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5 Written Questions

1. a test designed to predict a person's future performance. (p.432)
2. learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli (classical conditioning) or a response and its consequences (operant conditioning.) (p.309)
3. interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schemas. (p.143)
4. a pair of endocrine glands just above the kidneys. The adrenals secrete the hormones epinephrine (adrenaline), and nonepinephrine (nonadrenaline), which help to arouse the body in times of stress. (p.95)
5. loss of memory (p.358)

5 Matching Questions

1. neuron
2. acoustic encoding
3. hierarchy of needs
4. altruism
5. action potential

1. a Maslow's pyramid of human needs, beginning at the base with physiological needs that must first be satisfied before higher-level safety needs and then psychological needs become active
2. b encoding of sound, especially the sound of words. (p.350)
3. c a neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon. The action potential is generated by teh movement of positively charged atoms in and out of channels in the axon's membrane. (p.159)
4. d a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
5. e unselfish regard for the welfare of others. (p.735)

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. test designed to assess what a person has learned. (p.432)
   1. aptitude
   2. achievement test
   3. action potential
   4. aptitude test
2. two almond-shaped neural clusters that are components of the limbic system and are linked to emotion (p.74)
   1. amygdala
   2. aphasia
   3. altruism
   4. amnesia
3. (ACh); neurotransmitter that triggers muscle contraction. (p.62)
   1. altruism
   2. accomodation
   3. acetycholine
   4. aphasia
4. a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier (but more error-prone) use of heuristics. (p.387)
   1. algorithm
   2. aptitude
   3. aphasia
   4. altruism
5. any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy. (p.719)
   1. amnesia
   2. acquisition
   3. motivation
   4. aggression

5 True/False Question

1. accomodation → interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schemas. (p.143)
   

   True        False

2. acquisition → any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy. (p.719)
   

   True        False

3. applied research → scientific study that aims to solve practical problems. (p.13)
   

   True        False

4. motivation → adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information. (p.143)
   

   True        False

5. alpha waves → the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state. (p.272)
   

   True        False