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29 Cards in this Set
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The central nervous system is composed of the autonomic and somatic systems ( t or f )
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false
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The brain consists of approximately 100 billion nerve cells called
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neurons
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The peripheral nervous system is composed of the
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somatic and autonomic processes
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The part of the neuron that specializes in receiving messages from other neurons is the axon
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false
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________ studied color vision and was ranked among the 50 most important psychologists in America in 1906.
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Christine Ladd-Franklin
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An arch of tissue at the rear of the temporal lobes, called the primary somatosensory area, directs the body's muscles.
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false
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______ comes from the same conditions that help babies become securely attached to their parents.
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trust
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You leave your child with a babysitter. When you return, your child ignores you. Your child's behavior indicates an insecure-ambivalent attachment.
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false
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At low levels of illumination, looking next to an object rather than directly at it would produce
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improved acuity, but poor color vision.
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A long-time rock musician probably suffers from a conductive hearing loss.
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false
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When listening to your favorite television program, hearing the various sounds of the actors' voices and the background sounds and music would be an example of perception, while interpreting the meaning of the actors' words is an example of the process of sensation.
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false
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Since many poisons disturb the vestibular system, vision, and the body and caused vomiting, we may have evolved so that we react to ________, which also disturbs these systems, by vomiting.
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sensory conflict
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The latest cochlear implants make use of the ______ theory to separate higher and lower tones.
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place
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Regarding absolute thresholds, which of the following statements is FALSE?
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Unpleasant stimuli tends to significantly lower one's threshold for recognition.
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People who have to move from lighted surroundings to night darkness use red light illumination. This is because
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the rods are insensitive to red light.
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Regarding the retina of the eye, which of the following statements is FALSE?
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The retina consists of many more cones than rods
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According to the dual process theory of sleep, ______ "calms" the brain, while _____ "sharpens" our memories of the previous day's more important experiences.
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NREM sleep; REM sleep
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Upon awakening from sleep, Zack cannot move; and as he struggles, he feels evil presences standing over him whispering to each other. Suddenly he hears screams from somewhere in his bedroom. Within moments, the evil presences disappear; and Zack is able to move again, realizing that the screaming was on the radio. Zack just experienced
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hypnopompic hallucinations.
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While you are watching TV, your mind begins to drift and you become increasingly drowsy. You know the television is on, but you cannot distinguish which program is on. Then, your friend says, 'You're asleep.' You quickly state, 'No, I'm not,' but you really were. The sleep stage described would be
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Stage 1 of NREM sleep
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Differences between nightmares and night terrors include
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that nightmares occur during REM sleep; night terrors occur during NREM sleep.
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Concerning the nature of sleep, which of the following statements is FALSE?
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A sleeper upon reaching Stage 4 sleep will remain in this stage for the duration of the night.
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Regarding the unconscious, which of the following statements is FALSE?
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The superego operates only at the unconscious level.
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Regarding how they are determined, source traits are to central traits as _____ is to _____.
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statistical; subjective
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Freud believed that at each psychosexual stage a different part of the body becomes
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an erogenous zone.
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Sometimes a person may feel guilty without knowing why. Psychoanalytic theory credits such guilt to _______ workings of the superego.
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unconscious
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Meichenbaum popularized a technique called _____, in which a person fights fear and anxiety by monitoring negative self-statements and replacing them with coping statements.
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stress inoculation
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Hardy people (those unusually resistant to the effects of stress) are characterized by a(n
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sense of personal commitment to self, work, and family.
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Aaron seems to chafe at the normal pace of events and hurries from one activity to another, racing the clock in self-imposed urgency. Aaron is most likely a
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Type A personality
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The distinguishing symptom of paranoid psychosis is
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delusions
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