intro to psych chapters 6,7, & 10

instincts

Birds migrating, cats chasing prey, sea turtles moving toward the ocean immediately after birth, and a joey (baby kangaroo) moving to its mother's pouch immediately after birth are all examples of ________.

bariatric

Dr. Korkolos is a surgeon who conducts procedures that modify a patient's gastrointestinal system so that they can only eat or absorb a limited amount of food. Dr. Korkolos's expertise is in ________ surgery.

fixed interval

Gus receives a paycheck at the end of every week. Which reinforcement schedule is this?

extinction

Molly attempts to condition her puppy to greet her when she enters the house. She repeatedly pairs her entry to the house with a treat for the puppy. The puppy eventually acquires this ability, and Molly realizes how irritating it is for the puppy to run up to her every time she enters the house. She attempts to make the puppy stop, and eventually the puppy no longer feels motivated to greet her when she enters the house. The puppy no longer greeting her when she enters the house is an example of ________.

logical-mathematical

Nima excels at working with numbers in subjects such as calculus and algebra. This exemplifies ________ intelligence from the multiple intelligences theory.

motivation

Otto is so driven to become a school psychologist that he spends every night studying. This sentence describes the wants or needs that direct behavior toward a goal, also called ________.

role

Samara meets a nurse. She immediately assumes he is able to help care for sick people, works long hours, and dispenses advice about illness because her ________ schema suggests that nurses behave this way.

homeostasis

Sweating and shivering are responses created due to internal temperature fluctuations, and they are designed to bring the body back into ________.

learning

What do psychologists call a relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience?

It will not result in long term weight loss because the body will resist change and seek its initial set point.

What does set point theory suggest about the probable results of bariatric surgery?

alfred binet

Which individual was asked by the French government to create an assessment tool - an intelligence test, of sorts - that would be used to identify schoolchildren who would be more likely to have difficulty in school?

baby turning its head to suckle when its cheek is stroked

Which of the following is an example of instinct? -baby turning its head to suckle when its cheek is stroked -believing that nudity is wrong -a teacher demonstrating algebra to students -a toddler who is being toilet trained by her parents.

semantics

Which term refers to the process by which we derive meaning from morphemes and words?

morpheme

A ________ is the smallest unit of language that conveys some type of meaning.

james lange

According to the ________ theory of emotion, one's physiological arousal precedes the cognitive experience of a feeling