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Question 1

What is the order of the scientific method?

Answer 1

1. Observe a phenomenon
2. Form a hypothesis and prediction
3. Test through empirical research
4. Draw conclusions
5. Evaluate

Question 2

Who is known for setting up the first psychological laboratory?

Answer 2

William Wundt

Question 3

What is the purpose and function of the endocrine system?

Answer 3

It’s basically set of glands (ovary, thyroid, hypothalamus, pancreas, etc.) that release hormones(chemical messagers) to regulate the activities or certain organs by releasing chemical products

Question 4

What are the main components of the central nervous system?

Answer 4

Brain and spinal cord

Question 5

What are the parts of the eye?

Answer 5

Lens, pupil, iris cornea, retina (look up diagram page 98)

Question 6

What is the difference between the independent variable and the dependent variable?

Answer 6

The independent is the one the science changes to see what happens to the dependent.

The dependent is the outcome the independent is the factor changed by scientist

Variable is anything that can change

Question 7

What are placebos used for?

Answer 7

The control group. It has no effects.

Question 8

What are Neurons?

Answer 8

1 or 2 types of cells in the nervous system; they are the nerve cells that handle the information processing function

Question 9

What is the biggest organ in the body?

Answer 9

Skin

Question 10

Why does the blind spot of the retina lack “rods and cones”?

Answer 10

Because it is the location where the optic nerve exists the retina

Question 11

What’s is the goal of the scientific method?

Answer 11

To provide empirical evidence or data based on systematic observations or experimentation

Question 12

What does the part of the brain called the hippocampus do?

Answer 12

It is responsible for making new memories

Question 13

What does the part of the brain called the thalamus do?

Answer 13

Relays sensory information

Question 14

What does the part of the brain called the hypothalamus do?

Answer 14

It keeps the body systems in a steady state

Question 15

What is the difference between control groups and experimental groups?

Answer 15

Experimental groups receives drug or treatment but the control is treated exactly the same as experimental but doesn’t receive the drug(independent variable)

Question 16

What are the main qualities sounds can be differentiated?

Answer 16

Loudness, pitch, timbre

Question 17

Factors that describe color?

Answer 17

Hue, brightness, saturation

Question 18

Altered states of consciousness can be produce by what???

Answer 18

Fatigue

Question 19

What is the biological clock that regulates our pattern of sleep?

Answer 19

Circadian rhythm

Question 20

What is the sleep disorder characterized by sudden, uncontrollable urge to fall asleep called?

Answer 20

Narcolepsy

Question 21

Medication that are depressant drugs that reduce anxiety and induce relaxation are called

Answer 21

Tranquilizers

Question 22

What does memory refer to?

Answer 22

Memory refers to retention of information or experience overtime

Question 23

What does encoding referred to?

Answer 23

Encoding refers to the process by which information gets into the memory storage.

Question 24

What does syntax refer to?

Answer 24

Syntax Refers to a language rules for combining words to form acceptable phrases and sentences

Question 25

What is the part of the Neuron that contains the nucleus, which directs the manufacture of substance that the neuron needs for growth and maintenance?

Answer 25

Cell body

Question 26

What’s the name of the treelike fibers projecting from a neuron, which receive information and orient it toward the neuron cell?

Answer 26

Dendrites

Question 27

What part of the neuron that carriers information away from the cell body toward other cells

Answer 27

Axon

Question 28

What lobes of the brain form structures located in the back of the head that respond to visual stimuli

Answer 28

Occipital lobes

Question 29

What lobes of the brain form structures at the top and to word the rear of the head that are involved in registering spatial location, attention, and motor control?

Answer 29

Parietal lobes

Question 30

What lobes in the brain form structures in the cerebral cortex that are located just above the ears and are involved in hearing, language, processing, and memory?

Answer 30

Temporal lobes

Question 31

What lobes in the brain form the portion of the cerebral cortex behind the forehead involved in personality, intelligence, and the control of voluntary muscles?

Answer 31

Frontal lobes

Question 32

Does automatic processing requires lower or higher? levels of attention then control processes

Answer 32

Lower

Question 33

Controlled processing

Answer 33

We actively have to make decision, | Consciously aware, purposely

Question 34

Automatic processing

Answer 34

Our brain acts on the past Little to know effort or thought Practice long enough

Question 35

What is the process of receiving stimulus energies from the external environment and transforming those energies into neural energy?

Answer 35

Sensation

Question 36

What is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information so that make sense to us?

Answer 36

Perception

Question 37

Stimuli are detected through a process called what?

Answer 37

Sensation

Question 38

What is the multi layered light-sensitive surface in the eye that records electromagnetic energy and converts it into neural impulses for processing in the brain

Answer 38

Retina

Question 39

What are the receptor cells in the retina that allow for color perception?

Answer 39

Cones

Question 40

What are the receptor cells in the retina that are sensitive to light but not useful for color vision?

Answer 40

Rods

Question 41

What is the structure at the back of the eye made up of axons of the ganglion cells, that carries visual information to the brain for further processing?

Answer 41

Optic nerve

Question 42

What method is used when you gain knowledge through the observation of events the collection of data and logical reasoning?

Answer 42

Empirical method

Question 43

What are the most commonly use stimulants?

Answer 43

Caffeine and nicotine