Midterm-AP Psych

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Psychiatrists differ from psychologists in that psychiatrists

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are physicians (medical doctors) with a specialization in abnormal behavior and psychotherapy.

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Which of the following best describes a double-blind experimental procedure?

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Half the subjects get the experimental procedure, half the placebo; which they receive is not known to subjects or experimenters.

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To be confident that a cause-and-effect relationship exists, it is necessary to

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perform a controlled experiment.

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Which of the following is generally a function of the left hemisphere of the brain? Speech and language, Creativity, Recognition of faces, All of the above

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Speech and language

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After listening to loud music through your headphones for 15 minutes, you fail to realize how loud the music is blasting. This best illustrates

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sensory adaptation

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Some people are better than others at detecting slight variations in the taste of various blends of coffee. This best illustrates

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difference thresholds

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Connects the right and left hemispheres

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corpus callosum

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Responsible for emotional responses, especially aggression and fear

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amygdala

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Controls storage of memories

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hippocampus

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Approximately how much of our sleep is spent in REM?

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25%