FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH TEST 1

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH TEST 1

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Question 1: Two forms of associative learning are ________ and ________.

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classical conditioning; operant conditioning Question 2: Sometimes, researchers will administer a(n) ________ to participants in the control group to control for the effects that participant expectation might have on the experiment.

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placebo Question 3: Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed?

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critical thinking, use of scientific method, critical evaluation of sources of information (all of the above.) Question 4: The formulation of new memories is sometimes called ________, and the process of bringing up old memories is called ________.

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construction; reconstruction

Question 5: In Milgram's controversial study on obedience, nearly ________ of the participants were willing to administer what appeared to be lethal electrical shocks to another person because they were told to do so by an authority figure.

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2/3 Question 6: A researcher interested in how changes in the cells of the hippocampus (a structure in the brain related to learning and memory) are related to memory formation would be most likely to identify as a(n) ________ psychologist.

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biological Question 7: . Rewarding successive approximations toward a target behavior is ________.

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shaping Question 8: ________ is when our recollections of the past are done in a self-enhancing manner.

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egocentric bias

Question 9: The three functions of memory are ________.

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encoding, storage, and retrieval Question 10: In Bandura's Bobo doll study, when the children who watched the aggressive model were placed in a room with the doll and other toys, they ________.

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kicked and threw the doll Question 11: An individual's consistent pattern of thought and behavior is known as a(n)

________.

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personality

Question 12: ________ means that everyone in the population has the same likelihood of being asked to participate in the study.

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random sampling Question 13: Memory aids that help organize information for encoding are ________.

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mnemonic devices Question 14: According to a study by Yogo and Fujihara (2008), if you want to improve your short-term memory, you should spend time writing about ________.

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a traumatic life experience Question 15: Height and weight are positively correlated. This means that:

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As height increases, typically weight increases.

Question 16: The self-referencing effect refers to ________.

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making the material you are trying to memorize personally meaningful to you Question 17: An exceptionally clear recollection of an important event is a (an) ________.

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flashbulb memory

Question 18: A person's participation in a research project must be ________.

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voluntary Question 19: Researchers might use ________ when providing participants with the full details of the experiment could skew their responses.

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deception

Question 20: When you are learning how to play the piano, the statement "Every good boy does fine" can help you remember the notes E, G, B, D, and F for the lines of the treble clef. This is an example of a (an) ________.

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acrostic Question 21: Before participating in an experiment, individuals should read and sign the ________ form.

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informed consent

Question 22: Scientific hypotheses are ________ and falsifiable.

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testable

Question 23: The storage capacity of long-term memory is ________.

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essentially limitless Question 24: Which of the following is an example of a reflex that occurs at some point in the development of a human being?

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infant sucking on a nipple Question 25: If someone wanted to become a psychology professor at a 4-year college, they would probably need a ________ degree in psychology.

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PhD

Question 26: The major limitation of case studies is ________.

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the inability to generalize the findings from this approach to the larger population