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Psychology 1010 Exam#1 questions and
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______________________ is an experiment in which participants do not
know if they are in the experimental or the control group, and the
experimenters also do not know which participants are part of which
group. - answer The double-blind study
Experimenters can justify the use of deception only if ___________. -
answer it is necessary for the experiment to work, and participants
are debriefed afterwards
The goals of psychology are to _____. - answer describe,
understand, predict, and control behavior
Who was an early proponent of functionalism? - answer William
James
Freud said phobias were ____________ whereas Watson said phobias
were __________. - answer repressed conflicts; learned
Which perspective focuses on free will and self-actualization? -
answer humanism
What is one similarity shared by clinical psychologists and
psychiatrists? - answer They diagnose and treat people
experiencing behavioral and emotional problems.
,When you watch how dogs play in the park or how your professors
act in the classroom, that could actually be considered a form of
______. - answer naturalistic observation
A detailed description of a particular individual being studied or
treated is called ______________________. - answer a case study
A negative correlation means that ______________________. - answer
high values of one variable are associated with low values of the
other
The two main divisions of the nervous system are the ________ and
________. - answer peripheral nervous system; central nervous
system
Which part of the neuron is responsible for maintaining the life of
the cell? - answer soma
Which of the following neurotransmitters functions as a common
inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain? - answer GABA
Which part of the nervous system takes the information received
from the senses, makes sense out of it, makes decisions, and sends
commands out to the muscles and the rest of the body? - answer
brain
The part of the autonomic nervous system that is responsible for
reacting to stressful events and bodily arousal is called the
______________ nervous system. - answer sympathetic
Hormones are___________. - answer chemicals released into the
bloodstream by the endocrine glands
, A brain-imaging method using magnetic fields of the body to
produce detailed images of the brain is called ______________. - answer
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
What part of the brain acts as a relay station for incoming sensory
information? - answer thalamus
Which of the following regions contains the primary visual cortex? -
answer occipital lobe
Which of the following are some of the primary functions of the
right hemisphere? - answer perception, expression of emotion, and
recognition of patterns
The term just noticeable difference is synonymous with ______. -
answer difference threshold
In the process known as_____________, sensory receptors become less
sensitive to repeated presentations of the same stimulus. - answer
sensory adaptation
Receptor cells in the retina responsible for color vision and fine
acuity are ______. - answer cones
Which of the following properties of sound is the most similar to the
saturation of light? - answer timbre
Conduction hearing impairment refers to hearing problems caused
by ____________. - answer vibrations from the eardrum not reaching
the cochlea
What are the five primary tastes? - answer bitter, salty, sour,
sweet, umami
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