FINAL EXAM

Question 1

Undersupply of serotonin causes:

Answer 1

Depression

Question 2

type of reinforcers that increase the rate of operant responding

Answer 2

Negative reinforcers

Question 3

Part of the neuron that receives chemical messages:

Answer 3

Dendrites

Question 4

It’s the junction between a sending neuron and a receiving neuron:

Answer 4

Synapse

Question 5

Process where excess neurotransmitters return to the sending neuron:

Answer 5

Reuptake

Question 6

They are the chemical messengers:

Answer 6

neurotransmitters

Question 7

getting a spank for running to the street is an example of what type of punishment:

Answer 7

Positive punishment

Question 8

Part of the neuron that speeds up impulse transmission:

Answer 8

Myelin sheath

Question 9

If you are taught to fear something (cars) , you might also fear related things (Trucks, motorcycles), this is known as:

Answer 9

Generalization

Question 10

Too much dopamine causes:

Answer 10

Schizophrenia

Question 11

The psychic secretions of pavlov’s dogs are an example of what type of response:

Answer 11

Unconditioned response

Question 12

Minimum level stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse:

Answer 12

Threshold

Question 13

Regulates sleep and mood:

Answer 13

Serotonin

Question 14

taking a medicine to get rid of decease is an example of what type of reinforcement:

Answer 14

negative reinforcement

Question 15

A child’s fear to a hypodermic needle is an example of what response?

Answer 15

Conditioned response

Question 16

The electric impulse in neuron is known as:

Answer 16

Action potential

Question 17

Too little _____ causes parkinson’s decease

Answer 17

Too little dopamine

Question 18

You don’t receive a smile or thank you every time you hold the door for another person, but sometimes it’s acknowledged . Door holding is (n) what type of reinforcement

Answer 18

Intermitent reinforcement

Question 19

In Pavlov’s dog experiment the UCS was:
the neutral stimulus was:
Then the CS was:
And the CR was:

Answer 19

Food
The bell
The bell
Salivate

Question 20

Type of punishment that decreases the likelihood that the preceding behavior:

Answer 20

Negative punishment

Question 21

Is any stimulus that increases the probability that preceding behavior will occur:

Answer 21

Reinforcer

Question 22

Behavior that is reinforced every time is an example of:

Answer 22

Continuous reinforcement

Question 23

Occurs when a previously conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears:

Answer 23

extinction

Question 24

A researcher is writing a book based on her interviews with michael jordan, this is an example of what type of research:

Answer 24

Case Study research

Question 25

Mention positive symptoms of schizophrenia:

Answer 25

Auditory and visual allucinations

Question 26

Mention Negative symptom of schizophrenia:

Answer 26

Lack of emotions

Question 27

Organizing and interpreting physical energy is called:

Answer 27

Perception

Question 28

A (n) is a nerve cell:

Answer 28

Neuron

Question 29

Dane Had a tumor removed from his occipital lobe that resulted in loss of brain tissue. Dane is most likely to suffer some loss:

Answer 29

visual perception

Question 30

They are smallest bones in the body :

Answer 30

The hammer, anvil , and stirrup

Question 31

Part of our brain that rewards activities for survival (regulates body temperature, eating, drinking, sex):

Answer 31

hypothalamus

Question 32

The sensory cortex , which is important for our sense of touch is located in the ___ lobe:

Answer 32

Parietal lobe

Question 33

If someone squeezed your hand gently or tightly the sensory neurons will fire impulses of same magnitude, this is due to:

Answer 33

All or nothing principle

Question 34

Part of Brain that Is in charge of balance and coordination:

Answer 34

Cerebellum

Question 35

Visible light is:

Answer 35

Electromagnetic energy

Question 36

The variables that are controlled are known as:

Answer 36

Independent variables

Question 37

the variable that is measured and is affected by the changes made to the independent variable:

Answer 37

Dependent variable

Question 38

Phineas gage had an iron rod pierce his head. His personality changed but he did not die. The rod missed his:

Answer 38

medulla and cerebellum

Question 39

Lack of dopamine causes:

Answer 39

Parkinson's

Question 40

They help you to see in black and white (Night):

Answer 40

Rods

Question 41

They help you see in multiple colors:

Answer 41

cones

Question 42

part of the limbic system, which regulates emotions, memories, smells, and autonomic behaviors:

Answer 42

Hippocampus

Question 43

When the action potential reaches the axon terminals, the vesicles release:

Answer 43

Neurotransmitters

Question 44

Amplitude measures:

Answer 44

Pitch and color

Question 45

Wavelength measures

Answer 45

volume and hue

Question 46

Daniel Kish believes that blind people will not learn to echolocate if:

Answer 46

They receive to much support

Question 47

Why do we kiss with our lips and not with our feet:

Answer 47

Because our sensory cortex is more devoted to the lips

Question 48

What kind of psychologist might research under what conditions someone stops to help a stranger?

Answer 48

Social psychologist

Question 49

Part of the brain that is the central relay station for sensory and motor information traveling to and from the brain. It receives almost all sensory information, except for smell, and then sends it to the cerebral cortex for interpretation:

Answer 49

Thalamus

Question 50

a type of brain cell that are activated when a person performs an action or observes another person performing the same action.

Answer 50

Mirror neurons

Question 51

Albert Bandura is a psychologist most recognized for his theory which states that people can learn new behaviors by observing others and then imitating their actions, what's the name of the theory

Answer 51

"observational learning"

Question 52

They require to change the electromagnetic spectrum:

Answer 52

Vision and hearing

Question 53

What we see and hear are:

Answer 53

small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum

Question 54

Ramachondron showed that phantom limb pain is possible due to:

Answer 54

Neuroplasticity

Question 55

Carbon monoxide, arsenic, formaldehyde, cyanide are found in:

Answer 55

Cigarettes

Question 56

Some people went hiking and died of a heat stroke, what part of their brain could not keep up?

Answer 56

The Hypothalamus

Question 57

1. Cornea: Light passes through the cornea. 2. Pupil: controls how much light enters the eye. The iris, the colored part of the eye, controls the size of the pupil. 3. Lens: works with the cornea to focus light onto the retina. 4. Vitreous humor:fills the center of the eye and helps keep it round. 5. Retina: contains special cells called rods and cones that convert light into electrical signals. 6. Optic nerve: carries the electrical signals from the retina to the brain. 7. Brain: decodes the signals and turns them into the images you see

Answer 57

Process of light entering the cornea

Question 58

a neurological disorder that makes it difficult or impossible to recognize faces:

Answer 58

prosopagnosia

Question 59

What kind of Memories become fixed and stable, information is filed and coded forever:

Answer 59

Long term memories