Pre School Quiz 3- Psychology - General Psychology

The heritability of adult intelligence as measured by IQ tests is

The case of PKU demonstrates that

Stanley was sitting on his front porch when he saw a child run into the street after a stray ball. The child did not see that there was a car coming, and Stanley knew something very bad was about to happen. He jumped off of his porch, ran into the street,

4

The large bundle of axons that connect corresponding parts of the two cerebral

5

The brain is most active during the _____ sleep stage

6

Humanistic therapies, cognitive therapies, and traditional psychoanalysis would all be considered

7

As a science matures, research tends to shift from _____ to _____.

8

The most common sensory receptor in the skin is the

9

When a person first encounters a stressor, the adrenal gland responds by:

10

A condition occurring mostly in old age that is characterized by increasingly severe memory loss, as well as confusion, depression, and disordered thinking is known as which of the following?

11

Using the split-brain preparation, Sperry and his colleagues speculated that:

12

Animals tend to substitute instinctive behaviors for behaviors that have been reinforced. This tendency is called ____.

13

Which of the following is a difference between using exemplars and prototypes for forming concepts?

14

Describe the basic procedure ofsystematic desensitization

15

A humanistic psychologist would refer to your perception of your own body, personality, and capabilities as your

16

Which of the following do Territo and Vetter offer as a factor which might explain the high rates of suicide as a result of stress among police officers?

17

The cerebral cortex accounts for approximately what percentage of the brain's total mass?

18

Tia and Emmanuel have been dating for several months. They spend almost all their time together and enjoy each other's company as well as feeling a great deal of passion for each other. However, neither one has decided whether the other is the person they want to spend the rest of their life with. According to Robert Sternberg, which type of love do Tia and Emmanuel possess?

19

One study of interracial and African-American children who had been adopted into highly educated, upper-middle-class white families found the average of their IQ scores was __________

20

When using Antabuse to treat alcoholism, what association is hopefully achieved so the alcoholic can stay away from alcohol?

21

The adolescent growth spurt:

22

Drew is standing in line at Walmart waiting to pay for his purchases. A man cuts in front of the line and drops his items on the counter. Drew says to his friend, "That man is incredibly rude." A social psychologist who is within earshot jots down a note so she can use the example in class. What does she write concerning Drew?

23

Of all the neobehaviorists, the one who most obviously espoused mechanism was ____.

24

AIDS is transmitted primarily through _____

25

Token economies are reinforcement-based strategies that use points, tokens, and chips as _____ reinforcers

26

Which of the following is the index of how much a typical score differs from the mean of a group of scores?

27

Teenagers might view "being seen as cool"-a form of peer acceptance-as desirable, and so being seen as cool becomes a(n) ________ for their smoking behavior.

28

Which neurotransmitter is associated with sleep, mood, and appetite?

29

The part of the nervous system most important for controlling the heart, digestive organs, and other organs is the __________

30

Albert Ellis's rational emotive behavior therapy methods are _____

31

Descartes proposed that the mind produces two kinds of ideas, ____ and ____.

32

If you were interested in determining the effectiveness of a new medication in treating depression, it would be most important that you use

33

A concern with the many 12-step approaches that are based on the Alcoholics Anonymous model in dealing with various problems with living is that

34

Peter, who belongs to the "preppie" clique at the high school,

35

Carl Jung proposed the existence of the ____________________, a storehouse of latent memory traces inherited from people's ancestral past; Alfred Adler emphasized how people strive for ____________________ to compensate for their feelings of inferiority

36

Jennifer's doctor has recently prescribed a drug that alters the activity in dopamine synapses. Her doctor is MOST likely treating Jennifer for symptoms of

37

________ are researchers who specialize in studying the patterns of aging and the elderly.

38

A person who is absolutely convinced, against all evidence, that his or her spouse is having an affair is

39

Which of the following is responsible for arranging personality temperaments along two major axes?

40

Members of the Nancy School believed that hypnotizability was ____, whereas Charcot believed it to be ____.

41

Zaid sometimes binge eats when he is upset. Suppose he wants to understand how his binge eating might be maintained by its physical consequences (e.g., a temporary feeling of relief). Which of the following therapeutic approaches is most relevant?

42

Much to her surprise, Naomi has just learned that she has been fired from her job

43

The actor Michael J. Fox suffers from Parkinson's disease, and John Nash, subject of the movie A Beautiful Mind, suffered from schizophrenia. The brains of both men can be expected to have _____ levels of dopamine.

Find your answers, solutions and more...

We made it much easier for you to find exactly what you're looking for on Sciemce. Enjoy our search engine "Clutch."

Save a GPA. Donate your notes with us.

Pre School Quiz 3- Psychology - General Psychology

Recent Packs