A sleep disorder characterized by sleep attacks is called
Narcolepsy
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Inherited traits that increase the likelihood of reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to the generations that follow. This principle is known as:
Natural selection
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You begin seeing a therapist to cope with a number of stressful life events. The therapist does not focus on your childhood, but rather emphasizes the importance of your need for love and acceptance. Which perspective is she using?
Humanistic perspective
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Dr. Stevens provides psychotherapy to people who suffer from excessive anxiety. Dr. Stevens is most likely a ______________ psychologist.
Clinical
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Which perspective would be most relevant to understanding the role of spaced practice on long-term memory of information?
Cognitive
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A focus on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information is most relevant to the ____________ perspective.
Cognitive
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In December of 1879, he created the very first psychology laboratory in Germany.
Wilhelm Wundt
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According to the SQ3R method, to survey a chapter means to:
Acceptable: read only the headings and study the organization of the chapter. (something like that)
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After the events of 9/11, your friend suggested that the CIA and FBI should have foreseen the likelihood of this form of terrorism. According to her, all the clues were there. This perception most clearly illustrates:
Hindsight bias
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According to your psychology textbook, if hindsight bias and overconfidence often lead us to overestimate our intuition, what can help us sift reality from illusions?
Scientific method
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Jamie and Robin were sure that they had answered most of their exam questions correctly because “the questions required only common sense.” However, they each scored less than 60 percent on the exam. This best illustrates:
Overconfidence
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Seeing faces in a puddle of water, perceiving that answers on a true-false exam have an order, or hearing hidden messages in music are examples of our tendency to perceive ____, which is an error in thinking.
order in random events
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To determine if a finding from one study can be applied to other populations, it is necessary for researchers to _____________ variables,
Operationally define
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This type of technique looks at many cases in less depth, asking people to report their behavior or opinions.
survey
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Describe a case study that you learned about this semester. Describe the significance
Answers may vary (Phineas Gage, SM, Genie)
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If you choose a population sample that gives each person an equal chance of participating, this would be a __________ sample.
