Research Procedures
DR. STAHNKENFAHRT REQUIRED ALL HIS STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS RESEARCH STUDY. THIS IS UNETHICAL BECAUSE HE FAILED TO GET
Informed consent
BIFF HAS A VERY DIFFICULT AP CHEM TEST. HE SHOULD TRY TO REDUCE LEVELS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE PERFORMANCE ACCORDING TO THE
Yerkes-Dodson law
AFTER CONSTANT EXPOSURE TO A STIMULUS, NERVE CELLS FIRE LESS FREQUENTLY. THIS IS EXPLAINED BY THE PROCESS OF
Sensory Adaptation
KONRAD LORENZ WAS KNOWN FOR AN INSTINCTIVE PATTERN OF FORMING ATTACHMENT OFTEN SEEN IN BIRDS KNOWN AS
imprinting
THIS DRUG WORKS BY PREVENTING THE REUPTAKE OF DOPAMINE TO INDUCE FEELINGS OF EUPHORIA
Cocaine
WHICH OF THE THREE MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY IS MOST INFLUENCED BY OUTLIERS?
mean
THE SCHACHTER-SINGER THEORY OF EMOTION INCLUDES A COMPONENT NOT DISCUSSED IN THE JAMES-LANGE THEORY. WHAT IS THE COMPONENT?
Cognitive Appraisal
WHICH SENSORY RECEPTORS FACILITATE COLOR VISION?
Cones
FROM WEEK 2 TO THE END OF THE FIRST TRIMESTER, THE DEVELOPING HUMAN ORGANISM IS KNOWN AS
Embryo
DRUGS THAT BLOCK THE ACTIVITY OF THE BODY'S NEUROTRANSMITTERS ARE KNOWN AS
Antagonists
IN A STUDY EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A DRUG FOR DEPRESSION, THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE WOULD BE
Depression
DURING WHICH PHASE OF SELYE'S GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME ARE INDIVIDUALS MOST VULNERABLE TO DISEASE, ILLNESS AND EVEN DEATH?
Exhaustion
Linear perspective, relative size, and interposition and examples of __________ cues.
Monocular
THE PRIMARY TASK ADOLESCENTS MUST ACHIEVE ACCORDING TO ERIKSON
A TUMOR ON THIS PART OF THE BRAIN WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE HUNGER MOTIVE
Hypothalamus
IN AN EXPERIMENT TESTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A NEW ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG, THE GROUP RECEIVING THE PLACEBO IS CALLED THE
control group
WHICH THEORY OF MOTIVATION EMPHASIZES THE URGE FOR AN OPTIMAL LEVEL OF STIMULATION
BOTH VISUAL AND AUDITORY INFORMATION ARE SENT TO THE CORTEX FOR PROCESSING THROUGH THE
thalamus
A SMALL CHILD WHO IS GIVEN AN ORANGE FOR THE FIRST TIME EXCLAIMS, "BALL!" ACCORDING TO PIAGET, THE CHILD IS ENGAGING IN
N INDIVIDUAL WHO REPORTS HEARING SOUNDS DURING BRAIN SURGERY IS LIKELY HAVING THIS PART OF THE BRAIN STIMULATED
Temporal Lobe
A TEACHER COMPARES STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON EVEN VS. ODD NUMBERED TEST ITEMS. SHE IS LIKELY DETERMINING
Split-Half reliability
What is the highest level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Self-actualization
This part of the neuron receives incoming signals from other neurons
Dendrite
ACCORDING TO KOHLBERG, MAKING JUDGMENTS OF RIGHT AND WRONG BASED ON THE LIKELIHOOD OF PUNISHMENT IS CALLED
PRECONVENTIONAL MORAL REASONING
The part of your brain involved in emotion responses. The ________ system.
Limbic