever he begins to speak without thinking, he snaps himself with the rubber band just hard enough to sting a little bit. This is an example of ______ therapy.

aversion

Carlos stands in front of his Thursday night slam poetry group to recite his most recent work. He suddenly experiences temporary muscle paralysis but does not lose consciousness, a condition called ____.

cataplexy

An animal's light-dark cycle, which for humans is 24 hours, is otherwise known as its _____.

circadian rhythm

The formation of associations between two stimuli that occur sequentially in time is referred to as ____.

classical conditioning

Although tolerance and withdrawal are two hallmark symptoms of physical dependence on a drug, not all addictive drugs display these features. For example, _____ is quite addictive despite its lack of withdrawal symptoms.

cocaine

Since seizures are correlated with changes in consciousness, they provide evidence that _____.

cortical activity is correlated with consciousness

Tim, who suffers from alcoholism, is prescribed disulfiram by his doctor to help him halt his alcohol consumption. Disulfiram works by causing unpleasant physiological effects when even small amounts of alcohol are consumed. This type of treatment is best described as ____.

counterconditioning

Rates of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the United States were cut in half between 1992 and 2003, when the American Academy of Pediatrics began telling parents to put infants to sleep on their ____.

backs

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) results from a gene variant that is active only during early prenatal development in the _____.

basal ganglia

What percentage of adults in the United States experience restless legs syndrome?

15%

Sam has recently been given a prescription for a mild opiate medication by her physician. This drug is most likely being used to help control which of the following ailments?

A persistent, nagging cough

Which is NOT true of a person in a state of coma?

A person may respond to pain and light.

Nicotine mimics the action of which neurotransmitter?

Acetylcholine

I boost affects of the main chemical that reduces inhibitions in your brian

Alcohol

In addition to messing with Dopamine reuptake, I increase release of Dopamine and Norepinephrine

Amphetamines

Which of the following would be characteristic of someone in Stage 1 N-REM sleep?

An EEG similar to that of a drowsy, waking person

What is a token economy?

An economy in which tokens take on value because they can be exchanged for valued goods

What distinguishes a reflex from an instinct?

An instinct is a more complex behavior than a reflex.

Which of the following is an example of nonassociative learning?

Andrea recently learned how to drive a car. At first she found merging into highway traffic very stressful, but now she can do it with ease.

Consider the following scenarios. Which person displays characteristic signs of a persistent vegetative state?

Andrew is in a coma; his mother is hopeful because he occasionally opens his eyes and sometimes smiles or cries, but Andrew's doctors tell her that these actions are random.

Sam suffers from restless legs syndrome. From what other disorder is Sam likely to suffer?

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Which condition is characterized by a lack of back-and-forth imitation of gestures and facial expressions during infancy and deficits in empathy and social skills later in life?

Autism

During ___ activity, a person is actively thinking and alert.

beta

Which of the following statements describes a belief of the early behaviorists?

Behavior follows the same general rules across species.

Classical Conditioning: Identify UCS, UCR, CS, CR: Silvia was bitten by a dog before and now has a fear of dogs

Bite, pain, dogs, fear

Characterized by: A complete and irreversible lack of measurable brain activity

Brain Death

Characterized by: Two flatline EEG recordings taken 24 hours apart

Brain Death

Which of the following would be characteristic of someone in REM sleep?

Brain activity similar to that of an awake person but with the external appearance of deep sleep

I mess with a chemical that makes you sleepy

Caffeine

What is a key distinction between classical conditioning and operant conditioning?

Classical conditioning generally works best with involuntary, reflexive behaviors; operant conditioning involves voluntary behaviors.

I am the receptors for the auditory system

Clia in Choclea

I am the receptors for the olfactory system

Clia in nasal cavity

I am the receptors for the vestibular system

Clia in semicircular canal

I simply interfere with dopamine reuptake in your brain

Cocaine

Characterized by: EEG reading of only alpha waves in the brain

Coma

Corrina finds a quiet cubicle at the library and prepares for a long night of studying. While she studies, she is also aware of the conversation taking place at the next table. What aspect of consciousness describes Corrina's awareness of both her textbook material and the other conversation?

Content of awareness

What kind of schedule produces the best learning?

Continuous

Activity in the ________ of the brain corresponds to mind wandering, thinking about the self, and preparing for conscious thought.

default mode network (DMN)

Classical Conditioning: Identify UCS, UCR, CS, CR: When the dog barks (signaling Dad's return), baby excitedly yells "da da"

Dad, Dada, Bark, Dada

Which of the following individuals is likely to have a longer than usual circadian rhythm?

Dan, who has worked on a submarine far below the surface of the water for the past 3 months.

Which of these would be characteristic of someone in Stage 4 N-REM sleep?

Deep sleep with disorientation before waking

Which condition does NOT have to be met for punishment to have observable effects on behavior?

Delayed response

Zolpidem (Ambien) can help both onset and maintenance sleep, but it has significant side effects. Which of the following is a known side effect of Ambien?

