CHMY 121IN 1st Edition Lecture 1915. Diana does research on couples’ communication by interviewing couples about the kinds of things they argue about. What form of data collection is Diana using? A. self-report methods B. naturalistic observation C. observational methods D. tests 16. Ben Afleck falls victim to a freak accident involving his Metallica album collection and some kid on a moped. The doctors determine that he needs surgery to be performed on his primary motor cortex or hewill be permanently brain damaged. The doctors need to operate on which of Mr. Afleck’s lobes? A. parietal B. occipital C. temporal D. frontal 17. Bobby Baccalieri is driving to Jersey with a dead body in the trunk of his car. On route, a police officerpulls him over to give him a speeding ticket. Bobby is worried that the police officer will find the body and he will be in serious shit. As a result of his fear, Bobby’s pulse races, his pupils dilate and adrenaline floods his system all because of increased activity in the __________. A. sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system B. skeletal muscles C. visceral muscles D. parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system 418. A school nurse presents a student with lots of tones and asks the student to indicate if a tone is heard or not. Eventually, the nurse discovers the faintest detectable sound of a given frequency that the student can hear. According to the text, the faintest detectable sound is known as ________. A. response bias B. difference threshold C. absolute threshold D. just-noticeable difference (jnd) 19. According to your textbook, which of the following refers to a way in which humans code for the frequency of a sound? A. the time difference between when a sound strikes one ear and the other B. like the cones of the eye, there are 3 different kinds of receptors in the cochlea and each is maximally sensitive to sounds at a particular frequency C. receptor cells in the tympanic membrane (ear drum) fire at the rate that the These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.membrane is vibrating D. different frequency sounds set up waves that travel different distances along the basilar membrane 20. The research of Masters & Johnson (described in the handout) was groundbreaking because, at the time, they were the only researchers to have ___________ A. collected survey data on the sexual behavior of hundreds of US citizens B. observed and recorded the sexual behavior of hundreds of subjects C. collected survey data on the eating and exercise behavior of hundreds of US citizens D. observed and recorded the exercise behavior of hundreds of subjects 21. Bertrand hears a bird. According to constructivists like Irvin rock, Bertrand’s initial processing of the sound is an example of _________, while his interpretation of the sound as a robin’s song is an example of __________. A. perception, sensation B. perception, physiological process C. sensation, perception D. sensation, physiological process 22. Carla is talking with J.J. Gibson (the founder of direct perception). Which statement might J.J. Gibson make to Carla? A. the sense organ for hearing is the ear B. perception relies on reasoning about the proximal stimulus C. the sense organ for hearing is the entire body D. perception requires sensation 523. You are at a hockey game and you look at the seats across from you. You perceive two groups of people sitting across from you based on the team colors the people are wearing. In this instance, you have grouped the scene based on the Gestalt principle of __________. A. similarity B. proximity C. good form D. closure 24. Arturo got a new job as a secretary. Arturo can type very well, but is having difficulty learning how to use all the options of a new word processing program. According to the Yerkes-Dodson law, Larry’s optimal level of arousal for peak performance will be __________ A. lower for typing than for learning the new software program B. higher for typing than for learning the new software program C. equal for typing and learning the new software program D. by selecting option D, I hereby verify that I consider Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi to be my role model25. Jorges sees a girl that he considers to be mindnumbingly beautiful, jawdroppingly awesome, and just plain spiffy and because of the sight of her, Jorge feels arousal. According to lecture, the previous sentence best expresses the idea of _______. A. James’s theory B. the common-sense theory C. the Yerkes-Dodson law D. Velma’s Scooby-snack theory 26. From what you learned in lecture, which of the follow is true about John & Jane? A. scientists know that neither John nor Jane can produce pheromones B. scientists are certain that both John and Jane produce pheromones, but scientists aren’t sure if the pheromones cause any change in behavior by a person detecting the pheromone C. John, but not Jane, produces pheromones D. Jane, but not John, produces pheromones 27. Dino has been taught through classical conditioning to drool whenever he hears a bell. However, Fred wants Dino to drool only when he hears a bell whose intensity is 50 decibels (50 dB). Fred feeds Dino only after ringing the bell at 50 dB. Fred does not feed Dino after a bell is rung at 40 dB or 60 dB. What technique has Fred used? A. discrimination training B. modeling C. extinction D. selective reinforcement 628. Dr. Alban wanted to teach her daughter to put on a pair of pants completely by herself. First, she gave her a candy when she put both feet into the pant legs. Then, she gave her a candy only when she put both feet into the pant legs and pulled the pants up. Finally, she gave her a candy only when she stepped into the pants, pulled them up, and zipped the zipper. The method used to teach the daughter to dress is known as what? a. biofeedback training b. shaping c. classical conditioning d. discrimination training 29. When Humberto has a wooden leg and visits his cousin, Maria several times a year. When he visits Maria, he always runs up behind her, lights a fire cracker and throws it at her feet. Maria is startled each time she hears a fire cracker. After a repeated fire cracker experience with her cousin Humberto, Marianow gets startled anytime she hears the sound of a wooden leg. In classical conditioning terms, the sound of the wooden leg has become the _______. A.