PSY 1010- EXAM 1 REVIEW

CHAPTERS 1-3

KAHOOT

Answer these questions as we play Kahoot!

CHAPTER ONE AND CHAPTER TWO

  1. Psychology is the scientific study of
  2. Behavior
  3. Mental processes
  4. Both
  5. Neither
  6. What does empirical thinking use to gain knowledge?
  7. Observation of events
  8. Collection of data
  9. Logical reasoning
  10. All of the above
  11. TRUE or FALSE: positive psychology minimizes human strengths.
  12. What psychological approach coined by Wundt focuses on identifying the structures of the human mind?
  13. Functionalism
  14. Structuralism
  15. Biological
  16. Humanistic
  17. Which of the following is an area of specialization in psychology?
  18. Learning
  19. Cognitive
  20. Developmental
  21. All of the above
  22. The scientific study of psychological disorders and the development of diagnostic categories and treatments for those disorders is called
  23. Psychopathy
  24. Cognitive psychology
  25. Physiological psychology
  26. Natural selection
  27. Which of the following is not an example of descriptive research?
  28. Case study
  29. Survey
  30. Naturalistic observation
  31. Causal-explanatory relationship
  32. Which of the following is one of the reasons psychology is important?
  33. Psychological well-being and personal growth
  34. Interpersonal communication and conflict resolution
  35. Social engineering
  36. All of the above
  37. The study of one or more individuals in great depth in the hope of revealing things true of us all refers to
  38. Case study
  39. Survey
  40. Naturalistic observation
  41. Correlational research
  42. TRUE or FALSE: correlation does not equal causation.
  43. A broad idea or set of clearly related ideas that attempts to explain observations and to make predictions about future observations is called a(n)
  44. Prediction
  45. Empirical method
  46. Hypothesis
  47. Theory
  48. What is a hypothesis?
  49. A statement about the expectation for the outcome of a study
  50. Gaining knowledge through observation
  51. An educated guess
  52. A variable
  53. What is the proper order of the scientific method?
  54. Observing, hypothesis, testing, conclusions, evaluating theory
  55. Hypothesis, observing, testing, conclusions, evaluating theory
  56. Evaluating theory, testing, conclusions, observing, hypothesis
  57. Hypothesis, evaluating theory, testing, conclusions, observing
  58. Research that examines the relationship between variables with the purpose of determining whether and how two variables change together is called
  59. Descriptive research
  60. Correlational research
  61. Experimental research
  62. All of the above
  63. Third variables are also known as
  64. Independent variables
  65. Dependent variables
  66. Confounds
  67. Confederate
  68. The variable that is manipulated in an experiment is called the
  69. Confound
  70. Dependent variable
  71. Independent variable
  72. Variable
  73. The group that actually receives the drug or other treatment is called
  74. Placebo group
  75. Control group
  76. Quasi group
  77. Experimental group
  78. The degree to which changes in the dependent variable are due to the manipulation of the independent variable is called
  79. Demand characteristics
  80. Internal validity
  81. External validity
  82. Experimenter bias
  83. An experimental design in which neither the experimenter nor the participants are aware of which participants are in the experimental group or the control group is called
  84. Placebo effect
  85. Single-blind experiment
  86. Confound
  87. Double-blind experiment
  88. A sample that gives every member of the population an equal chance of being selected is called
  89. Population
  90. Random sample
  91. Random assignment
  92. Random selection

