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LifelinesLifelines• 50/50• Ask the audience• Phone a friend

(expert)

$100$100

Question: This part of the neuron receives information from other neurons?

B – Myelin Sheath

A – Axon

C - DendriteC – Dendrite

$200$200

Question: Maureen got sick after eating pizza at Pizza Shack. She will not eat pizza at any restaurant.

B – shaping

A – extinction

C – discrimination

D – generalizationD – generalization

$500$500

Question: When someone fits something into existing schema.

All 4 legged animals are dogs.

B – accommodation

A – assimilation

C – annihalation

D - discrimination

A - assimilation

$1,000$1,000

Question: When you feel tension because your actions do not match your beliefs. (and you change one or the other as a result)

B – Social Loafing

A – Cognitive DIssonance

C – Major Depressive Disorder

D – Fundamental Attribution Error

A – Cognitive DIssonance

$2,000$2,000

Question: Another name for drugs that depress the nervous system

B – Hallucinogen

A – Amphetamine

C - Tolerance

D - BarbituatesD – Barbituates

$4,000$4,000

Question: The sleep cycle is approximately _______ minutes

B – 75A - 50

C – 90

D -- 100C – 90

$8,000$8,000

Question: Gland that regulates body growth is:

B – Pituitary

A – Adrenal

C – Hypothalamus

D – thyroid

B – Pituitary

$16,000$16,000

Question: In an experiment to determine the effects of exercise on motivation, exercise is the:

B – intervening variable

A – control condition

C – DV

D – IVD – IV

$32,000$32,000

Question: In Milgram’s study with the shock test, he was studying:

B – Obedience

A - Conformity

C – Modeling

D – Availability Heuristics

B - Obedience

$64,000$64,000

Question: A step by step method that will solve a problem, but may take longer than other methods?

B - Algorithm

A – Hueristic

C - Fixation

D - Prophecy

B - Algorithm

$125,000$125,000

Question: Which of the following is NOT a monocular cue?

B – Relative Height

A – Retinal Disparity

C – Light and Shadow

D – Interposition

A – Retinal Disparity

$250,000$250,000

Question: Transduction of light energy into nerve impulses takes place in the

B – Optic Nerve

A - Lens

C - Retina

D – Occipital Lobe

C - Retina

$500,000$500,000

Question: Each time you see a car it projects a different image on the retinas of your eyes, yet you do not perceive it as changing. This is because of:

B – Perceptual Set

A – Convergence

C – Perceptual Constancy

D – Figure Ground

C – Perceptual Constancy

$1,000,000$1,000,000

Question: The frequency theory of hearing is better than place theory at explaining:

B – Intermediate pitches

A – High pitches

C – Low pitches

D – All pitches

C – Low pitches

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