Psychology 101 : Detail View

1)

�Arousal is the emotion” is the proper summary of which theory?

James Lange- Peripheral Feedback Theory

2)

What is not considered to be a Gestalt Grouping principle?

Motion Parallax

3)

What sleep pathology is characterized by an inability to breathe while sleeping?

Apnea

4)

Miller determined that BLANK are used to increase the amount of information that can be held in the short term memory.

Rehearsal functions

5)

Which of the following structures is found in the middle ear?

Ossicles

6)

�relay station” of the brain, receives signals from sensory organs and transmits them to appropriate regions of the cortex

Thalamus

7)

Is emotional expressions have the ability to alter your mood

The Facial Feedback Theory

8)

If a person is in stage 4 sleep cycle, their EEG pattern will be full of which type of waves?

Delta waves

9)

The lateral geniculate nucleus, or LGN, is part of which brain structure?

Thalamus

10)

Which motor structure is located over the thalamus and is responsible for the control of deliberate movements?

Basal Ganglia

11)

For learning and memory, important for encoding new short term memories into long term memories

Hippocampus

12)

Which researcher is responsible for work that determined that there is a distinction between episodic and semantic memory in short term memory?

Tulving

13)

What is seen in Stage 2 of sleep?

Sleep spindles and K-complexes

14)

Participants were injected with epinephrine and then shown emotionally arousing stimuli. Their reaction supports which theory of emotion? Informed and uniformed etc...

Schachter- Singer- Cognition and Feedback Theory

15)

� Which perceptual experience arises from the fact that we have two retinas that derive different images?

Binocular disparity - helps judge distances

16)

Which sleep cycles is most REM sleep seen in?

4 and 5

17)

In the dark adaption curve

Cones adapt faster but are not as sensitive as rods

18)

Episodic and semantic memory are both part of this memory structure:

Long term memory

19)

Which of the following is not a type of monocular cue that helps us in perceiving depth in the visual world?

Pragnanz

20)

The influx of which of the following ions causes an action potential to occur

Na++

21)

What did the unfortunate fate of Phineas Gage show psychologists about the brain?

The brain has a role in complex phenomena like personality.

22)

What is the duration of iconic memory

.5 seconds

23)

Hubel and Wiesel employed this technique to study the feline visual cortex; it helped them discover the existence of "feature detector" cells

Single cell recording

24)

The muscle fibers of the iris can increase or decrease the amount of light entering the eye by expanding or contracting the BLANK

Pupil

25)

The pons and medulla control which of the following reflexes

Postural

26)

The spinal cord is responsible for each of the following functions, except BLANK

Coordinating movement of the limbs

27)

Which of the following neurotransmitters is found in the neuro-muscular junction?

Acetylcholine

28)

Research with Korsakoff's syndrome patients show that there is a distinction between BLANK and BLANK memory

Procedural/declarative

29)

Which part of the nerve cell is responsible for transmitting electrical signals within a neuron?

Axon

30)

Vesicles containing neurotransmitter are found in this part of the neuron.

Axon terminals

31)

Neurophysiology has shown that there is evidence supporting both theories of color vision. The BLANK behave in a manner consistent to the trichromatic theory, which the BLANK, thalamus, and visual cortex behave in a manner consistent to the opponent process theory.

Cones; Ganglion cells

32)

Stimulation of this part of the brain (which runs from the midbrain through the lateral hypothalamus to the basal ganglia) is very rewarding

Medial forebrain buncle

33)

This portion of the hypothalamus becomes active when an individuals motivation to perform a drive related behavior no longer exists

Ventromedial

34)

Great surprise and strong emotional arousal define this type of memory

Flashbulb

35)

The central drive system is part of which brain structure?

Hypothalamus

36)

Which brain structure is a bundle of axons that connect the two cerebral hemispheres?

Corpus callosum

37)

Which of the following drugs is known to suppress REM sleep

Alcohol

38)

Iconic memory is the visual part of the following memory structures?

Sensory register

39)

This neurotransmitter, along with norepinephrine, mediates the effects of the reward pathway. It is agonized by both cocaine and amphetamines

Dopamine

40)

Which psychologist is credited with being the first to study memory scientifically

Ebbinghaus

41)

Which of the following scientists did the Nobel Prize winning work on the individuals known as "split brain patients"

Sperry

42)

In the visual pathway, photoreceptors on the BLANK portions of the retinas project to the contralateral side of the brain, while the photo receptors on the BLANK portions of the retinas project to the ipsilateral side of the brain

Temporal; nasal

43)

Damage to this region of the cortex that is involved int he regulation of emotion is known to cause behavior similar to that seen in individuals with an anti social personality disorder

Orbito frontal cortex

44)

The name for the electrical signal that is conducted over the dendrites and some of the nerve cell is a

45)

When a person is away with his/her eyes open, their EEG pattern will be dominated by BLANK waves

Beta

46)

Word completion is an example of a BLANK memory task, while recognition is an example of an BLANK memory task.

Implicit, explicit

47)

The BLANK are the photoreceptors responsible for night vision

Rods

48)

Surgical removal of this brain structure causes "psychic blindness"

Amygdala

49)

The cochlea is part of the BLANK ear

Inner

50)

A group of axons in the central nervous system is called a BLANK

Tract

51)

The structure that controls the homeostatic mechanisms of the body is the BLANK

Hypothalamus