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Human memory consists of multiple systems that have the ability to store information for periods of time that range from ____ to ____
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seconds; our lifetime
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When u finish a test and turn it in then realize there were a few more things to add the problem is with
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Retrieval
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Which model of memory suggests that memory processes occur throughout a neural network simultaneously
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parallel distributed processing model
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You can enchance your memory for specific words if u think about its meaning how it can be used. This is best accounted for by which model of memory
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levels of processing
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____ memories are said to linger in the mind for a few seconds
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Echoic
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Information enters into short-term meory through a process known as
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selective attention
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When u want to remember a name so u remind urself the name has the same name as a capital of nevade. This transferring of information from short-term meory to long term meory is an example of what type of rehersal
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Elaborative
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Brenda has been able to tie her shoes since she was 4 but now finds it difficult to explain to her baby brother how to tie his shoes, but can easily demonstrate it for him. Brenda memory fo shoe tying is best characterized as a ____ memory
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nondeclarative
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When youtake a final exam. What type of memory will u most certainly need to access to answer each question
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Semantic
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What concept suggests the best place to study for a psychology final is your psychology classroom
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encoding specifity
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When u can rememebr the first and last sections of a grocery list what is that an example of
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serial position effect
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Multiple choice test questions typically rely on ____ while essay questions rely on __
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recongnition; recall
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Studies by Elizabeth loftus find that memroy is
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highly fluid and can be altered by the person even when the person is unaware.
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Studies show that as time passes, memories
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tend to become more and more inaccurate
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In the Loftus 1978 study subjects viewed as slide presentation of an accident. Later some of the subjects were asked a question about a yield sign when the actual slides contained pictures of a stop sign. When presented with this inaccurate information how did these subjects typically respond
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many subjects overall accuracy dropped when confronted with conflicting information
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Aaron has no memory of how he got home from a party. He then convinces himsellf that he must have been abducted by aliens while walking home. Subsequently he is hypnotized in an attempt to help increase his memories ofthat evening based on the research of memory recall through hypnosis what might we learn
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Aarn created false memories of what happened that night to justify
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A key component for anyt person to believe that a false event is in fact true is to make sure that the false info is
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as plausible as possible
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Raven has just finished learnign a list of nonsense words given to her. She had 100 percent recall at the end of class. How quickly will raven likely forget about 40% of the information.
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Within 20 mins of leaving the class
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Collins is asked to repeat what his mother just told him. He says he forgot. But in reality he wasnt paying attention. This is an example of ___
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encoding failure
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Shantel spent a year living abroad in span. During that time her ability to read and speak sapansih grew. Two years later she feels she cannt even go back because she cant remember anything. Her problem is likely due to
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decay theory
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H.M suffered from profound anterograde amness after his ____ were surgically removed in an attempt to control his seizures
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Hippocampi
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Which neurtoransmitter is no longer readily produced in Alzheimer patients
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Acetylcholine
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Which type of memory best explains the "what" phenomenon
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echoic sensory memory
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For information to travel from snesory memory to short term memory it must be first ______ to and then encoded primarily into _____ form
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selectively attended to : auditory
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You are introduced to someone at a party. Shortly after while talking to the person u have forgotten their name. What is the amount of time it takes before imforation is lost from short term
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typically between 12 to 30 seconds
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Early studies of capacity of short term memory sgessted that most people could remember approximately ____ bites of information
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seven
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____ memory includes what people can do or demonstrate were as ___ memory is about what people know and can report
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nondeclarative;declarative
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The semantic network model of momemory suggests that the ____ nodes u must pass through inforatmion the longer it will take to recall
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more
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When u walk to a room and forget why u were there what do u do
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return to where u came from to help u femember what he had forgotten
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Which of the following is an example of a test using recognition
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true-false
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When giving a presentation develop a strong opening or attention getter, What aspect explains these suggestions
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serial position
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Dress for success. People remember the first thing they see. This is a belief is in line with what element of memory
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the primacy effect
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Research by elizabeth loftus shows that eyewitness recognition is very prone to what psychologist call
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a false positive
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The tendency of certain elements to enter long term memory with little or no effect to encode and organize them is what defines
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automatic encoding
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The ability to remember what u were doing during 9/11 is an example of
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flashbulb memory
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In Herman classic study on memory and the forgetting curve how long after learning does the list does most forgetting happen
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one hour
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Failure to remember whether abraham lincoln head faces right or left is a
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encoding failure
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HM was unable to form new declartive memories he suffered from
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antergrade amnesia
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Learning can best be described as
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A relatively permanent change in behavior
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Michael noticed that whenever he moved his dog food dish his dog would come into the kitchen and act hungry. The sound of the dish had become a
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conditioned stimulus
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Which of the following statements is essential to cassical conditioning?>
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The Cs and UCS must come close together in time
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ever since she was scared by a dog as a young child angelica has been afraid of all dogs. The fact that she is not only afraid of the original dog but all types of dog is an example of
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Stimulus generalization
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Helen has overcome her fear of toy snakes. However on one occasion her fear returned when she found a toy snake in the cushions of her couch. Such a reaction is called a
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Spontaneous recovery
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In the experiement with Little Albert the conditioned stimulus was the
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The white ratAlbert was conditioned to fear the white rat
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Which of the following would be an example of viscarious classical conditioning
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As a young child tony frequently observed his older sisters jump around and scream when anyone saw a spider. Subsequently tony experiences feelings of fear when he sees a spider
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Cindy has cheesy tacos at a local resturant. Later she became terrible il and suffered. What might we predict based on conitioned taste aversion.
