Psych exam 2

A baby that will grow to have difficult time discriminating between phonemes used in other languages besides the native language at around

12 months old

The opponent-process theory is supported by ____.

After images

Who was asked by French government to develop an intelligence test to use with children to determine which ones might have difficulty in school

Alfred Binet

____ provide step by step instructions for solving a problem or performing a task

Algorithm

When rats had their ____ removed, they no longer experienced their fear memory

Amygdala

If someone gets a concussion and can remember the past but can't make new memories they have _____ ammesia

Anterograde

What is true about story telling

As a story is retold the stereotypical information is likely to be dropped out of the retelling

Using the different images that each eye receives in order to perceive depth is called using ____ cues.

Binocular

Subliminal messaging

Can mildly influence behavior

Fluid found in the part of the ear that stimulate hair cells in the organ of Corti

Cochlea

According to the trichromatic theory of color vision,____ In the retina are responsive to red, green, and blue.

Cones

Thinking outside of the box is considered

Divergent thinking

Researchers ____ _____ concluded that language determines thoughts

Edward Sapir and Benjamin lee worf

Someone who understands their own emotions, shows empathy and understands social relationships and cues would have a high ____ intelligence

Emotional

The recall of false autobiographical memories is known as

False memory syndrome

Pitch is determined by the _____ Of sound waves

Frequency

"I knew it all along" phenomenon is known as

Hindsight bias

procedural memory

How to do things

When asked to watch people pass a basketball, they missed seeing the gorilla walk across the screen. This phenomenon is called____

Inattentional Blindness

Based on changes in the weather, bears typically hibernate for half of the year. This is an example of an innate behavior known as,

Instinct

Bell curves rely on

Large sample

Learning that does not reveal itself until it's needed is called

Latent learning

If your eyes see someone saying ball and they actually said doll, the struggle to make sense of that information in your brain is consistent with ____

McGurk Effect

Merkel's disks and Ruffini Corpuscles are examples of

Mechanoreceptors

The idea that we perceive the world while utilizing a combination of senses is known as_____

Multi-modal perception

Pain that results from damage to neurons of the peripheral or central nervous system is called

Neuropathic pain

____ Fire in response to any potential tissue damaging stimuli

Nociceptors

Smelling the lingering scent of the fish you reheated in the microwave is an example of_____.

Olfaction

Olfactory receptor cells pick odor molecules which activate electrical impulses that send messages to the brain via the ___\

Olfactory bulb

Doing something and then being influenced by what happens as a consequence of the thing you did is the basic idea behind

Operant conditioning

The ______ carries visual information from the retina to the brain.

Optic nerve

The fact that the base of the basilar membrane responds best to high frequencies supports the _____ Theory of hearing

Place Theory of hearing

Which type of reinforcers have innate reinforcing qualities that are not learned?

Primary

Which type of memory is tested on a multiple choice test?

Recognition

If someone suffers from a concussion causing them to forget everything that happened prior to the event, they would have___ amnesia

Retrograde

Stickers on a sticker chart are an example of which type of reinforcer

Secondary

Thinking about the meaning of a word and categorizing it into the context of other words you already know is an example of ____ Encoding

Semantic

Before a memory makes it to a long-term memory, it must first pass through ____ and short-term memory

Sensory

Memory of brief events, like the smell of French fries you pass in the way to the corner store are stored in ____ memory

Sensory

What is a major problem with intelligence tests mentioned in the text

Some ethnic and socioeconomic groups perform better than others on IQ tests

According to gestalt psychology,______.

The whole is different from the sun if it's parts

A sounds purity is called it's

Timbre

Missing the second the in the triangle image is an example of

Top down processing

_______ describes the conversion of sensory stimulation energy into neural impulses that allow for perception

Transduction

Vibration of the ____ Causes the ossicle to move

Tympanic membrane

Learning disabilities often affect children _____

With average to above average intelligence

An exceptionally clear recollection of an important event is a (an) ________.

flashbulb memory

Confusing the source of information

misattribution

Reinforcement differs from punishment in that___

reinforcement is any outcome that leads to an increase in a behavior and punishment is an outcome that leads to a decrease in a behavior