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another word for reliability is **blank** of the following | [
"dependence",
"relevance",
"validity"
] | consistency |
In **blank** reinforcement, the reinforcer follows every correct response. | [
"intermittent",
"partial",
"negative"
] | continuous |
Operant conditioning was studied by **blank** | [
"Pavlov",
"Maslow",
"Freud"
] | Skinner |
A rat learns to push a button in order to turn on a tone previously associated with food. The button pushing has been rewarded by a(n) **blank**__ reinforcer. | [
"unconditioned",
"primary",
"generalized"
] | secondary |
Operant conditioning is to Skinner as classical conditioning is to **blank** | [
"Thorndike",
"Miller",
"Freud"
] | Pavlov |
Things that are heard are held as a brief **blank** in the sensory register. | [
"icon",
"image",
"engram"
] | echo |
The image that persists for about one-half second after being seen is a(n) **blank** | [
"sensation",
"echo",
"illusion"
] | icon |
Transforming incoming information into a usable form is the stage of memory called **blank** | [
"retrieval",
"storage",
"organization"
] | encoding |
The process of holding information in memory is referred to as **blank** | [
"retrieval",
"encoding",
"organization"
] | storage |
Students often assume that because they can answer all the study questions once, they have sufficiently prepared for a test. This mistaken attitude overlooks the importance of **blank**__ for improving memory. | [
"spaced practice",
"recitation",
"organization"
] | overlearning |
When students who go to graduate school have to brush up on a foreign language they learned before, they find it easier the second time around. This illustrates **blank** | [
"rehearsal",
"recall",
"redintegration"
] | relearning |
Information is remembered without explicit cues or stimuli, often verbatim in **blank** | [
"recognition",
"relearning",
"redintegration"
] | recall |
**blank** memory is that part of long-term memory containing factual information. | [
"Episodic",
"Semantic",
"Procedural"
] | Declarative |
**blank** is known for memorizing nonsense syllables and plotting a curve of forgetting. | [
"Luria",
"Mnemonic",
"Loftus"
] | Ebbinghaus |
As new memories are formed, older memories are often **blank** . | [
"unchanged",
"decayed",
"deconstructed"
] | updated |
The memory system used for relatively permanent storage of meaningful information is called **blank** memory. | [
"sensory",
"short-term",
"tactile"
] | long-term |
Joan repeats a list of vocabulary words for the Spanish test to move them from her short-term to long-term memory. This repetition is called **blank** | [
"redundancy",
"chunking",
"encoding"
] | rehearsal |
Using a variety of **blank** can open a pathway to memory. | [
"recall",
"hints",
"recognition"
] | cues |
Activating implicit memories by providing partial information that is linked with them is called **blank** | [
"repression",
"redintegration",
"forgetting"
] | priming |
The word used to describe how information gets into the memory system is **blank** | [
"retrieval",
"displacement",
"recall"
] | encoding |
In order for a memory to be useful, it must be **blank** | [
"filed",
"episodic",
"decoded as an image"
] | retrieved |
Your recollections about your last birthday are stored in your **blank** memory. | [
"semantic",
"retroactive",
"short-term"
] | episodic |
**blank** memory is that part of long-term memory made up of conditioned responses and learned skills. | [
"Episodic",
"Semantic",
"Fact"
] | Skill |
A multiple choice question (like this one) makes greatest use of **blank** type of memory | [
"recall",
"relearning",
"redintegration"
] | recognition |
A competitive diver approaches the end of the board with rapidly beating heart and a dry mouth, a result of increased **blank** | [
"amines",
"cortisone",
"endorphins"
] | adrenaline |
Motivation is the process of initiating, **blank**, and directing activities of the organism | [
"supplying",
"surveying",
"suspending"
] | sustaining |
The question, "Is your address (person's address)?" asked during the administration of a lie detector test, is a(n) **blank**__ question. | [
"control",
"critical",
"relevant"
] | irrelevant |
**blank** holds that we are afraid because we run or are angry because we strike | [
"attribution",
"Cannon-Bard",
"cognitive"
] | James-Lange |
If you saw George with his pupils dilated (enlarged), you would most likely assume that he was **blank** | [
"angry",
"disgusted",
"scared"
] | happy |
A part of the nervous system that prepares the body for emergencies is the **blank** division. | [
"parasympathetic",
"somatic",
"adaptive"
] | sympathetic |
The cell body of a neuron is also called the **blank** | [
"dendrite",
"axon",
"myelin"
] | soma |
Neurons are made up of dendrites, a soma, and **blank** | [
"axles",
"atoms",
"axes"
] | axons |
Body cells specialized to carry and process information are called **blank** | [
"neurotransmitters",
"synapses",
"ions"
] | neurons |
The role of the **blank** nervous system is to relax the body and return it to a lower level of arousal. | [
"sympathetic",
"endocrine",
"somatic"
] | parasympathetic |
Information is first received by a nerve cell at the **blank** | [
"axon",
"nucleus",
"telodendria"
] | dendrites |
The microscopic space between two neurons is called a(n) **blank** | [
"enkephalins",
"acetylcholine",
"catecholamine"
] | synapse |
