FREE Psychology 101 Questions and Answers Flashcards
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Which neurotransmitter is most directly associated with the regulation of mood, sleep, and appetite?
Answer: Serotonin
Serotonin plays a key role in regulating mood, sleep cycles, and appetite, and imbalances are linked to depression.
In Piaget's theory of cognitive development, during which stage do children first develop the ability to think abstractly and hypothetically?
Answer: Formal operational
The formal operational stage, beginning around age 12, is when individuals first gain the capacity for abstract and hypothetical reasoning.
What does the term 'confirmation bias' refer to in psychological research?
Answer: The tendency to seek out information that supports existing beliefs
Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs.
Which perspective in psychology emphasizes the role of unconscious desires and childhood experiences in shaping behavior?
Answer: Psychoanalytic
The psychoanalytic perspective, founded by Sigmund Freud, focuses on unconscious processes and early childhood experiences as drivers of behavior.
A researcher studies whether hours of sleep affect test performance by assigning participants to sleep 4, 6, or 8 hours. What is the dependent variable?
Answer: Test performance
Test performance is the dependent variable because it is the outcome being measured in response to the manipulation of sleep hours.
Which structure in the brain is primarily responsible for the formation of new explicit long-term memories?
Answer: Hippocampus
The hippocampus is essential for converting short-term memories into new explicit long-term memories.