Orientation To Psychophysiology & Biofeedback

Orientation to Psychophysiology & Biofeedback
Instructor Pam Calvert-Hirt, PsyD, MBA, BCB Name

APPLIED PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY &
Widener University Class BCIA PREPARATORY COURSE
Test 1-v5 Date
Read each question carefully, and then print the letter of the correct answer on the
line next to the question.
1. _____This branch of the Autonomic Nervous System activates the body for fight or
flight.
A. somatic nervous system
B. sympathetic nervous system
C. peripheral nervous system
D. parasympathetic nervous system
2. _____This theory proposes that systems are controlled by monitoring their results.
Your home heating system is a good example of this type of system. (covered in Shaffer
CD Tutor)
A. operant theory
B.. Tarchanoff’s theory
C. cybernetic theory
D. inhibition theory
3. _____Which of the following is NOT one of Seyle's concept of GAS?

A. resistance phase
B. exhaustion phase
C. alarm reaction
D. flight response
4. _____Who conceptualized the Theory of Emotion?

A. Watson
B. Hess
C. James-Lange
D. Benson
5. _____ In Learning Theory, the process of gradually shaping a behavior through

reinforcement of successive approximations of the target behavior is called:
A. Generalization
B. Discrimination Training
C. Shaping
D. Differential reinforcement
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6. _____In the ergotrophic shift, sensory acuity is _________, focus is _________ and
energy is _________.
A. high, external, expended
B. high, internal, expended
C. low, internal, expended
D. low, external, conserved
7. _____These researchers operantly conditioned heart rate, blood pressure, kidney blood
flow, skin blood flow, and intestinal contraction in both paralyzed and unparalyzed rats.
(covered in Shaffer CD Tutor)
A. Miller and DiCara

B. Caton and Kimmel
C. Lapides and Sweet
D. Mulholland and Peper
8. The Menninger Clinic published research on _________ biofeedback to treat

migraines.
A. GSR
B. EEG
C. EMG
D. TEMP
9. This researcher showed that both primate and human subjects could learn to increase
the strength of the sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) recorded from the sensorimotor cortex.
SMR production protected primates against drug-induced grand mal seizures. (covered in
Shaffer CD Tutor)
A. Sterman
B. Peniston
C.Jacobson
D. Whatmore
10. ______Which of the following feedback schedules provides continuous information?

A. aggregate
B. binary
C. analog
D. massed practice
11. ______When a therapist sets the threshold at a level so that music plays when
threshold temperature is reached, this learning theory principle is being applied.
A. Stimulus generalization
B. Shaping
C. Positive reinforcement
D. Negative reinforcement
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12. _____ Langley, who coined the word Autonomic Nervous System, specified 3
branches of this system. They are:
A. sympathetic, peripheral and central
B. sympathetic, spinal and central
C. sympathetic, enteric and parasympathetic
D. sympathetic, central and parasympathetic
13. _____Hess’ trophotropic shift is characterized by __________ engagement.

A. spontaneous
B. delayed
C. parasympathetic
D. sympathetic
14. _____ These researchers showed that SEMG biofeedback could reduce frontalis
muscle (forehead) contraction and help reduce headache pain. (Shaffer CD)
A. Budzynski and Stoyva
B. Schultz and Luthe
C. Engel and Chism
D. Wolf and Pepper
15. ______Freedman (1991) demonstrated that hand-warming and hand-cooling are

produced by different mechanisms. The primary hand-warming mechanism
is_____________, while the main hand-cooling mechanism is __________and involves
sympathetic C-fibers. (Shaffer CD)
A. sympathetic; parasympathetic
B. beta-adrenergic; alpha-adrenergic
C. somatic; autonomic
D. endogenous; psychosomatic
The following questions are taken, with permission, from the Tutor CD
16. ___________ published early evidence that autonomic responses could be operantly
conditioned, increasing the scientific credibility of biofeedback.
A. Basmajian
B. Brown
C. Kamiya
D. Miller and DiCara
17. From cybernetic theory, which of these is a value your body strives to maintain?
A. feedforward
B. negative feedback
C. positive feedback
D. set point
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Instructor Pam Calvert-Hirt, PsyD, MBA, BCB Name

Test 1-v5 Date

3. _____Which of the following is NOT one of Seyle's concept of GAS?

4. _____Who conceptualized the Theory of Emotion?

5. _____ In Learning Theory, the process of gradually shaping a behavior through

A. Miller and DiCara

8. The Menninger Clinic published research on _________ biofeedback to treat

10. ______Which of the following feedback schedules provides continuous information?

13. _Hess’ trophotropic shift is characterized by ______ engagement.

15. ______Freedman (1991) demonstrated that hand-warming and hand-cooling are

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