Psych Exam 1

parietal

A highly efficient computer engineer would MOST likely have larger _____ lobes

sympathetic

A medical equipment company is thinking of expanding by developing lie-detection machines that measure perspiration, cardiovascular, and respiration changes. Their research should focus on the _____ nervous system.

excitatory

A neuron will fire if _____ signals are stronger than inhibitory signals

lacks self-recognition

A researcher secretly puts a dab of rouge on a child's nose before placing him in front of a mirror. The child points to the rouge on the mirror's reflected image. From this example we can conclude that the child

formal operational

According to Jean Piaget, during the _____ stage of cognitive development, abstract logic and the potential for mature moral reasoning are formed

secure

Alice takes her 1-year-old son, Derek, to visit an infant-toddler program in which she hopes to enroll him. Derek eagerly explores the room as long as Alice is present. When Alice leaves the room to fill out some forms, Derek becomes somewhat upset. When she returns, though, Derek quickly calms down. Which term BEST describes Derek's attachment style? Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

infantile amnesia

Amir is concerned because he cannot remember events before he was about 4 years old. This is called

cognitive neuroscience

An interdisciplinary field is one that involves specialists from many fields. Based on this information, which approach in psychology is BEST described as interdisciplinary? Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

frontal lobe

Between the ages of 3 and 6 years, the number of neural connections increases MOST dramatically in the ______ lobe

impaired theory of mind

Difficulty reading other peoples' facial emotions and states of mind

developmental psychologist

Dr. Cole's major research interest is the long-term effects of child-raising practices on the psychological adjustment of offspring. It is MOST likely that Dr. Cole is a(n)

nature-nurture issue

Dr. Wiley studies the interaction between our inheritance and our experience, which he also calls the ______ issue when he lectures to his students

John Watson

Early behaviorist; famous for the "Little Albert" experiments on fear conditioning

increase the level of acetylcholine

Ed has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He is taking an experimental medication. This medicine is designed to:

Carl Rogers

Humanistic; self-concept and unconditional positive regard drive personality

His hippocampus was not developed enough

Hussein is concerned because he cannot remember events before he was about 4 years old. What is the MOST likely cause for this infantile amnesia?

Wilhelm Wundt

In an experiment conducted by Professor Costa, participants press one button if they see a red light and another button if they see a green light. Professor Costa is studying the amount of time it takes to press the buttons. This is similar to experiments conducted by which early psychologist?

experimental

In one study described in the textbook, infants with difficult temperaments were randomly assigned to either a condition in which their mothers received sensitivity training or a condition in which their mothers received no training. In this study, infants whose mothers received sensitivity training were in the _____ group

insecure

In the strange situation, an infant with _____ attachment will remain distressed when its mother returns after a brief absence

attachment

Psychologists use the word _____ to refer to an individual's close emotional bond with another person

parathyroids

Randy was diagnosed with an imbalance in the regulation of calcium in his blood. This imbalance was due to abnormal _____

prospective

Remembering to do a specific task is called _____ memory

Aristotle

Researchers continue to debate the origin of knowledge. Some believe that we are born with certain types of knowledge, while others believe that knowledge is gained through experience. Professor Risotto believes that children learn language through experiences. This approach is MOST similar to the ideas of:

dopamine

Sue has Parkinson's disease. She takes medication that increases the level of _____

empirical

The _____ approach is an evidence-based method that draws on observation and experimentation.

cerebral

The _____ cortex covers the two hemispheres and serves as the body's information-processing center

temporal

The _____ lobes of the cerebral cortex are MOST directly involved in hearing

parietal

The _____ lobes of the cerebral cortex are MOST directly involved in touch and body position

biological

The connections between the mind and the brain are examined in the sub field called _____ psychology

Piaget

The field of cognitive development is greatly indebted to the seminal work of the Swiss scholar

Charles Darwin

The importance of inherited behavioral traits was MOST clearly highlighted by:

Jean Piaget's cognitive development theory

The importance of schemas was MOST clearly highlighted by

Franz Gall

The physician _____ claimed that bumps on the skull were correlated with intelligence and personality traits

B. F. Skinner

The scientific study of people's behavioral responses to different situations was of special interest to:

concrete operational

Western legal systems that suggest that children who are 7 or 8 years old have attained the ability to reason are consistent with Piaget's theory because basic reasoning skills appear during the _____ period

The study of behavior is part of psychology

Which statement BEST expresses the relationship between psychology and the study of behavior?

Maturation

_____ is the orderly sequence of biological growth

Heritability

_____ refers to the extent to which trait variations among individuals can be attributed to their differing genes.

accommodation

adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information

teratogen

agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm

Plato

brain is the center of mental processes

egocentrism

in Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view

authoritarian parenting

style of parenting in which parent is rigid and overly strict, showing little warmth to the child

object permanence

the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived

conservation

the principle (which Piaget believed to be a part of concrete operational reasoning) that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects

epigenetics

the study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change