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Cindy will probably get nauseated the next time she tries to eat cheesy tacos
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Rescorla found that the CS must ____ the UCS for conditioning to take place
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PRedict
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Thordike law of effect. Some good happens from an action, so therefore good things will happen from that action
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John gets compliments from carla for wearing a nice shirt. So everytime he sees carla he wears a nice shirt
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To a dog _____ is an example of a primary reinforcer. Where as _____ is an example of a secondary reinforcer
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Dog food; a frisbee
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If u stay up and study and wake up tired. Then in the future u study before u go to bed so that u advoid the worry and sleeplessness such a behavior is
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negative reinforcement
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With operant conditioning ____ are imprtoant in forming an association whereas with classical conditioning ____ are important in forming an association
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consequences; antecedent stimuli
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If a bill collector checks the mailbox and somedays he recieves payments and other days he does not what schedule of reinforcement is evident here
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variable interval
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Little jimmie mother was upset that jimmie had not picked up his building blocks after being told to. The next morning had found all his blocks picked up and put into a bag on top of the refrigerator. Jimme mother told him he couldnt play with the blocks for two days. What type of punishment did she use
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Punishment by removal
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Instinctiive drift in animal behavior is
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genetically determined and not under the influence of learning
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A credit card reward mile program is an approach of
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token economy
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Neurofeedback is a form of ____ and works to change a persons _____ through a series of reinforcements
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biofeedback; brain activity
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In Tolman maze study the fact that the group of rats receiving reinforcement only after day 10 of the study solved the maze far more quickly than the rats who had been reinforcement from day one can be interrepted to mean that these rats
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had already learned the maze in the first 9 days
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An ability to perform the recipe is an example of
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latent learning
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Which theory is commonoly reffered to as the aha phenomenon
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kohler insight theory
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Learned helpness may be due to a higher level region of the brain known as the ____ which helps subject determine what is controllable
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Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
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Bandura studies found that learning can take place without actual performance What is this referred to as
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learning/performance distinction
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what is the correct sequence of the four elements of obbservation learning
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Attetnion. Memory. Imitation. Desire AMID
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SHeila almost got hit by a car at a street corner. From that day on shelia loks before she reaches the street corner. This change in behavior is the result of
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learning
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At home u rattle the chain on your dog leash every time u prepare to take him or a walk. After several episode like this u find ur dog comes to the door when u pick up the leash. What is the condtioned stimulus
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the leash
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A child has been classically conditioned to fear a white rat. The child shows no fear to a black rat this is called
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Stimulus discrimintation
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During the cold winter u have stopped taking ur dog for walks. Whats more that when u accidently rattle the leash the dog doesnt expect he is going for a walk. What has occured
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extinction
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What is the relationship between negative reinforcement and punishment?
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Negative reinforcement strengthens a response while punishments weakens a response.
