Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most selective of them all? (Also explain why)
What are women, b/c of the differential costs of reproduction?
100
Conflict and cooperation are solutions to what basic dilemma?
What is the resource dilemma?
100
What can neurons do?
What is fire/not fire?
100
Which senses are proximal vs. distal?
What are touch/taste vs. sight/hearing/smell?
100
These are the pillars of psych; define each.
What are empiricism, idealism, materialism, evolution?
200
These are the 2 situational factors that predict attraction; define each.
What is propinquity (distance); secrecy?
200
Agression is a function of both ___ and ___; give examples.
What is nature (gender) & nurture (culture--the South; the Bobo study)?
200
Define dualism and materialism & indicate which one is correct.
What is the idea that the brain and the mind are 2 different things vs. the same thing; the latter (materialism) is right?
200
This sense is superior and this is how we know.
What is vision; Mgurk/rubber hand/Imax/ventriloquism?
200
Psych may be the hardest science because of these issues with what we are trying to study.
What are complexity, reactivity, and variability of humans?
300
Define each of the physical factors related to attraction for women, men, and both genders.
What is low WHC for women, inverted triangle shape for men, and MHC/symmetry for both?
300
Define the social brain hypothesis.
What is the idea that humans evolved larger brains to deal with our large and complex social groups?
300
Define the different methods we use to know things about the brain.
What are observation, TMS, EEG, fMRI?
300
Da Vinci was a genius because the Mona Lisa was crafted for the consumption of both your __ and your ___.
What is rods, cones?
300
What is true about typicality?
What is a) it may not matter, b) it can be tested, and b) is generally a good assumption?
400
These are the psychological factors at play in predicting whether attraction actually leads to a relationship.
What are homophile and reciprocity?
400
Name and explain this major cost of being in a group discussed in class.
What is diffusion of responsibility?
400
Define each of the brain lobes and their functions.
What are occipital, parietal, frontal, temporal?
400
Define idealism vs. realism and indicate which one is true.
What is the idea that the brain reflects reality vs. the brain reflects reality & its own theories about reality; the latter is true?
400
The taste demo showed how this chemical found in miracleberries can change your perception of reality
What is miraculin?
500
Define proximal vs. ultimate motives, and give the one theory in the BBC video that didn't work.
What is immediate desires vs. long-term goals; facial similarity hypothesis?
500
It is less costly to mistake a boulder for a bear than a bear for a boulder. This explains what phenomenon, and why?
What is altruism?
500
The war between the limbic system and prefrontal cortex can be exhibited via this example and is evidence that your brain functions on this type of control.
What is the trolley moral dilemma and distributed control?
500
How do we know that perception is mainly about theories?
What are visual illusions and phonemic restoration?
500
When you're sick, you rely primarily on this type of olfaction .