Computer Jeopardy EDUC551 Educational Applications of Computers Dr. Carla Piper

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Pot PourriCognitionSensation Percept’n LearningMotivat’n Emotion $500 $1000 $1500 $2000 $2500

Game Sleep Spindles Answer $500 Pot Pourri These phenomena are characteristic of Stage II sleep. !

Mental set Answer Game $500 Cognition Each time Jill shoots a penalty kick she fakes left and kicks toward the lower right side of the net. This scenario is an example of this problem solving dilemma. !

Game Sensory adaptation Answer $500 Sensation & Perception Five minutes after coming into a smelly room, Paul is no longer aware of the odor because of this phenomenon. !

Game Stimulus generalization Answer $500 Learning In his experiments, Pavlov got dogs to salivate at the sight of a circle. Later he presented the same dogs with an oval and learned that dogs would have the same salivation reaction. The name for that finding is : !

Game Humanism Answer $500 Motivation Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory is most reflective of this psychological school of thought. !

Game Social psychologist Answer $1,000 Pot Pourri Of the different jobs in psychology, this type of psychologist is mostly interested in studying how people behave. !

Game Proactive interference Answer $1,000 Cognition Christine, a freshman, cannot remember her locker combination because she keeps remembering her junior high combination because of this situation. ! Daily Double!!

Game Signal detection theory Answer $1,000 Sensation & Perception We tend to be more aware of a phone call when we are expecting one. This theory explains that phenomenon. !

Game Behaviorism Answer $1,000 Learning John B. Watson was a pioneer in this perspective of psychology. !

Game Drive Reduction Answer $1,000 Motivation Harlow’s Monkey Love Experiments disproved this theory, promoted by Clark Hull. !

Game Sleep apnea Answer $1,500 Pot Pourri Pete snores very loudly every night. That condition is a symptom of this sleep problem. !

Game Availability heuristic Answer $1,500 Cognition When asked which of two countries has a larger population, participants will likely say the country that is more familiar to them because of this “rule of thumb.” !

Game Cochlea Answer $1,500 Sensation & Perception The process of hearing begins in the auditory canal, proceeds through the eardrum and ends in this seashell appearing organ !

Game Classical conditioning Answer $1,500 Learning Rats in an experiment learned to associate sweetened water with a drug that causes immune suppression. Later the sweetened water alone produced the immune suppression. This finding is the result of this type of learning. !

Game Set point Answer $1,500 Motivation Each person has one of these; it helps the body-fat level remain fixed and resistant to change. !

Game Industrial-organizational Answer $2,000 Pot Pourri This type of psychologist helps employees become more productive in the work place. !

Game Schemas Answer $2,000 Cognition These mental constructs, such as a car crash (Loftus), enable humans to make sense of the world. Daily Double!! !

Game Opponent-Process Theory Answer $2,000 Sensation & Perception After staring at a green, black and orange American flag for about a minute, you see a red, white and blue after image. That phenomenon is explained by this theory. !

Game Observational learning Answer $2,000 Learning Sara sees Simoncini give Emily bonus points for being quiet in class. As a consequence, Sara starts being quiet in class. Sara has thusly engaged in this type of learning. !

Game General Adaptation Syndrome Answer $2,000 Motivation This stress-related theory consists of alarm, resistance and exhaustion. !

Game Antagonists Answer $2,500 Pot Pourri These types of drugs block action at synapses. !

Game Tip of the tongue Answer $2,500 Cognition Information that is available, but not accessible, such as when you know someone, but cannot place her name is known as this phenomenon. !

Game Weber’s Law Answer $2,500 Sensation & Perception This law explains why when a backpack is empty a person can discern a small weight change but when it is heavy a person cannot discern a small weight change. !

Game Taste Aversions Answer $2,500 Learning Garcia’s experiments with coyotes found that animals could acquire these for substances such as lamb meat. !

Game Thematic Apperception Test Answer $2,500 Motivation Murray and McClelland developed this projective test for achievement motivation. !