Gestalt is a German word which means: A. Whole B. Configuration C. Total pattern D. All Correct answer is: D. All Gestalt means whole, configuration, and total pattern.
Alterations in activity at dopamine synapses have been implicated in the development of: A. Anxiety B. Schizophrenia C. Alzheimer’s disease D. Nicotine addiction Correct answer is: B. Schizophrenia NA
What we think and feel in altered states of awareness is: A. Humanistic Psychology B. Transpersonal Psychology C. Gestalt Psychology D. Cognitive Psychology Correct answer is: B. Transpersonal Psychology Transpersonal Psychology studies altered states of awareness.
Bandura’s social learning theory emphasizes that most of what we learn is acquired through: A. Observing B. Experimenting C. Imitating D. All Correct answer is: D. All Bandura’s theory highlights learning through observation and imitation.
Jim just barely avoided a head-on collision on a narrow road. With heart pounding, hands shaking, and body perspiring, Jim recognizes that these are signs of the body’s fight or flight response, which is controlled by the: A. Empathetic division of the peripheral nervous system B. Parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system C. Somatic division of the peripheral nervous system D. Sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system Correct answer is: D. Sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system NA
Bronfenbrenner’s theory consists of environmental systems: A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 Correct answer is: C. 5 Bronfenbrenner’s theory outlines five environmental systems.
Learning in which students construct an understanding on their own is: A. Social learning B. Discovery learning C. Insight learning D. Emotional learning Correct answer is: B. Discovery learning Discovery learning involves students constructing knowledge themselves.
The hindbrain consists of: A. Endocrine system and the limbic system B. Reticular formation C. Thalamus, the hypothalamus, and the cerebrum D. Cerebellum, the medulla, and the pons Correct answer is: D. Cerebellum, the medulla, and the pons NA
Memory that holds information from the world in its original form for an instant is: A. Working memory B. Long-term memory C. Sensory memory D. Short-term memory Correct answer is: C. Sensory memory Sensory memory holds information briefly in its original form.
Memory in which information is retained for up to 30 seconds is: A. Working memory B. Sensory memory C. Short-term memory D. Long-term memory Correct answer is: C. Short-term memory Short-term memory retains information for about 30 seconds.