PSY 200 Test

Ravi is unable to choose the right career path after completing his college education. He plans to visit a psychologist who might help him find the right career. In this scenario, Ravi is most likely to visit a human factors psychologist.

False

__________may treat psychologically ill offenders, consult with attorneys on matters such as picking a jury, and analyze offenders' behavior and mental processes.

Forensic psychologists

__________is produced largely by neurons in the brain stem and acts both as a neurotransmitter and as a hormone.

Norepinephrine

One of the concepts of evolutionary psychology is that not only physical traits but also many patterns of behavior, including social behavior, evolve and can be transmitted genetically from generation to generation.

True

As part of a study in auditory perception, students were made to listen to a low-volume music track. When they first put on their headphones, they almost couldn't hear anything. But as they became more attentive, the sound gradually became clearer. This is an example of _____.

sensitization

An error in research reflecting the prospect that people who offer to participate in research studies differ systematically from people who do not is known as__________.

volunteer bias

The frequency theory notes that for us to perceive lower pitches, _____.

we need to match the frequency of the sound waves with our neural impulses

Nicotine, alcohol, and many other drugs are pleasurable because they heighten levels of _____.

dopamine

The _____ is a thin membrane inside the ear that vibrates in response to sound waves.

eardrum

The surface of the cerebrum—the cerebral cortex—is wrinkled, or convoluted, with ridges and valleys. These valleys are known as _____.

fissures

Wilhelm Wundt used__________to try to discover the basic elements of experience.

introspection

Sujay is conducting a research on a group of factory machinists as part of a study on workplace stress and heart disease. Before conducting his study, he explains the objective of the study to the subjects and tells them what they would need to do. He gives them the opportunity to choose if they want to participate or not. In other words, Sujay is seeking__________.

informed consent

__________is best defined as a sudden variation in an inheritable characteristic, as distinguished from a variation that results from generations of gradual selection.

Mutation

_____ is the fraction of the intensity by which a source of physical energy must be increased or decreased so that a difference in intensity will be perceived.

Weber's constant

The process of adjusting to conditions of lower lighting by increasing the sensitivity of rods and cones is known as _____.

dark adaptation