In an experiment, what is the aspect of a participant's response that is measured?
Dependent variable
100
The biological clock that operates in human beings to adjust to night-and-day is called the
circadian rhythm
100
What area of the brain stem controls breathing?
Medulla
100
What kind of ratio is the partial reinforcement schedule that is most resistant to extinction?
Variable ratio
100
Which motivational concept theory could be described by a student's parents giving them $20 for every A they earn?
Incentive theory
200
Would an industrial-organizational psychologist be likely to study corporate profitability?
No, they are more likely to study managerial skills or pay incentive programs
200
Which sleep disorder is usually treated with prescribed amphetamines?
Narcolepsy
200
Brain damage to what brain area leaves a person capable pf understanding language but unable to produce speech?
Broca's area
200
What is it called when a person performs like they, or others, expect them to?
A self-fulfilling prophecy
200
Human psychologists believe that the drive towards self-actualization is
innate
300
When is it permissible for a psychologist to share a client's test scores with another person?
When the client provides written permission.
300
What is the effect called when you can remember both the first and last steps of a procedure but not the middle? (Not primacy or recency, but similar)
Serial position effect
300
Where are neurotransmitters stored in a neuron?
Terminal buttons
300
What is it called when a person believes their fate is determined by their own actions?
An internal locus of control
300
According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, the need to have respect for ourselves and be valued by others is part of which category?
Esteem needs
400
Community psychologists intervene at a primary/secondary level when they design intervention programs for potential problems before they occur?
Primary
400
People with amnesia most likely have damage to their
hippocampus
400
The sequence of shifts in the electrical charge of a neuron is called
the action potential
400
What is it called when we tend to believe another person's behavior is caused by dispositional factors but ours is caused by environmental factors?
Fundamental attribution error
400
A person's sense of confidence in themselves, even on a new or very difficult job, is called
self-efficacy
500
Which type of validity (face, content, predictive, etc.) is established by demonstrating that there is a correlation between scores on a test and later academic performance?
Predictive
500
Memory for automatic activities, such as driving and typing, is known as
procedural
500
Which kind of brain scan monitors the brain at work through the metabolism of glucose?
Positron emission tomography (PET)
500
Which model of classical conditioning states that conditioning only occurs when one event reliably predicts another?
The contingency model
500
Schachter and Singer believed that emotions result from