Pgs 1-4

Question 1

Brain parts we share & differ w/ animals

Answer 1

Similarity: both human & apes have VEN (“old brain”
Difference: humans have larger cerebral cortex
(#4)

Question 2

Brain Hemispheres

Answer 2

Left: Controls right side of the body; more logic based
Right: Controls left side of the body; creativity
(#4)

Question 3

Brainstorming

Answer 3

Submission & exploration of multiple ideas for solving a specific problem (#4)

Question 4

Bystander intervention

Answer 4

Phenomenon in which a person is less likely to provide help to another person when others are present (#4)

Question 5

Cannon-Bard Theory

Answer 5

Theory that the emotion-arousing stimulus triggers physiological responded & the experience of emotion (#4)

Question 6

Case-study

Answer 6

A person is studied in depth in hope of revealing universal principles (#4)

Question 7

Catharsis

Answer 7

Emotional release (#4)

Question 8

Central route to persuasion

Answer 8

When people focus on the arguments & respond w/ favorable thoughts (#4)

Question 9

Cerebellum

Answer 9

Processes sensory input & coordinates movement & balance (#4)

Question 10

Change blindness

Answer 10

Failing to notice changes in the environment (#4)

Question 11

Chunking

Answer 11

Organizing items into manageable units (#4)

Question 12

Circadian rhythm

Answer 12

Biological Clock (#4)

Question 13

Classical conditioning

Answer 13

Learning where one learns to link 2 or more stimuli & anticipate events (#4)

Question 14

Conditioned stimulus

Answer 14

After association with US, comes to produce a CR (#4)

Question 15

Conditioned response

Answer 15

A response that must be learned (#4)

Question 16

Unconditional stimulus

Answer 16

A stimulus that elicits an unconditioned response (#4)

Question 17

Unconditioned response

Answer 17

Response that occurs naturally in reaction to US (#4)

Question 18

Basilar membrane

Answer 18

Is an important component of the inner ear and is located inside the cochlea, which is moved by sound waves that fall on the ear. This delicate structure is critical of our sense of hearing (#3)

Question 19

Baumrind Parenting-

Authoritarian

Answer 19

Parents impose rules and expect obedience (#3)

Question 20

Baumrind Parenting-

Authoritative

Answer 20

Parents are both demanding and responsive. They exert control by setting rules and enforcing them, but also explain reasons for rules (#3)

Question 21

Baumrind Parenting-

Permissive

Answer 21

Parents submit to their children’s desires. They make a few demands and use little punishment (#3)

Question 22

Bell curve (normal distribution)

Answer 22

A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many types of data; most scores fall near the mean (about 68 percent fall within one standard deviation of it) and fewer and fewer near the extremes (#3)

Question 23

Belief perseverance

Answer 23

Clinging to ones initial conceptions after the basis in which they were formed has been discredited (#3)

Question 24

Binocular depth cues-

Convergence

Answer 24

The closer an object, the more inward our eyes need to turn to focus (#3)

Question 25

Big Five Inventory-

Conscientiousness

Answer 25

Disorganized to Organized