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PSY DR DRAHOTA Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. Motivation - The process that gives behavior energy, direction, and persistence. Emotion - A complex psychological state that includes physiological arousal, expressive behavior, and a conscious experience or feeling. Biological theories of motivation - Theories suggesting behavior is motivated by biological factors such as instincts and the body's need to maintain balance. Psychological theories of motivation - Theor...

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PSY DR DRAHOTA Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. Motivation - The process that gives behavior energy, direction, and persistence. Emotion - A complex psychological state that includes physiological arousal, expressive behavior, and a conscious experience or feeling. Biological theories of motivation - Theories suggesting behavior is motivated by biological factors such as instincts and the body's need to maintain balance. Psychological theories of motivation - Theor...

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PSY 3803 E2 Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. Electrical Synapse - Fast, rigid synapses characterized by a small distance between cells, connexon hemichannels, shared cytoplasm, bidirectional communication, and no transmission delay. Connexons - Hemichannels that twist open and close to connect cells and allow ion currents to flow in electrical synapses. Chemical Synapse - Flexible synapses making up most of the brain, characterized by a larger gap between cells, no shar...

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PSY 3803 E1 Exam Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. Cognitive Neuroscience - The scientific study of how brain activity gives rise to mental processes. Mind-Body Problem - The question of how physical brain processes produce subjective mental experience. Dualism - The theory that mind and body are separate substances; the mind is non-physical and distinct from the brain. Dual-Aspect Theory - The view that mind and brain are two levels of explanation of the same underlyi...

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PSY 3480 Test 2 Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. What are things caused by sleep loss? Worse mood Worse sociability and communication Increased depression symptoms Worsens emotion regulation and decision-making Detriments to attention and executive functioning Impaired memory encoding and consolidation Driving while deprived of one night of sleep is equivalent to what? Driving with a BAC of 0.10 Sleep loss leads to an imbalance between which brain networks that lead...

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PSY 3220 exam 2 Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. lens where light passes through retina where special receptors live parts of retina fovea: center of vision (cones) peripheral retina: around fovea (rods) blind spot small area where optic nerve leaves eye so there are no photoreceptors there types of retinal cells photoreceptors (rods and cones), bipola

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PSY 3120 Exam 3 Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. 4 functions of color perception - 1. foraging for food 2. sexual availability 3. classify/identify objects 4. organization of elements into objects Human are what kind

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PSY 3060 vestibular and somatic sensory system Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. vestibular system - sense of balance vestibular sacs - respond to gravitational forces, head orientation semicircular canals - respond to angular acceleration, head rotation; movement of fluid bends hair cells utricle - horizontal (otolith organ) saccule - vertical (otolith organ) otoconia - calcium carbonate crystals; mass shifts

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PSY 3002 - Psychological Disorders and Mental Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. Acute Stress Disorder - short-term mental disorder caused by a traumatic event, lasting 3 days to 1 month Adjustment Disorder - long-term mental disorder caused by a traumatic event, lasting up-to 6 months after stressor Agoraphobia - fear of situations where belief of escape would be difficult if panic or embarrassing symptoms occur Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - trouble attendi...

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psy 3001 Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. What is a Type I error - Rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true. (False Positive) What is a Type II error? - failing to reject a false null hypothesis (false negative) What is the difference between Type I and Type II errors - Type I error is rejecting a true null hypothesis, while Type II error is failing to reject a false null hypothesis. (Opposites) Quantitative Methods - methods that seek to obtain informati...

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PSY 2410 Exam 3 Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. BMI (body mass index) BMI is lower at ages 5/6 than any other time, children become slimmer as lower body lengthens From ages 2-6, the average child gains how many pounds in weight and how many inches in height per year 4.5 pounds and 3 inches Obesity heaviest 5 percent of children, correlates with many measures of adversity, including loneliness and depression Myelination process by which axons become coated with my...

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PSY 2200 Exam 2Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. What is the Simple View of Reading? - word recognition x language comprehension = reading comprehension What is reading accuracy and how do you calculate it? - The number of correctly read words divided by the total words in a passage (x 100). Target: 95-100% for independent reading/90-94% for instructional reading. Below 89% = frustration level What is the three-cueing system? - visual (i.e. first letter), syntactic (i.e...

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PSY 2012 Chapter 5 Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. Consciousness our subjective experience of the world, our bodies, and our mental perspectives (not clear-cut as being "on" and "off" Why do we sleep so much -Rest -Remember -Forget -Function Effects of sleep deprivation Increase: stress & anxiety, fatigue, health risks, emotional issues, hallucinations Decrease: Mental performance, reaction time The circadian rhythm cyclical changes that occur on a r...

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Psy 1325 Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. Psychology study of the mind Cognitive Psychology Study of orgins and consequences of thought, memory, belief, perception, explaination and others unconscious Awareness of impulse and desire not directly known to a person Structuralism School of thought with sensation and personal experiences Functionalism a school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes Behaviorism Study to overt and observe beha...

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PSY 1300 Smartbook 5 Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. T/F: For Francis Wilson, being unconscious was a terrifying but vital tool to save his life. - true Our minds can race from one idea to the next, altering our awareness of things around us. This is called * - stream of consciousness The two parts of consciousness are * and * - awareness; arousal T/F: Your global brain workspace involves using the same part of your brain to process different levels of consciousness. ...

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Psy 603 Final Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. Communication Patterns Questionnaire Assesses demand-withdrawal pattern within relationships What should you avoid asking in an interview for intimate partner violence (IPV) avoid asking each person who they think is responsible for the IPV since this question is likely to be too upsetting and provacative Revised Con

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Psy 460 Exam 3 (Full) Definitions only Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. Majority Influence - Pressure from the majority that leads individuals to change their behavior or beliefs Minority Influence - Influence from a smaller group that leads to deeper, private belief change Conformity - Changing behavior or beliefs to match a group Compliance - Public agreement with a group while privately disagreeing Conversion - Private and public acceptance of group beliefs

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PSY 456 Exam 3 Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. what is the dorsal pathway? the "how" pathway, responsible for visually guided actions. Goes from the occipital to the parietal lobe. What is the ventral pathway? The "what" pathway, responsible for object identification, goes from the occipital to the temporal lobe. draw the two visual pathways, label the parts of the brain associated with each. What evidence do we have of there being 2 separate pathways? i...

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PSY 450 Psychological Testing and Measurement Test 3 Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. Fairness - when a test measures same trait with equal validity across different groups - It should reveal group differences if they exist -presence of group differences does not mean bias Bias - when groups with equal ability get different average scores -Differences in age, race, ethnicity, gender, etc. Examining test bias - 1. Expert Pane

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PSY 425 Quiz 2Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct. What property does the method of DTI depend on? water molecules are free to diffuse down the length of axons but not across the membrane 3 multiple choice options According to contemporary theories, why can't we tickle ourselves? we can predict the tactile consequences of our own actions (but not other people's) 3 multiple choice options The process of mapping the geometry of the brain to a standard reference is kn...

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