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the relationship between brain activity and mental states

Biopsychologists are interested in the study of

An overly restrictive breastfeeding schedule

According to Freud, someone who compulsively bites their nails might have experienced which of the following as a young child?

may have received an unusually easy test

According to Fritz Heider's attribution theory, a student who passed a test due to external causes

naturalist, chef or gardener

According to Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, if a person uses classification in order to understand the world around them, which type of role might this translate into as a career?

Separated twins exhibit many similar traits to one another

According to studies in behavioral genetics, which of the following is true about twins adopted separately by different parents?

correctly identifying it as a horse

An example of assimilation is a child who has only seen brown horses seeing a white horse for the first time and

A trait that is influenced by many different genetic and environmental factors is known as what type of trait?

Complex

A person experiences immense pain in their left foot. They are diagnosed with somatoform disorder. Which of the following could you conclude from this?

Doctors concluded nothing is wrong with their left foot

love is not solely based on physical necessity

Harlow's experiment determined that

Which of the following attributes indicates cross-cultural attractiveness?

Having youthful facial features

It includes the patient's impression and the therapist's impression

How does the evaluation of treatment effectiveness in clinical psychology differ from the evaluation of treatment effectiveness in physical medicine?

Major depression lasts longer than two weeks

How is depression different from sadness?

It might help him find the locker room at another ballpark.

How might a baseball player's schema from his home ballpark help him when his team travels to another ballpark?

are fundamentally good

Humanistic psychology suggests that people

Brainstem

In the brain, senses like touch and taste are regulated by the

To reduce symptoms of anxiety

Jill is planning to visit a hypnotist as part of her treatment for anxiety. Which of the following is a realistic expectation that Jill can expect to gain from hypnosis?

Meditation increases alpha and theta brainwaves

Meditation is considered relaxing by many people. What is the scientific explanation for the link between meditation and relaxation?

the isolated Fore people recognized them in foreigners

Paul Ekman's experiment determined that a specific six emotions were instinctive because

caused physical and psychological harm

Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment wouldn't be approved today because it

test whether the data from an experiment supports or rejects their hypothesis

Psychologists use statistical analysis to

the stages may or may not be encountered at all or in the order Piaget suggests

Recent research of Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development argues that

a distorted perception of reality

Schizophrenia is characterized by

Electroconvulsive therapy

Sherry suffers from severe depression, and modern antidepressants have proven ineffective. Which of the following biological therapies might be a last resort for Sherry?

a high frequency and a high pitch

Short sound waves are characterized by

African Americans and Latinos have a genetically lower intelligence than Caucasians and Asian Americans

The 'Bell Curve' was controversial for suggesting thatAfrican Americans and Latinos have a genetically lower intelligence than Caucasians and Asian Americans

Albert Bandura

The Theory of Observational Learning was developed by

cellular and structural level

The biological approach to psychology attempts to explain mental processes and behavior at the

prove or disprove a hypothesis

The goal of a study is to

Genes

The inherited traits encoded into a person?s DNA are

Physiological, Safety, Social, Esteem, Self-Actualization

The order of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, from bottom to top is

Bipolar disorder

The prescription of lithium is associated with which of the following disorders?

cognitive beliefs can be stated in words, while behavioral beliefs affect actions

The relationship between the cognitive and behavioral components of attitudes can be explained as

insight learning

A child is playing with a puzzle that requires putting different shaped blocks into corresponding holes. The child repeatedly tries to put the circle-shaped block into the star-shaped hole. The child then picks up the star-shaped block and fits it into the star-shaped hole. This type of learning is an example of

Garcia Effect

A child who is mildly allergic to strawberries feels nauseous after eating a piece of strawberry pie. The child relates the taste of pie to his nauseous feeling. Which of the following best explains this?

taste aversion

A few years ago, Claudia ate a tuna fish sandwich that made her sick. Since then, she cannot eat tuna fish sandwiches. This is an example of

sitting alone in the cafeteria

A new student at a high school is displaying normative conformity by all of the following EXCEPT:

personality traits

A person's usual ways of thinking, behaving and feeling are called

social facilitation

A professional football player who plays better when his games are nationally televised is exhibiting

Calculate the mean of the participants.

A study of the link between video games and aggression in teenage males researches the number of hours the participants spend playing video games each week. Participant 1 plays for 4 hours; participant 2 plays for 20 hours; participant 3 plays for 5 hours; participant 4 plays for 3 hours; and participant 5 plays for 4 hours. Given the data, which measure of central tendency would best for measurement?

people will be altruistic until they feel the altruism is not being reciprocated

The social exchange theory regarding altruism explains that

Drive Reduction Theory

The statement ''Humans naturally try to achieve homeostasis in the body through decreasing physiological needs'' is an example of

The ways physical problems can lead to brain abnormalities

What does the field of physiological psychology study?

MAOIs raise both norepinephrine and serotonin levels, while SSRIs raise only serotonin levels.

What is the difference between Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs) and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)?

Spinal cord and brain

Which of the following are part of the central nervous system?

consent to participate in a research study can only be obtained if details about how the study will be conducted are disclosed

Which of the following best describes informed consent as it relates to a research study?

Retinal disparity

Which of the following explains why the brain perceives three-dimensional images?

A person admires roses in a neighbor's yard, so he cuts them and takes them home

Which of the following is an example of how a person would behave if their id went unchecked?

Actual dream content is called manifest content and repressed desires are the latent content.

Which of the following is true about Freud's theory of dreams?

Skinner

Who was the behaviorist who developed the Operant Conditioning Chamber?

They are more than what a typical person experiences

Why are symptoms such as delusions and disordered speech categorized as positive symptoms of schizophrenia?