PSY 1010- EXAM 1 REVIEW
CHAPTERS 1-3
KAHOOT
Answer these questions as we play Kahoot!
CHAPTER ONE AND CHAPTER TWO
- Psychology is the scientific study of
- Behavior
- Mental processes
- Both
- Neither
- What does empirical thinking use to gain knowledge?
- Observation of events
- Collection of data
- Logical reasoning
- All of the above
- TRUE or FALSE: positive psychology minimizes human strengths.
- What psychological approach coined by Wundt focuses on identifying the structures of the human mind?
- Functionalism
- Structuralism
- Biological
- Humanistic
- Which of the following is an area of specialization in psychology?
- Learning
- Cognitive
- Developmental
- All of the above
- The scientific study of psychological disorders and the development of diagnostic categories and treatments for those disorders is called
- Psychopathy
- Cognitive psychology
- Physiological psychology
- Natural selection
- Which of the following is not an example of descriptive research?
- Case study
- Survey
- Naturalistic observation
- Causal-explanatory relationship
- Which of the following is one of the reasons psychology is important?
- Psychological well-being and personal growth
- Interpersonal communication and conflict resolution
- Social engineering
- All of the above
- The study of one or more individuals in great depth in the hope of revealing things true of us all refers to
- Case study
- Survey
- Naturalistic observation
- Correlational research
- TRUE or FALSE: correlation does not equal causation.
- 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)
- Prediction
- Empirical method
- Hypothesis
- Theory
- What is a hypothesis?
- A statement about the expectation for the outcome of a study
- Gaining knowledge through observation
- An educated guess
- A variable
- What is the proper order of the scientific method?
- Observing, hypothesis, testing, conclusions, evaluating theory
- Hypothesis, observing, testing, conclusions, evaluating theory
- Evaluating theory, testing, conclusions, observing, hypothesis
- Hypothesis, evaluating theory, testing, conclusions, observing
- Research that examines the relationship between variables with the purpose of determining whether and how two variables change together is called
- Descriptive research
- Correlational research
- Experimental research
- All of the above
- Third variables are also known as
- Independent variables
- Dependent variables
- Confounds
- Confederate
- The variable that is manipulated in an experiment is called the
- Confound
- Dependent variable
- Independent variable
- Variable
- The group that actually receives the drug or other treatment is called
- Placebo group
- Control group
- Quasi group
- Experimental group
- The degree to which changes in the dependent variable are due to the manipulation of the independent variable is called
- Demand characteristics
- Internal validity
- External validity
- Experimenter bias
- 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
- Placebo effect
- Single-blind experiment
- Confound
- Double-blind experiment
- A sample that gives every member of the population an equal chance of being selected is called
- Population
- Random sample
- Random assignment
- Random selection
CHAPTER THREE
- When the potential is more positive than -70 millivolts, it is called:
- Resting potential
- Depolarization
- Hyperpolarization
- Action potential
- Neurotransmitters in the synapse are reabsorbed into the sending neurons through the process called:
- Synaptic transmission
- Hyperpolarization
- Reuptake
- Absolute refractory period
- What lobe is responsible for hearing?
- Occipital
- Parietal
- Frontal
- Temporal
- What part of a neuron receives information from other cells?
- Dendrite
- Cell body
- Axon
- All of the above
- TRUE or FALSE: once a cell fires, the strength of the response is always of the same magnitude.
- TRUE OR FALSE: The study of neuroscience is called the nervous system.
- The sensation of pain is sent to your brain by what type of neuron?
- Efferent
- Afferent
- Interneuron
- All of the above
- ______carries information away from the cell and ______receives information from other cells.
- Cell body; axon
- Dendrite; cell body
- Dendrite; axon
- Axon; dendrite
- 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.
- Somatic NS; autonomic NS
- Autonomic NS; somatic NS
- Central NS (CNS); peripheral NS (PNS)
- Peripheral NS (PNS); central NS (CNS)
- Which nervous system is involved in calming the body?
- Parasympathetic
- Sympathetic
- CNS
- PNS
- Breathing, heart rate, and digestion are regulated by what nervous system?
- CNS
- PNS
- Autonomic
- Somatic
- What are the gaps between neurons called?
- Action potential
- Resting potential
- Glial cells
- Synapses
- The cell membrane is at -50 millivolts. What just occurred?
- Resting potential
- Depolarization
- Hyperpolarization
- All or none law
- The cell membrane is at -80 millivolts. What just occurred?
- Resting potential
- Depolarization
- Hyperpolarization
- All or none law
- What is resting potential?
- -80 mv
- -90mv
- -70mv
- -100mv
- When a cell fires ______It is considered more intense.
- Faster
- Slower
- Stronger
- Weaker
- The reabsorption of neurotransmitters in the synapse is called
- Synaptic transmission
- Action potential
- Reuptake
- Absolute refractory period
- This lobe is responsible for vision:
- Frontal
- Temporal
- Occipital
- Parietal
- What lobe allows you to pick up a pencil?
- Frontal
- Temporal
- Occipital
- Parietal
- What lobe allows you to speak and think?
- Frontal
- Temporal
- Occipital
- Parietal
- Someone who lights a cigarette and then puts the match in their mouth instead of the cigarette might have:
- Sensory neglect
- Agnosia
- Aphasia
- Apraxia
- Bill is paralyzed, but when asked about it he acts as if nothing is wrong with him. What disorder might he have?
- Apraxia
- Aphasia
- Anosognosia
- Prosopagnosia
- ______aphasia is the inability to produce language and ______aphasia is the inability to comprehend language.
- Receptive; expressive
- Expressive; receptive
- Association; expressive
- Expressive; association
- Tony writes with his left hand. What side of his brain allows him to do this?
- Left
- Right
- What neurotransmitter is involved in Alzheimer’s?
- Acetylcholine
- Serotonin
- Dopamine
- Oxytocin
- The ______hemisphere is responsible for language and the ______hemisphere is responsible for spatial organization.
- Left; right
- Right; left
- Left and right are both responsible
- A change in a gene frequency within a population over many generations is called
- Genetics
- Natural selection
- Evolution
- Psychology
- How many chromosomes does a typical human have?
- 23
- 46
- 20
- 40
- What part of the brain can be severed to help ease the frequency of seizures?
- Left hemisphere
- Right hemisphere
- Corpus callosum
- Broca’s area
- The response of individuals to environmental stressors is called
- Genotype
- Phenotype
- Stressor
- Stress