OC userin Psychology·29 Dec 201743. I start yelling at my spouse. She picks up the frying pan and hits me on the head. Now I never yell at my spouse. My behavior decreasing is an example of a. positive reinforcement c. positive punishment b. negative reinforcement d. negative punishment
OC userin Psychology·27 Dec 20176. Compared with unconscious information processing, conscious information processing is relatively a. fast and especially effective for solving simple problems. b. slow and especially effective for solving simple problems. c. fast and especially effective for solving complex problems. d. slow and especially effective for solving complex problems.
OC userin Psychology·27 Dec 201722. Dr. Lewis is interested in assessing the study habits of Western students. She wants to gather information about the number of hours spent in class, at a job, in extracurricular activity, exercising, sleeping, and studying for as many students as possible. Which research method should she use? A) experiment B) case study C) survey D) correlation E) observation
OC userin Psychology·26 Dec 201746. Which of the following statements about genetic transmission from parents to offspring is true? A) 46 chromosomes from the egg combine with 46 chromosomes from the sperm B) 23 chromosomes from the egg combine with 23 chromosomes from the sperm regardless of the gender of the child C) all 46 chromosomes in a developing fetus come from the egg regardless of the gender of the child D) all 46 chromosomes in a developing fetus come from the sperm regardless of the gender of the child E) all 46 chromosomes in a developing fetus come from the egg if the child is female, and all 46 chromosomes in a developing fetus come from the sperm if the child is a boy
OC userin Psychology·26 Dec 20172a) Draw a graph that details the different stages that of electrical conduction in the neuron and how the membrane potential of the neuron changes b) Briefly explain these four stages
OC userin Psychology·23 Dec 201718. All of the following brain structures were mentioned as playing important roles in the regulation and production of emotion except the A) amygdala B) hypothalamus C) cerebellum D) hippocampus E) cerebral cortex
OC userin Psychology·23 Dec 201750. The heritability coefficient is highest for which of the following human characteristics? A) conscientiousness B) height C) intelligence D) extroversion E) impulsivity
OC userin Psychology·20 Dec 20175. Dark adaptation A) takes longer for rods B) produces greater sensitivity in the cones than in the rods C) takes longer when moving from an environment of red light to darkness D) is the process by which photoreceptors are depleted of pigment molecules E) only takes 10 minutes for both rods and cones
OC userin Psychology·19 Dec 201716. Juan is experiencing a sleep disorder. For no reason at all, he suddenly falls into sleep whether it is day or night. If he is standing at the time, he falls down due to loss of muscle tone. EEG recordings indicate that he cycles directly into REM. Most likely, Juan is suffering from A) insomnia B) sleep apnea C) night terrors D) narcolepsy E) REM-sleep behaviour disorder
OC userin Psychology·15 Dec 201742. According to Trivers' (1972) "Parental Investment theory" an equal (or approximately equal) investment by both parents would predict A) a polyandry mating system B) a polygynandry mating system C) a polygyny mating system D) a monogamous mating system E) none of the above
OC userin Psychology·17 Dec 20178. Suppose a researcher gave people the following problem: In a group of 100 people, 70 are pilots and 30 are bookkeepers. Of that group, one man is meek, timid, and enjoys helping people. Is he more likely to be a pilot or a bookkeeper? Most subjects would answer A) bookkeeper, demonstrating a bias toward representativeness B) bookkeeper, demonstrating a prior probability bias C) pilot, demonstrating use of the base-rate information given D) pilot, demonstrating the availability bias E) bookkeeper, demonstrating functional fixedness
OC userin Psychology·14 Dec 201741. The fact that researchers have found that rat pups that were raised in a stimulating early environment have larger neurons and more dendrite branches supports A) the idea that brain development is primarily genetically determined B) the idea that the environment has an important impact on brain development C) the idea of neural plasticity D) all of the above E) Only B) and C) above
OC userin Psychology·14 Dec 201743. Consider the following scenario: A group of psychologists are studying the genetic influence on intelligence. They find that identical twins (raised together) have a heritability coefficient of .88 and that fraternal twins (raised together) have a heritability coefficient of .42. Based solely on these findings, the psychologists can legitimately conclude that A) intelligence is entirely shaped by genetics B) intelligence is entirely shaped by the environment C) intelligence is impacted be genetics D) intelligence is not impacted by the environment E) intelligence is not at all impacted by genetics