PSU Psych 100 Exam 2 EXAM 140 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+ 2025 NEW UPDATE
absolute threshold - CORRECT ANSWER: the minimum stimulation needed to detect a
particular stimulus 50 percent of the time
accomodation - CORRECT ANSWER: the process by which the eye's lens changes
shape to focus near or far objects on the retina
acquisition - CORRECT ANSWER: in classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one
links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus
begins triggering the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of
a reinforced response
anterograde amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER: an inability to form new memories
associative learning - CORRECT ANSWER: learning that certain events occur together.
The events may be two stimuli or a response and its consequence
automatic processing - CORRECT ANSWER: unconscious encoding of incidental
information
behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER: the view that psychology should be an objective
science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research
psychologist agree with objective science but not with no mental processes
binocular cues - CORRECT ANSWER: depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that
depend of the use of two eyes
, blind spot - CORRECT ANSWER: the point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye,
creating a "blind" spot because no receptor cells are located there
bottom-up processing - CORRECT ANSWER: analysis that begins with the sensory
receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information
chunking - CORRECT ANSWER: organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often
occurs automatically
classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER: a type of learning in which one learns to
link two or more stimuliand anticipate events
cochlea - CORRECT ANSWER: a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear; sound
waves traveling through the cochlear fluid trigger nerve impulses
cochlear implant - CORRECT ANSWER: a device for converting sounds into electrical
signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea
cognitive learning - CORRECT ANSWER: the acquisition of mental information, whether
by observing events, by watching others, or through language
cognitive map - CORRECT ANSWER: a mental representation of the layout of one's
environement
color constancy - CORRECT ANSWER: perceiving familiar objects as having consistent
color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the light
conditioned reinforcer - CORRECT ANSWER: a stimulus that gains its reinforcing power
through its association with a primary reinforcer; secondary reinforcer
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+ 2025 NEW UPDATE
absolute threshold - CORRECT ANSWER: the minimum stimulation needed to detect a
particular stimulus 50 percent of the time
accomodation - CORRECT ANSWER: the process by which the eye's lens changes
shape to focus near or far objects on the retina
acquisition - CORRECT ANSWER: in classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one
links a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus
begins triggering the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of
a reinforced response
anterograde amnesia - CORRECT ANSWER: an inability to form new memories
associative learning - CORRECT ANSWER: learning that certain events occur together.
The events may be two stimuli or a response and its consequence
automatic processing - CORRECT ANSWER: unconscious encoding of incidental
information
behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER: the view that psychology should be an objective
science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research
psychologist agree with objective science but not with no mental processes
binocular cues - CORRECT ANSWER: depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that
depend of the use of two eyes
, blind spot - CORRECT ANSWER: the point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye,
creating a "blind" spot because no receptor cells are located there
bottom-up processing - CORRECT ANSWER: analysis that begins with the sensory
receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information
chunking - CORRECT ANSWER: organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often
occurs automatically
classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER: a type of learning in which one learns to
link two or more stimuliand anticipate events
cochlea - CORRECT ANSWER: a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear; sound
waves traveling through the cochlear fluid trigger nerve impulses
cochlear implant - CORRECT ANSWER: a device for converting sounds into electrical
signals and stimulating the auditory nerve through electrodes threaded into the cochlea
cognitive learning - CORRECT ANSWER: the acquisition of mental information, whether
by observing events, by watching others, or through language
cognitive map - CORRECT ANSWER: a mental representation of the layout of one's
environement
color constancy - CORRECT ANSWER: perceiving familiar objects as having consistent
color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the light
conditioned reinforcer - CORRECT ANSWER: a stimulus that gains its reinforcing power
through its association with a primary reinforcer; secondary reinforcer
