History and Research
Which event marked the beginning of psychology? (Hint: think about who started psychology.)
The creation of the psychology lab by Wilhelm Wundt
What type of drug is alcohol?
Depressant
Where does transduction occur in the ear?
Cochlea (organ of corti)
What kind of reinforce is a "A" course grade?
Secondary
If I have an IQ of 150, and I'm 10 years old, it means my mental age is:
15
If we want to be able to predict if two variables are related to each other, we would use:
Correlational Research
Which organ is also called the "master gland" of the body?
Pituitary gland
Where does transduction of visual information occur?
Retina (Cones & rods)
Using "ROYGBIV" to remember the colors of the rainbow is an example of:
Mnemonic device
John refuses to go to Lotte World because he thinks that rollercoaster are too dangerous since some people have died on rollercoasters before. The truth is, rollercoasters are not any more dangerous than getting dog bites. John is using his ________________ and has come to the wrong conclusion.
Availability heuristics
Which perspective would most likely use hypotherapy?
Psychoanalytic
Which method for examining the brain uses magnetic waves?
MRI
This idea says that the change in a stimulus that will be just noticeable is a constant ratio of the original stimulus.
True or false: in Tolman's experiment, rats who improved the most were the rats who were awarded from the beginning.
False - the third group of rats (no reward then reward) improved the most.
Ricardo has been wrongfully accused of murder and wants to break out of prison. The walls are soft enough to dig through with a spoon, but he never thinks to use the spoon that comes with his dinner. This is because of:
Which of the psychological perspectives primarily focuses on observation?
Behaviorism
Which genetic disorder only occurs in women, in which they lack an X or a part of an X chromosome?
Turner syndrome
Theory that says our ability to detect a stimulus depends on intensity, duration, expectations, and background noise.
Signal-detection theory
What is the type of learning in which an involuntary association is formed between two stimuli?
Classical Conditioning
What's one reason people might prefer heuristics to algorithms?
It might be quicker to get to the right answer
Her experiment is valid, but not reliable.
Conscious, nonconscious, and preconscious.
I see a strange animal in the middle of the street I have never seen before, and I can't figure out what it is. In this moment, which process am I using to perceive this animal?
BOTH top-down and bottop-up processing.
Ian loves to jump in puddles, so he's always hoping that it will rain soon. Which reinforcement schedule is Ian on?
Variable-interval
Ms. Diana choosing to say "most of my students get this question right" instead of "many of my students get this question wrong" to encourage students is an example of:
Framing