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PSYCH 310 Exam2 questions and answers
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When someone gets minor criticism on an essay and assumes they'll fail the class, what is this an 
example of? 
overgeneralization 
Among the following options, who would be the most likely to develop an alcohol use disorder in the 
future? 
an 11 year old who drinks when with other family members 
How many symptoms must a person display to meet the criteria for a substance use disorder? 
2 
Persistent depressive disorder differs from major depr...
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According to Thorndike's law of effect, a subject will repeat a behavior if 
a. a reflex response is elicited. 
b. it is intrinsically motivating. 
c. it offers pleasant consequences. 
d. the stimulus is strong enough. - C 
How did Skinner think that operant conditioning differs from classical conditioning? 
a. He believed operant conditioning is reflexive. 
b. He believed classical reinforcement is unethical. 
c. He believed operant behavior is...
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The slot machine is programmed on a variable ratio schedule. The player has a better chance of being 
reinforced if they_______ 
Deposit 0 coins 
Every time Joey goes to the dentist, he becomes inconsolable. So the dentist decides to offer Joey a toy 
during every visit. This intervention is known as ________ 
Counterconditioning 
Which of the following serves as evidence that a conditioned response (CR) is never unlearned? 
The fact that an extingu...
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retinal ganglion cells send fibers directly to all of the following except the: - hippocampus 
the genes for wavelength sensitive pigments in visual receptors are found on the _____ chromosome. 
This is the reason that color blindness is more prevalent in _____. - X; men 
which of the following types of retinal cells from synapses with the cone photoreceptors? - 
bipolar cells 
which of the following cortical areas are involved in the perception of mo...
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Forced Choice - two more more specific response options 
e.g. "choose the statement that best describes you" 
Forced Choice (Pros & Cons) - (pro) get people to choose a response 
(con) you make them choose, not accurately reflecting thoughts 
Open Ended Questions - designed to encourage full, meaningful answer using subject's own 
knowledge/feelings 
e.g. "what word do you think will come next? The man in the coat was ____" 
Open En...
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PSYCH 310 Exam1 questions and answers
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david hume 
Distinguished between impressions and ideas. 
Introspection (Wilhelm Wundt) 
to look within 
ex: describe an experience 
Problems of introspection 
1. not testable 
2. bias 
3. subjectivity 
4. language 
transcendental method (immanuel kant) -start with observable events - reason backwards from observations to determine the underlying cause 
Behaviorism 
stimulus and response to stimulus 
advantages of behaviorism 
systematic 
ob...
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Newpsych 310 Exam1 questions and answers -Know the theory-data cycle - -Theory: leads researchers to pose particular... -Research Questions: which lead to an appropriate... -Research Design. In the context of the design, researchers formulate... -Hypotheses. Researchers then collect and analyze... -Data, which feed back into the cycle. -Understand how the Harlow's monkeys experiment applied the theory-data cycle - theories 
contrasted: does bonding occur because of food or comfort? (comfort) -E...
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Elicited Behaviors - involuntary responses to specific stimuli 
Reflexes - Ex: when a doctor taps your knee with a reflex hammer, your leg kicks out. 
Fixed Action Patterns (FAPs) - a stereotyped, instinctive behavior sequence that occurs in 
response to a specific stimulus and runs to completion once triggered, even if the original stimulus is 
removed. 
Ex: A goose rolling any round object into its nest, not just its egg. 
Habituation - decreasing ...
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biological psychology - behavioral neuroscience. Is the study of biological bases of psychological 
processes and behaviors 
neuroscience - study of the nervous system 
Five major perspectives used to study the biology of behavior - 1) describing behavior 
2)studying evolution of behavior 
3) observing the development of behavior over the life span 
4) studying biological mechanisms of behavior 
5) studying applications of biological psychology, as ...
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What is cognitive psychology (in general)? 
The scientific study of mental processes (perception, attention, memory, language, thinking) inferred 
from behavior. 
What topics did Aristotle study that relate to cognition? 
Perception, memory, mental imagery, and how humans acquire knowledge. 
David Hume: what did he distinguish between 
"Ideas" and "impressions." 
