FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH

100 EXAM 2 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Gregor Mendel

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first modern theory of inheritance; looked at pattern of inheritance in pea pods but did not count for environmental factors

Question 2: Meditation

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learned technique for refocusing attention that brings about an altered state of consciousness; repetition of mantra/focus on something; meditator becomes unaware of outside stimuli

Question 3: Environment

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everything beyond genetics; all experiences even pre-natal

Question 4: Heterozygous

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• dominant and 1 recessive

Question 5: Secondary Reinforcer

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gains power through association with primary reinforcer; money

Question 6: Law of Effect

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responses that produce a satisfying affect in a particular situation will be repeated next time that particular situation arises

Question 7: Automatic Processing

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encodes routine details to allow mind to focus on conscious experience

Question 8: Variable Ratio

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after any number; you don't know how many times you must play to win a slot machine

Question 9: Unconditioned Response

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unlearned/naturally occurring response to an unconditioned stimulus

Question 10: Hypnosis steps

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1) person is made comfortable in a quiet environment 2)hypnotist explains what is going to happen 3)person concentrates of a specific object/image 4)hypnotist makes suggestions that person then interprets

Question 11: Little Albert Experiment

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when the baby would reach for a rat the experimenters would bang a metal pipe scaring the child, baby became scared of everything white and fuzzy

Question 12: Negative Punishment

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removal of favorable stimulus to decrease unwanted behavior; removal of phone when you break curfew

Question 13: Charles Darwin

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• principles of evolution by natural selection; goal of evolution is to pass on genes by surviving and

reproducing

Question 14: Costs of sleep loss

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Cognitive (brain functions at lower levels); Psychological (sleep debt predicts depression); Physiological (causes weight gain and suppresses immune cells)

Question 15: Primary Reinforcer

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unlearned/innate reinforced stimulus; basic needs like food and shelter

Question 16: REM

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fourth stage of sleep; faster wave patterns; lasts about 90 minutes; spend more time in this stage later in the night and when you are sleep deprived

Question 17: Encoding Failure

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failure of recording information or not paying attention to material; occurs between short and long term memory

Question 18: Lamarck

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Theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics: organisms adapt to their environment and then pass those adaptations down to their offspring

Question 19: Biological effects of sleep

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physical growth is activated during deep/stage 3 sleep; pituitary gland secretes a growth hormone necessary for muscle development

Question 20: Neutral Stimulus

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stimulus that elicits no response before conditioning

Question 21: Proactive Interference

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previous learned behavior outweighs recently learned behaviors

Question 22: Ivan Pavlov

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Experiment demonstrated classical conditioning; teaching dogs to salivate at the ring of a bell

Question 23: Spontaneous Recovery

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extinguished conditioned response reappears after some time

Question 24: Genotype

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inherited genetic material

Question 25: Delayed Reinforcement

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a long length of time passed between behavior and reward; earning your degree

Question 26: NREM-3

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third stage of sleep; slowest wave patterns; lasts about 90 minutes; more frequent earlier in the night; synonymous with deep sleep Question 27: Before Conditioning: Pavlov

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food elicits natural response of salvation as unconditioned stimulus/ response; bell elicits no response on its own as a neutral stimulus