Another name for our biological clock or the regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle

Drugs that heighten alertness, arousal, and decrease appetite, including: cocaine, caffeine, nicotine, and methamphetamine

What type of brain waves predominate in stage 4 sleep?

The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in highly emotional group situations in which people feel anonymous.

How many of the participants in the Milgram study gave the highest shock to the learners?

What is the most effective strategy to reduce prejudice and us-them thinking?

Who conducted an experiment in conformity in which people were asked to judge the length of lines?

Chuck is a boss whose philosophy is that if you ask employees to do small jobs, then it is easier to get them to do the large jobs no one likes. It sounds like Chuck knows about

a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event. 

the retention of encoded information over time. 

a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test. 

the conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage. 

the process of getting information out of memory storage. 

the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information. 

the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response. 

John was in a car accident and can no longer make new memories. He suffers from 

Sally got a virus that took away her ability to remember events before the virus. She has

Which of the following perspective is most likely to address how the encoding, storing, and retrieval of information might alter our thoughts?

Psychiatrists differ from psychologists in that they 

Which perspective would be most useful when explaining how people from different countries express anger?

The study of the importance of satisfying love and acceptance needs best describes which school of psychology. 

Self-reflective introspection about the elements of experience best describes a technique used by which school of psychology? 

When a distribution of scores is skewed, which of the following is the most representative measure of central tendency?

In a normal distribution, what percentage of the scores in the distribution falls within on standard deviation on either side of the mean?

Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the strongest relationship between two variables?

A mistaken belief that two factors or events are related when they are not is called

Consistently, we find low self-esteem is often related with high levels of depression.  This means

Neither the researcher nor the subjects knew whether or not they received the drug studied or a placebo.  This is an example of

In an experiment to test the effects of hunger on aggressive behavior, aggressive behavior would be the

In a study of effects of alcohol on driving ability, the control group should be given

A person displays a set of rare behaviors that psychologists had not known about previously, because nobody had ever shown them before. The best strategy to investigate the nature of those behaviors is

John studies the effects of alcohol on the behavior of college students.  For his study, he spends 5 hours  every night for 2 weeks at a bar near a college watching how the patrons  act before and after drinking alcoholic beverages.   John is employing 

Experts in a given field prefer heuristics to algorithms because heuristics:

A strategy in which the likelihood of an event is estimated on the basis of how easily other instances of the event are available in memory is called the:

Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

When the word “oat” is changed to the word “boat,” the number of:

You hear that one of the Smith children is an outstanding Little League player and you immediately conclude that it’s their son rather than any of their four daughters. You reached your quite possibly erroneous conclusion as the result of:

A, an and ill are all examples of:

Whorf’s linguistic determination hypothesis states that:

There is evidence to support the idea that there is an inborn tendency to absorb language. Which of the following psychologists would agree with this statement?

When solving an anagram one must try every possible combination of letters until the hidden word appears. This is an example of:

A student studies diligently to avoid the bad feelings associated with the previously low grade on a test. In this case, the studying behavior is being strengthened because of what kind of reinforcement?

What do we call a desire to perform a behavior in order to receive a promised reward or to avoid threatened punishment 

What do we call the reappearance, after a rest period, of an extinguished response?

What do we call it when CR decreases as the CS is repeatedly presented alone.

In Pavlov's original experiment with dogs, the meat served as

A 38-year-old woman quits her high-paying marketing job to focus on her children and become a school counselor. What stage would Erikson consider this to be:

According to Piaget, during the formal operational stage people begin to:

Carol Gilligan studied:

Known as the "Little Brain" and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements

Wrinkled part of the brain's surface where the body processes information

Controls hearing, and language comprehension

The ability of brain tissue to take on new functions, usually occurs after parts of the brain have been damaged

Damage to the prefrontal cortex would most likely result in

Damage to the medulla would most likely result in 

In rational-emotive therapy

Following the failure of his business, Mr. Jones disappeared and was discovered two years later in another state practicing law without a license. When questioned, he responded that he had found himself in a strange city and could not remember any personal information. 

Parents say, “I’m taking away your phone because you failed Chemistry.”  Parents are using           

These receive messages (neurotransmitters) and conduct impulses to the Cell Body

The space between neurons

Caffeine, cocaine, and Ecstasy are all ___________.

most people stare at red square and  shifttheir eyes to white surface, after image of square is

light-sensitive inner surface of the eye,containing the rods and cones, is the

Point on the retina where we see the best (Central FOCUS)

Type of learning associated with Skinner

In Pavlov's original experiment with dogs, the tone was initially a(n) _______ stimulus; after it was paired with the meat, it became a(n)  _____
stimulus.

He is widely known for his experiment with baby Albert.

Theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame.

In operant conditioning, people earn a toke of some sort (points) for exhibiting a desired behavior and can then exchange the token (points/tickets) for privileges or a treat

Affects mood, hunger, sleep and arousal

Oversupply can overstimulate brain, producing migraines or seizures. 

Excess ____ receptor activity linked to schizophrenia.

The occipital lobes are to ____ as the temporal lobes are to ___.  

The part of the cerebral cortex that directs the muscle movements involved in speech is known as

This idea is why peek-a-boo works with babies

Understanding that quantity stays the same despite the shape.

This parent says "Because I said so"

What is the first stage of Piaget's cognitive development?

Children who in infancy formed secure attachments to their parents are more likely than other children to:

Erikson said that when you are a teenager, your main goal is to find your . .

The social stage that occurs between birth and one year of age is concerned with:

Maria resents the burdens and constraints  of caring for her infant daughter and ignores her cries for attention.  Her daughter will likely show signs of

The historical movement associated with the statement “the whole may exceed the sum of its parts” is:

A binocular cue that allows for depth perception when images from the two eyes differ 

As we look at a flower, the intensity, or brightness, of the color we see is related to the light wave’s:

Adjustable opening in the center of the eye isthe

Weber’s Law states that:

Wavelength is to ___________ as ___________ is to brightness.

The Young-Helmholtz Theory proposes that:

Mr. Jenkins suffered a "stroke" as a result of a brain injury. Although he can still move the fingers on his right hand, he has lost sensation in these parts. Of the following, the site of damage to his brain is most likely in the

Which of the following glands interact(s) most directly with all of the others to help regulate body processes?

Which includes all the others?

The part of the brain most closely associated with maintaining balance and the coordination of complex sequences of movements is the 

Loss of the ability of the brain to produce adequate levels of dopamine often leads to

Intelligence researcher Gardner theorizes that intelligence

Spearman theorized a general intelligence factor "g" that

Achievement tests are designed to

This is the fear of open or public spaces (sometimes because one has had a panic attack and then is fearful of having another one in public)