During the lecture Wayne is busy texting on his cell phone, while kind of half paying attention to what the professor is saying. A few minutes after making a point the professor gives a pop quiz on the material. Wayne can’t retrieve the information the prof gave in the lecture and does poorly on the test. A likely factor in Wayne’s not being able to retrieve the information is:

Which of the following is an example of an empirical question that could be tested using systematic observation?

Maritza saw that the softball was coming toward her, so she moved her hand to catch it. What neuron helped process the ball’s visual image and plan the appropriate hand movement to catch it?

__________ influence refers to conformity that results from a desire to act in a manner that is clearly socially approved such as speaking softly in libraries.

Randy has a box of Smarties candies. Randy leaves the room, and while he is away, Michelle plays a trick on him. She removes the Smarties and replaces them with rocks. Their son, Zeven, notices this, and starts laughing knowing that his Dad, Randy, will be tricked! Zeven has mastered:

Which part of the brain was referred to by Aristotle as the “little brain?”

Which is an example of using a downward comparison?

Which of the following pairs of psychologists were responsible for the first recognized test of intelligence quotient, or IQ?

Which cliché most fully encompasses the beliefs of early Gestalt psychologists?

Drugs blocking which of the following neurotransmitters have been shown to be an effective treatment of psychotic disorders, like schizophrenia?

Eating nuts and berries, along with aerobic exercise increase

In research on how motivation affects creativity the scientists are interested in ______.

Acute stress (eustress) usually leads to

Today, mental illness is often treated with psychotherapy and medication. These treatments reflect what two categories of causes of mental illness?

If old experiences disrupt recall of new experiences, this is referred to as:

If a baby were given up for adoption from an English-only speaking family and adopted by a Spanish speaking family, you would expect the baby to learn to speak Spanish. If this happened, it would offer insights into the _________ question of what leads to an individual’s behavior.

Which of the following is the most accurate description of the methodological advantage of twin studies?

The HPA axis is the ______________________________ axis.

Among the examples below, the strongest correlation coefficient is:

What type of neuron initiates physical movement and allows people to move through the world?

Robert’s neuron in the motor cortex of his brain helps his legs move. The neuron has several dendrites so that it can receive input from many sources. What type of neuron is this?

Dr. Nguyen conducts a study to examine the hypothesis that exercising in the morning increases subjective well-being. In this study, the null hypothesis is that there is/are ________.

The extent to which we can infer that findings with a sample will be true of the larger population from which it was drawn is referred to as _________.

If a tone is sometimes preceded by a light, and always followed by a shock, an animal will likely learn to fear:

Rory has felt depressed most of the last three years. He also suffers from poor appetite and low self-esteem. Rory most likely has:

If Jack confiscates his son Joshua’s video game console to stop him from misbehaving, what technique is Jack using to modify Joshua’s behavior?

Chukwudi believes that atheists cannot be trusted. As a result, he refuses to hire anyone who does not regularly attend church. Chukwudi’s action is an example of __________.

Students who study for 7 hours over the course of a week will perform better than students who cram for 7 hours the night before the exam. The dependent variable in this hypothesis is:

A belief that characterizes people based merely on group membership is __________.

The action potential in the chef’s neuron was able to quickly travel from one node of Ranvier to the next so that she could move her arm away from the hot stove. What is this type of rapid transmission known as?

Crystallized Intelligence is to Creative Intelligence:

Sybil is a young women living in Europe in the middle ages. When she starts experiencing symptoms of mental illness, her priest diagnoses her as being ________.

Sybil is a young women living in Europe in the middle ages. When she starts experiencing symptoms of mental illness, her priest diagnoses her as being ________.

Psychological research generally uses a p-value of ______ as a cutoff for statistical significance.

Emily’s brain released the neurotransmitter GABA, which reduced her nerve’s chance of reaching its threshold of excitation. What type of molecule is GABA?

Other than electrostatic pressure, what force helps maintain a neuron’s charge of -70mV at rest?

The electrical current that travels down the axon of a neuron is known as what?

Asch’s study on conformity, where participants had to make line-judgments, can be best explained by what concept?

In scientific theories, when there are competing explanations for empirical observations, the _______ explanation should be selected.

Potassium (K+) ions and Sodium (Na+) ions repel each other due to

Where are neurons located?

A disruption of memory and identity would be classified as what type of disorder?

Dianne hears voices commanding her to warn people that alien beings from another planet are stealing children, so she tells parents outside a movie theatre to take their children safely home. Dianne may be diagnosed with:

Max saw that his friend was approaching and he lifted his arm to wave at her. What type of neuron moved his hand?

In order for a mood-related episode to qualify as a period of hypomania, the associated symptoms of elevation must last for a minimum of:

The three major parts of the neuron are the dendrites, axon, and ___________.

Piaget’s stage theory can be described as which of the following?

Leonard is a psychotherapist and is very good at his job partly because he has a strong sense of empathy for others. Which type of intelligence from Gardner's multiple intelligences theory does this most clearly indicate?

In a “Skinner box” experiments with rats the rats can learn:

What part of the neuron receives input in the form of chemical stimuli?

What is the primary benefit of using diffuse optical imaging (DOI) as a neuroimaging tool?

A(n) __________ refers to a substance that is necessary for a living organism to maintain life. Examples for human beings include oxygen and glucose.

This noted woman was an accomplished student of William James. She studied at Harvard University but was denied her doctoral degree simply because she was a woman. She later went on to be the first woman elected to be president of the American Psychological Association.

