Final Review

Under stress, females are more likely to show the ______, whereas males are more likely to show the ________.

• Tend and be-friend response; alarm stage
• general adaptation syndrome; alarm stage
• tend-and-befriend response; fight-or-flight response
• general adaptation syndrome; fight-or-flight response

What is the most central goal of the positive psychology movement?

• train people to become positive and more effective leaders
• promote liking and understanding of others
• study and understand psychological well-being

_______ is a specialized part of the brain crucial for speech production?

• Amygdala
• Broca's area
• Frontal lobe

In an epileptic patient, what happens when you severe the corpus callosum?

• You can't form new memories
• You have a split brain
• You can't talk

Define consciousness....

• Being awake
• Being aware of your surroundings
• Your subjective experiences of the external world

Why is REM called paradoxical sleep?

• The brain is asleep, but the body is active
• You aren't aware of being asleep
• Your body is asleep but your brain is active

Does correlation prove causation?

• Yes
• No

An example of over-regularization is

• "Hold me"
• "I sitted on the floor"
• "Me hold you"
• "Sit on the floor"

What is critical thinking?

• Criticizing other's opinions
• Being open-minded and creative
• Systematically evaluating information

The person who established the first psychology laboratory, which marked the beginning of experimental psychology, was

• Sigmund Freud
• Wilhelm Wundt