Exam 17: Intelligence Testing and Psychological Perspectives

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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 _____.

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A behaviorist would conceptualize the prisoner's dilemma as a situation in which Person A's decision to cooperate or not with Person B produces:

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Research has indicated that there is a _____ between intelligence and income.

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Multitasking disrupts the _____ of consciousness and contributes to the memory sin of _____.

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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.

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Although far removed from his area of research, the implications of _____ research on conscious will is consistent with the philosophical views espoused by _____ in his book Beyond Freedom and Dignity.

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The stage of Erickson's psychosocial development corresponding to the crisis of autonomy vs. shame and doubt most closely corresponds to Freud's _____ stage of psychosexual development.

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Emotional reappraisal is similar to the coping strategy of:

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Some herbal and natural products may have psychological benefits. For example, there is a _____ correlation between the consumption of omega-3 fatty acids and _____.

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A(n) _____ psychologist might best explain why sensory adaptation is a useful process.

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A(n) _____psychologist would best explain why humans are born with _____ brains.

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Subjecting rats to extreme sleep deprivation results in severe weight loss, indicating impairments of _____ functioning.

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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 the _____ symptoms of schizophrenia such as _____.

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