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100

In an intense game of football, Jude gets tackled and hits his head hard. Afterward, Jude is able to understand what is being said to him, but can only form short choppy sentences.

Broca's Aphasia

100

Ms. Jeong hears Metty say gibberish, but assumes he said "Ms. Jeong is the best teacher ever." This is a product of what processing. 

top down processing

100

When trying to teach students to independently read for 30 minutes, Ms. Sietz starts of with 5 minutes and works her way up

Shaping

100

Ms.J's hypothetical daughter is able to say "Cat" and "Hat" but has a hard time saying "That." -Th- is an example of ________________. 

phoneme

100

The part of the neuron where electrical signals turn into chemical signals

Axon terminal (Terminal buttons)

200

Andrew undergoes a procedure in which this part of the brain is cut, and his left and right hemispheres stop communicating to each other.

Corpus Callosum

200

While doing her pom routine, this part of her senses help Josie keep her balance.

Vestibular sense.

200

Ryder is learning soccer from Fletcher, and realizes that his lacrosse skills are impacting his ability to be a soccer prodigy.

Proactive interference

200

When planning for yearbook, Elena thinks of all the possible ways to edit the yearbook and design it. What kind of thinking is this?

Divergent thinking
200

The percentage of scores fall between the first standard deviations away from the in a normal distribution?

68%

300

After the exams, Grace decides to take the longest nap of her life. What sleep wave is produced during stage 1 sleep?

Theta Waves

300

Max is able to catch an apple flying towards his head without realizing. These reflexes are attributed to what part of the nervous system. (be specific)

Spinal Cord

300

After Reece stopped flinching at the word banana, he is finally able to go about his days normally. A week later, Daniel says "I'm really craving a banana" and Reece flinches.

spontaneous recovery

300

Ms. Jeong remembers Peyton's name in class, but when running into her at the grocery store, suddenly can't remember her name. 

Context dependent memory

300

Ms. Jeong gives the first half the finals on Friday and the second on Monday. If students scored 20% on average higher on the first part, the test would have low_____________________

split-test reliability

400

Elsa goes to the doctor because she's been having issues with an unregulated blood pressure and irregular heart palpitations. The doctor would look at this part of the brain stem.

Medulla

400

The part of the eye attributed to the highest visual acuity/detail

fovea

400

When introducing a new project, AP Psychers immediately feel discouraged and say they would be satisfied with a C.

learned helplessness

400

Irie has a very high __________________________ so she is apt at solving new problems and approaching unfamiliar situations.  

fluid intelligence

400

When studying for the AP Psych Finals, Jack thinks back to the memory unit and reflects on what aspects of reviewing would best help him study. What is this process of thinking called?

metacognition

500

AP Psychers are extremely stressed about this upcoming finals. Production of this neurotransmitter is most likely to reduce stress and anxiety.

GABA

500

Blake stubs his toe and immediately rubs it to reduce pain. This is due to what theory?

Gate control theory of pain

500

The hardest schedule of learning to extinguish

variable ratio

500

All parts of the memory according to the information processing theory of memory. 

Sensory, short-term, long term 

500

Zoe wants to see how neural activity changes while cooking from a recipe. What brain imaging technique would be best for tracking brain activity?

fMRI

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