Psychology Test 2

Which of the following increases the activity of the nervous system?

Methamphetamine

Which of the following can lead to serious health problems?

Sleep Apnea

What process is used in learning to ride a bicycle?

Shaping and Chaining

What is the process by which a stimulus increases the chances of a preceding behavior occurring again?

Reinforcement

Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs yielded information about which of the following?

Classical Conditioning

Under what circumstances can punishment be effective?

When it is strong and consistent

How do depressants generally make people feel?

Relaxed

What does evidence suggest about meditation?

Mediation can help people relax

In which step of the PQ4R method do students create a cognitive map of a chapter?

Previewing

Which step in the PQ4R method involves relating new information to what you already know?

Reflecting

Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?

Someone who becomes too warm in the sun moves into the shade

Use the chart below to answer the question that follow.
According to the chart above, approximately how much sleep do high school students need?

9-10 Hours

Which of the following is a term for learning that remains hidden until needed?

Latent Learning

Which of the following is an effective method for dealing with misbehaving adolescent students

Time Out

Glancing at the section headings of a chapter is an example of which step in the PQ4R method?

Preview

When an individual is awake and alert, the brain emits which of the following types of brain waves?

Beta

Which of the following scientists began the practice of hypnosis?

Franz Mesmer

common altered state of consciousness experienced by most daily

Sleep

State in which a persons sense of self changes

altered state of consciousness

Strategies used to push painful or unacceptable ideas out of consciousness

Defense Mechanisms

Awareness of things both inside and outside ourselves

Consciousness

Can cause severe long term health effects, including gum disease and tooth decay

Methamphetamine

Type of depressant used to relive pain

Narcotic

Craving for a drug that develops after taking it awhile

Addiction

Releases the hormone adrenaline and causes a persons heart rate to increase

Nicotine

Learning in which each step of a sequence is learned and leads to the next

Chaining

Modeling is a form of this type of learning

observational learning

Type of learning that is spread out over several days or weeks

Distributed learning

Learning that remains hidden until it is needed

Latent Learning

When a conditioned response stops occurring

extinction

Form of learning bases on the consequences of actions

operant conditioning

Stimulus that causes an automatic response

Unconditioned stimulus

Revival of an extinguished response

Spontaneous recovery