Exam 17: Psychology Appendix

_____ are often prescribed to treat _____.

Critics might argue that psychologists adopt a(n)_____ decision-making strategy in diagnosing personality disorders,resulting in over diagnosis.

_____ are to chromosomes as _____ are to axons.

More intelligent people tend to live longer.People who attempt to explain this relationship by highlighting the link between intelligence and education,education and job status,job status and income,and income and health are:

Which findings on research conducted in the United States would have the LEAST external validity?

If the electrical activity in the brain is analogous to sound waves,then which analogy represents deep sleep?

Emotional reappraisal is similar to the coping strategy of:

Dylan is interested in finding out how sensitive his roommate is to sound.While he is watching TV,Dylan gradually turns up the volume on his stereo.Over the course of several days,Dylan does this a number of times and each time records the volume at which his roommate complains.This experiment may be considered a study of _____,and the dependent variable is the volume _____.

Avoidance motivation MOST closely corresponds to:

Infants with a highly reactive _____ are more likely to develop into adults that score rather low on the _____ Big Five personality dimension.

The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia was developed in part due to research on the effects of psychoactive drugs in the brain.Drugs that _____ dopamine activity in mesolimbic areas of the brain are associated with a reduction in _____ symptoms of schizophrenia such as _____.

The implications of _____ research on conscious will is consistent with the philosophical views espoused by the philosopher _____.

Dopamine is to _____ as _____ is/are to pain relief.

Not getting enough _____sleep for a number of nights leaves people tired and hypersensitive to bone and muscle pain.In the context of the general adaptation syndrome,these people are probably in the _____ stage.

Worrying about insomnia may actually make the brain more sensitive to signs of sleeplessness,further exacerbating the problem and illustrating _____.Thus,when persons cannot sleep,they should get out of bed and go do something else.Further,the bed should be reserved only for sleeping,and not for reading books,doing homework,eating,or watching television.If persons do these things and only lie down in bed when they are sleepy,behaviorists would state that,over time,the bed will become a(n)_____ for sleep.

A researcher manipulated the intensity of light in increments of five lumens and asked participants if the light was present or absent.The study found that two particular participants had the same _____ threshold for perceiving the light.Had the investigators manipulated the light in units of one lumen,a difference would have been found between the individuals.The study was lacking the _____ to detect this difference.

The statistical technique used to uncover core dimensions of intelligence and _____ is _____.

The results of research on facial attractiveness MOSTLY support a(n)_____ position on attractiveness.

Sir Frederic Bartlett's observation that people often remember what should have happened or what ought to have happened instead of what actually happened is consistent with the writings of which philosopher of science?

Antidepressant drugs known as SSRIs work by _____ of serotonin;critics argue that these drugs alter serotonin levels long _____ patients report improvements in mood.