CHAPTER THREE

  1. When the potential is more positive than -70 millivolts, it is called:
  2. Resting potential
  3. Depolarization
  4. Hyperpolarization
  5. Action potential
  6. Neurotransmitters in the synapse are reabsorbed into the sending neurons through the process called:
  7. Synaptic transmission
  8. Hyperpolarization
  9. Reuptake
  10. Absolute refractory period
  11. What lobe is responsible for hearing?
  12. Occipital
  13. Parietal
  14. Frontal
  15. Temporal
  16. What part of a neuron receives information from other cells?
  17. Dendrite
  18. Cell body
  19. Axon
  20. All of the above
  21. TRUE or FALSE: once a cell fires, the strength of the response is always of the same magnitude.
  22. TRUE OR FALSE: The study of neuroscience is called the nervous system.
  23. The sensation of pain is sent to your brain by what type of neuron?
  24. Efferent
  25. Afferent
  26. Interneuron
  27. All of the above
  28. ______carries information away from the cell and ______receives information from other cells.
  29. Cell body; axon
  30. Dendrite; cell body
  31. Dendrite; axon
  32. Axon; dendrite
  33. The ______contains the brain and spinal cord whereas the ______contains the network of nerves that connects the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body.
  34. Somatic NS; autonomic NS
  35. Autonomic NS; somatic NS
  36. Central NS (CNS); peripheral NS (PNS)
  37. Peripheral NS (PNS); central NS (CNS)
  38. Which nervous system is involved in calming the body?
  39. Parasympathetic
  40. Sympathetic
  41. CNS
  42. PNS
  43. Breathing, heart rate, and digestion are regulated by what nervous system?
  44. CNS
  45. PNS
  46. Autonomic
  47. Somatic
  48. What are the gaps between neurons called?
  49. Action potential
  50. Resting potential
  51. Glial cells
  52. Synapses
  53. The cell membrane is at -50 millivolts. What just occurred?
  54. Resting potential
  55. Depolarization
  56. Hyperpolarization
  57. All or none law
  58. The cell membrane is at -80 millivolts. What just occurred?
  59. Resting potential
  60. Depolarization
  61. Hyperpolarization
  62. All or none law
  63. What is resting potential?
  64. -80 mv
  65. -90mv
  66. -70mv
  67. -100mv
  68. When a cell fires ______It is considered more intense.
  69. Faster
  70. Slower
  71. Stronger
  72. Weaker
  73. The reabsorption of neurotransmitters in the synapse is called
  74. Synaptic transmission
  75. Action potential
  76. Reuptake
  77. Absolute refractory period
  78. This lobe is responsible for vision:
  79. Frontal
  80. Temporal
  81. Occipital
  82. Parietal
  83. What lobe allows you to pick up a pencil?
  84. Frontal
  85. Temporal
  86. Occipital
  87. Parietal
  88. What lobe allows you to speak and think?
  89. Frontal
  90. Temporal
  91. Occipital
  92. Parietal
  93. Someone who lights a cigarette and then puts the match in their mouth instead of the cigarette might have:
  94. Sensory neglect
  95. Agnosia
  96. Aphasia
  97. Apraxia
  98. Bill is paralyzed, but when asked about it he acts as if nothing is wrong with him. What disorder might he have?
  99. Apraxia
  100. Aphasia
  101. Anosognosia
  102. Prosopagnosia
  103. ______aphasia is the inability to produce language and ______aphasia is the inability to comprehend language.
  104. Receptive; expressive
  105. Expressive; receptive
  106. Association; expressive
  107. Expressive; association
  108. Tony writes with his left hand. What side of his brain allows him to do this?
  109. Left
  110. Right
  111. What neurotransmitter is involved in Alzheimer’s?
  112. Acetylcholine
  113. Serotonin
  114. Dopamine
  115. Oxytocin
  116. The ______hemisphere is responsible for language and the ______hemisphere is responsible for spatial organization.
  117. Left; right
  118. Right; left
  119. Left and right are both responsible
  120. A change in a gene frequency within a population over many generations is called
  121. Genetics
  122. Natural selection
  123. Evolution
  124. Psychology
  125. How many chromosomes does a typical human have?
  126. 23
  127. 46
  128. 20
  129. 40
  130. What part of the brain can be severed to help ease the frequency of seizures?
  131. Left hemisphere
  132. Right hemisphere
  133. Corpus callosum
  134. Broca’s area
  135. The response of individuals to environmental stressors is called
  136. Genotype
  137. Phenotype
  138. Stressor
  139. Stress