Psych. Test 1

5 Written Questions

1. the nerve bundle that connects the two hemispheres
2. beginning of sleep stages - awake but relaxed
3. answer = B
4. a working definition of something
   Example: when you operationalize a variable, you explain how you will measure it
5. when patients and experimenters assistants remain unaware of which patients has the real or placebo drug (related to random assignment)

5 Matching Questions

1. Synapse
2. Dependent Variable
3. Delta Waves
4. REM Sleep
5. Biological Psychology

1. a rapid eye movement cycles, vivid dreams, body is paralyzed
   MOST crucial sleep stage
2. b focuses on the relationship between the body and the mind
3. c sleep stage 3-4 - deepest sleep
4. d junction between the axon tip (terminal bulb) of the sending neuron and the dendrite of the cell body of the receiving neuron (where information is exchanged from neuron to another)
5. e factor that may change based on the independent variable
   Example: grades, intelligence

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. when one trait or behavior accompanies another they 'correlate'
   this does NOT prove causation
   1. Population
   2. Cerebellum
   3. Control Group
   4. Correlation
2. a group of people about whom the researcher wants to make conclusions (a sample should be representative of the population)
   1. Axons
   2. Population
   3. Correlation
   4. Question 45
3. studies the effects of heredity and environment - identical twins separated at birth were raised in different environments but were found to have numerous similarities such as...
   personality, intelligence, abilities, interests, brain waves, ect.
   1. Case Study
   2. Hypnosis
   3. Survey
   4. Twin Studies
4. sudden arousal from sleep with an intense fear with physiological reactions
   COMMON in children
   1. Night Terrors
   2. Hypothesis
   3. Theory
   4. Alpha Waves
5. left side = right body
   right side = left body
   1. Hindsight Bias
   2. Natural Selection
   3. Right Brain vs. Left Brain
   4. Nature vs. Nurture

5 True/False Questions

1. Sample → a group of subjects selected for a study; a subset (random sample) of a population

   True        False

2. Survey → technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes, opinions or behaviors of people usually done by questioning a representative random selection of people
   Provides a lot of peoples responses and is less expensive BUT might not be as representational because people may not respond to a given survey or take it seriously

   True        False

3. Sympathetic Nervous System → CNS - brain and spine

   True        False

4. Parasympathetic Nervous System → becomes active during states of relaxation (calming)

   True        False

5. Change Blindness → an awareness of ourselves and our environment

   True        False