PY 1 exam questions

Which sequence of correlation coefficients is in order of increasing strength?

.45, .55, -.65

Total time spent dreaming in a typical night is about

1 to 2 hours

Subliminal stimuli have

A short lived effect on emotion and behavior

An advertisement for a new drug therapy is eye catchingZ the advertisement claims that the drug will counteract the symptoms of Alzheimer's. The drug works as an

Acetylcholine agonist

People commonly report having dreams of floating or flying. According to the _____, this is the result of activation of the ____ during sleep

Activation synthesis model; vestibular system

While crossing a busy street, aadhya was nearly hit by a bus. For a moment, she saw her life flash before her eyes, her heart raced and her palms began to sweat. In dangerous situations, the _____ is activated and the nervous system orchestrates psychological and emotional reaction of fear

Amygdala

Caffeine blocks adenosine receptors. Therefore, caffeine is a

Antagonist

Penny is a recovering drug addict. Her treatment program emphasizes the influence of her environment—"people, places, and things"—on her use of her drug of choice. Her program reflects the _____ perspective in psychology.

Behavioral

Alison has developed an interest in how the brain controls the bodies voluntary actions. Is she continues to pursue this she might become a _____ psychologist

Biological

Deborah is studying his hormone testosterone affect aggressive behavior. What perspective

Biological

Focusing on dna as explanation for similarities, what perspective

Biological

A growing number of attorneys are submitting ____ in court as legal evidence that demonstrates a psychological disturbance

Brain scans

When applied topically to the skin, _____ blocks sensation of the peripheral nerves and thereby numbs the area

Cocaine

Marijuana and it's chemical derivatives have been used to treat chronic pain, nausea, and some symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Research suggests that there is _____ the effectiveness of these treatments

Conclusive and substantial evidence for

Jaylen has decided to have his vision surgically corrected. During the surgery, a laser will reshape his:

Cornea

The strength of a relationship between two variables

Correlation coefficient

Constance participated in a psychological research study. When it ended, she left not knowing the purpose of the study or the deception that was used. The ethical issue with this study involves:

Debriefing

Benzodiazepines and barbiturates are types of

Depressants

Alcohol, heroin, and opioids are classified as ____. Caffeine, cocaineX and tobacco are

Depressants, stimulants

Tyrell is creating a bar graph to summarize the results of an experiment. The graph displays ____ statistics

Descriptive

Inferential statistics help researches

Determine probability of future events

Carlos is giving a presentation on sensation and perception and difference thresholds for his bio psychology class. Which statement would be a good way for him to explain Webers law

Each sense has its own constant ratio difference threshold

Dr Divya Chander is an an anesthesiologist who monitors changes in her patients levels of consciousness by observing changes in their brain wave frequencies, measured by

Electroencephalogram

Split brain operations are used to treat drug resistant

Epilepsy

Melissa drank alcohol during pregnancy increasing chances of

Fetal alcohol syndrome

Maria wants to improve the quality of her sleep, she should

Go to sleep and wake up at the same time each day

According to the national institute on drug abuse, alcohol:

Has a dependency rate that is higher than for all other drugs

Aoi is writing a short paper for her intro psych corse. The assignment states that she must summarize the most current research involving stem cells in a page. With such a short format, she may only have time to talk about how stem cells

Have treated spinal cord injuries in mice

Mia is attracted to the man she's chatting with in a club. What is probably happening to her eyes?

Her pupils are dilating

When Greg is playing video games, his mom can talk directly to him, yet he doesn't notice due to

Inattentional blindness

An addiction typically refers to an urge to engage in an activity to such an extent that it

Interested with daily functioning

_____ gather info from multiple neurons and facilitate the nervous systems complex functions

Interneurons

Miriam steps out of a store and glances at her car, which is parked across the street. A bus passes by, momentarily blocking her view. The bus is closer than her car due to a depth cue called

Interpositon

The sense of _____ which gives info about body position and movement is closely related to the sense of touch

Kinethesia

Zoya looks at the night sky and experiences the moon illusion. This means that she is perceiving the moon to be much _____ on the horizon than it appear to be later, when it is higher in the sky

Larger

Baxter's beginning drawing instructor suggests hat he create an illusion of Seth in a two dimensional picture by including parallel lines that converge at a vanishing point. Monocular depth cue known as :

Linear persoective

The axon of a neuron would be described as a:

Long, tube-like structure extending from a neuron's cell body

Which of the following drugs has characteristics of a stimulant, depressant, and hallucinogen

Marijuana

Men are more efficient at breaking down alcohol than women. This is because

Men have more of an alcohol metabolizing enzyme in their stomachs

Wilhelmina Wundt used an apparatus with a swinging pendulum that would hit a bell. First measure of

