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This man was the founder of the psychoanalyst school of thought.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This is the belief that we knew the outcome the whole time
What is hindsight bias?
The weakest amount of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time
What is absolute threshold?
According to Edward Tolman, a rat might learn the details of a maze through repeated exposure without any reinforcement. The rat may not demonstrate this knowledge unless it is given a reward for traversing the maze. Tolman calls this
A. Intrinsic motivation
B.. instrumental learning
C. latent learning
D. spontaneous recovery
E. classical conditioning
What is C?
This man pioneered the theory of multiple intelligences
Who is Howard Gardner?
What lobe is Broca's Area located in?
What is the frontal lobe?
Name the two binocular depth cues
What is retinal disparity and convergence?
Blinking in response to a puff of air directed to your eye is a(n) _________________ stimulus (response).
unconditioned.
Who is the father of Psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
At a synapse, neurotransmitters released by the sending neuron do which of the following?
A. They combine with neurotransmitters released by the receiving neuron.
B. They combine with neurotransmitters released by other sending neurons.
C. They pass through channels into the receiving neuron.
D. They bind to receptors at the receiving neuron, which opens ion channels.
E. They bind to ions in the synapse, which creates a chemical reaction that causes the receiving neuron to fire.
What is D?
Our sense of smell may be a powerful trigger for memories because
A. We are conditioned from birth to make strong connections between smells and events
B. The nerve connecting the olfactory bulb sends impulses directly to the limbic system
C. The receptors at the top of each nostril connect with the cortex
D. Strong smells encourage us to process events deeply so they will most likely be remembered
What is B?
Matt regularly buckles his seat belt simply because it turns off the car's irritating warning buzzer. This best illustrates the value of ___________ reinforcement.
negative reinforcement.
This man founded the IQ test
Who is Alfred Binet
Why is random sampling needed in psychological research?
A. to eliminate confounding variables
B. to eliminate a representative sample
C. to eliminate a generalizable sample
D. to eliminate biased responses by research subjects
What is A?
Which of the following describes what happens when a neuron sends a signal?
A. The neuron goes from being positively charged to briefly being negatively charged, and finally returns to being positively charged again. The magnitude of the negative charge is fixed regardless of the strength of the input signal it receives.
B. The neuron goes from being negatively charged to briefly being positively charged, and finally returns to being negatively charged again. The magnitude of the negative charge is fixed regardless of the strength of the input signal it receives.
C. The neuron goes from being negatively charged to briefly being positively charged, and finally returns to being negatively charged again. The magnitude of the positive charge varies depending on the strength of the input signal it receives.
D. The neuron goes from being positively charged to briefly being negatively charged, and finally returns to being positively charged again. The magnitude of the negative charge varies depending on the strength of the input signal it receives.
E. The neuron goes from being negatively charged to being positively charged, and then it remains at that level until it fires again. The magnitude of the positive charge varies depending on the strength of the input signal it receives
What is B?
When food is unsafe to eat, these types of tasters would have an adaptive advantage over most other people because they are extra sensitive to taste
What are supertasters?
Which of the following statements is true regarding the application of operant conditioning to learning?
A. Punishment is the most effective way to increase good study habits, because students do not want to get punished.
B. Immediately reinforcing correct responses hurts students’ ability to learn new material, because they learn new material better when their correct responses are reinforced later.
C. Negative reinforcement decreases student focus, because students do want to get negatively reinforced.
D. Modeling good study habits enhances student learning, because students benefit from observing others’ study habits.
E. Immediately reinforcing correct responses enhances student learning, because immediate reinforcement has shown to be most effective with regard to learning.
What is E?
A behavioralist, this psychologist orchestrated the Bobo doll experiments.
Who is Albert Bandura?
Julie is interested in developing a test to measure achievement levels of middle school students. Which of the following domains of psychology is most applicable to Julie’s interest?
A. Personality
B. Counseling
C. Biological
D. Industrial-organizational
E. Psychometric
What is E. Psychometric?
After suffering an accidental brain injury, Kira has difficulty walking in a smooth and coordinated manner. She has probably suffered damage to her
cerebellum
The illusion of movement produced by the rapid progression of images that are not moving is called
A. figure-ground perception.
B. Closure
C. continuity
D. Stroboscopic motion.
What is D?
In a high school classroom a language teacher checks in on her students at varying, unpredictable times as they work on their computers translating text from German to English. She awards bonus points if a student is actively engaged in the lesson as she passes by a student’s desk. This is an example of
A. Fixed interval schedule of reinforcement
B. Fixed ratio schedule of reinforcement
C. Variable interval schedule of reinforcement
D. Variable ratio schedule of reinforcement
E.Continuous schedule of reinforcement
What is C?