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What does instinctive drift mean
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The animals would learn skills through reinforcement but eventually revert back to their genetically controlled patterns of behavior
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What does AMID stand for
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Attention, memory, imitation, desire
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A change in the quality or pattern of mental activity such as increased alertness or divided consciousness is called a
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Altered state of conciousness
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The sleep wake cycle typically follows a 24 hour cycle and is regulated by the
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suprachiasmatic nucleus
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The pineal gland receives instructions from the _____ to release ____
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Melatonin
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Which of the following is involved in determining when we sleep?
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Body tempature
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Which theory states that sleep is a product of evolution?
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Adaptive theory
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In which stages of sleep do people typically experience hypnogogic images
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N1 NREM stage 1
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Which of the following is a characteristic of n3 sleep
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deepest stage of sleep
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A person who relies heavily on sleeping pills or alcohol to sleep might experience _________ the following night
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REM rebound
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Sleepwalking occurs in _____ sleep whereas night-mare occur in _____ sleep
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n3 NREM stage 3 REM
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If you find yourself lying in bed unable to sleep for more than 20 minutes hwat should you do
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Get out of bed and find some light activity to do
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In which disorder do people tend to snore in a very loud manner
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sleep apnea
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In Freud theory the actual content of a dream is called
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manifest content
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Michael finds that most of his dreams are a little more than random images that seemingly have been put into a strange storyline. Which theory of dreams best explains this"
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Activation synthesis hypothesis
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According to Calvin Hall what are most dreams centered around
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Everyday life
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Freud says that dreams are a means of
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wish fullfillment
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Studies show that most people tend to
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Dream in color
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The primary key to hypnosis is finding someone who
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accepts suggestions easily
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Hey I could not help it I was hypnotized What best explains this rationale for one behavior while hypnotized?
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Basic suggestion effect
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Your friend tells u she is seeing a therapist who wishes to use hypnosis as part of her therapy. How your friend is concerned that she might be hypnotized without knowing it. What might you tell her?
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That yo actually hypnotized yourself and you cannot be hypnotized against your will
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Which theory of hypnosis includes the idea of a hidden observer
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dissociative
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As consequences to stopping drug use headaches nausea shaking and elevated blood pressure are all signs of
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Withdrawal
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What drug physical withdrawal symptoms included severe mood swingss paranoia extreme fatigue and an inability to feel pleasure
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cocaine
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which of the following statements about nicotine is true
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in terms of addictive power nicotine is more powerful than heroin or alcohol
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______ is a tranquizlizer that is also known as the date rape drug
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rohypnol
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Typically narcotics have the ability to
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suppress the sensation of pain
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Most studies of marijuana effect have found that
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it creates a powerful psychological dependency
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Jane is aware that she is sitting in her psychology class and its almost lunchtime she is also aware of how tired she is since staying up late to watch a movie. Thus if jane is aware of what is going on around her and what is going on within her then ti safe to say that she is in an
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State of waking conciousness
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What part of the brain is influential in determining when to sleep
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hypothalamus
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As the sun begins to set Winston finds himself becoming more and more sleepy. What structure is sensitive to light and influences when to go to sleep and when to awaken
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus
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Carlos is pulling an all-nighter in preparation for his big psychologgy test tomorrow. According to the research what is the result Carlos memory when he deprives himself of sleep the night prior to his exame?
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Carlos will actually remember less if he deprives himself of sleep the night before
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Your uncle karl who recently retired has mentioned how he doesnt sleep as well as he did when he was younger. For many years he regularly slept about 7-8 hoursbut now that he is in his 60s he tends to get only 5-6 hours per night. What would you tell him
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Getting less sleep seems to be a common consequence of aging.
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You find yourself driving very late at night. As you are driving you realize that u aactually were falling off to sleep for a couple of seconds. That is called a
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microsleep
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Studies have found that certain chemicals that help repair damaged cells only function while we sleep. What theory best explains this?
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Restorative theory of sleep
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In which stage of sleep do sleep spindles occur
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N2
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Josef has had a very demanding day. Through his work is not physically challenging it tends to mentally drain him. What tyoe if sleep will Josef probably require more of?
