test 1 - part 2

Question 1

serotonin function

Answer 1

• affects mood, hunger, sleep arousal

- low lvls linked to depression

Question 2

norepinephrine function

Answer 2

• helps control alertness and arousal

- low levels depress mood

Question 3

endorphins function

Answer 3

• boost moods, lessens pain

- artificial opiates cause brain to stop producing endorphines

Question 4

Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

Answer 4

• splits into 2 sections

- sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system

Question 5

Nervous system splits into 2

Answer 5

• Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

- Central Nervous System (CNS)

Question 6

Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) splits into 2

Answer 6

• Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

- Somatic Nervous System (Skeletal nervous system)

Question 7

PNS

Answer 7

• connects the central nervous system to the body’s organs and muscles

Question 8

Sympathetic Nervous System

Answer 8

• arouses and expands energy, accelerates heartbeat, raise blood pressure, slow digestion raise blood sugar, increase, perspiration, FIGHT

Question 9

Parasympathetic Nervous System

Answer 9

• conserves energy and calms you, slows heartbeat, lowers blood pressure, increases digestion, lowers blood sugar, decreases perspiration

Question 10

PNS and SNS work together to keep us in

Answer 10

• homeostasis

Question 11

CNS

Answer 11

• brain and spinal chord only

Question 12

William James

Answer 12

• FUNTIONALISM

- aimes to consider the evolves functions of our thoughts and feelings

Question 13

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

Answer 13

• HUMANISTIC
• aimed to draw attention to ways that current environment influences can nurture or limit our growth potential and to the importance of having our needs for love and acceptance satisfied

Question 14

John B Watson and B F skinner

Answer 14

• BEHAVIORISM
• scientific study of observable behavior
• argued that you can’t observe a sensation feeling or thought, but your can observe and record someone’s behavior as they respond to and learn in different situations

Question 15

evolutionary psychology

Answer 15

• study of evolution of behavior and mind using principles of natural selection

Question 16

behavior genetics

Answer 16

• study of the relative power and limits f genetic and environmental influences on behavior

Question 17

culture

Answer 17

• enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of ppl and transmitted from one gem to the next

Question 18

cognitive psych

Answer 18

• scientifically explores the ways we perceive, process, and rmbr info

Question 19

cognitive neuroscience

Answer 19

• interdisciplinary study other brain activity linked to cognition

Question 20

Modern definition of Psych

Answer 20

• the science of behavior and mental processes

Question 21

Behavior

Answer 21

• anything an organism does, any action we can observe and record

Question 22

Case study

Answer 22

• examines one individual or social unit in depth in the hope that findings can be generalized
• drawbacks: case study may be too narrow to be of general use

Question 23

Survey

Answer 23

• asking people to respond in depth to a series of questions or to reports their behavior
• drawbacks: may not have accurate responses or be biased

Question 24

naturalistic observation

Answer 24

• observing and recording behavior as it occurs in its natural setting
• drawbacks: may not reveal all the factors that contribute

Question 25

emperical evidence

Answer 25

• evidence gained and verified through objective observation, measurement, and experimentation

Question 26

Correlation does not equal

Answer 26

• causation

Question 27

Correlation

Answer 27

• measure of the extent to which 2 factors vary together and thus of how well either one predicts the other

Question 28

______variable influences the change in the ______ variable

Answer 28

• IV

- DV

Question 29

Willhelm Wundt

Answer 29

• established the 1st psych lab at the Univ of Leipzig, Germany

Question 30

Freudian Psych

Answer 30

• Sigmund Frued
• emphasized that the ways our unconscious thought processes and our emotional responses to childhood experiences affect our behaviors

Question 31

Edward Bradford Titchener

Answer 31

• STRUCTURALISM

- aimed to discover the mind’s structure, self reflective introspection (looking inward)

Question 32

Problems with hindsight bias

Answer 32

• if you knew it all along you will not examine why it happened
• makes us overconfident in our own judgements

Question 33

Solutions in hindsight bias

Answer 33

• consider the opposite

- consider an explain alternative outcomes

Question 34

Overconfidence

Answer 34

• humans tend to be more confident that correct

- think we know more than we actually do

Question 35

3 things that tend to lead us to overestimate our intuition

Answer 35

• hindsight bias
• overconfidence
• our tendency to perceive patterns in random events

Question 36

Theory

Answer 36

• explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behavior or events

Question 37

hypothesis

Answer 37

• testable prediction, often by theory

Question 38

scientific attitude helps us

Answer 38

• sift through hindsight bias, overconfidence, and perception of patterns in random events through CURIOSITY, SKEPTICISM, and HUMILITY

Question 39

how psychologists maintain a scientific attitude

Answer 39

• examine assumptions, appraises the source, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, assesses conclusions

Question 40

Operational definition

Answer 40

• carefully worded statement os the exact procedures/operations used in research study How would you operationally describe love? What is intelligence?

Question 41

replication

Answer 41

• repeating the essence of a research study with different participants and situations