PSYCH 1010 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Cognitive Behavioral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅_____ theory suggests that when people are hypnotized
they have voluntarily divided their conscious: one half aware of reality and the other half turned into the
hypnotist.
Opioid - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Morphine is considered a _______ drug because it decreases pain
Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅When Brady is hot he sweats. When Brady is cold, he gets goose
bumps on his skin so he will warm up more quickly. This is an example of how the body tires to achieve
______
Insufficient sleep on a chronic basis. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sleep debt is the result of _______
Wernicke's area - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Rosemary had a stroke about a year ago and now she cannot
understand what people are saying to her. This is embarrassing for her, she responds using vague
language and tires to make it appear as though she understands. Which area of Rosemary's brain was
likely damaged by the stroke?
Injury to the brain causes changes in behavior, but specific brain areas are not linked to specific
behaviors. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the case
study of Phinea's Gage accident, which led to brain injury?
Central and peripheral nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The two major divisions of the nervous
system are the _____ and _____
Resting potential - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The _____ is the difference in charge between the
intracellular and extracellular space of a neuron.
Confounding variable - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A ____ is a variable that affects both variables of interest
and may falsely give the impression of a cause-and-effect relationship.
, Replication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Stan and Jenny are in a psychology corse that requires them to
repeat an experiment that researchers have conducted in the past, in order to determine whether they
produce the same results. This is called ______
Attrition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅______ assesses the consistency of observations by different
observers
Control groups - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What is a limitation that effects the generalizablitly of research
results?
Studying overt behavior and deemphasizing the importance of unobservable mental processes -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Behaviorism focuses on making psychology an objective science by ____
theorizing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Char heard from her friends that marijuana use can cure glaucoma
so it should be legal in all 50 states. Char knows that she is biased in favor marijuana legalization, so she
decides to exercise some skepticism about this claim. She researches where her friends got their
information, how reliable it is, and what other sources say about legalizing marijuana. Char is ______
Experimental and Provable - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅For a scientific explanation to be testable, it must
also be ____
Her own conscious experience - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Introspection refers to a process by which
someone examines ____ as objectively as possible.
Meditation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅____ has its toots in religious practice.
somnambulism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅_____ is another word for sleepwalking
Stage 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sleep spindles and K-complexes are most often associated with _____
sleep.
Hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The body's biological clock is located in the______.
Cognitive Behavioral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅_____ theory suggests that when people are hypnotized
they have voluntarily divided their conscious: one half aware of reality and the other half turned into the
hypnotist.
Opioid - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Morphine is considered a _______ drug because it decreases pain
Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅When Brady is hot he sweats. When Brady is cold, he gets goose
bumps on his skin so he will warm up more quickly. This is an example of how the body tires to achieve
______
Insufficient sleep on a chronic basis. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sleep debt is the result of _______
Wernicke's area - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Rosemary had a stroke about a year ago and now she cannot
understand what people are saying to her. This is embarrassing for her, she responds using vague
language and tires to make it appear as though she understands. Which area of Rosemary's brain was
likely damaged by the stroke?
Injury to the brain causes changes in behavior, but specific brain areas are not linked to specific
behaviors. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the case
study of Phinea's Gage accident, which led to brain injury?
Central and peripheral nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The two major divisions of the nervous
system are the _____ and _____
Resting potential - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The _____ is the difference in charge between the
intracellular and extracellular space of a neuron.
Confounding variable - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A ____ is a variable that affects both variables of interest
and may falsely give the impression of a cause-and-effect relationship.
, Replication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Stan and Jenny are in a psychology corse that requires them to
repeat an experiment that researchers have conducted in the past, in order to determine whether they
produce the same results. This is called ______
Attrition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅______ assesses the consistency of observations by different
observers
Control groups - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What is a limitation that effects the generalizablitly of research
results?
Studying overt behavior and deemphasizing the importance of unobservable mental processes -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Behaviorism focuses on making psychology an objective science by ____
theorizing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Char heard from her friends that marijuana use can cure glaucoma
so it should be legal in all 50 states. Char knows that she is biased in favor marijuana legalization, so she
decides to exercise some skepticism about this claim. She researches where her friends got their
information, how reliable it is, and what other sources say about legalizing marijuana. Char is ______
Experimental and Provable - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅For a scientific explanation to be testable, it must
also be ____
Her own conscious experience - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Introspection refers to a process by which
someone examines ____ as objectively as possible.
Meditation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅____ has its toots in religious practice.
somnambulism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅_____ is another word for sleepwalking
Stage 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sleep spindles and K-complexes are most often associated with _____
sleep.
Hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The body's biological clock is located in the______.
