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203 Final Exam Review Day 1

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How are you feeling about the final exam?

a)

I got this!

b)

I'm scared

c)

I can't make myself care.

d)

I'm nervous, but it'll be fine.

2.

Which of the following is an example of an independent variable?

a)

How fast someone can run

b)

Gender Identity

c)

Caffeine consumption

d)

Socioeconomic Status

3.

A scientist is investigating the effects of sleep deprivation on learning. She gives one group of participants the opportunity for a good night’s rest, and the other group of participants stays awake all night playing spades. Then she tests them on mazes and math problems the next morning. The “spades” group did not do as well as the well-rested group. What is the independent variable?

a)

Card Playing Ability

b)

Amount of Sleep

c)

Scores on Learning Measures

d)

Gender Identity of Participants

4.

 

Which of these correlations is the largest?

a)

0.25

b)

-0.75

c)

0.65

d)

0.01

e)

-.55

5.

Identify the direction of the relationship: the higher the spotify listens, the lower the artist's debt

a)

No relationship

b)

Positive

c)

Negative

6.

Which of the following is an example of the theory data cycle?

a)

A scientist revising their theories as they conduct more research

b)

A scientist refusing to change their opinions, despite new evidence

c)

A politician believing that their theory is right, despite alternative evidence

d)

A study being replicated and finding the exact same effect, so the theory is updated

7.

Dr. Lanz wants to collect data on how many people in Kearney love Taco Bell. In order to answer this question, she asks 10 random people at Walmart how much they love Taco Bell. What is the population of Dr. Lanz's study?

a)

The 10 people at Walmart

b)

Everyone in Kearney

c)

Everyone in Kearney who likes Taco Bell

d)

It's impossible to know based on this information.

8.

Right now, you are extremely worried about the final exam and feel threatened by the content. Which branch of your nervous system is most active right now?

a)

Parasympathetic Nervous System

b)

Sympathetic Nervous System

c)

Permabolic Nervous System

d)

Hyposympathetic Nervous System

9.

Your ability to see this question is thanks to your:

a)

frontal lobe

b)

parietal lobe

c)

temporal lobe

d)

occipital lobe

10.

Your ability to tell if our classroom is chilly or sweaty is thanks to your:

a)

frontal lobe

b)

parietal lobe

c)

temporal lobe

d)

occipital lobe

11.

_______ is excellent at detecting WHEN brain activation happened, but ______ is excellent at detecting WHERE brain activation happened.

a)

EEG, fMRI

b)

fMRI, PET

c)

fMRI, EEG

d)

PET, fMRI

12.

What is the difference between sensations and perceptions?

a)

Sensations are the activation of your sensory receptors, perceptions are your brain's interpretation of that information

b)

Sensations are feelings, Perceptions are thoughts

c)

Sensations are delayed, perceptions are immediate

d)

Sensations are testable, perceptions are not

13.

Your brain converting sound waves into electrical signals that your brain can interpret is called:

a)

Transduction

b)

Perceptions

c)

Automaticity

d)

Cognition

14.

Imagine you get kidnapped and dropped in the middle of a random city. You have no idea where you are and you've never seen any of these buildings or people before. What type of processing are you using?

a)

Top-down processing

b)

Bottom-up processing

c)

Spontaneous Processing

d)

Knowledge Driven Processing

15.

You are scared of snakes, and want to make sure you spot one while mowing your lawn. According to Signal Detection Theory, what would a "miss" be?

a)

Seeing a snake when there is one

b)

Not seeing a snake when there is one

c)

Seeing a snake when there isn't one

d)

Not seeing a snake when there isn't one

16.

Pavlov trained a dog to salivate in response to a tone by repeatedly sounding a tuning fork before placing food in the dog's mouth. Salivating to the food is a/an:

a)

Conditioned response

b)

Conditioned stimulus

c)

Unconditioned response

d)

Unconditioned stimulus

17.

Your roommate hates loud TV. You've developed a habit of turning down the TV when your roommate gets home so they doesn't yell at you. Your behavior is an example of:

a)

Positive Reinforcement

b)

Negative Reinforcement

c)

Positive Punishment

d)

Negative Punishment

18.

Losing $1,000 in scholarships for each F on a transcript is an example of:

a)

Positive Reinforcement

b)

Negative Reinforcement

c)

Positive Punishment

d)

Negative Punishment

19.

 

In ______, organisms learn the association between two stimuli. In _____, organisms learn the association between a behavior and a consequence.

a)

operant conditioning; classical conditioning

b)

classical conditioning; operant conditioning

c)

classical conditioning; observational learning

d)

observational learning; classical conditioning

20.

Trying to remember the answer to an exam question is which step of memory?

a)

Encoding

b)

Storage

c)

Retrieval

d)

Rehearsal

21.

Trying to keep track of Dr. Moen's words as she says in them in class is an example of ________ memory, whereas trying to remember topics for the exam is an example of _______ memory.

a)

working, long-term

b)

iconic, long-term

c)

long-term, working

d)

iconic, working

22.

Our final exam is on Tuesday at 1pm, if you have a different exam at 1pm on Thursday, you might experience _____________. Where the older information from our exam makes it harder to remember the information for your next exam.

a)

proactive interference

b)

retroactive interference

c)

retrograde interference

d)

anterograde interference

23.

Angela falls off her bike on her way home and hits her head. When she gets home, she realizes she can't remember anything from the last several days. What type of Amnesia does Angela have?

a)

Anterograde

b)

Retrograde

24.

According to Encoding Specificity, which study environment will lead to the best test performance?

a)

Studying in our classroom

b)

Studying in any quiet place

c)

It doesn't matter where you study

d)

Studying with music

25.

What did H.M. teach us about memory?

a)

The hippocampus is responsible for only explicit memories

b)

The hippocampus is responsible for only implicit memories

c)

The hippocampus is responsible for all types of memory

d)

Who's H.M.?!

26.

If you look at an older person and assume they have grandchildren, because they look like grandparents, you're using the _____________ to make that decision.

a)

Representativeness Heuristic

b)

Availability Heuristic

c)

Confirmation Bias

27.

_________ believed that intelligence is a combination of Analytical, Creative, and Practical aspects

a)

Sternberg

b)

Gardener

c)

Spearman

d)

Binet

28.

_________ believed that intelligence is best calculated as a ratio between mental age and physical age.

a)

Sternberg

b)

Gardener

c)

Spearman

d)

Binet

29.

Which of the following tests is an example of good Validity?

a)

An algebra test that asks questions from a Algebra textbook

b)

Algebra tests that results in similar scores to a Calculus test

c)

An algebra test that results in similar scores with different groups of students

d)

Online quizzes that claim to test your personality based on your taste in movies

30.

_________ is responsible for allowing us to produce language.

a)

Broca's area

b)

Wernicke's area

c)

The Temporal Lobe

d)

The Hippocampus