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Social Psychology
100
What reliability concept best applies to the example below?
Mr. Diaz evaluates An's Ch. 5 FRQ and gives him a high score. Mr. Diaz then wonders if he is just being too flexible with his scoring, so he decides to have Ms. Quezada assess An's FRQ using the same rubric. It turns out that Ms. Quezada's score mirrors the one which Mr. Diaz awarded to An in the first place.
Inter-rater reliability
100
An adjacent neuron receives messages through the...
dendrites
100
The process of focusing on images that are either close or far away is known as visual...
accommodation
100
Sleep spindles usually occur during which stage of sleep?
N2
100
What social psychology concept best applies to the example below?
Jason is a strong supporter of ending homelessness in his hometown. However, when a local measure is placed on the ballot to build low-income housing, he votes against it. Although he is not happy with his vote, Jason understands that his vote will keep property values high in his town.
Cognitive Dissonance
200
What is the only form of research which may prove causation?
Experimentation
200
Area in the brain responsible for speech production...
Broca's area
200
Special cell receptors known for color are called...
cones
200
Scott Falater is incriminated with which sleep disorder?
Sleepwalking
200
What social psychology concept best applies to the example below?
Come buy a golden ticket to Charlie's Chocolate Factory before they're all gone! We only have five tickets left!!!!
Scarcity
300
What validity concept best applies to the example below?
After skimming over the questions on the test, La Jaconde realizes that her professor did not lie when he stated that students would be tested on concepts from chapters 1, 3, and 7.
Face
300
The system having to do with "fight or flight" response...
***DOUBLE JEOPARDY***
sympathetic
300
No rods are allowed in this area of the eye...
fovea
300
_______ pertains to the conditioned response which can briefly reappear when the original CS returns, although the response is usually weak and short-lived.
spontaneous recovery
300
What type of bias best applies to the example below?
I passed the test because I am just so intelligent v. I failed the test because my teacher does not know how to teach.
Self-serving bias
400
What type of research best applies to the example below?
After analyzing the findings of three other surveys, five other experiments, and twenty-five case-studies, Professor Xavier concluded that laziness is not a choice but a need for survival.
Meta-analysis
400
Without me, one would most likely die...
medulla
400
The "brothy" taste is known as...
umami
400
Which name is attached to conditioned taste aversions?
John Garcia
400
What social psychology concept best applies to the example below?
Although Mary believed that Jason's recommendations would have catastrophic ramifications for the team, she decided to go along with his ideas in order to maintain the sense of a "happy family" which the group had previously established.
groupthink
500
What type of correlation does this graph represent?
Negative. As A increases, B decreases.
500
Too little ________________ (neurotransmitter) could result in Alzheimer's disease.
Acetylcholine/Glutamate
500
Which monocular cue relates to the loss of detail as the perception of a given image appears to lose detail...
***DOUBLE JEOPARDY***
texture gradient
500
After having conditioned a dog to salivate to popcorn, the owner then trained the dog to salivate to apple pie at the sight of popcorn. This is an example of __________ -_____________ conditioning.
higher-order
500
What social psychology concept best applies to the example below?
Jake and Alexandria decide to take their family out to the beach for a 4th of July celebration. When their three-year-old daughter, Penelope, asks them what she will see there, they tell her there will be plenty of "lights and pops in the sky" as well as "tons of people having fun and children playing in the sand." Both Jake and Alexandria based their description on previously attended celebrations.
Social Schema