In a study, researchers asked one group of participants to watch a video about two friends in an unpleasant argument. They asked another group of participants to watch the same video, but told participants that it was a video of two friends enjoying a lively discussion. Afterwards, the researchers notice that participants who were told the discussion was an argument were more likely to falsely report that the people in the video were yelling, frowning, and getting angry. This is an example of:

Communication between neurons is accomplished using what type of energy?

Hodgkin and Huxley studied action potentials in the neurons of what animal?

Shania notices that all of her high school friends have started wearing glitter eye shadow to school. She doesn’t really like the look but she wants to fit in with the crowd, so she starts wearing it too. Shania has engaged in __________.

A Major Depressive Episode requires ________ of nine symptoms, including a depressed mood and/or diminished interest in activities for at least two weeks.

You may have heard different types of tissue in the brain being referred to as either “gray matter” or “white matter.” What is it that makes white matter white?

What type of signal directs the synaptic vesicles to release their neurotransmitters into the synapse?

A child who learns to play kickball by sitting back and watching is engaged in:

Eight-month old Jonathan was left by his mother at the baby-sitter's place. The minute his mother left and he could not see her, Jonathan started to cry. According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development which concept would explain Jonathan's behavior?

Before they travel across the synapse to bind with receptors on the postsynaptic membrane, chemical messengers are stored in what location on the presynaptic membrane?

Even though her parents offer to get her a tutor, Alaine feels that she is not good at math and never will be. She believes that she is just not smart "in this way," and she's not interested in trying to get better. Alaine has a ________ mindset about her math skills.

Which of the following is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors?

When a neuron is not conducting an electrical message, it has a charge of -70mV known as its

Gestalt psychology, with its emphasis on topics such as learning and perception, was an important early precursor to the rise of ________ psychology in America.

In Pavlov’s experiments, what type of stimulus was the bell after pairing it with an unconditioned stimulus?

Some of Stefan’s neurons died as they aged. What type of cell helped digest their remains?

Drugs blocking which of the following neurotransmitters have been shown to be an effective treatment of psychotic disorders, like schizophrenia?

What cell provides nutritional and structural support to the neuron?

Dr. Tanaka wants to know if the teams in his son's baseball league are relatively even so that no one team has a significant advantage over another. What would be the best way for him to accomplish this goal?

One of the best ways to answer questions associated with the nature-nurture debate is to complete twin studies, especially with __________ twins.

What term is used to refer to the fact that functions seen on one side of the body are controlled by the opposite cerebral hemisphere?

According to research which are the most stressful events in a person’s life?

Social Learning Theory requires ___________ in order for learning to take place.

Chloride (Cl-) is what type of ion?

After a neuron fires, its sodium channels close and the neuron cannot fire during that time. The neuron has become ____________.

The ________ of the brain houses the motor cortex and areas responsible for judgment, decisions and planning.

The four dissociative disorders are: 1) dissociative amnesia, 2) depersonalization/derealization disorder, 3) dissociative identity disorder, and 4) _______.

What is the name for the voltage at which no ions flow in or out of a neuron?

After analysis of the research data, the results are determined to be “not likely caused by chance or random occurrence.” This is referred to as:

The chloride ions in the runner’s nerves are moving from areas of high concentration to low concentration in a process known as _____________.

Confidentiality requires that:

According to Piaget, the developmental processes that explain children’s cognitive development are measured by:

Ronaldo’s dog, Mickey, used to be classically conditioned to bark every time he heard the doorbell because he knew people would be arriving and he wanted to say hello. While Mickey’s owner did a good job of extinguishing Mickey’s association of these stimuli, a doorbell can still sometimes evoke some responding again of Mickey barking. It is likely that Mikey is showing what aspect of conditioning?

Effects that increase behaviors are __________; effects that decrease them are ____________.

What are the gaps in the myelin sheath on an axon known as?

Today, mental illness is often treated with psychotherapy and medication. These treatments reflect what two categories of causes of mental illness?

Which of the following is an important difference between classical and operant conditioning?

Participants in a study on the effects of Viagra are assigned to groups. One group receives a sugar pill while the other group receives Viagra. The number of erections over 30 days is recorded by participants in a journal. In this example, what is the independent variable?

Behaviorism considers ______ to be the proper subject matter of psychology.

Rory has felt depressed most of the last three years. He also suffers from poor appetite and low self-esteem. Rory most likely has:

In Bandura’s famous experiment children observed either an aggressive or a non-aggressive model in a room of toys and a Bobo Doll. When allowed to play with Bobo, researchers observed that children who observed the aggressive model were more aggressive in their own interactions. Research concluded that:

Which of the following terms refers to a naming system; in this case, a common naming system that divides the brain into different recognized parts?

Ivan Pavlov advanced behaviorism by showing that behavior could be explained without reference to ______ and was instead controlled by events in the environment.

When two neurons are communicating, the presynaptic neuron releases neurotransmitters that travel across the synaptic cleft and attach to what type of receptor on the postsynaptic neuron?

Steph gets stung by a bee. He notices that the sting is not very painful and concludes that stings from wasps, bees, and other insects do not hurt. This is an example of:

Vicenta is looking at a book at the local library when Daina brushes past her, gently pushing Vicenta backward. "Wow, she is very rude," Vicenta thinks. This is an example of social ________, which occurs when we make educated guesses about the efforts or motives of another person.

Eliza earned a 61% on her first exam in Psychology, and the class average was 84%. On the second exam, Eliza again earned a 61%, but this time the class average was 63%. She felt much better about herself on the second exam as a result of the ________ effect.