Psych 101 Prelim 2 Jeopardy

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Psych 101 Prelim 2 Jeopardy
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• 20 Points
• Identical twins originate from the fertilization
  of
• A single egg cell and a single sperm cell
• Two egg cells and a single sperm cell
• A single egg cell and two sperm cells
• Two egg cells and two sperm cells

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• 40 Points
• Gender differences in heritable personality
  traits cannot necessarily be attributed to
  male-female gender differences because
• Physical maturation proceeds at a different rate
  for males and females
• Variations in temperatment contribute to gender
  differences
• Heritable traits can be influenced by social
  environments
• Males and females are also affected by their
  different sex horomones

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• 60 Points
• Evolutionary psychologists would be most likely
  to attribute gender differences in attitude
  toward casual sex to the fact that men have _____
  than do women.
• Larger bodies
• Stronger gender identity
• A weaker sense of empathy
• Greater reproductive potential

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• 80 Points
• An awareness that childrens temperaments
  influence parents child-rearing practices should
  inhibit our tendency to
• Emphasize the interaction of nature and nurture
• Assess the heritability of human intelligence
• Blame parents for our own dysfunctional
  characteristics
• Identify cultural differences in child-rearing
  practices

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• 100 Points
• Compared with northern Europeans, people from
  Mediterranean cultures are
• More likely to be emotionally expressive and more
  likely to be punctual
• Less likely to be emotionally expressive and less
  likely to be punctual
• More likely to be emotionally expressive and less
  likely to be punctual
• Less likely to be emotionally expressive and more
  likely to be punctual

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• 20 Points
• Hearing a sequence of sounds of different pitches
  is to ____ as recognizing the sound sequence as a
  familiar melody is to_____
• Absolute threshold difference threshold
• Sensory adaptation selective attention
• Selective attention sensory adaptation
• Sensation perception

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• 40 Points
• The principle that two stimuli must differ by a
  constant proportion for their difference to be
  perceived is known as
• Sensory interaction
• Webers law
• Feature detection
• Sensory interaction

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• 60 Points
• Which receptor cells most directly enable us to
  distinguish different wavelengths of light?
• Rods
• Cones
• Bipolar cells
• Feature detectors

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• 80 Points
• The activation of some features detectors in
  response to visual stimulation depends on our
  assumption and interpretation of the sensory
  input. This best illustrates the importance of
• Difference thresholds
• Transduction
• Top-down processing
• Accomodation

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• 100 Points
• After a small section of his basilar membrane was
  damaged, Jason experienced a noticable loss of
  hearing for high-pitched sounds only. Jasons
  hearing loss is best explained by the _____
  theory
• Conduction
• Frequency
• Opponent-process
• Place
• Young-Helmholtz

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• 20 Points
• Figure is to ground as _____ is to _____
• Form substance
• Looking up looking down
• A hot summer cold winter
• White could blue sky

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• 40 Points
• Which of the following is a cue used by artists
  to convey depth on a flat canvas
• Convergence
• Continuity
• Interposition
• Closure

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• 60 Points
• The sequentially flashing Christmas tree lights
  appeared to generate pulsating waves of motion.
  This best illustrates
• Relative motion
• Retinal disparity
• Phi phenomenon
• Visual capture

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• 80 Points
• The fact that perceptions involve more than the
  sum of our sensations best illustrates the
  importance of
• Top-down processing
• Relative clarity
• Retinal disparity
• Visual capture

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• 100 Points
• The best distance between our right and left eyes
  functions to provide us with a cue for depth
  perception known as
• Proximity
• Interposition
• Retinal disparity
• Linear perspective

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• 20 Points
• By learning to associate a squirt of water with
  an electric shock, sea snails demonstrate the
  process of
• Spontaneous recovery
• Classical conditioning
• Observational learning
• Operant conditioning

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• 40 Points
• Which of the following is an unconditioned
  response?
• Playing jump rope
• Running through a maze to get a food reward
• Sweating in hot weather
• Clapping after a thrilling concert performance

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• 60 Points
• In classical conditioning training trials, the
  ____ will come before the presentation of
  the_____.
• US CS
• UR CR
• CS US
• CR UR

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• 80 Points
• Watson and Raynors study of Little Albert
  demonstrated how specific fears
• Can interfere with the process of learning
• Can be used as negative stimuli
• Are acquired through observational learning
• May be produced through classical conditioning

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• 100 Points
• Certain patients with amnesia are incapable of
  recalling activities, yet they can be conditioned
  to blink their eyes in response to a specific
  sound. They have most likely suffered from damage
  to the
• Hippocampus
• Cerebellum
• Hypothalamus
• Amygdala

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• 20 Points
• All of the following are common misconceptions
  about addiction, except the statement that
• To overcome an addiction a person almost always
  needs professional therapy
• Psychoactive and medicinal drugs very quickly
  lead to addiction
• Biological factors place some individuals at
  increased risk for addiction
• Many other repetitive, pleasure-seeking behaviors
  fit the drug-addiction-as-disease-needing
  treatment model

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• 40 Points
• The misinformation effect best illustrates the
  dynamics of
• Memory construction
• Repression
• Proactive interference
• Mood-congruent memory

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• 60 Points
• The most basic or lowest-level need in Maslows
  hierarchy of human motives.
• Self-esteem
• Love and friendship
• Religious fulfillment
• Food and drink

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80 Points What is the Hawthorne effect?
Increase in motivation for simply receiving
attention
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100 Points What is the John Henry Effect?
Increased performance of control group in
response to competition