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What are the functions of the thalamus? (three answers)
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1) a relay center for sensory impulses.
2) relay center from spinal cord to cerebrum. 3) regulate and cordinate the external signs of emotion. |
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When two wavelengths of light combine what happens?
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You see a new color.
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The thalamus is located _________ in the forebrain, on top of the ______________.
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1) Forebrain
2) Hypothalamus |
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What colors are in the full color spectrum? (7)
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1) red
2) orange 3) yellow 4) green 5) blue 6) indigo 7) violet |
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The full color spectum does not include which two colors?
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1) pink
2) brown |
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What is the method of limits?
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A psychophysical method in whtihc the stimuli are presented relative to a standars, the observer judging between them, e.g. larger then.
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Eidetic memory refers to..........
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The capacity to retain the details of visual scenes to a greater degree that the average person.
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Eidetic memory is also known as what?
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Photographic memory
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Eidetic memory is mostly experienced by _________ because__________.
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children, because it is not useful in our society.
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What are the three methods and measures of analyzing perceptual thresholds?
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1) Method of Limits
2) Method of Average Error 3) Frequency method. |
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________________ reinforcement is used in the technique of shaping behavior.
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differential
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Who developed the Culture Fair intelligence Test.
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Cattell
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Eros is the ________________.
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Life instinct
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An objects ____________, ____________, ___________, and _____________ remain constant in our perceptual process in spite of changes in both the enviornment and in the retinal image.
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shape, size, brightness, and color
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Most of the visual constancy we percieve is a result of _________ and _________________.
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1) memory
2) interpertation of context |
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differental reinforcement mean that.......
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The same act is not continually reinforced.
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What is an A-B variable?
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A variable that describes the effectiveness of therapists with schizophrenic or neurotic patients.
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A therapists work better with?
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Schizophrenic patients.
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B therapists work better with?
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Neurotic patients
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Ability tests are subdivided into ____________ and ____________ tests.
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aptitude, and achievement
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Ability tests are designed to measure ____________ and skills to determine ______________.
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1) individual differences in knowledge
2) what a person can do. |
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Abalation means?
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removal of a body part for the purpose of studying it.
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Abnormal behavior is not only unusual but______________.
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creates a problem for the individual and/or the society
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Abreaction is a term used by Breuer and Freud which means__________.
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A patient, sometimes violent, expression of a represse emotion during hypnosis.
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What is an Abcissa?
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The x axis or horizontal axis of a graph.
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The independent varible is plotted on a/an _____________.
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Abcissa
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The absolute refractory period is what.
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A brief period towards the end of neural stimulation during which the nerve cannot be restimulated.
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Absolute threshold
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the lowest level of intensity of a stimulus at which its presence or absence can be correctly detected 50% of the time.
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Abstract intelligence
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The ability to deal effectively with ideas expressed in symbols such as words, numbers, pictures, or diagrams.
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Accomadation (vision)
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The changes of lens shape of curvature that produce sharpend retinal images of objects at varying distance from the eye.
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Accomadation (child psych)
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In Piaget's system the adaptive modification of the child's cognitive structures in order to deal with new objects or experiences.
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Acculturation
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The learning of behaviors and attitudes one is expected to adopt as a member of a particular culture.
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Acetylcholine
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An acid that acts as an excitory substance to facilitate neural transmission at many synapses and neuromuscular junctions.
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Achievement test
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The part of an ability test designed to assess what an individual has already learned through prior training.
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Achromatism
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Total color blindness due to congenital absence of cone cells.
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Acoustic stimulus
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A sound wave that is audible.
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Aquisition
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The gradual strengthening of a response through learnig at it is incorporated into the behavioral repertorire.
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Acquisition Curve
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The graphic representation of the acquisition process in which response strength is displayed on the vertical axis and the amount of practice on the horizontal.
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Acrophobia
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A neurotic fear of heights.
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