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REM sleep
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Your doctor has told u that ur youngest son suffers from somnambulism what is another name for somnambulism
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Sleepwalking
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Gerald has difficulty falling off to sleep. Harley can fall off to sleep easily but often wakes up early. Dale typically sleeps for 10 hours. All three are tired and not rested upon rising. Who seems to be experiencing insomnia
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All three suffer from insomnia
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Very young infants who suffer from sleep apnea may be more at risks for SID. Why might these have difficulty breathing
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The brain stems is not yet fully mature
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Bill suddenly and without warning slips into REM sleeps during the day. He oftens falls to the ground and is difficult to awaken. Bill may have a condition called
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Narcolepsy
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Calvin had a dream about his dog snoopy. In which he constantly looked for him but couldnt find him. In reality Calvin dog had died after being hit by a car According to freud his dream is an example of ____ while the inner meaning that he misses his dog terribly is an example of ___
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Manifest content; Latent conten
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When Tawny is asked to write down her dreams as a class assignment she is bothered by the fact that her dreams often seem to jump randomly from scene to scene with little meaning. What theory best explains her dreams.
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Activation synthesis
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Anthony therapist is using hypnosis to help him recall the night he was supposedly abducted by aliens. Danny therapist is using hypnosis to help him prepare for the pain of dental surgery since danny is allergic to dentist painkillers. Patrict therapist is using hypnosis to help him quit drinking and smoking. Which client has the highest change of succes
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Danny
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Bobby agreed to be hypnotized during a comedy routine. While hypnotized he stood on his chair and crowd like a rooster. Later when his friends asked why he did this bobby replied that he didnt know ti must have been because he was hypnotized What theory best explains his behavior
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the social cognitive explanation of hyonosis
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Jackie has found that when she tries to quit driknig she gets headaches has night sweats and the shakes. This is an exmaple of
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Withdrawal
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Which drug depending on the dosages can be a hallucinogen, stimulant, depressant or painkiller pcp
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pcp
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_______ Involves the detection of physical stimuli from our enviornment and is made possible by the activation of specific receptor cellsA. Perception.B. SubliminationC. AdaptationD. Sensation
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D. Sensation ooccurs when special receptors in the sense organs are activated.
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The lowest level of stimulation that a person can consciously detect 50% of the time the stimulation is present is called.
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Absolute thershold. Gustav Fechner expanded on Weber's work by studying Absolute thershold.
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After being in class for a while ______ is a likely explanation for not hearing the sound of light buzzing above you until someone says something about it.
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Habituation. IT is the way the brain deals with unchanging information from the enviornment
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You are drinking a strong cup of coffee that is particularly bitter. After a while the coffee doesnt taste as strong as it did when you first tasted it. What has happened?
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Sensory adaptation. Deals a lot with taste.
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The part of the ear that can be seen is also called the ____
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Pinna is the visible external part of the ear that serves as a concentrator/funnell.
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The oval window is found in what part of the ear?
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The Inner ear. The membrane of the inner ear is called the oval window and its vibatrations set off another chain reaction.
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Which theory cannot adequately account for pitches above 1000hz?
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Frequency theory was developed by Ernest Rutherford in 1886. States that pitch is related to how fast the basilar membrane vibrates.
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Ethan has suffered minor damage to the bones in his left middle ear. What treatment if any might help to restore his hearing?
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A hearing aid is used in middle ear problems.
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Which is considered the most common type of permanent hearing loss?
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Sensorieneural hearing loss.
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Taste is often called a _______ Sense because it works with the molecules of foods that people eat.
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Chemical sense
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Research has found that taste information is sent to the
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Insula and frontal operculum
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How often are olfactory receptors replaced by new olfactors receptors?
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Every 5-8 weeks
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Olfactory receptors project directly to the ________ and are unique in that signals do not first connec tto the thalamus.
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Olfactory bulbs
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In-control theory substance p
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Opens the signal gates for PainP=pain
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Motion sickness often results from conflicting signals sent from the _____ and from the ____
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Eyes and Vestibular organs.Think Motion and sight
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When oepning a door the actual image on your retina changes drastically but you still perceive the door as a rectangle this is an example of
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Shape Constancy
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Hunters who wear camouflage so that they can blend in their surrondings are relying on which principle of perception?
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Figure ground relationshipsCamouflage are shapes of ground items. Branches leaves.
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What monocular dept cue can best explain why railroad tracks appear to come together in the distance?
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Linear Perspective
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The Muller-Lyer illusion occurs more frequently in
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Jason Uncle claimed to have seen a black panther in the trees beside the highway although no one else saw it. Knowing his uncle has been looking for a black panther for years Jason attributes his uncle sight to
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Perceptual set
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The first time Megan had to install a ceiling fan in her new home it took a long time. But later when she help installed a ceiling fan in her best friend's home she completed the job very quickly. Her improved speed and skill can be partially be attributed to
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Top-down processing
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Sound has three aspects what are they?
