Exam 17: Integrative Questions

Which memory(ies)is/are MOST likely to be forgotten with age?

_____ are to chromosomes as _____ are to axons.

_____ are often prescribed to treat _____.

A self-fulfilling prophecy may result from:

In psychoanalysis,June's therapist suggests that she is taking her unconscious childhood anger at her father out on her husband by picking silly fights with him.June starts crying and says that her therapist is the only man who has ever really understood her.In this example,the therapist suggested that June was engaging in the defence mechanism of _____ and June's reaction illustrates _____.

A modern spin on the classic Cannon-Bard theory would state that the _____ makes emotional decisions _____ physiological arousal.

Ratio IQ is NOT a _____ method of measuring _____ intelligence.

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 an illustration of the memory sin of:

Which use of the deviation IQ to measure intelligence differences is invalid?

When asked to rank pictures of women in terms of their attractiveness,men across cultures rank figures approximating the "perfect hourglass" figure,in which the waist is precisely _____% of the circumference of the hips,as most attractive.In terms of categorizing figures,this phenomenon BEST illustrates _____ theory.

A person administering a polygraph test who sets the machine to _____ sensitivity is adopting a _____ decision-making strategy and is likely to make a large number of _____.

The introspective technique developed by _____ requires one to be _____ conscious.

A person with a highly reactive behavioural inhibition system would be MOST sensitive to _____ reinforcers.

Joseph LeDoux postulated the existence of both a fast and a slow fear pathway.When a person sees a bear,for example,the thalamus routes this information to the _____,which makes a quick appraisal of the situation.Simultaneously,the thalamus routes this information to the visual cortex,and you ultimately are able to identify the bear as the information travels along the _____ visual stream.

People with the need for high achievement often are classified as _____ personalities and are more likely to have a _____ focus.

Critics argue that _____ research model of rats pressing levers for food reward,while generating research high in _____ validity,is limited in its _____ validity.

_____ tried using introspection to measure _____ experiences.

Harold read about a cross-cultural study demonstrating an association between consumption of omega-3s and _____.Thinking it will help him,he wants to run to the health store to buy a bottle.His wife,Kara,is more skeptical.She thinks that the relationship might have to do with international differences in the propensity to seek help,rather than the health benefits of omega 3s.Kara is _____.

Dr.Watkins is an empathetic and hopeful therapist who convinces Shaina that she will improve in therapy.Shaina does improve,but actually the treatment had no effect.Rather,Shaina improved because of the nonspecific treatment effects associated with her sessions with Dr.Watkins.These nonspecific treatment effects functioned in a similar way to which "sin" of memory?

The heritability coefficient of extraversion is approximately .5,which means that: