2. Computer Jeopardy EDUC551 Educational Applications of Computers Dr. Carla Piper

3. We need to think hard today to prepare for tomorrow’s final. Please let me pass that old, bald guy’s test!

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

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

6. 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. !

7. 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. !

8. 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 : !

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

10. 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. !

11. 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!!

12. 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. !

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

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

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

16. 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.” !

17. 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 !

18. 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. !

19. 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. !

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

21. 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!! !

22. 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. !

23. 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. !

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

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

26. 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. !

27. 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. !

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

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