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GRE Psychology Test with Accurate Solution Ablation - A surgically induced brain lesion. Absolute refractory period - The period that follows the onset of an action potential. During this period, a nerve impulse cannot be initiated Absolute threshold - The minimum of stimulus energy needed to activate a sensory system. Accommodation - A principle of Piaget's theory of cognitive development. It occurs when cognitive structures are modified because new information or new experiences d...

GRE practice exam 90 Questions with Verified Answers Which of the following situations involving two people, P and O, and an object X, will NOT be balanced according to Heider's balance theory? (a) P likes O, and they both like X (b) P likes O, and they both dislike X (c) P dislikes O, and they both dislike X (d) P dislikes O, P likes X, and O dislikes X (e) P dislikes O, P dislikes X, and O dislikes X - CORRECT ANSWER C According to inoculation theory, a person's belief can be inoc...

obedience to authority - ANSWER -Studies of obedience by Stanley Milgram. Milgram told participants they would be participating in a study of the effects of punishment on learning. Their task was to administer electric shock to a "learner," but in reality, the "learner" was a confederate. Found that 65% of participants could be coaxed to deliver every level of shock -Milgram may have found high obedience because his participants were volunteers -Raised ethical issues. To ensure that there ...

Emotion, Learning, & Memory (Ch. 15, 17, 18) 1. Antisocial personality disorder is associated with . a) a hyperactive amygdala b) lesions of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) c) reduced grey matter in the prefrontal cortex d) high levels of serotonin e) Kluver-Bucy syndrome 2. Which component of emotional response is NOT objective? a) Autonomic arousal b) Behavior/Action c) Motivation d) Feeling 3. The central nucleus of the amygdala (CAN) projects to all of the fo...

MCAT PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY EXAM Social stratification - ANSWER Social stratification refers to a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy. In the United States, it is perfectly clear that some groups have greater status, power, and wealth than other groups. These differences are what led to social stratification Class consciousness - ANSWER awareness of one's place in a system of social classes, especially (in Marxist terms) as it relates to the class struggle....

PSYCH 111 Exam 2 Questions & Answers CHAPTER 7: (56 Questions) Q: Sexual orientation is best defined as . A: a stable pattern of attraction to members of a particular sex Q: As part of his honor’s thesis, Braydon develops a survey to evaluate the updated hierarchy of needs of Kenrick and colleagues, specifically in young adult men and women. Braydon is most interested in determining if men and women differ in the highest level of motivation, which is . A: parenting Q: What two horm...

GRE Psychology Subject Test 432 Questions with Verified Answers Ablation - CORRECT ANSWER A surgically induced brain lesion. Absolute refractory period - CORRECT ANSWER The period that follows the onset of an action potential. During this period, a nerve impulse cannot be initiated Absolute threshold - CORRECT ANSWER The minimum of stimulus energy needed to activate a sensory system. Accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER A principle of Piaget's theory of cognitive development. It occurs wh...

absolute threshold - ANSWER the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time accommodation - ANSWER (1) the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina. (2) adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information achievement motivation - ANSWER a desire for significant accomplishment; for mastery of things, people, or ideas; for rapidly attaining a high standard achievement tests - ANSWER tests...

receptor cells - ANSWER rods and cones: take in energy and put them in the form of neural impulses that your brain can understand rods - ANSWER retinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray; necessary for peripheral and twilight vision, when cones don't respond cones - ANSWER retinal receptor cells that are concentrated near the center of the retina and that function in daylight or in well-lit conditions, detect fine detail and give rise to color sensations optic nerve - ANSWER ...

All of the followings are the agents of attitude formation EXCEPT: • Neighborhood • Innate tendencies • Social Environment • Mass Media Which one is NOT a type of schizophrenia? • Disorganized type • Catatonic type • Paranoid type • Differentiated type Major depressive disorder is also referred to as what? • Unipolar • Bipolar • Tripolar • Polar Who gave the concept of learned helplessness? • Martin Seligman • Martin Sernam • Martin Quinine • Al...