Exam I Flashcards
(43 cards)
Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the strongest relationship between 2 variables?
.00
+.30
-.75
+.60
-.75
Which of the following is a disadvantage of a case study?
- Results may not be generalizable beyond the sample
- It fails to provide a thorough, in-depth understanding of participants
- It is dependent on the availability of existing data
- The “typically occurring habitat” being observed cannot be controlled
- Results may not be generalizable beyond the sample
Which of the following parts of the brain controls bodily balance?
- cerebellum
- hypothalamus
- thalamus
- pons
- cerebellum
Psychology is defined as the…
- study of mental disorders and their treatment.
- intuition-based approach to study human behavior.
- speculative method to find answers about human cognition.
- scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
Sensory is to motor what________ is to________.
- autonomic; somatic
- efferent; afferent
- afferent; efferent
- somatic; autonomic
- afferent; efferent
This is the state of transition between wakefulness and sleep, characterized by relatively rapid, low-amplitude brain waves.
Sleep Stage 1
Sleep Stage 2
Sleep Stage 3
Sleep Stage 4
Sleep Stage 1
Electrical wires are generally protected by a tube of plastic. Similarly, most axons are insulated by a
- synapse
- glial cell
- myelin sheath
- dendrite
- myelin sheath
These are broad explanations and predictions concerning phenomena of interest.
- Operational definitions
- Hypotheses
- Suppositions
- Theories
- Theories
Which of the following subfields of psychology is CORRECTLY matched with a sample topic?
- cognitive psychology: the influence of an event on people’s thinking
- developmental psychology: the effectiveness of drug therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder
- behavioral neuroscience: the influence of chronic stress on physical health
- health psychology: the role that frustration plays in producing aggression
- cognitive psychology: the influence of an event on people’s thinking
A placebo minimizes________; a double-blind procedure minimizes________.
- experimenter bias; experimenter expectations
- participant bias; participant expectations
- experimenter expectations; participant expectations
- participant expectations; experimenter expectations
- participant expectations; experimenter expectations
These are specialized neurons that fire not only when a person enacts a particular behavior, but also when a person simply observes another individual carrying out the same behavior.
- Mirror neurons
- Amphid neurons
- Ventral cord motor neuron
- Pharyngeal motor neurons
- Mirror neurons
The humanistic perspective rejects the view that behavior reflects biological forces, unconscious processes, or the environment. In other words, it rejects the________,________, and________ perspectives, respectively.
- neuroscience; cognitive; behavioral
- cognitive; psychodynamic; behavioral
- cognitive; psychodynamic; neuroscience
- neuroscience; psychodynamic; behavioral
- neuroscience; psychodynamic; behavioral
In order to study mind and behavior, psychologists
- rely on the scientific method
- rely on the study of internal medicine
- use speculation
- use their intuition
- rely on the scientific method
An axon is a
- long, slim, tube-like structure extending from a neuron.
- cluster of fibers at one end of a neuron.
- support cell in the nervous system.
- neuron’s cell body.
- long, slim, tube-like structure extending from a neuron.
Which of the following is NOT one of the functions of glial cells?
- They provide nourishment to neurons.
- They nourish nerve cells.
- They communicate messages within the nervous system.
- They help repair damage that might occur to neurons.
- They communicate messages within the nervous system.
This is the awareness of the sensations, thoughts, and feelings we experience at a given moment.
- intelligence
- consciousness
- perception
- speculation
- consciousness
Pizza! Beer! Sex! Our motivation or drive for such things is based on the activity of the brain region known as the
- hypothalamus.
- thalamus.
- hippocampus.
- amygdala.
- hypothalamus.
The correlation coefficient ranges from________ to________.
+1.0; −1.0
−10; +10
0; 1
1; 10
+1.0; −1.0
Little or no relationship between two variables is represented by
- a positive sign.
- a negative sign.
- sigma.
- zero or a number close to zero.
- zero or a number close to zero.
Somatic is to autonomic what________ is to________.
- involuntary; voluntary
- sensory; motor
- voluntary; involuntary
- motor; sensory
- voluntary; involuntary
The rule that neurons are either on or off is known as the________ law.
- all-or-none
- intensity of stimulus
- graded action
- incremental transformational
all-or-none
Marisol is trying a new treatment for severe depression. Brief magnetic pulses are sent through her brain. Marisol is undergoing
- positron emission tomography.
- transcranial magnetic stimulation.
- functional magnetic resonance imaging.
- optogenetic therapy.
- transcranial magnetic stimulation
Which of the following descriptive research methods is correctly matched with a description?
- case study—a sample is asked a series of questions about their thoughts, attitudes, or behaviors
- survey research—existing data is examined to test a hypothesis
- naturalistic observation—behavior is investigated in the environment in which it typically occurs, without intervention by the researcher
- archival research—in-depth investigation of an individual
naturalistic observation—behavior is investigated in the environment in which it typically occurs, without intervention by the researcher
Identify an operational definition of happiness.
- an individual’s self-rating on a 10-point happiness scale
- an individual’s feeling of joy
- an individual’s sense of achievement and contentment
- an individual’s feeling of acceptance in a society
an individual’s self-rating on a 10-point happiness scale