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Pitch, Loudness and Timbre(purity)
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In making a large pot of chili for a family reunion you find that you have to add 1 onion to you pot of chili that already has 5 onions mixed in it to notice a difference. According to Weber Law how many onions would you have to add to notice a difference if you are making twice as much chili with 10 onions.
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2 onions.
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A study purportedly conducted by James Vicary teaches us what about the power of subliminal perception and its effect on advertising.
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Subliminal advertising was never supported since Vicary ultimately admitted he would never truly conducted such a study.
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When you enter a furtniture store you notice a strong cedar smell. Though it disappears this is because of
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sensory adaptation.
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Which of the follwoing term refers to amplitude of a light wave such as how high or low the wave is?A. ColorB. BrightnessC. PitchD. Hue
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B: Brightness
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Lasik or PRK surgery to correct a patients vision makes adjustments to the
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Cornea of the eye
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What parts of the eye hardens as we age thus causing many to suffer from presbyopia?
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Lens
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A deers inability to quickly respond to the headlights of a car is due to what sensory phenomenon
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light adaptation
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that hammer the anvil and the stirrup are part of the
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middle ear
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Continous rining in both ears is
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tinnitus
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Studies show that taste preference can typically begin
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before a baby is born
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Jude is suffering from a severe cold. His nose has been stopped up for several days. What efect if any might his cold have his on sense of taste.
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His sense of taste will be dulled since taste and smell often work together
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If a child suffers from cogenital analgesia why must he or she becareful when outside playing?
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The child cannot feel pain.Think Analgesia =pain
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How can you tell if a car is moving with eyes close.
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The otolith organs have tiny crystals that move with movement
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A child may sometimes play by quickly turning arounf in a circle. When the child stops he often feels like his head is still spinning. What is responsible for this sensation?
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Fluid still rotating in the semicircular canals
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Karle is with her mother at the docks waiting for her daddy to return from his naval deployment. While the boat is still a ways out her mother says There is daddys boat. Karla is confused how her dad can fit on a boat so small. Karle does not understand
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Size Consrancy
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What explains planes seeminly to pass slowly by?
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Motion Parallax
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Muller Lyer illusion is greatly influenced by ones
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Culture
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What explains the trail of light in sparklers?
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Persistence of vision
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Which part of the neuron carries messages to other cells.
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Axon
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Which one of the following is not a function of glial cells. A. Getting nurtrients to the neuronsB. Generating action potentials.C. Cleaning up the remains of dead neurons
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B. They do not generate action potentials
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When a neuron resting potential is occuring the neuron is _____--- charged on the inside
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Negatively
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Neurotransmitter must pass from an axon terminal to the next dendrite by crossing the a fluid filled space (gap) called the __----
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Synaptic Gap
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The venom of a black widow spider acts like an ______ by mimicking the effects of acetylcholine
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Agonist.
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'which of the following is associated with Pain reliefA. Acetylcholine.b. GlutamateC. SerotoninD. Endorphins
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Endorphins
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If you touch a hot stove your spinal cord can prompt you to withdraw your hand without having to send the message all the way to the brain. This is called the _____
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The reflex Arc
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What is the process whereby the structure and function of the brain cells change in response to trauma, damage or even learning
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Neuroplasticity
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The neurons of the snesory pathway contain
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Afferent neurons
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Yvonnes ability to reach for and pick up her book is largely due to the functions of the _____ pathway of the _____ nervous system
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Motor;Somatic
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Andrew has always been thin, infact he often seems to be able to eat what he wants. Andrew _____ gland is responsible for his fast metabolism
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Thyroid glan
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Which brain structure allows us to pay attention to certain stimuli while ignoring others?
