PSYCH 715 Midterm Review

Research Methods

100

This is the variable that is measured in a study

Dependent Variable

200

This type of experiment uses naturally occurring groups

Quasi-experiment

300

This type of design has no independent variables

Correlational Design

400

This type of study measures multiple cohorts at one time point

Cross-sectional

500

"Time of measurement effects" are an issue for which type of design?

Longitudinal

Neuroscience + Sensation

100

This imaging technique only shows us the structure of the brain

MRI

200

This part of the neuron receives information from other neurons

Dendrite

300

High performing older adults show _____ activation compared to low performing older adults

bilateral

400

This condition leads to loss of peripheral vision

Glaucoma

500

______ results from the stiffening of the lens

Inability to accommodate from far to near objects, or presbyopia

Executive Function

100

Paying attention to more than one thing at a time

Divided attention

200

This type of attention shows age differences only on difficult tasks

Selective attention

300

Reading the word when you were instructed to report the ink color is an example of failing to ______ something.

Inhibit

400

Mirelman et al (2012) found that performance on executive function tasks can predict risk of future ____.

falls

500

Sarah has a lot of deadlines this week so she decided to save time by listening to an online lecture in one class while creating flashcards on Quizlet for another. Unfortunately, it ends up taking her longer to complete these tasks because she has to pause and rewind the lectures and also keeps making mistakes on her flashcards. This loss of time involved in going between two tasks as opposed to doing one at a time is an example of ________.

Task switching

Memory + Knowledge

100

This type of memory involves facts and knowledge

Semantic memory

200

This type of memory shows large age-related declines

Episodic memory

300

The capacity of short-term memory is thought to be around 7 items, but how can you increase this?

Chunking

400

Typing mostly relies on _____ memory.

Procedural

500

A doctor would like to know which medications an older patient is taking. The patient is more likely to  remember the medication when the doctor asks "are you taking Prinivil?", which is a _______ measure compared to "which medications are you taking?", which is a _______ measure.

Recognition; recall

Emotion

100

A physiological response to an event and the cognitive attribution of that physiological response

Emotion

200

Older adults are more likely to attend to and remember ______ information.

Positive

300

Feeling scared is an example of a ______ valenced; _____ intensity emotion.

Negative; high/strong

400

This brain region is associated with identifying, interpreting and inhibiting emotions and is relatively intact in older adults

ventromedial PFC

500

Which levels of stress/arousal can hurt memory?

Very low + very high (Yerkes-Dodson law)