Midterm Review:

Midterm Review: 1st Semester

Which of the following exemplifies the issue of the relative importance of nature and nurture on our behavior?

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The issue of the relative influence of biology and experience on behavior The issue of the relative influence of rewards and punishments on behavior The debate as to the relative importance of heredity and instinct in determining behavior The debate as to whether mental processes are a legitimate area of scientific study The debate of environmental influences on behavior

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This approach to psychology focuses on rewards, punishments, and associations.

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The biological approach is most closely associated with the discipline of: Evolution Chemistry Development Neuroscience Natural selection

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Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory has been criticized for being:

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Appropriate for female patients, but not male patients Only applicable to research settings, not therapy settings Based on large groups, not individual cases Unscientific and unverifiable Too closely tied to behavioristic thought

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Dr. Didden was hired by the TLC Company to help them retain their employees without lowering the firm’s profits. After TLC removed cubicles and permitted employees to decorate their workroom as recommended by Dr. Didden, the absentee rate declined and no employees left for jobs elsewhere. Dr. Didden is most likely to be:

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Psychologists use experimental research in order to reveal or to understand:

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1. Correlational Relationships 2. Dependent variables 3. Hypotheses 4. Theories 5. Cause-and-effect relationships

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The procedure designed to ensure that the experimental and control groups do not differ in any way that might affect the experiment’s results is called:

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In an experiment to determine the effects of exercise on motivation, exercise is the: 1. 2. 3. 4.

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After detailed study of a gunshot wound victim, a psychologist concludes that the brain region destroyed is likely to be important for memory functions. Which research method did the psychologist use to deduce this?

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Which of the following numbers indicates a stronger statistical correlation?

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While hurdling at the League track meet, Kim fell and hit her head on the track. After the trainer assessed her, he determined she had a concussion. What type of scan will the doctor most likely use in order to see if she has any damage to her brain?

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A research study looking at severely overweight rats would most likely be interested in studying this part of the brain:

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This is an example of a sympathetic function: 1. 2. 3. 4.

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Promoting your sexual development Monitoring the operation of the body’s routing functioning Picking up a dime off the floor Preparing yourself to fight an oncoming attacker Figuring out the answer to a difficult test question

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Your brain is involved in every perception, thought, and emotion, as are its neurons and their neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that: 1. 2. 3.

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Carry information primarily in the endocrine system Fuel the endocrine system Travel from the axon terminals along the axon and create an action potential Assist neurons by providing physical support, nutrition, and waste removal Travel across the synapse and affect adjoining neurons

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A neuron without terminal buttons would be unable to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Receive information from neighboring neurons Generate action potential Secrete neurotransmitters to other neurons Transport ions across the cell membrane Fire the appropriate inhibitory transmitters

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Conversion Emersion Eversion Transduction Transformation

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Genie, the “wild child” hearing music for the very first time would be using this type of processing to understand her situation.

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The receptors for body position and movement are located: 1. In the parietal cortex 2. In the inner ear 3. In the outer layer of the skin 4. Within the corpus callosum 5. Within the spinal cord 0% 1

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These are used to make a mental representation of a task at hand. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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The classic “gorilla and basketball” example shows us that: 1. 2.

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According to Freud, the manifest content of a dream refers to:

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Which of the following is true of hypnosis?

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The most frequently used psychoactive drug in the United States is: Alcohol Cocaine Caffeine Heroin Marijuana

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Which of the following best describes the stability of sleep cycles?

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What is the response pattern of securely attached children in the Strange Situation when their mothers return?

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When baby Stephanie starts crying, her mother or father hurries to see if she needs anything, and they comfort her when she is upset. According to Erikson, Stephanie is likely to develop:

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A critical period is a stage in development when:

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If Heinz decides to choose to steal the drug in Kohlberg’s “Heinz Dilemma”, which main stage of moral development is he exercising?

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Piaget used this term to refer to the mental structures that guide thoughts:

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Once Pavlov’s dogs learned to salivate to the sound of a tuning fork, the tuning fork was a(n): 1. Unconditioned stimulus 2. Neutral stimulus 3. Conditioned stimulus 4. Responsive Stimulus 5. Conditioned response

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While readying to take a free-throw shot, you suddenly arrive at the answer to a chemistry problem you’d been working on several hours before. This is an example of:

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Negative and positive reinforcers are similar in that these always ______ the likelihood of ensuing responses.

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