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Reticular formation
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Which brain structure relays incoming sensory information
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Thalamus
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If you were to develop a rare condition in which you were not able to remember to be afraid of certain situations animals which part of the brain would most likely be damaged
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amygdala
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If your roomate has a problem paying attention it may be due to damage to this part of the limbic system
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cingulate cortex
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What part of the brain can sometimes be referred to as the rind or outer covering
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cortex
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IN which of the following lobes of the cortex would you find the primary visual cortex
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occipital
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The ability to detect changes in temp, pressure and body position is due in part to the functions of the
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parietal lobe
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Which of the brain tends to process information globally
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The right hemisphere
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In the structure of the neuron the ______ receives messages from other cells
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dendrite
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Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells generate a fatty substance known as
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Myelin
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Which of the following insulates and protects the neurons axon as well as help speed along the signals
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myelin sheth
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When a neuron is in a resting potential state the neuron is negatively charge on the _____ and positively charged on the
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Inside; Outside
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Which neurotransmitter stimulates muscle cells to contract but slows contraction in the heart
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acetylcholin
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Heroin is an example of
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agonist
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Involuntary muscles are controlled by the _____ nervous system
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autonomic
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As you take notes your heart beats at a normal rate. Your breating is normal and your stomach slowly disgest your meal. what division of the peripheral nervous system is currently in action?
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parasympathetic
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Robert has had difficulty sleeping for the past 6 months and his body seemingly no longer differentiates between night and day. His doctors believe the problem lies with Roberts endorcrine system. What gland will the doctor focus on
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Pineal
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Which gland is are known to influence all other glands within the endocrine system
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Pituitary
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Maria often sleep soundly and rarely awakens to any outside noise. However the cries of Maria baby can awake her immediatly what part of the brain is responsible for this reaction
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rticular formation
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Alexis is a synchronized swimmer. They often work long hours to ensure the movements in their routine are perfectly timed. What part of their brain does alexis rely upon
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cerebellum
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The great relay station of the brain is
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Thalamus
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Which part of the brain is involved in the creation of memories?
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Hippocampus
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Jessica has sufered a severe blow to the back of her head. Subsequently her occipital lobe has been injured. Which of her senses is affected
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Vision
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Which area of the brain is for language formation
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left frontal
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sing incorrect words in a sentence is a symptom of
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Wernicke aphasia
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Althoth the brain works largely as a whole which of the following is not a correct pairing of the hemisphere and function
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Right control of right handed motor function
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In the definition of psychology, the term behavior means.
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Overt actions and reactions
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A psychologist is interested in finding out why married couples seemingly begin to look like each other after several years of marriage. This psychologist is most interested in the goal of
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Explanation
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Who is considered to be the father of African American psychology
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Francis Cecil Sumner
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Sigmund Freud psychoanalysis focused on
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Early childhood experiences
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Which psychologist dared to ignore the whole consciousness issue and return to a study of scientific inquiry by focusing on observable behavior?
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John Watson
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Which perspective is often referred to as the third force in psychology and focuses on a person's freedom of choice in determing their behavior?
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Humanism
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Which perspective best explains the bystander effect?
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Sociocultural
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If Dr. Byers uses an eclectic approach in her clinical treatment of children what is it that she is doing?
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She is using combination of persective to tx different clients
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Dr Colton identifies himself with the largest subfield of psychology. What kind of psychologist is he?
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Clinical
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Micah has been recently diagnosed with a psychological disorder that is best addressed initially with medication. He would likely benefit the most by first seeing a
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Psychatrist
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Which step in the scientific method is derived from the goal of description?
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Perceiving a question
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Brianne wants to find an explanation for the behavior of her lab rats in her study. Which stepin the scientific method is she currently focusing on?
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Test a Hypothesis
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The famous study of Phineas Gage is an example of
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Case study
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A researcher finds that as her subject increase the number of hours spent exercising the overall weight of her subjects decreased. This would be an example of _____ correlation
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Negative
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A researcher wants to study the effects of texting on driving Students in Group A drive a car in a simualtion see how many accidents they have. Students in group b do the same but have to send 3 texs. The number of virtual accidents is measured of each group. What is the independent variable
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texting.
