3. Random I

4. Random II

5. Random III

6. Random IV

7. Random V

8. Random VI

9. $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Random I Random II Random III Random IV Random V Random VI

10. Low levels of this neurotransmitter are often seen in patients with depression

11. Serotonin

12. Cells that change one form of energy into neural impulses are known as

13. Receptor cells

14. What is a double-blind procedure?

15. Neither the experimenter nor the participant know who has received the placebo and who has received the independent variable

16. In order for an experiment’s results to be accepted the results must be…

17. Replicable

18. Excitatory neurotransmitter involved in learning and memory; Oversupply can lead to migraines or seizures

19. Glutamate

20. What is brain/neural plasticity?

21. When a brain part takes on a new function (usually due to brain damage in another area)

22. What is a projective test?

23. Personality tests that provide ambiguous stimuli to trigger projection of one’s inner thoughts and feelings; Thematic Apperception/Rorschach

24. A sound wave’s height indicates its…

25. Volume

26. A sound wave’s frequency indicates its…

27. Pitch

28. A light wave’s length indicates its…

29. Color

30. A wave lengths amplitude (height) indicates its…

31. Brightness

32. What is transduction?

33. The process where receptor cells turn one form of energy into a neural impulse

34. If the results of an experiment are statistically significant it means that…

35. The results were not due to change (p =.05 and below)

36. Who proposed the social-cognitive theory of personality?

37. Albert Bandura

38. What is reciprocal determinism?

39. Interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment (Part of Bandura’s theory on personality)

40. Expectancy that one’s efforts will be successful

41. Self-Efficacy

42. Who proposed the theory of personal control (internal v. external locus of control)?

43. Julian Rotter

44. What is an external locus of control?

45. Perception that chance or outside forces determine a person’s fate

46. The most widely used objective personality test (originally intended for psychiatric diagnosis)

47. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)

48. What stage of moral reasoning: Understand that people have different opinions about morality; Right or wrong depends on the situation

49. Postconventional

50. Stage where morality is about understanding what is expected of you

51. Conventional moral reasoning

52. Alert, waking brain waves

53. Beta waves

54. Slow, relaxed brain waves

55. Alpha waves

56. Large, slow waves that appear in deep sleep (stages 3 and 4)

57. Delta waves

58. What Axis of the DSM asks if there are psychosocial or environmental problems?

59. IV

60. What does Axis V of the DSM do/ask?

61. Assigns a global assessment (number from 0-100 that relates to person’s functioning)

62. Define nervous system

63. The body’s electrochemical communication system

64. How does myelination affect a neural impulse?

65. Allows action potential to skip the sections that are myelinated (jumps from Node of Ranvier to Node of Ranvier)

66. What is the major psychosocial struggle of old age?

67. Integrity v. Despair (When reflecting on his/her life, the older adult may feel a sense of satisfaction or failure)

68. Kubler-Ross’ stages of grief

69. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance