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PSYC 110 Psychology Fundamentals: Key Concepts and Applications

This introductory course in psychology covers key concepts and their real-world applications in human behavior.

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PSYC 110 Psychology Fundamentals: Key Concepts and Applications - Page 1 preview imagePSYC 110 Psychology Fundamentals: Key Concepts and ApplicationsDeVry PSYC 110 Midterm ExamQuestion 1.1.(TCOs 1, 2) Participants in research early in psychology’s history might have beenasked to view a chair and describe its color, shape,texture, and other aspects of their consciousexperience. These individuals would have been using a method called(Points :2)hypnosisobjective introspection.psychosurgery.psychoanalysis.Question 2.2.(TCO 4)As part of a psychologyexperiment, Brett decides to measure a person’s“anxiety” by noting the number of blinks a person makes in a 20-minute social interaction with astranger. Brett appears to have offered a(n) _____ of anxiety.(Points :2)variableoperational definitiontheoryhypothesisQuestion 3.3.(TCOs 2, 3)Marta was in an automobile accident and suffered an injury to herbrain, resulting in the paralysis of her left arm. What part of Marta’s brain was injured?(Points :2)Auditory association areaMotor cortexAssociation areasSomatosensory cortexQuestion 4.4.(TCOs 2, 3)A group of axons bundled together coated in myelin that travelstogether through the body is called a(Points : 2)synaptic vesiclenerveneurilemmamyelinated pathway.
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PSYC 110 Psychology Fundamentals: Key Concepts and Applications - Page 3 preview imageQuestion5.5.(TCOs 2, 3)_____ synapses make it more likely that a neuron will send itsmessage to other neurons, whereas _____ synapses make it less likely that a neuron will send itsmessage.(Points : 2)Excitatory; inhibitoryInhibitory; excitatoryAugmentation; depletionDepletion; augmentationQuestion 6.6.(TCO 4)Which of the following phenomena is a function of the distribution of therods and cones in the retina?(Points : 2)The moon looks much larger near the horizon than it looks when it is higher in the sky.The light from distant stars moving rapidly away from us is shifted toward the red end of thespectrum.Stars can be seen only with difficulty during the daytimeA dim star viewed at night may disappear when you look directly at it, but reappear when youlook to one side of it.Question 7.7.( TCO 4)What are the five primary tastes?(Points : 2)Hot, sour, spicy, sweet, origamiSalty, sour, spicy, sweet, tartBitter, salty, sour, sweet, umamiPeppery, salty, sour, sweet, acidicQuestion 8.8.(TCO 4) Dizziness, nausea, and disorientation may result if the information fromthe eyes conflicts a little too much with that from the vestibular organs, according to the _____of motion sickness.(Points : 2sensory conflict theorymotor conflict theoryvestibular conflict theorysemicircular canal conflict theoryQuestion 9.9.(TCO 5) Judith is startled when her 6-year-old daughter, Laura, sleepwalks into thefamily room. It is most likely that Laura is experiencing the _____ stage of the sleepcycle.(Points : 2)REM
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