Psych Exam 1

Professor Istrati is examining the effect that the early death of a parent has on adult children's feelings of security. The attitude regarding feelings of security can be considered a(n)

Mental Process

Margaret was in a car accident and suffered damage to the left side of her brain. Yet, she has difficulty moving her right arm, not her left arm. This indicates that

Motor cortex on the left side of the brain controls parts on the opposite side of the body.

The survival of organisms best suited to a particular environment is known as

Natural Selection

The capacity of a brain area to develop new _______ as it adjusts to damage is known as neuro plasticity.

Neural Pathways

A representative sample is one that accurately reflects a larger

Population

Dr. Abe is an expert in weight-loss management and techniques. He repeatedly finds that as consumers eat fewer calories, they also lose weight. This is an example of

Positive Correlation

Falsely hearing a sound in the absence of any external stimulus is called

Hallucination

Formulating testable predictions before conducting research is most directly useful for restraining a thinking error

Hindsight bias

Why might so many people believe the commonly accepted idea that roaches could survive a nuclear bomb?

Repetition

Which Early Psychologist aimed to study the evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings?

William James

Who mapped the motor cortex during the 1930s?

Foerster and Penfield

Which portion of the cerebral cortex lies directly behind the forehead and is involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments.

Frontal Lobes

The release of cortisol into the bloodstream is most likely to

Increase Blood Sugar

The release of epinephrine into the bloodstream is most likely to

Increase Blood Sugar

Factors other than those of interest that can potentially influence the results of a study are called

Independent variables

Neurons that function with the brain and spinal cord are called

Interneurons

The vast majority of neurons in the body's nervous system are

Interneurons

Professor Valetta believes that identical twins have similar levels of intelligence largely because they share common genes. His idea is best described as a(n)

Theory

Misinformation that is given intentionally can be called

False news

The endocrine glands that trigger the fight or flight response is the

Adrenal Glands

S.M. is a patient who has been called "the woman with no fear," even of being threatened with a gun. Her fearlessness is best attributed to damage to her

Amygdala

Increasing excitatory signals above the threshold for neural activation will not affect the intensity of an action potential. This indicates that a neuron's reaction is

An all or none response

Studies conducted for the sake of building psychology's base of knowledge are most clearly examples of

Basic Research

The group of people who are exposed to the treatment being tested in an experiment is called the _______.

Experimental group

The English naturalist whose thinking about species variation led to evolutionary psychology was

Charles Darwin

Joshua has suddenly and unexpectedly begun to feel so depressed that he frequently stays home from school. It would be best for Joshua to contact a ______ psychologist.

Clinical

Dr. Carson conducts research on the relationship between adults' language skills and their capacity to solve mathematical problems. Dr, Carson is most likely a ______ psychologist.

Cognitive

The brain's left and right hemispheres are filled mainly with axons that

Connect the cortex to other areas of the brain

The $40 million Human Connectome Project harnesses ______ technology to map neural connections across long distances within the brain.

Diffusion Spectrum Imaging

Professor Delos believes that most men prefer physically attractive and well-built partners because this preference promoted the survival of our ancestors' genes. This viewpoint best illustrates the _______ perspective.

Evolutionary

The part of the brainstem that controls heartbeat and breathing is called

Medulla

Stan is reading peer-reviewed research studies that have found that as the amount of corporal punishment increases, the intelligence level of the child decreases. This demonstrates a(n)

Negative Correlation

What is it about humans that allows us to adapt to our ever-changing environment?

Our larger cortex

Which lobes of the brain receive the input that enables you to feel your friend giving you a backrub?

Parietal

Popularity prescribed antidepressants are called

SSRI's

______ is a product of coordinated, cortex-wide activity.

Sequential Processing

The relief of pain following the taking of an inactive substance that is perceived to have positive effects is

The Placebo Effect

Elena and some friends from class are studying for midterms. As they talk, levels of oxytocin in Elena's bloodstream begin to rise. This is most likely to lead Elena to experience increased feelings of social

Trust

In the dual processing system of vision, the ____ enables us to recognize things and to plan future actions.

Visual percepton track

Surveys indicate that people are less likely to support "affirmative action" than "preferential treatment." These survey results best illustrate the importance of

Wording effects

Smiling is to feeling as ________ is to ________.

behavior and mental process