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Double blind studies control for
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the placebo effect and the experimenter effect
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What is thinking? |
A Mental activity that involves processing organizing, understanding and communication information |
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In the brain the process of creating a mental image is _______ how we see an actual image
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almost the opposite of |
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People in the united states often think of a sports car when asked to envision fun, fast form of travel. In this example a sports car is considered a |
prototype |
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What method of problem solving guarantees a solution |
algorithm |
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What type of problem solving strategy would be best if u are giving directions to a coffee shop that u are current at? |
Work backwards from the goal |
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While taking a shower, miguel suddenly realizes the solution to a problem at work. When later asked how he solved this problem miguel said The answer seemed to pop into my head. Miguel experience is an example of |
insight |
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Overcoming functional fixedness is |
when u remove the function use of anitem. Like making an umblella out of a bag. |
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Ignoring opposing information when researching other information and only viewing information that agrees with u is an example of
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confirmation bias
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If you asked someone to give u as many uses as possible for a piece of paper what kind of thinking is being used? |
Divergent |
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True or false. Does going for a walk or engage in some other automatic activity encourage divergent thinking? |
true it does |
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In gardners view effective conseling psychologist and maanger would likely be high in ____ intelligence |
Interpersonal |
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According to sternberg which type of intelligence has a low relationship to academic success and would be most difficult to measure in the classroom |
practical |
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By what age do IQ scores start to become meaningless |
16 |
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Liv is 4 years old. The intelligence test that would lbe used to determine her IQ is the |
WPPSI-IV |
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To validate a test a professor should be careful to |
Strive to make sure that the testm easures what iti s suppose to measure |
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In terms of culture what should be the goal of every test designer? |
To create a test that is culturally fair |
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A intellectuall disability that is complicated by multiple physical and sensory impairments that significant impact his skills of daily living and ability to communicate would be classified as |
profound |
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Lewis Terman study provided evidence that individuals with high IQs |
show little to no signs of mental illness or adjustment problems |
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What were some difference between the 100 most successful men and the 100 least successful men in Termans study? |
The successful men had clearly defined goals and more motiviation to achieve them |
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In recent studies what o some researches argue is a more accurate means of gauging success in relationship and careers |
emotional intelligence |
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Which of the follwoign would be an example of stereotype threat |
joaquim who believe IQ test are unfair to hispanics somethat his IQ score seems to reflect |
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The basic units of sound in a language are known as |
Phonemes |
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According to Noam Chomsky what is a language acqusition device? |
A biological element of the brain that allows us to learn a language |
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Researches believe that up to the age of ___ individuals posses the ability to understand phonemes of all languages |
9 months |
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______ believed that language helps to develop concepts whereas ____ believed that concepts msut be developed first if language is to follow |
Vgotsky, Piaget |
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Researches have found that it take ____ to view a mental image that is larger or covers more distance than a smaller or more compact one |
Longer |
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Researches suggest we engage mental images in our mind ___- the way we engage or interact with physical objects |
much like |
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A psychologist aks people to envision a circle. Next he ask them to draw the circle they envisioned. When comparing pictures almost all circles look identical. The fact that a circle typically fits a specific and rigid set of rules is an example of a |
formal concept |
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Trial and error is sometimes referred to as an |
mechanical solution |
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After buyning a new house u lay down tape on the floor showing where walls will go and rooms will be this process of problem solving is known as |
working backwards from the goal |
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Fixing an item that is broken by using parts not part of the orginial item is overcoming |
functional fixedness |
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which of the following questioons would more likely to produce divergent thinkng |
how manhy uses |
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Which type of intelligence according to Howard Gardner would most likely be present in farmers, landscapers, and biologist? |
naturalist |
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According to sternberg book smarts ia another way of thinking about which kind of intelligenc |
analytical |
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which of the following tests came first |
Binet mental ability test |
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Dr Davenport gives all her classes 45 minutes to complete their psychology test regardless of if the class meets for 50 minutes, 75 minutes or even 3 hours. Such a technique ensures |
standardization |
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In contrast to comparing mental age to chronological age most modern tests of intelligence use |
age-group comparision norms |
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The goal of all test developers is to ___ cultural bias in their intelligence test |
minimize |
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Being exposed to variety of envirorment toxins, social economic situations, and have had multiple infections without healthcare increases risk of children to have |
intellectual disability |
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A defect in a gene on the X chromosome of a 23rd pair which results in a dificeny of a protein needd for brain development results in |
fragile x syndrome |
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In terman study of gifted children mental health issue and relaitonship problems only occured in those IQ of |
180 or higher |
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What may be the predictor why some people dont excel in school but essentially succed in their life and career choices |
emotional intelligence |
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What does the Flynn effect theorize? |
Intelligence scores are steadily increasing in modernization countries |
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Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf theorized that ____ a concept reflected in their linguistic relatively hypothesis |
language shapes thoughts |
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Cognitive universalism tends to ___ the linguistic relativity hypothesis |
contradict |
