Exam 17: Psychology Appendix

A self-fulfilling prophecy may result from:

_____ postulation of a language acquisition device is MOST consistent with the position of _____.

_____ argued that people react to the world as they see it and not as how it is._____ identified this mind bug as a culprit for why it is so difficult to think critically about evidence.

Most psychologists prefer the Big Five personality model to Eysenck's theory of personality.As it pertains to the role of parsimony in evaluating these theories,the general acceptance of the Big Five model over Eysenck's theory of personality demonstrates the general rule that:

Hypnosis _____ been shown to be more effective at relieving pain than is morphine,a drug that mimics the actions of _____ in relieving pain.

Attachment styles determined by the Strange Situation test in the laboratory _____ correspond to those observed in natural environments,indicating that the Strange Situation test is _____ in _____ validity.

Brain imaging studies reveal that emotionally intelligent people show _____ activation of the _____ when making decisions of an emotional content than do people with less emotional intelligence.

There exists a _____ between household income and life expectancy in the United States.

A geon is to an object as:

_____ is associated with the memory "sin" of _____.

Hypnosis leaves one exceptionally vulnerable to the memory sin of:

Research has indicated that there is a _____ between the size of a mob and the level of atrocity inflicted on victims.

The study techniques of distributed practice and practice testing are more effective than are more traditional techniques because making _____ during study sessions appears to enhance _____ memory.

People who malinger engage in this behavior because it is usually _____ reinforced by _____.

People with deficits in hippocampal structure or function might be more likely to experience problems _____ memories and be _____ susceptible to posttraumatic stress disorder.

Token economies sometimes are used by behavioral psychologists to exact behavior change.From a motivational perspective,tokens can be classified as _____ rewards;from a behavioral perspective,tokens are _____ reinforcers.

Which type of theorists would be MOST likely to make situational attributions of others' behavior?

Benzodiazepines are used to treat _____ and facilitate the functions of _____,the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain.When this neurotransmitter binds to its receptor site,the inside of the neuron becomes more _____ and thus is less likely to fire.

Generalized anxiety disorder is more prevalent in _____ cities,a fact that is MOST relevant to the field of _____ psychology.

A pigeon's behavior is reinforced for pecking images of Picasso paintings but not for pecking images of Monet paintings.After such training,it correctly pecks pictures of other Cubist artists it has never seen before but does not peck other never-before-seen impressionistic paintings.This example illustrates the behavioral processes of _____;in cognitive terms,each Picasso painting represents a(n)_____ of a category.