Who helped start "modern" psychology in the 1870s? 
Wilhelm Wundt an...
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What does a nominal scale measure? - Categories with no numeric scales, such as left/right 
handedness. 
What is an example of an ordinal scale? - Ranking restaurants by stars (two-, three-, or four-star). 
What distinguishes an interval scale? - Numeric properties are literal and assume equal intervals 
between values. 
What is a key feature of a ratio scale? - It has a true zero point that indicates the absence of the 
variable measured. 
What does...
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What is cognitive psychology (in general)? 
The scientific study of mental processes (perception, attention, memory, language, thinking) inferred 
from behavior. 
What topics did Aristotle study that relate to cognition? 
Perception, memory, mental imagery, and how humans acquire knowledge. 
David Hume: what did he distinguish between 
"Ideas" and "impressions." 
Who helped start "modern" psychology in the 1870s? 
Wilhelm Wundt an...
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Cognitive Psychology - The study of mental processes like perception, memory, thinking, and 
attention. 
Introspection - A method where people describe their own conscious thoughts/feelings to study 
the mind. 
Behaviorism - A psychology approach that focuses on observable behavior and how it changes in 
response to stimuli. 
Stimulus-Response (S-R) - The idea that behavior is explained by a stimulus causing a response. 
Transcendental Method (Kant)...
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the 4 Ds of psychopathology 
deviace: behaviors, thoughts, feelings (different from social/cultural norms) 
distress: feeling unpleasant and upset by symptoms 
dysfunction: interfering with daily living 
danger: harming themselves or others 
norms 
a societies stated and unstated rules for proper conduct 
culture 
a peoples common history, values, institutions, habits, skills, technology 
describe the role of culture and social and cultural effect...
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the 4 Ds of psychopathology 
deviace: behaviors, thoughts, feelings (different from social/cultural norms) 
distress: feeling unpleasant and upset by symptoms 
dysfunction: interfering with daily living 
danger: harming themselves or others 
norms 
a societies stated and unstated rules for proper conduct 
culture 
a peoples common history, values, institutions, habits, skills, technology 
describe the role of culture and social and cultural effect...
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Elicited Behaviors - Involuntary responses to specific stimuli 
Reflexes - Example of Elicited Behavior 
An automatic response to a stimulus via the reflex arc. 
Ex. pulling your hand away from the heat of a hot stove 
Fixed Action Patterns - Example of Elicited Behavior 
A fixed sequence of responses elicited by a specific stimulus (sign stimulus) and exaggerated responses 
elicited by more salient stimuli (Super sign stimuli) 
Ex. Goose egg retrie...
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scientific investigations are characterized by 3 criteria... - 1. systematic empiricism 
2. empirically solvable questions 
3. publicly verified knowledge 
systematic empiricism - measured and planned observation 
empirically solvable questions - answered by current technology/techniques 
publicly verifiable knowledge - peer reviewed and replicated research 
______ must be met to be considered science - 3 criteria of scientific investigation 
ways ...
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Variable 
Something that can change or vary in a study 
Indepenent varaible 
the variable the researcher manipulates (the cause) 
Dependent variable 
the variable that is measured (the effect) 
Define Operational 
the exact procedures used to measure or manipulate a variable 
What is an experimental study 
A study that manipulates an independent variables and uses control to examine its effect 
What is a non experimental 
study a study that measu...
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What are the five methods of knowledge acquisition 
Intuition, authority, rationalism, empiricism, and the scientific method. 
What is intuition? 
guts, emotion, instincts to guide us. Involves believing what feels true, rather than examining facts. It 
can driven by cognitive or motivational biases and does not involve scientific evidence. 
Authority? examples of authority figures? An example of why we something follow authority blindly? 
New info fr...
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Distinguish measured from manipulated variables in a study. - Measured variable: records of 
behavior or attitudes (self-reports, behavioral observations, physiological measures). No manipulation of 
variables, just recording what happens. 
Manipulated variable: variable that is controlled and participants are assigned to different levels 
What is selection bias? How does it affect internal validity? - When the participants in the groups 
are systemat...