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Psychology Midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Color deficiency affects more | males than females |
| Filling in gaps in what our senses tell us is called | perceptual interference |
| What is motion parallax? | monocular depth cue that explains why objects appear to move when you move your head from side to side |
| Specialized receptor cells responsible for night vision are called | rods |
| What are the parts of signal-detection theory? 3 parts | motivation, sensitivity, and decision making |
| What are principles of Gestalt Theory? | proximity, similarity, and continuity |
| You do not consistently feel your clothing on your body because of | sensory adaptation |
| what makes up the CNS | brain and spinal cord |
| What are some characteristics of any stage of sleep? 3 reasons | limited physical mobility, rapid eye movement, altered state of consciousness |
| What happens during a grand mal seizure? | uncontrolled electrical activity in one hemisphere of the brain and spreads to the other |
| LSD is the most potent ____ drug | hallucinogenic |
| regions of the ____ are referred to as lobes | cerebral cortex |
| Besides medication, how could a person suffering tension headache achieve relief? | biofeedback |
| What are the basic parts of a neuron? | axon, dendrites, and myelin sheath |
| Sleepwalking has been linked to | fatigue and stress |
| What hormone is important to males physical development? | testosterone |
| what system sends chemical messages called hormones | endocrine |
| What are the consequences of a spinal cord injury? | paralysis, interference with the transmital of messages to the muscles, and to prevent the transmital of messages from the brain |
| What does nature refer to, in the nature-nurture question? | biological make-up |
| What does an EEG monitor? | electrical activity in the brain |
| What does the autonomic nervous system regulate? | involuntary movements |
| What systems send information to and from the brain? | nervous and endocrine |
| What is thanatology? | study of death and dying |
| What does not fit in this group: menopause, menarche, puberty, and adolescents? | menopause |
| What are the four most prevalent chronic diseases of the elderly? | heart disease, hyper tension, arthritis, and diabetes |
| What can influence patterns of health and disease in old age? | eating habits, exercise, health at a young age |
| Daniel Levinson’s theory focused on adult | males |
| When are young adults at their physical peak? | 18-30 |
| Elderly people have a difficult time retrieving information from memory due to decline in the | nervous system |
| What is an androgynous role? | male and female roles |
| What is maturation? | internally programmed growth of a child |
| The concept of adolescent identity categories is associated with | james marcia |
| What is Lawrence Kohlberg’s Stage I of moral development? | totally egocentric |
| What is Lawrence Kohlberg’s Stage VI of moral development? | the golden rule |
| Imprinting is sudden and can take place in | less than a day |
| what is the theory of psychosocial development claims that if a young child is praised for her new abilities she will learn autonomy. | erik erikson's |
| infants ____ imprint on their parents | do not |
| What reflex helps an infant find the mother’s breast? | rooting reflex |
| Find the medium of the following distribution: 65, 78, 78, 81, 84, 92, 96. | 81 |
| What is a self-fulfilling prophecy? | when researchers unwillingly bring about the situation they expect to find |
| What is applied science? | use of psychological principles to solve immediate problems |
| What is the cardinal rule for naturalistic observation? | avoid disturbing the participants |
| Participants in an experiment who are exposed to the______ are called the _____ | independent variable, experimental |
| What is the measure of the degree of relatedness between two variables? | correlation |
| What is the mode of the following distribution: 63, 75, 79, 82, 82, 84, 84, 84, 84, 91, 99 | 84 |
| The variable that experimenters manipulate is called the | independent variable |
| Who was the first modern psychologist? | wilhelm wundt |
| What do psychologists study? | everyday behaviors and feelings |
| What is a theory? | complex explanation based on findings from many studies |
| What is basic science? | pursuit of knowledge for its own sake |
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