An illusory correlation is best defined as a

Clinical researchers are interested in gaining insight into the causes of abnormal behavior. One way that they do this is to delve deeply into the histories of patients with a common diagnosis, interviewing family, friends, teachers, therapists, physicians, babysitters, and others who can provide rich details about the patients’ lives. Then, researchers try to see if there are any common themes in the information gathered. What research method does this strategy represent?

What is a normal curve?

What current research perspective on depression is exploring the influence on genetic predispositions and neurotransmitter abnormalities?

Which of the following methods best limits the influence of unknown variables in an experiment?

This is a method of research where an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable).

This is an example of what?

The ethical guideline for research in which participants must agree to be a part of the study is known as

The part of the neuron that receives messages from other neurons

Which hemisphere of the brain controls language?

Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system results in which of the following?

Damage to part of the occipital lobe would most likely result in a

What are the glial cells? 

The frontal lobes are in control of ________

The Limbic system controls 

What is the purpose of the corpus callosum?

The structure in the central core of the brain that relays and translates sensory information is the:

Sensation is: 

Gradually increasing light until a person can detect that it’s brighter is an example of what?

People who are color blind most likely have deficiencies in their

Laura arrives at a park that is located very close to a factory that produces cookies. She immediately notices the strong scent of chocolate chip cookies, but after a while she no longer detects it. This can best be explained by which of the following?

Martin fell off his skateboard and badly bruised his elbow. He immediately began rubbing the area around the bruise until the pain subsided. This method of reducing pain can be explained by which of the following?

Change blindness is:

what Gestalt rule makes these black shapes look like a panda with no connecting lines?

What term describes the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously?

Why do people who sleep 7 to 8 hours typically out-live the chronically sleep-deprived?

Which is a persistent problem with falling or staying asleep?

During the night, Amelia stops breathing repeatedly, frequently gasps for air, and snores loudly at regular intervals. Alicia is most likely suffering from which of the following conditions?

Light adjusts our biological clock by activating light-sensitive retinal proteins that affects the production of what sleep-inducing hormone?

Our bodies roughly synchronize with the 24 hour cycle of day and night through a biological process called what?

Negative reinforcement:

Whether positive or negative, what is the result when punishment is used?

An example of learned helplessness is:

Brenda flinches with a flash of lightning because it signals an impending crash of thunder. This is based on her direct experience with previous thunderstorms. This BEST illustrates:

Carly used to feel nausea when going to McDonalds because she associated the food with illness.  After a few good meals there, she no longer has the taste aversion. Which principle is this?

What type of learning demonstrates that learning can occur without reinforcement or punishment and only becomes apparent when there is some incentive to demonstrate it?

What was the name of the experiment by Bandura that measured children’s behaviors after seeing a model beat up a doll and showed that people learn through observing, imitating, and modeling others who are rewarded or punished for their actions?

What type of neuron describes how the brain mirrors another’s action and may enable imitation, language learning, and empathy?

In real life, continuous reinforcement does not occur every time a desired response is given. Which partial reinforcement schedule describes reinforcers that are provided after an unpredictable amount of time?

What term describes a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event?

What term describes a measure of memory retention where a person needs to only identify previously learned cues, such as on a multiple-choice test?

What term clarifies the short-term memory concept by focusing more on how we attend to, rehearse, and manipulate information in temporary storage as well as actively associate new and old information and solve problems?

What term describes the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information?

What term describes incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event and is so powerful that it can influence later attitudes and behaviors?

In trying to solve a potentially complicated problem quickly, we are most likely to rely on

Which type of creative thinking expands the number of possible solutions to problems?

What term describes a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, and people that helps simplify our thinking?

What term describes the extent to which a test yields consistent results?

Crystallized intelligence

That smallest unit of sounds in human language, such as the letter sounds for "e" are:

What did Hermann Ebbinghaus discover about studying (demonstrated on the forgetting curve)?

What are some recommended memory strategies?

Memories are not permanently stored in the hippocampus, but what helps the hippocampus process and consolidate memories for later storage retrieval from other places in the brain?