PSY 120 Midterm

The word "Psychology" comes from the ancient greek word for of the study of:

• Observable Behavior

• The Mind

• The Soul

• Abnormal Brains

Another word for "sensation" is:

• Learning

• Bottom Up Perception

• Memory

• Top Down Perception

True or False: Sigmund Freud is the major player in Psychoanalysis

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of POSITIVE PUNISHMENT?

• Excusing weekend yard work for good grades

• Taking away the phone for bad grades

• Giving a chocolate bar for good behavior

• Adding chores for misbehaving

All of the following are different types of Long Term Memory EXCEPT:

• Explicit Memory

• Autobiographical Memory

• Rehearsal Memory

• Implicit Memory

Which of the following ways to increase business will be the most effective (Think schedules of reinforcement!)

• Create a "punch card" for a free pizza after 10 purchases

• Give a free slice of pizza to all customers every Tues night from 5-5:30pm

• Give a free slice of pizza to all customers one night of the month at random

• Instruct workers to give a free desert to regular customers at random

True or False: There are FIVE lobes to the brain

• True

• False

Which subcortical structure is responsible for "gating" all sensory information before it gets to higher cortical areas?

• Thalamus

• Frontal Lobe

• Amygdala

• Cerebellum

True or False: Color IS objectively "real" and the same for everyone

• True

• False

Which one of the following IS NOT a major historical perspective in Psychology

• Empirical Psychology

• Humanistic Psychology

• Structuralism

• Functionalism