CSU PSY 252 Final Exam
According to research on facial recognition, the six main facial expressions are - ✔✔ correct answer
Universal and Innate
cross-sectional studies - ✔✔ correct answer involves looking at people who differ on one key
characteristic (such as age) at one specific point in time. The data is collected at the same time from
people who are similar on other characteristics but different on a key factor of interest such as age,
income levels and geographic locations
sequential studies - ✔✔ correct answer a combination of both a cross-sectional design and a
longitudinal design. Using a sequential design, we study several cohorts, or age groups, over a long
period of time.
Conception to 2-3 years old foundation for brain activities - ✔✔ correct answer Brain Architecture -
"bottom up" Sequence
-Higher Capacities difficult w/o lower
-Born with 100Billion Brain cells
-Most potential for synaptic connections as a fetus
-15,000 for each cell
>pbs secret life of the brain
Infancy - ✔✔ correct answer -Increase in density of synapses (connections between neurons)
-EX: Visual Cortex
-1st year @ 150%
-150% more connections than u have as an adult
age 3 - ✔✔ correct answer 80% of connections are finished
2nd decade - ✔✔ correct answer pruning begins
-experiences define wiring
,CSU PSY 252 Final Exam
If you are suffering from macular degeneration what components of the eye is destroyed? - ✔✔ correct
answer Fovea and small surrounding area
Tim has red hair, what is he displaying - ✔✔ correct answer A phenotype
True or false, the ventral pathway is known as the where pathway? - ✔✔ correct answer False
When designing a study to determine reaction time, researches shine a line in the participant's eye, and
use ____ to study the temporal speed. - ✔✔ correct answer EEG
In class, we discussed a fusiform face area (FFA) experiment in which participants recognize - ✔✔ correct
answer Greebles
The presentation of tics in Tourette's has been linked to what part of the brain? - ✔✔ correct answer
Basal ganglia
In the Held and Hein's Kitten carousel experiment Kitten A was allowed to interact with its environment
while Kitten B was deprived of self-actualized movement. Which course of action is most likely for Kitten
B in the following scenarios? - ✔✔ correct answer Kitten B does not extend legs when approaching edge
of table
What is one of the two hidden senses and its function? - ✔✔ correct answer Vestibular; balance
LSD is a psychedelic drug. Which of the following is also psychedelic? - ✔✔ correct answer Mushrooms
How many cones are in the fovea? - ✔✔ correct answer 50,000
According to the study done by Redelmeier and Tibshirani, how much more likely are you to get in an
accident if you are using your cell phone? - ✔✔ correct answer 4x as likely
____ attention process all parts of the scene at the same time vs. ____ attention processing items one at
a time - ✔✔ correct answer Pre-attentive; focused
,CSU PSY 252 Final Exam
What is integrative agnosia? - ✔✔ correct answer See items as parts
What is the difference between ERP and EEG? - ✔✔ correct answer ERP are capturing electrode activity
right after an event, EEG measures the entire activity
What is the best example of perception? - ✔✔ correct answer Recognizing the face as someone you
know
What is it called when a gene is expressed? - ✔✔ correct answer Phenotype
Following Gestalt's principle, which of these are not a principle? - ✔✔ correct answer Relative size
Researchers conducting a study are trying to choose which instrument to use for testing subjects brain
activity. They need an instrument that has high spatial resolution, but no need for significant temporal
resolution. Which instrument should they use? - ✔✔ correct answer fMRI
An fMRI does all of the following except? - ✔✔ correct answer Maps brain anatomy in detail
Which Gestalt principle perceives objects that are close to each other as forming a group? - ✔✔ correct
answer Proximity
Are people consistent decision makers? - ✔✔ correct answer No, people do not make the same decision
in every case.
ex: Sunk Costs - investment
Are people rational decision makers? - ✔✔ correct answer Yes, people make rational decisions because
we make optimal choices that maximize value.
Framing Effect - ✔✔ correct answer People will change (choose differently) when things are framed as
gains or losses.
, CSU PSY 252 Final Exam
Heuristic - ✔✔ correct answer How we make decisions.
Mental shortcuts or rules of thumb (rather than complex processes)
Simple and efficient - reasonable and makes sense often
Not foolproof - Sometimes lead to make poor judgement
Availability Heuristic - ✔✔ correct answer Commonly use to judge the likelihood of an event (outcome)
Judge according to the ease with which examples come to mind - sort of thing is common/likely
Ex: leave campus, back to apartment, door slightly open (many reasons), used to judge the likelihood,
Friend, landlord, roommates, intruder.
Representativeness Heuristic - ✔✔ correct answer Judge the likelihood of an event by how well it
matches our existing prototype/stereotype
It's simpler, quicker, and not always wrong
Ex: Man was engineer based of description because of carpentry and no interest in social/political issues.
Base Rates - ✔✔ correct answer Outside Factors
Ex: More runners are thrown out by pitchers on 1st base than 2nd base - Base Rate: More runners make
it to 1st base.
