PSYC 2301 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Sensation and perception are the same - CORRECT ANSWER - false
Our brains operate on two tracks. These two tracks are - CORRECT ANSWER -
conscious and unconscious
Conscious track is to blank as unconscious track is to blank - CORRECT ANSWER -
newer brain structures; older brain structures
Focusing of one's mental resources - CORRECT ANSWER - attention
Multitasking may decrease the quality of one's work, but it in - CORRECT ANSWER -
one's level of stress
Children tend to outgrow this sleep disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - night terrors
Sleep deprivation - CORRECT ANSWER - hinders our immune system
This happens at the brain's pleasure center during a pleasure experience - CORRECT
ANSWER - dopamine floods the pleasure center
This type of recreational drug distorts our perception of reality - CORRECT ANSWER -
hallucinogens
People are less likely to use drugs if they - CORRECT ANSWER - have good feelings
about where they are headed in life
, These are two types of association learning - CORRECT ANSWER - classical and
operant conditioning
This is the name that we most associate with classical conditioning - CORRECT
ANSWER - Pavlov
A stimulus that initially does not have meaning for the learner - CORRECT ANSWER -
neutral stimulus
In Pavlov's study, the ringing bell was initially a blank but it became a blank after the acquisition
phase - CORRECT ANSWER - neutral stimulus; conditioned stimulus
This is a pre-existing relationship that is in place prior to the acquisition phase - CORRECT
ANSWER - the US draws the UR
If I eat fish and then become very ill, I may associate the fish with a feeling of illness. If this
occurs, the fish becomes a - CORRECT ANSWER - conditioned stimulus
In the previous example, the conditioned response would be - CORRECT ANSWER -
feelings of illness
If we add a nausea-inducing drug to an additive substance, this is what type of therapy -
CORRECT ANSWER - aversion therapy
This might result if the US and CS are no longer paired - CORRECT ANSWER -
extinction
This is a systematic plan using a graduated series of tasks; the goal is to... - CORRECT
ANSWER - systematic denationalization
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Sensation and perception are the same - CORRECT ANSWER - false
Our brains operate on two tracks. These two tracks are - CORRECT ANSWER -
conscious and unconscious
Conscious track is to blank as unconscious track is to blank - CORRECT ANSWER -
newer brain structures; older brain structures
Focusing of one's mental resources - CORRECT ANSWER - attention
Multitasking may decrease the quality of one's work, but it in - CORRECT ANSWER -
one's level of stress
Children tend to outgrow this sleep disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - night terrors
Sleep deprivation - CORRECT ANSWER - hinders our immune system
This happens at the brain's pleasure center during a pleasure experience - CORRECT
ANSWER - dopamine floods the pleasure center
This type of recreational drug distorts our perception of reality - CORRECT ANSWER -
hallucinogens
People are less likely to use drugs if they - CORRECT ANSWER - have good feelings
about where they are headed in life
, These are two types of association learning - CORRECT ANSWER - classical and
operant conditioning
This is the name that we most associate with classical conditioning - CORRECT
ANSWER - Pavlov
A stimulus that initially does not have meaning for the learner - CORRECT ANSWER -
neutral stimulus
In Pavlov's study, the ringing bell was initially a blank but it became a blank after the acquisition
phase - CORRECT ANSWER - neutral stimulus; conditioned stimulus
This is a pre-existing relationship that is in place prior to the acquisition phase - CORRECT
ANSWER - the US draws the UR
If I eat fish and then become very ill, I may associate the fish with a feeling of illness. If this
occurs, the fish becomes a - CORRECT ANSWER - conditioned stimulus
In the previous example, the conditioned response would be - CORRECT ANSWER -
feelings of illness
If we add a nausea-inducing drug to an additive substance, this is what type of therapy -
CORRECT ANSWER - aversion therapy
This might result if the US and CS are no longer paired - CORRECT ANSWER -
extinction
This is a systematic plan using a graduated series of tasks; the goal is to... - CORRECT
ANSWER - systematic denationalization
