Study psych soc- multiple choice

If hair cells are damaged, what happens?

You can’t convert sound to neural signals

Rubbing an injured area reduces pain because:

B. Gate control theory

If you burn your hand but don’t notice immediately because you’re focused, this shows:

B. Gate control theory

Which sense bypasses the thalamus?

C. Smell

Knowing your arm is raised without looking:

B. Kinesthetic

Feeling dizzy after spinning:

A. Vestibular

Someone thinks shark attacks are common because they saw it on the news.

This is:

C. Availability

C. Availability heuristic

Which stage has delta waves?

C. N3

C. N3

Which increases as the night progresses?

B. REM

B. REM

Which neurotransmitter is MOST associated with addiction?

Dopamine

Cocaine would MOST likely:

Increase dopamine and alertness

A patient speaks fluently but their sentences don’t make sense.

This is damage to:

Wernicke’s area

Pulling your hand away from a hot stove BEFORE you consciously feel pain is controlled by:

Spinal cord

A drug that increases relaxation by reducing neural activity most likely affects:

GABA

Damage to which structure would MOST affect balance and coordination?

Cerebellum

A student who performs well across ALL subjects is best explained by:

g factor

You see a bear, your heart races, and you THEN feel fear.

This is:

James-Lange

A person feels aroused and THEN thinks:“This must be excitement because I’m at a party”

This is:

Schachter-Singer

A psychologist argues that human behavior is largely influenced by unconscious conflicts stemming from early childhood experiences. Which perspective best reflects this view?

Psychoanalytic perspective

A researcher studies how consistent characteristics like conscientiousness and extraversion predict behavior across situations. Which perspective is being used?

Trait perspective

A psychologist emphasizes that people have free will and are motivated to achieve their highest potential. Which perspective does this describe?

Humanistic perspective

A study examines how rewards and punishments influence whether a child repeats a behavior. Which perspective is this?

Behaviorist perspective

A researcher investigates how thoughts, environment, and behavior all interact to shape an individual’s actions. Which perspective does this reflect?

Social cognitive perspective

A scientist studies how genetic differences and brain structures influence personality and behavior. Which perspective is this?

Biological perspective

A researcher gives one group caffeine and another placebo, then measures reaction time. What type of study is this?

Experimental

Which study type allows for causal conclusions?

Experimental

Researchers find that people who sleep less have higher stress levels but do not manipulate variables.

Correlational

A researcher watches children interact on a playground without interfering.

Observational

Observing behavior in a controlled lab setting without manipulation is:

Laboratory observation

A neurologist studies one patient with a rare memory disorder in depth.

Case study

Which study focuses on a single individual or small group?

Case study

Participants answer questions about their daily habits and stress levels.

Survey

Which study is MOST prone to self-report bias?

Survey

Researchers follow the same group of students from age 10 to 30.

Longitudinal

Which study examines changes over time in the same participants?

Longitudinal

Researchers compare 10-year-olds, 20-year-olds, and 30-year-olds at the same time.

Cross-sectional

Which study compares different groups at one time point?

Cross-sectional

A study finds that increased exercise is associated with lower anxiety but does not manipulate exercise levels.

Correlational

Researchers assign participants randomly to either a therapy group or no-treatment group.

Experimental

Light hits the retina and becomes a neural signal.

This is:

transduction

A student is told: “This test is extremely difficult”

They then perceive every question as harder than it actually is.

This is:

Perceptual set

A person in a noisy room believes they hear their name being called, even though no one said it.

This is BEST explained by:

Perceptual set

Which structure is responsible for changing shape to focus on near objects?

Lens

Neurons that fire ONLY when seeing vertical lines is:

Feature detection

Which structure is responsible for amplifying sound vibrations?

ossicles

Which structure is responsible for converting sound into neural signals?

Cochlea

Damage to hair cells would directly affect:

Sound detection

An infant develops a sense that the world is reliable and caregivers are dependable.

Trust vs mistrust

A child avoids stealing because they fear punishment.

Preconventional

A person follows laws because they want to be seen as a good citizen.

Conventional

A person believes laws should be broken if they are unjust.

Postconventional

A teenager is deciding what career path to pursue and who they want to become.

BIdentity vs role confusion

A person refuses to follow a law because it violates their moral principles.

Postconventional

A person wants respect, recognition, and confidence.

Esteem

Which hormone would increase blood sodium levels directly?

aldosterone

A person is shown a blurry image and gradually identifies it as a dog as more details appear

What type of processing is this?

bottom up

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What type of processing is this?

top-down

Which hormone increases water retention?

ADH

Which hormone is responsible for milk ejection (not production)?

Oxytocin