Tversky & Kahneman (1974)
- Ignoring Base Rates - ✔✔ correct answer Manipulated Base Rates - give people base rates
Ignore Base Rates - disregards the base rates
Over reliance on representativeness
Tversky & Kahneman (1974)
- Misjudgements when judging the likelihood of sequences - ✔✔ correct answer Judgements didn't
change for different base rates
Focused on representativeness, ignored base rates (varied base rates: 30/70, 70/30)
According to research on facial recognition, the six main facial expressions are - ✔✔ correct answer
Universal and Innate
cross-sectional studies - ✔✔ correct answer involves looking at people who differ on one key
characteristic (such as age) at one specific point in time. The data is collected at the same time from
people who are similar on other characteristics but different on a key factor of interest such as age,
income levels and geographic locations
sequential studies - ✔✔ correct answer a combination of both a cross-sectional design and a
longitudinal design. Using a sequential design, we study several cohorts, or age groups, over a long
period of time.
Conception to 2-3 years old foundation for brain activities - ✔✔ correct answer Brain Architecture -
"bottom up" Sequence
-Higher Capacities difficult w/o lower
-Born with 100Billion Brain cells
-Most potential for synaptic connections as a fetus
-15,000 for each cell
>pbs secret life of the brain
Infancy - ✔✔ correct answer -Increase in density of synapses (connections between neurons)
-EX: Visual Cortex
-1st year @ 150%
-150% more connections than u have as an adult
age 3 - ✔✔ correct answer 80% of connections are finished
2nd decade - ✔✔ correct answer pruning begins
-experiences define wiring
,CSU PSY 252 Final Exam
If you are suffering from macular degeneration what components of the eye is destroyed? - ✔✔ correct
answer Fovea and small surrounding area
Tim has red hair, what is he displaying - ✔✔ correct answer A phenotype
True or false, the ventral pathway is known as the where pathway? - ✔✔ correct answer False
When designing a study to determine reaction time, researches shine a line in the participant's eye, and
use ____ to study the temporal speed. - ✔✔ correct answer EEG
In class, we discussed a fusiform face area (FFA) experiment in which participants recognize - ✔✔ correct
answer Greebles
The presentation of tics in Tourette's has been linked to what part of the brain? - ✔✔ correct answer
Basal ganglia
In the Held and Hein's Kitten carousel experiment Kitten A was allowed to interact with its environment
while Kitten B was deprived of self-actualized movement. Which course of action is most likely for Kitten
B in the following scenarios? - ✔✔ correct answer Kitten B does not extend legs when approaching edge
of table
What is one of the two hidden senses and its function? - ✔✔ correct answer Vestibular; balance
LSD is a psychedelic drug. Which of the following is also psychedelic? - ✔✔ correct answer Mushrooms
How many cones are in the fovea? - ✔✔ correct answer 50,000
According to the study done by Redelmeier and Tibshirani, how much more likely are you to get in an
accident if you are using your cell phone? - ✔✔ correct answer 4x as likely
____ attention process all parts of the scene at the same time vs. ____ attention processing items one at
a time - ✔✔ correct answer Pre-attentive; focused
,CSU PSY 252 Final Exam
What is integrative agnosia? - ✔✔ correct answer See items as parts
What is the difference between ERP and EEG? - ✔✔ correct answer ERP are capturing electrode activity
right after an event, EEG measures the entire activity
What is the best example of perception? - ✔✔ correct answer Recognizing the face as someone you
know
What is it called when a gene is expressed? - ✔✔ correct answer Phenotype
Following Gestalt's principle, which of these are not a principle? - ✔✔ correct answer Relative size
Researchers conducting a study are trying to choose which instrument to use for testing subjects brain
activity. They need an instrument that has high spatial resolution, but no need for significant temporal
resolution. Which instrument should they use? - ✔✔ correct answer fMRI
An fMRI does all of the following except? - ✔✔ correct answer Maps brain anatomy in detail
Which Gestalt principle perceives objects that are close to each other as forming a group? - ✔✔ correct
answer Proximity
Are people consistent decision makers? - ✔✔ correct answer No, people do not make the same decision
in every case.
ex: Sunk Costs - investment
Are people rational decision makers? - ✔✔ correct answer Yes, people make rational decisions because
we make optimal choices that maximize value.
Framing Effect - ✔✔ correct answer People will change (choose differently) when things are framed as
gains or losses.
, CSU PSY 252 Final Exam
Heuristic - ✔✔ correct answer How we make decisions.
Mental shortcuts or rules of thumb (rather than complex processes)
Simple and efficient - reasonable and makes sense often
Not foolproof - Sometimes lead to make poor judgement
Availability Heuristic - ✔✔ correct answer Commonly use to judge the likelihood of an event (outcome)
Judge according to the ease with which examples come to mind - sort of thing is common/likely
Ex: leave campus, back to apartment, door slightly open (many reasons), used to judge the likelihood,
Friend, landlord, roommates, intruder.
Representativeness Heuristic - ✔✔ correct answer Judge the likelihood of an event by how well it
matches our existing prototype/stereotype
It's simpler, quicker, and not always wrong
Ex: Man was engineer based of description because of carpentry and no interest in social/political issues.
Base Rates - ✔✔ correct answer Outside Factors
Ex: More runners are thrown out by pitchers on 1st base than 2nd base - Base Rate: More runners make
it to 1st base.
Tversky & Kahneman (1974)
- Ignoring Base Rates - ✔✔ correct answer Manipulated Base Rates - give people base rates
Ignore Base Rates - disregards the base rates
Over reliance on representativeness
Tversky & Kahneman (1974)
- Misjudgements when judging the likelihood of sequences - ✔✔ correct answer Judgements didn't
change for different base rates
Focused on representativeness, ignored base rates (varied base rates: 30/70, 70/30)