The fatty layer of tissue that gives many nerves a whitish color is called **blank** | [
"neurilemma",
"neuropeptides",
"endorphins"
] | myelin |
The fact that objects that are near each other tend to be grouped together is known as **blank** | [
"closure",
"continuation",
"similarity"
] | nearness |
The tendency to group together objects that are the same size, shape, color, or form is known as **blank** | [
"closure",
"continuation",
"nearness"
] | similarity |
Twenty extremely accurate clocks are locked in two bank vaults (ten in each). A subject who claims to have paranormal powers concentrates on the clocks in one of the vaults, attempting to make them run faster. If she succeeds, she will have demonstrated **blank** | [
"clairvoyance",
"telepathy",
"mesmerism"
] | psychokinesis |
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"continuity",
"figure-ground",
"nearness"
] | similarity |
The purported ability to perceive events at a distance or through physical barriers is termed **blank** | [
"telepathy",
"precognition",
"psychokinesis"
] | clairvoyance |
**blank** processing is like putting together a picture puzzle you've never seen before. | [
"Top-down",
"Left-right",
"Selective"
] | Bottom-up |
The tendency to complete a figure is called **blank** | [
"continuation",
"similarity",
"continuity"
] | closure |
Assembling sensations into usable patterns is called **blank** | [
"attention",
"evaluation",
"habituation"
] | perception |
The **blank** believe that depth perception is learned. | [
"nativists",
"humanists",
"structuralists"
] | empiricists |
An ability to "read" another person's mind is termed **blank** | [
"clairvoyance",
"precognition",
"psychokinesis"
] | telepathy |
The **blank** believe that depth perception is inborn. | [
"empiricists",
"humanists",
"behaviorists"
] | nativists |
Cross-cultural experiences suggest that pictorial cues for depth perception are **blank** | [
"universal",
"irrelevant",
"illusions"
] | learned |
The purported ability to predict future events is called **blank** | [
"clairvoyance",
"psychokinesis",
"telepathy"
] | precognition |
Television ads that are in black and white are just trying to take advantage of **blank** attention getting technique | [
"loudness",
"motion",
"repetition"
] | contrast |
an unconscious personality structure made up of biological urges seeking fulfillment is **blank** of the following | [
"ego",
"superego",
"subconscious"
] | id |
In the Freudian view of personality, **blank** system is totally unconscious and dominated by biological instincts | [
"ego",
"superego",
"libido"
] | id |
A psychiatrist who explains pathological behavior as a conflict between underlying psychological forces is using the **blank**__ model. | [
"behavioral",
"medical",
"humanistic"
] | psychoanalytic |
The part of the mind that is beyond awareness is called the **blank** | [
"conscious",
"postconscious",
"preconscious"
] | unconscious |
The **blank** contains material of which you may be unaware but that can easily be brought to awareness. | [
"subconscious",
"unconscious",
"conscious"
] | preconscious |
If you know the personality of an identical twin, you can expect the personality of the other twin to be **blank** | [
"unrelated",
"identical",
"conflicting"
] | similar |
According to Freud, the Oedipal and Electra conflicts end when a child takes on the values and behaviors of the same sex parent in a process called **blank** | [
"fixation",
"imitation",
"observation"
] | identification |
Between the ages of 1 and 3 years, the child is said to go through the **blank**__ stage. | [
"phallic",
"latency",
"genital"
] | anal |
**blank** was developed by sigmund freud | [
"behavioristic",
"humanistic",
"psychosocial"
] | psychoanalytic |
If self-esteem is too high, the person may be **blank** | [
"boring",
"ineffective",
"dull"
] | arrogant |
**blank** theories stress private, subjective experience and personal growth. | [
"Trait",
"Behavioristic",
"Psychodynamic"
] | Humanistic |
During the first year of life, the child is said to go through the **blank** stage. | [
"anal",
"genital",
"phallic"
] | oral |
If you were asked to describe the personality of your best friend, and you said she was optimistic, reserved, and friendly, you would be using the **blank** approach. | [
"psychodynamic",
"analytical",
"humanistic"
] | trait |
According to Rogers, the **blank** self represents a very idealized self-image. | [
"phenomenal",
"incongruent",
"archetypal"
] | ideal |
In Freudian theory, the **blank** is the "executive" structure that is directed by the reality principle. | [
"id",
"superego",
"libido"
] | ego |
In Adler's view, the main striving of personality is for **blank** | [
"dominance",
"sophistication",
"instincts"
] | superiority |
**blank** theories attempt to explain behavior by focusing on the inner workings of the personality including internal conflicts | [
"trait",
"behavioristic",
"humanistic"
] | psychodynamic |
**blank** theorists believe humans have free will. | [
"Behavioristic",
"Psychoanalytic",
"Trait"
] | Humanistic |
Freud called an unresolved conflict caused by over-indulgence or frustration a(n) **blank** | [
"retentiveness",
"incongruency",
"expressiveness"
] | fixation |
**blank** traits are personality traits the comprise a person's unique individual qualities. | [
"Central",
"Secondary",
"Cardinal"
] | Individual |
A defining characteristic of traits is that they are **blank** | [
"fixed",
"observed",
