Any stimulus that follows a behavior and increases the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated is called a:
a. Cue
b. Situational stimulus
c. reinforcer
d. Punisher
Psychology
Which of the following is a subdivision of the autonomic nervous system?
a. Both the sympathetic and Para-sympathetic nervous system
b. Only sympathetic nervous system
c. Only the parasympathetic nervous system
d. Brain and spinal cord
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Perceptual constancies are
a. Illusion in which we perceive something that does not correspond to the sensory information
b. Confusing to an individual rather than helping him determine what really exists
c. Likely inborn and not subject to leaning
d. An aid in perceiving a stable and consistent world
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The _____ lobe is to hearing as the occipital lobe is to vision.
a. Frontal
b. Temporal
c. Parietal
d. cerebeller
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Psychophysics is the study of
a. Perceptual illness
b. The psychological perception oh physical stimuli
c. Depth perception
d. Movement perception
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Which of the following is not a clue for depth perception?
a. Interposition
b. Orientation
c. Linear perspective
d. Reduced clarity
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A part of the brain that sends signals ‘alert’ to higher centers of the brain in response to incoming messages is
a. Limbic system
b. Reticular formation
c. amygdala
d. Hippocampus
Reflexes are usually controlled by the
a. Medulla
b. Frontal lobe
c. Spinal cord
d. Hypothalamus
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Whereas the _______ asked what happens when an organism does something; the _____ asked how and why
a. Functionalist, behaviorist
b. structuralist, introspectionist
c. structuralist, functionalist
d. Functionalist, structuralist
Gestalt theory emphasizes
a. A flow of consciousness
b. The atoms of thought
c. Environmental stimuli
d. Our tendency to see pattern
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