Final Exam - Practice Quiz

An independent variable

• is controlled or manipulated by the participant in a study.

• is usually determined by the participant.

• is controlled or manipulated by the experimenter in a study.

• None of the above.

Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory:

• prototype

• availability heuristic

• fairness bias

• optimistic bias

REM is important to consolidate memories and learning

• True

• False

Example of Subliminal Perception

• Kitten-Werewolf study

• Selective attention test

• Weber's study

• "Eat Popcorn" flashed before a movie

In Milgram's study, nearly __ of the participants were willing to administer 'lethal' shocks

• 1/3

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 1/4

The fatty white substance that surrounds the axon of some nerve cells is called:

• Myelin Sheath

• Dendrite

• Synaptic Vesicle

• Synapse

In Pavlov’s study a dog was conditioned to salivate in response to a bell. What was the bell called before any conditioning occurred?

• Neutral Stimulus

• Unconditioned Stimulus

• Unconditioned Response

• Conditioned Response

Many individuals fail to remember where the elements are located on a penny. This failure most likely reflects​

• Repression ​

• Proactive interference ​

• Retroactive interference ​

• Encoding failure​

Objects continue to exist even when they are no longer in sight:

• Habituation

• Object Permanence

• Attachment

• Violation of Expectation