Review #2

Question 1

small brain structure that uses input from the retina to synchronize its own rhythm with the daily cycle of light and dark. Output from the allows the hypothalamus to regulate daily rhythms such as temperature and hunger and the reticular formation to regulate daily rhythms of sleep and wakefulness. (type of nucleus)

Answer 1

Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Question 2

are psychoactive drugs that slow down mental and physical activity. Among the most widely used examples are alcohol, barbiturates, tranquilizers, and opiates.

Answer 2

depressants

Question 3

the inability to sleep. It can involve a problem in falling asleep, waking up during the night, or waking up too early. It is more common among women and older adults, as well as individuals who are thin, stressed, or depressed.

Answer 3

Insomnia

Question 4

It can become thrown off their regular schedules. Among the circumstances of life that can introduce irregularities into our sleep are jet travel, changing work shifts, and insomnia

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DESYNCHRONIZING THE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK

Question 5

organisms learn the association between two stimuli. As a result of this association, organisms learn to anticipate events. (unconditioned is unlearned)
(conditioned is learned)

Answer 5

Classical conditioning

Question 6

a decrease in the production of antibodies, which can lower a person’s ability to fight disease

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Immunosuppression

Question 7

reinforces the first behavior after a fixed amount of time has passed. If you take a class that has four scheduled exams, you might procrastinate most of the semester and cram just before each test

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Fixed interval schedule

Question 8

a system in which behaviors are rewarded an average number of times but on an unpredictable basis

Answer 8

Variable-ratio schedule

Question 9

is a timetable in which a behavior is reinforced after a variable amount of time has elapsed. Pop quizzes

Answer 9

Variable-interval schedule

Question 10

(or implicit learning) is unreinforced learning that is not immediately reflected in behavior. This learning is sometimes called incidental learning because it “just happens” as a result of experience. It happens even without reinforcement.

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Latent learning

Question 11

also called imitation or modeling, is learning that occurs when a person observes and imitates behavior. The capacity to learn by this way eliminates trial-and-error learning. Often this takes less time than operant conditioning.

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Observational learning

Question 12

in which they believe that their qualities are carved in stone and cannot change
(failure means lack of ability)

Answer 12

Fixed mindset

Question 13

which states that information present at the time of encoding or learning tends to be effective as a retrieval cue. For example, you know your instructors when they are in the classroom setting—you see them there all the time. This type of encoding…

Answer 13

encoding specificity principle

Question 14

takes place when information that was retained in memory comes out of storage. This means you take information out of storage.

Answer 14

Memory Retrieval

Question 15

1) refers to better recall for items at the beginning of a list.
2) refers to better recall for items at the end

Answer 15

1) Primacy effect

2) Recency effect

Question 16

holds information from the world in its original sensory form for only an instant, not much longer than the brief time it is exposed to the visual, auditory, and other senses. Compared this to short, short-term memory is limited in capacity, but it can store information for a longer time.

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Sensory memory

Question 17

the useful character of language and the ability of language to communicate even more meaning than is said. This aspect of language allows us to use words to get the things we want.

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Pragmatics

Question 18

Identify the age group during which children typically understand adult literary work

Answer 18

15-20 years

Question 19

Dr. Ambrose conducts an intelligence test, and one question asks, “ During which month of the year does the NCAA basketball championship start?” Students from various groups within the USA, as well as students from other countries, may have problems with this question because it is probably

a. generalized
b. culturally biased
c. unreliable
d. gender biased

Answer 19

culturally biased

Question 20

____ is an individual’s level of intellectual development relative to that of others

Answer 20

Mental age

Question 21

involves developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test, as well as creating norms, or performance standards, for the test

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Standardization

Question 22

involves reasoning from specific observations to generalize. People often form general rules and concepts based on specific experiences and examples

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Inductive reasoning

Question 23

refers to the tendency to strongly prefer to avoid losses compared to acquiring gains. We dislike the prospect of losing something we have more than we enjoy the prospect of gaining something new, even when the prospect of a gain outweighs the loss.

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Loss Aversion

Question 24

is a sleep disorder in which individuals stop breathing because the windpipe fails to open or because brain processes involved in respiration fail to work properly. People with this experience numerous brief awakenings during the night so that they can breathe better, although they usually are not aware of their awakened state

Answer 24

Sleep apnea

Question 25

which lies between active consciousness and dreaming while asleep. It is a little like dreaming while we are awake. It usually begins spontaneously when we are doing something that requires less than our full attention (mind wandering)

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Day Dreaming

Question 26

organisms learn the association between a behavior and a consequence, such as a reward. As a result of this association, organisms learn to increase behaviors that are followed by rewards and to decrease behaviors that are followed by punishment. This type of conditioning is…

Answer 26

Operant conditioning

Question 27

a behavior decreases when it is followed by the presentation of a stimulus. Examples of this include spanking a misbehaving child and scolding a spouse who forgot to call when she was running late at the office

Answer 27

positive punishment

Question 28

refers to rewarding successive approximations of a desired behavior, in that way we want. For example, this can be used to train a rat to press a bar to obtain food.

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Shaping

Question 29

seeing the model punished makes the observer less likely to repeat the behavior
(type of punishment)

Answer 29

Vicarious punishment

Question 30

Seeing a model attain a reward for an activity increases the chances that an observer will repeat the behavior

Answer 30

vicarious reinforcement

Question 31

occurs when material that was learned earlier disrupts the recall of material learned later

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Proactive interference

Question 32

Attention, deep processing, elaboration, and the use of mental imagery are all part of ____ process

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Encoding

Question 33

is a person’s knowledge about the world. It includes one’s areas of expertise, general knowledge of the sort learned in school, and everyday knowledge about the meanings of words, famous individuals, important places, and common things, this is a what type of memory? (Example: knowledge of chess, of geometry, and of who the Dalai Lama, LeBron James, and Lady Gaga)

Answer 33

Semantic memory

Question 34

is the tendency to recall the items at the beginning and end of a list more readily than those in the middle.
(related to primary and receny effect)

Answer 34

Serial position effect

Question 35

a language’s rules for combining words to form acceptable phrases and sentences.

Answer 35

Syntax

Question 36

produces the single best solution to a problem. This kind of thinking means taking all of those possibilities and finding the right one for the job. (this is best when a problem has only one right answer)

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Convergent Thinking

Question 37

is the tendency to search for and use information that supports our ideas rather than refutes them. This is also sometimes called “Myside bias” because it is all about collecting up evidence that our views are correct.

Answer 37

Confirmation bias

Question 38

the tendency to ignore information about general principles in favor of very specific but vivid information “straight up neglect”

Answer 38

Base rate neglect