Driving or walking while asleep

I increase serotonin and oxytocin (the "social" NT) in your brain

Ecstacy

The part of the brain that has been found to be most active during lucid dreaming is the ________, which suggests that such dreams occur when this brain area just wakes up during sleep.

dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

All of us respond positively to token economies, but they are especially useful in ____ settings.

educational and institutional

Tim would like to stop drinking alcohol, but he is finding it difficult to resist the urge to drink when he meets up with friends. Tim's therapist assures him that if he can resist the urge to drink during these social events, his cravings for alcohol will diminish even further, eventually fading away. What process is Tim's therapist describing?

Extinction

Classical Conditioning: Identify UCS, UCR, CS, CR: My cockatiel, Fre, squawks excitedly when I open his treat jar

Food, squawks, jar, Squawks

_____ waves accompany the processing of sensory input, particularly visual stimuli.

Gamma

Natalia, who suffers from epilepsy, experiences a seizure in which she completely loses consciousness, stops breathing, and thrashes about uncontrollably. Natalia experienced which type of seizure?

Generalized tonic-clonic

Internal biological clocks interact with external stimuli, referred to by the ____.

German term zeitgebers

The demo of counting the number of Fs in a sentence demonstrated what?

Gestalt theory: the brain fills in missing information that gives completeness

Which scenario best illustrates the concept of a night terror?

Hector demonstrates acute distress even though he is asleep. When his roommate wakes him up, he is confused and does not remember being upset.

What is the evidence to suggest that sleep plays an important role in repairing the body?

Human growth hormone is released during Stages 3 and 4 of N-REM sleep.

The Student Union is holding its weekly Friday night "De-stress 'til Dawn" mixer. Brandon is hungry, Shelby is tired, and Tina feels cold. Which brain structure controls the internal biological clocks responsible for regulating these processes?

Hypothalamus

The Demo of looking for a boat or a dog in a picture of dots demonstrated what?

If you were colorblind

In what process do mirror neurons play a key role?

Imitation

What indicates that imitation provides adaptive advantages?

Imitation is frequently used in the animal world.

Why is observational learning advantageous?

It allows you to learn without experiencing negative consequences.

Megan is contemplating trying lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) at a party. As her friend, what warning would you give her?

It can cause hallucinations days after using the drug.

What is true of operant conditioning?

It generally involves voluntary behaviors.

Why is the process of sensitization advantageous?

It improves reaction time.

What is a disadvantage of continuous reinforcement?

It is not convenient to do so for an extended time period.

Which of the following is a correct statement about the default mode network (DMN) in the brain?

It maintains unconscious activity that prepares the brain for conscious thought.

What is the relationship between caffeine and Parkinson's disease?

It negatively correlates with Parkinson's disease.

From an evolutionary perspective, why is the conscious awareness of ongoing sensations advantageous for animals?

It provides the opportunity to choose responses rather than to respond instinctively.

Some researchers restrict the possibility of self-aware consciousness to species that ____.

exhibit complex social behavior

Originally researching digestion, taught a dog to salivate at the sound of a bell. Paired with food with the tone of a bell to cause salivation, eventually the dog would salivate with only the tone of the bell.

Ivan Pavlov

I simply stimulate serotonin receptors in your brian

LSD

A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience or practice.

Learning

Which process below is defined as a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience?

Learning

What is observational learning?

Learning by watching someone else

Classical Conditioning

Learning to make a reflex response (salivation) to stimulus other than the original (bell), natural stimulus (food) that normally produces the reflex response.

Aurora talks to her therapist about a recurring dream in which she encounters a ferocious lion that has just escaped from local zoo. She works with her therapist to learn how to form a conscious awareness of the dream and to control the dream by turning the lion into a kitten. What technique is Aurora using

Lucid dreaming

The imitation of ____ might serve as a building block on the road to achieving empathy.

facial expressions

Dora has no problem falling asleep each night, but she wakes up frequently in the middle of the night and often cannot fall back asleep. From what type of insomnia does Dora suffer?

Maintenance insomnia

I stimulate natural cannabinoid neurotransmitters in your brain

Marijuana

Clinical Polysomnography, which adds _____, looks for _____

Measure breathing, EKG (heart rate), Leg movements; sleep disorders

A schedule of reinforcement in which reinforcement occurs after a set number of behaviors is called a ____ schedule.

fixed ratio

Identify the consequence: Baylee's favorite toy is put away for a week because she threw a tantrum

Negative Punishment

Identify the consequence: Stephen loses his skateboard rights as a result of breaking curfew

Negative Punishment

Identify the consequence: Tyler aced all of her exams, so she now gets to skip the final exam

Negative Reinforcement

Identify the consequence: When Richard takes a pill, his headache goes away

Negative Reinforcement

Identify the consequence: Tammy gets her sentence reduced for good behavior

Negative reinforcement

I am the receptors for the tactile system

Nerve cells in skin

I mimic the effects of acetylocholine in your brain

Nicotine