Psychology Exam 1

Ed has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He is taking an experimental medication. This medicine is designed to increase the level of a neurotransmitter called

ACh

Nasim's class is discussing global warming. Colton notes that carbon emissions are up 15 percent in the last 10 years and that the average temperature worldwide has risen two degrees Fahrenheit in that same period. He attributes these changes to increased use of fossil fuels. Nasim wonders about the source of those statistics and whether they could have an alternative explanation. In other words, he is demonstrating

Critical Thinking

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 _______________ psychologist

Developmental

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

Dopamine

Symptoms of anxiety and depression are associated with electrical activity in the right frontal lobe. This finding MOST likely reflects the use of technique called

EEG

_________________________ speculate thar consciousness must off us a reproductive advantage

Evolutionary psychologist

Layla is deaf and fluent in American Sign Language. Meaningful signs are processed in the ___________________ of Layla's brain because the signs are linguistic

Left Hemisphere

John was injured in a car accident and lost consciousness for 10 minutes. He sustained numerous lacerations, a right femoral contusion, and most importantly has a large open wound on his head. Why he arrived at the emergency room, the attending physician immediately ordered an _____________ to rule out any soft tissue damage to the brain

MRI

Bright light effects our feelings of sleepiness by increasing or decreasing the production of a hormone called

Melatonion

Adrianne is elated because she hasn't gotten her period in over a year and doesn't have to worry about an unintended pregnancy. Adrianne is probably experiencing _____.

Menopause

Dr. DiLorenzo is performing statistical computations to combine the results of a number of studies investigating the relationship between day-care quality and developmental outcomes among children ages 2 to 4. Dr. DiLorenzo is conducting a

Meta-analysis

________________ sleep is the state of consciousness that is paired with the delta waves brain wave

NREM-3

Jessica is in labor with her first child. Her contraction, which is enabled by ____________ are about 5 minutes apart

Oxytocin

Sam is a 2-year-old boy whose parents are worried that he is not growing very quickly. His pediatrician will MOST likely check his

Pituitary Gland

The sleep stage during which vivid dreams occur is called __________ sleep

REM

Lee is an 8-month-old infant who is already walking and even running around his house. What would his pediatrician likely say to Lee's parents

This is actually rare as most babies do not start walking until around their first birthday

Jason smokes crack cocaine. When he first started using, he used to get high using a small amount but now he finds he needs it smoke more and more to get the same high. This is an example of

Tolerance

Timothy has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has mostly auditory hallucinations. When he is experiencing such a hallucination his ___________________ is active

ausitory cortex

With respect to parenting style, coercive is to confrontative as ____________ is to _____________

authoritarian; authoritative

The correct order of the feedback system that revels the intimate connection of the nervous and endocrine systems is

brain, pituitary glands, other glands, hormones and body and brain

Romina is at a large event with lots of music and conversations going on simultaneously, while talking to a friend about her last romantic breakup, Romina hears her name spoken from the other side of the room. Romina immediately looks in the direction of the voice and sees the person who spoke her name. This ability to detect one's name being spoken in this situation is an example of the cocktail party effect.

cocktail party effect.

Five-year-old Oliver complained to his mom that the pizza was not big enough. Oliver's mom cut the pizza into smaller slices, thus making him happy, as he believed the pizza had become larger. Oliver lack the concept of ___________

conservation

Danielle is consulting her college's course catalog. The description of one psychology course begins, "This course surveys growth and change across the life span in physical, cognitive, and social domains." This course is MOST likely

developmental psychology

A release of ___________ and ________________ raise's blood pressure and raises blood sugar levels

epinephrine and norepinephrine

Marcia is 48. She has the intense desire to create a mentoring program at her company. According to Erik Erikson, she is likely experiencing

generativity

Nature is to nurture as ________ is to _______

genes; experience

In the strange situation, an infant with _____________ attachment will remain distressed when his or her mother returns after a brief absence

insecure

Jenny has a job, a cat named Joker, and 31 candles on her birthday cake. She is worried about finding the right partner. She frequently spends nights alone and knows she is not getting any younger. According to Erik Erikson, Jenny is in the stage of development called _____________ versus ___________

intimacy; isolation

Julie had a dream that her mother was angry for some reason. Sigmund Freud might suggest that the dream actually means she is envious of her mother ad that the superficial meaning of the dream is just a cover for the _____________ content or underlying meaning

latent

Felicia members a dream in which a car was parked in front of her house and a man with a baseball bat kept getting in and out of the car. According to Sigmund Freud's theory, the specific dream details the Felicia remembers is called the ___________ content

manifest

Dr. Towne believes that genetics is primarily responsible for personality traits. Dr. West believes that experiences are primarily responsible for personality traits. The two psychologist are on different side of the ________________ debate

nature and nurture

Five-year-old Ling is beginning to show signs of being able to plan ahead in a somewhat rational manner. At her age, this development is likely due to

neural networks sprouting in her frontal lobes

Dianne feels overwhelmed. She helps her adult daughter regularly with finances and caring for her grandchildren. She is also the primary caregiver of both her aging mother and her father-in-law. She feels like she never has a minute to herself. Dianne can be referred to as being in the _____ generation.

sandwich

Daydreaming, Drowsiness, and Dreaming: The Three D's of _______________ altered states of consciousness

spontaneous

Scott is 61. He has just celebrated his 25 anniversary at his company. He feels that his gold watch is a meaningless trinket and is glad that he balanced his work with family life. According to Erick Erickson, Scott is in the stage of development called generativity versus ____________

stagnation

It's 2 am and Michelle is home by herself. Her dog begins to bark loudly and the hair on the back of her dog's neck is standing up. Michelle then hears banging on her front door. Michelle starts to sweat and her heart begins to beat faster and faster. Michelle's __________ nervous system has kicked in

sympathetic

Bonnie quits smoking cigarette during the seventh week of her pregnancy. There is a chance that the chemicals in the cigarettes acted as ____________, harming the development of Bonnie's baby during the period of the _____________

teratogens; embryo