5 Written Questions

1. the subsystem of the nervous system that does not include the CNS
2. a reflex in which a newborn turns its head in response to a gentle stimulus on its cheek
3. perspective in psychology that stresses the goodness of people and their possibility of reaching their fullest potential
4. part of the nervous system that controls the "flight or fight" response
5. the ability to learn from experience, to use information, to understand things

5 Matching Questions

1. achievement test
2. hypochondriasis
3. safety
4. conditioned response
5. mania

1. a in classical conditioning, the response elicited by the conditioned stimulus
2. b the second rung of Maslow's hierarchy; refers to need for freedom from danger
3. c a test that assesses what one has learned
4. d a disorder characterized by an unreasonable fear that one has a serious disease
5. e high state of arousal, often accompanied by poor judgment

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. lack of motivation to avoid unpleasant stimuli after one has failed before to escape similar stimuli
   1. retrograde amnesia
   2. belief perseverance
   3. learned helplessness
   4. bipolar cells
2. when an individual seems to lose himself or herself in the group's identity
   1. accommodation
   2. assimilation
   3. deindividuation
   4. sublimation
3. gland that is the master gland of the endocrine system
   1. pituitary
   2. theory
   3. gestalt
   4. eidetic
4. the tendency to think about things only in terms of their usual uses; can be a hindrance to creative thinking
   1. rationalization
   2. functionalism
   3. functional fixedness
   4. social learning
5. this term describes an experiment in which neither the subjects nor the experimenter knows whether a subject is a member of the experimental group or the control group
   1. collectivist
   2. population
   3. dyslexia
   4. double blind

5 True/False Question

1. embryo → early stage of human development, when cells have begun to differentiate
   

   True        False

2. gene → made of DNA, it is the basic building block of heredity
   

   True        False

3. accommodation → the process of modifying a schema to account for new information; the process of the eyes lens changing shape in order to focus on distant or near objects
   

   True        False

4. social facilitation → reduced responsiveness caused by prolonged stimulation
   

   True        False

5. figure-ground → refers to our ability to distinguish foreground from background in visual images
   

   True        False