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A. Independent
B. Variable
C. Dependent
D. IVs; DVs
A. Non-REM
B. Cataplexy
C. Selective attention
D. None of these
A. Inoculation
B. Ethnocentrism
C. Reciprocity
D. None of these
A. Natural immunity
B. Specific immunity
C. Passive immunity
D. Humoral immunity
A. Food
B. Water
C. Money
D. Sexual satisfaction
A. Latent learning; observational learning
B. Observational learning; latent learning
C. Observational learning; insight
D. Insight; latent learning
A. Nerves; neurons
B. Cross; cultural
C. cultural; Cross-
D. Freud; Rogers
A. Dendrites and Axon
B. Soma, Myelin
C. Neuron, Axon
D. Nervous System
A. Echoic memory / iconic memory
B. Explicit memory
C. Procedural memory
D. Proactive interference
A. Generalization
B. Extinction
C. Contiguity
D. Shaping
A. Selective; divided
B. Divided; selective
C. Discrimination; inhibitory
D. Inhibitory; discrimination
A. Melatonin
B. Slow-wave sleep
C. Sleep deprivation
D. Growth hormone
A. Receptive field
B. Free nerve endings in the skin
C. It takes time to extrude calcium ions out of the fiber
D. The inability to recognize individual faces
A. Biological
B. Circadian
C. Rotating
D. Conscious
A. Orexin
B. Angiotensin
C. Leptin
D. Ghrelin
A. Unconditional
B. Conditional
C. Maintenance
D. Second-order
A. Contextual
B. Componential
C. Experiential
D. Emotional
A. All IQ
B. Dove
C. Culture-fair
D. Stanford-Binet
A. Retrograde amnesia
B. Perceptual learning
C. Basal ganglia
D. Semantic dementia
A. Circadian rhythms.
B. Consciousness
C. Amphetamines
D. Meditation
A. Will someone please help me?
B. Hey! I'm in trouble here!
C. Help!!! This is an emergency!!
D. You in the red sweater—call 911!
A. Sociocultural approach
B. Psychotherapy
C. Cognitive
D. Lobotomies
A. Behavior
B. Subjective experience
C. Environmental forces
D. Inherited tendencies
A. Acetylcholine
B. Insulation around a pipe
C. Sympathetic nervous
D. Underlying; observed
A. Change the needs of individual family members
B. Improve family communication and interaction
C. Identify and treat the person in the family who is the source of the majority of the family's problems
D. Teach family members to remain neutral on sensitive issues
A. Some authorities should not be questioned.
B. It may be necessary for the experiment to work
C. Describe, explain, predict, and control behavior
D. Holds constant all variables in the experiment
A. Continuous
B. Variable-ratio
C. Fixed-ratio
D. Fixed-interval
A. A prediction about something that has not yet been observed
B. An instrument that is used to examine environmental conditions
C. The design of an experiment that can be used in scientific inquiry
D. A testable proposition that explains an observed phenomenon or answers a question
E. A proven scientific fact
A. Consistent
B. Long-lasting
C. Accurate
D. Predictive
A. The part of a nerve cell that receives information.
B. The part of a nerve cell that sends information.
C. The part of a nerve cell that creates energy.
D. A cell of the nervous system responsible for receiving and transmitting electrochemical information.
A. Older people because the brain can only focus on one thing at a time
B. More likely to be happier and stay together longer
C. People in late adulthood (grandparent age)
D. Because each person has unique life experiences
A. Lifestyles
B. Personality
C. Learning
D. All of the above
A. Sleep
B. State dependent learning
C. Proactive interference
D. Retroactive interference
A. Research technique for assessing behaviors and attitudes of a sample or population
B. Mental processes, language, and perception
C. Explaining the purpose of the study, anticipated results, and deceptions used when the study is over
D. Both the researcher and participants are unaware of who is in the experimental and control groups
A. Aversive conditioning
B. Systematic desensitization
C. A token economy
D. Operant conditioning
A. Critical
B. Free will
C. Zero
D. Strong
A. Genetics
B. Geography
C. Luck
D. Personality factor
A. Unconditional positive regard/conditions of worth
B. Repression
C. Must balance the needs of the id, superego, and reality
D. Phallic
E. Id/ego
A. Rationalization
B. Reality
C. Pleasure
D. Repression
A. Superego
B. Ego
C. Id
D. None of these
A. Motor Reproduction
B. Having a close, caring relationship with at least one parent
C. Being alert and mentally present for one's everyday activities
D. Most forgetting occurs soon after we originally learned something.
A. Do not arise from major life changes
B. Arise from major life changes
C. Nullify the stress that arises from major life changes
D. Are unrelated to stress
A. Champion ideas that other dismiss
B. Logical rules or definitions
C. Children are born
D. A phoneme; a morpheme
A. Knowledge; potential
B. Decreased reaction time
C. Asperger syndrome
D. Dyslexia
A. 1-2%
B. 5-10%
C. 15-20%
D. 25-30%
A. Basic anxiety
B. Collective unconscious fears of the anima and animus
C. Feelings of superiority
D. Feelings of inferiority
A. Elevated serum cholesterol level
B. After 3 consecutive days of regular use
C. It increases performance in some areas and decreases it in others.
D. Similar throughout the body
E. Cerebral stimulation and diuresis only
A. Proactive aggression
B. Zero-sum aggression
C. Self-defense
D. Reciprocal aggression
A. Promotes chloride flow at the GABA-A receptor complex
B. Interfering with the production of serotonin
C. Brain areas associated with particular emotions vary considerably
D. None of these
A. Obsessing about where to buy it
B. Loss of control
C. Disregard for consequences of use
D. Compulsivity