psych exam

brain activity preparing the movement began before the decision

people watched a clock-like device and made a spontaneous decision of when to flex a wrist, remembering the time of decision and reporting it later. what was the key result?

sleepier in the night tan during the following morning

someone who stays awake 24 hours a day for several days will probably feel

in the late afternoon or evening

tests of memory and reasoning ability might underestimate the capacities of older adults if the research is done

a day

a circadian rhythm lasts about how long?

from west to east

for most people the experience of jet lag is most severe if they travel across time zones

narcolepsy

logan often has sudden attacks of sudden sleepiness during the day. he is probably suffering from what?

animal learning

of the following, a behaviorist is most likely to study

discrimination

one the first floor of your dorm are two vending machines. the one on the left always works; the one on the right is usually broken. you therefore put your money only in the machine on the left. this illustrates which aspect of operant conditioning?

mostly rem sleep, but some non-rem sleep

during which stage(s) of sleep does dreaming occur?

repeatedly present the conditioned response by itself

how can one extinguish a classically conditioned response?

increased suggestibility

hypnosis is a condition of

the drug administration ritual

in some drug abusers, drug tolerance develops through classical conditioning. the conditioned stimulus in these cases is

variable ratio

the more lottery tickets you buy, the greater your chances of winning, however, you have no way of knowing how many tickets you will have to buy before you win. it might be fewer than 10; it might be more than a million, this is an example of which type of schedule of reinforcement?

after every response

under a continuous schedule of reinforcement the animal is reinforced

none

what disorder, if any, is related to talking in your sleep?

someone watches someone else do something and receive reinforcement

what happens during vicarious reinforcement?

food

what is an example of a primary reinforcer?

provides positive reinforcements for approximations to the desired behaviors

what procedure does a psychologist use in applied behavior analysis (shaping)?

exercise heavily shorty before going to bed

which is the best advice for someone with periodic limb movement disorder?

Edward thorndike

who of the following was the first to investigate operant conditioning?