Mental process

Yin is crocheting a blanket when he looks up and sees a mouse scurry across the far side of the room. According to convergenceX yin's eye muscles will have ____ when looking at the crochet versus when he's looking at the mouse

More tension

Bundles of neurons carrying information to and from the central nervous system are called

Nerves

Dr. Gremillion argues that dreaming is related to memory consolidation. Dr. Gremillion subscribes to the _____ theory of dreams

Neurocognitive

Jamie lives in North Carolina and is planning a trip to California. To reduce jet lag, he should

Not drink caffeine

The identical twins separated at birth and raised in different households showed differences in their levels of extra version. Sams higher level as compared to anaïs may be due to Sam growing up with brothers and anaïs an only child. This difference is likely due to

Nurture

The _____ is located about 3 inches past the nostril and is the site of millions of olfactory receptor neurons

Olfactory epithelium

Dr. Rogers is a substance abuse counselor who has decided to give workshops at a local college. He emphasizes the awareness of ________, which includes pinpoint pupils, unconsciousness and difficulty breathing if they see it, they should ______

Opioid overdose triad; call 911

Elena's roommate had diabetes, a disorder related to the hormone insulin. As a result, Elena knows that her roommates difficulty regulating blood sugar is related to

Pancreas

Hamza is looking at a picture of a woman and child. He will be more likely to say that they look alike if he is told they are related. This is due to

Perceptual set

As peoples education level increases, their income also increases. This is a

Positive correlation

Michaela is particularly susceptible to hypnosis and will be using hypnosis to:

Reduce her perception of pain during surgery

Mario woke up in the middle of the nightZ even though his room was dark his ___ are very sensitive to even small amounts of light and allowed him to see the outlines of the objects on his nightstand

Rods

The efficient use of ______ is known as the cocktail party effect

Selective attention

Receptor cells detect stimuli through

Sensation

Ahmed hears a shrill, high-pitched sound and realizes it is the fire alarm. Hearing the initial sound is his ____, and identifying the sound and its meaning is his _____.

Sensation, perception

_____ is the detection of stimuli, and ____ is the interpretation of stimuli

Sensation, perception

In the context of the ear, ____ is caused by damage to the hair cells or auditory nerve

Sensorineural deafness

Dr Johnson is using neurotic aging studies to examine subliminal influences. She finds that when participants are shown an image for several milliseconds:

She can see neural activity even though participants she they didn't see an image

World happiness report says that one key factor that leads to happiness is

Social support

Mamie Phipps Clark conducted research on how prejudice, discrimination, and segregation impact the development of the self. This is the perspective

Sociocultural

The perception of an object as one color or another, and the perception of a sound as high or low pitched are both determined by the

Specific receptor cells that are firing

Stephanie is a graduate student in charge of an experiment for her research group at her university. She has two of her friends, Rebecca and Aldo, actually run the experiment with participants on campus. Rebecca runs the real treatments and aldo runs the placebo. What error was made

Stephanie inadvertently created a confounded variable

When Marte and her friend were working out, her friend gave her a pill that was supposed to increase her endurance. Marte also did offered that she wasn't hungry for the rest of the day. The pill was probably a ____ and Marte should be concerned about the potential of

Stimulant; seizures

Circadian rhythms are regulated by the body's master clock, the ______ of the hypothalamus of the brain

Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Which research technique relies on questionnaires or interviews?

Survey

When one property of a stimulus evokes a second experience that is not associated with the first

Synesthesia

When tonya hears a C sharp note she sees a burst of purple. She is experiencing

Synesthesia

As sleep gets deeper, the accompanying brain waves get

Taller and slower

The _____ may be considered the brain's sensory relay station

Thalamus

The job of the _____ is to process and relay sensory info to appropriate parts of the cortex

Thalamus

Dr Lopez, a health psychologist, helps patients determine whether they want to get a cochlear implant. One ethical issue she must consider is

The implants may produce sounds that are Mickey Mouse like or seem computerized

Ashanti is asked to write a short paper about the similarities between the stories of Christina and Brandon, who both experienced traumatic events that permanently changed their brains.

The recoveries of Brandon and Christina bear testimony to the awesome tenacity of the human spirit

Haneen cannot hear her friend clearly because the cell phone reception is so poor. However, thanks to _____, she is able to fill in the gaps to understand what her friend is saying.

Top-down processing

As Mandy, the dead musicianX takes in visual, tactile, and olfactory sensory data, it is converted into electrochemical neural signals in a process called

Transduction

Terry has not had any Oxyacontin in many hours. His nose is running and he is sweating. His pupils are dilated and tears are running from the corners of his eye. He is experiencing

Withdrawal