Final Practice

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Psychology is formally defined as the scientific?

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Study of behavior and mental processes.

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How did physiology contribute to the emergence of psychology as a separate scientific discipline?

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Physiologists demonstrated that scientific methods could be applied to understanding human behavior and mental processes.

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Watson and Skinner's contentions that psychology should focus on observable behaviors to discover the fundamental laws of learning from the basis of which major perspective in contemporary psychology?

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Behavioral

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which of the following best represents psychology's basis goals?

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Describe, Explain, Predict, and Influence behavior

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Which of the following is NOT a step in the scientific method?

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Apply findings to solve human problems

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Psychologists use statistics to:

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Analyse the data and determine whether or not the results supports the hypothesis.

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In contrast to the experimental method, the basic goal of the descriptive method is to:

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Observe and describe behavior

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A__________is a specific question or prediction to be tested, whereas a(n) ____________tries to integrate and summarize a large number of findings.

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hypothesis;theory

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In survey research, the term sample refers to a(n):

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Carefully selected segment of the large group that is to be studied.

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Which of the following numbers is NOT a possible correlation coefficient?

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A) +1.00 B)-.98 C)+1.72 D)+.54

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Positive correlation is to negative correlation as _________ is to ____________.

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Variables moving in the same directions: variables moving in opposite directions.

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Which of the following is a definition of the experimental method?

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Research method used to determine a cause-and effect relationship between changes in one variable and the effect that is produced on another variable.

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In an experiment, the control group is the group of

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Participants who are exposed to all experimental conditions, except the independent or treatment variable.

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Under the American Psychological Association's ethical code for psychologists, psychological researchers

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Must respect the dignity and welfare of the research participant

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The branch of science concerned with the study of the nervous system, especially in the brain, is called:

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Neuroscience

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Neurons are

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highly specialized cells that receive and transmit info. from one area of the body to another

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The three basic types of neurons are

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sensory neurons, motor neurons, and interneurons

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in combination the brain and spinal cord make up the:

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Central nervous system

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In the endocrine system, chemical messengers called_____________, which circulate through the ________, communicate info. from one part of the body to another.

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hormones; blood stream

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Neuroplasticity or simply plasticity refers to the brain's ability to:

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change function and structure

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Which of the following is NOT a hindbrain structure?

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Hypothalamus

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The primary communication link between the left and right cerebral hemispheres is called:

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the corpus callosum

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Which of the following brain structures is NOT a key component of the limbic system

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the reticular formation

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Broca's apshasia is to_____as Wernicke's aphasia is to______.

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expressive aphasia, receptive aphasia

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Why was the split-brain operation first performed?

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to help control recurring epileptic seizures

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In psychology, the term sensation formally refers to:

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the process of detecting a physical stimulus such as light, sound, heat, or pressure

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In contrast to sensation, the term perception is formally defined as the:

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active mental process of integrating, organizing, and interpreting sensory data.

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According to______whether we can detect change in the strength of a stimulus depends upon the intensity of the original stimulus

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Weber's law

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The sensory receptor cells for vision are sensitive to:

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light

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Rods are used for vision in ______light, and cones are used for vision in________light.

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dim;bright

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The blind spot:

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is a small gap in our field of vision

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The three basic properties of color are

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hue, saturation, and brightness

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According to the opponent process theory of color vision, the three types of color receptors are:

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red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white

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Our perception of sound is directly related to the physical properties of:

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sound waves

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Smell and taste receptors respond to:

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chemical molecules

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The primary tastes include

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sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami

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The term kinesthetics means

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feelings of motion

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The process of integrating, organizing, and interpreting sensory info. in a way that is meaningful is called:

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perception

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bottom-up processing is to top-down processing as __________ to___________

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data-driven processing; conceptually driven processing

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because of the law of _________you perceive the following as three groups of dots....... ..... ......

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proximity

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because of the law of ________ you tend to perceive the following as three groups of letters BBBBBccccTTTTTT

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similarity

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______ is the term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring, retaining, and using knowledge.

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Cognition

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How we use our cognitive abilities and accumulated knowledge to think, solve problems, and use language and all key dimensions of

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Intelligence

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A mental representation of objects or events that are not physically present is called

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Mental image