"evaluative"
] | enduring |
If you met an individual who appeared to be very charming at first, but later you discovered that he or she manipulated people, caused others hurt without a second thought, and could not be depended upon, you might suspect him of being **blank** | [
"dependent",
"narcissistic",
"paranoid"
] | antisocial |
A person who has an extreme lack of self-confidence and who allows others to run his or her life is said to have a(n) **blank**__ personality. | [
"narcissistic",
"paranoid",
"antisocial"
] | dependent |
Because there is considerable overlap among the types of schizophrenia, and because patterns of behavior shift over time, many patients are simply classified as suffering from **blank**__ schizophrenia. | [
"borderline",
"atypical",
"mixed"
] | undifferentiated |
**blank** of the following is related to recent attempts to find biochemical explanations for schizophrenia | [
"schizotaxin",
"psychotropin",
"diazepam"
] | dopamine |
**blank** schizophrenics shift from one pattern of schizophrenic behavior to another. | [
"Catatonic",
"Disorganized",
"Paranoid"
] | Undifferentiated |
An unusual state called "waxy flexibility" is sometimes observed in **blank** schizophrenia. | [
"borderline",
"disorganized",
"paranoid"
] | catatonic |
Irrational and very specific fears that persist even when there is no real danger to a person are called **blank** | [
"anxieties",
"dissociation's",
"obsessions"
] | phobias |
False beliefs that are held even when the facts contradict them are called **blank** | [
"fantasies",
"hallucinations",
"illusions"
] | delusions |
Discomfort in social situations, fear of evaluation, and timidity are characteristic of **blank** personality disorder | [
"histrionic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"schizoid"
] | avoidant |
Gregory has been homeless for the past 3 years. The stress of being homeless seems to have contributed to the onset of psychosis. This example illustrates **blank** risk factor for mental disorders | [
"family",
"psychological",
"biological"
] | social |
**blank** schizophrenia usually involves delusions of persecution and grandeur. | [
"Catatonic",
"Disorganized",
"Undifferentiated"
] | Paranoid |
In the United States and Latin America, Latinos use the term **blank** to refer to chronic psychosis. | [
"mania",
"hispania",
"agua"
] | locura |
Obsessive-compulsive behavior, panic, and phobias are formally classified as **blank** disorders. | [
"psychotic",
"manic",
"mood"
] | anxiety |
Robert was found wandering naked in the campus parking lot, proclaiming himself to be "Father Time." He shows evidence of a(n) **blank** disorder. | [
"anxiety",
"personality",
"affective"
] | psychotic |
A person who mistrusts others and is hypersensitive and guarded may be classified as a(n) **blank** personality. | [
"dependent",
"antisocial",
"narcissistic"
] | paranoid |
One who is quite concerned with orderliness, perfectionism, and a rigid routine might be classified as a(n) **blank** personality. | [
"histrionic",
"schizoid",
"avoidant"
] | obsessive-compulsive |
Sudden temporary amnesia or instances of multiple personality are **blank** disorders. | [
"anxiety",
"psychotic",
"schizophrenic"
] | dissociative |
John has a lack of interest in friends or lovers and experiences very little emotion. He can be described as having **blank** of the following personality disorders | [
"avoidant",
"borderline",
"paranoid"
] | schizoid |
**blank** of the following personality disorders describes a person who has an extremely unstable self image , is moody , and does not develop stable relationships | [
"histrionic",
"narcissistic",
"schizoid"
] | borderline |
**blank** of the following personality disorders describes a person who has an exaggerated sense of self-importance and who needs constant admiration | [
"dependent",
"histrionic",
"schizoid"
] | narcissistic |
A scientific explanation that remains tentative until it has been adequately tested is called a(n) **blank** | [
"theory",
"law",
"experiment"
] | hypothesis |
The products of naturalistic observation are best described in terms of **blank** | [
"explanation",
"theory",
"prediction"
] | description |
In the traditional learning experiment, the effect of practice on performance is investigated. Performance is the **blank**__ variable. | [
"independent",
"extraneous",
"control"
] | dependent |
In order to summarize or organize a series of observations in some meaningful way, psychologists may develop **blank** | [
"hypotheses",
"experiments",
"surveys"
] | theories |
I work at a university, and my research is designed to be of immediate use in the classroom. My research would be called **blank** | [
"basic",
"impractical",
"ethical"
] | applied |
In my experiment, I am going to investigate how sleep affects anxiety. The number of hours of sleep the subjects have is called the **blank** variable. | [
"control",
"experiential",
"dependent"
] | independent |
In the simplest experiment, the two groups of subjects are treated exactly alike except for the **blank** variable. | [
"dependent",
"extraneous",
"control"
] | independent |
When subjects in an experiment are chosen so that each has an equal chance of being in either the experimental group or the control group, we say that the subjects have been assigned **blank** | [
"alternately",
"hypothetically",
"consecutively"
] | randomly |
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