Exam 1

Question 1

what is psych

Answer 1

scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Question 2

define structuralism

Answer 2

identifying basic elements or structures of the mind

Question 3

define functionalism

Answer 3

psychological processes have a function

Question 4

what w goes with structuralism

Answer 4

what

Question 5

what w goes with functionalism

Answer 5

why

Question 6

what is the nurture versus nature question

Answer 6

to what extent are our traits set at birth and to what extent are our traits developed through experience

Question 7

behavioral perspective

Answer 7

observable responses and environmental determinants

Question 8

cognitive perspective

Answer 8

mental processes in knowing (draw attention, perceive, remember)

Question 9

sociocultural perspective

Answer 9

ways that social and cultural environments influence behavior

Question 10

evolutionary perspective

Answer 10

how principles of evolution can explain specific behaviors

Question 11

humanistic perspective

Answer 11

positive qualities and the potential for positive growth

Question 12

what are the steps of the scientific method?

Answer 12

observation, hypotheses, testing, draw conclusions, evaluate, repeat

Question 13

what is descriptive studies?

Answer 13

examining one individual in depth

Question 14

pro and con of descriptive studies

Answer 14

pro - can be a source of ideas about human nature

con - over generalization from on example

Question 15

what are correlational studies?

Answer 15

observations that two traits or attributes are related to each other

Question 16

independent variable

Answer 16

variable you are manipulating

Question 17

dependent variables

Answer 17

outcome being measured

Question 18

sympathetic

Answer 18

fight or flight

Question 19

parasympathetic

Answer 19

ready to rest

Question 20

central nervous system contains?

Answer 20

brain, spinal cord

Question 21

peripheral nervous system contains?

Answer 21

nerves

Question 22

somatic nervous system does what?

Answer 22

voluntary movement

Question 23

autonomic system does what?

Answer 23

• messages to and from internal organs
• regulates heart, breathing, and digestion
• sympathetic and para

Question 24

what is a neuron?

Answer 24

basic building block, communicates through electric signals

Question 25

3 types of neurons

Answer 25

sensory, interneurons, motor

Question 26

what is an axon?

Answer 26

a long threadlike part of a nerve cell that passes messages

Question 27

what is a synapse?

Answer 27

junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or receiving cell body

Question 28

serotonin function?

Answer 28

affect mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal

Question 29

dopamine function?

Answer 29

influences movement, learning , attention, and emotion

Question 30

hindbrain contains?

Answer 30

thalamus, reticular formation, brainstem (pons and medulla. cerebellum)

Question 31

forebrain contains?

Answer 31

cerebral cortex

Question 32

midbrain contains?

Answer 32

limbic system, hippocampus, hypothalamus, amygdala, thalamus

Question 33

reticular formation function

Answer 33

enables alertness and filters incoming sensory info

Question 34

limbic function

Answer 34

emotions like fear and agression, basic drives of hunger and sex

Question 35

hippocampus function

Answer 35

process conscious, episodic memories

Question 36

hypothalamus

Answer 36

regulates body temp and ensures food and water intake

Question 37

amygdala

Answer 37

emotion, aggression and fear response

Question 38

thalamus

Answer 38

sensory switchboard, direct messages

Question 39

bottom up processing

Answer 39

taking sensory information and then assemble and integrate it

Question 40

top down processing

Answer 40

using models, ideas and expectations to interpret sensory info

Question 41

what is the cerebral cortex?

Answer 41

Intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells that covers the cerebral hemispheres. It is the body's ultimate control and information processing center

Question 42

what lobes are included in the cerebral cortex?

Answer 42

Frontal, occipital, parietal, temporal

Question 43

What is the frontal lobe function?

Answer 43

Involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments

Question 44

what is the occipital lobe function?

Answer 44

Includes the sensory cortex

Question 45

What is the parietal lobe function?

Answer 45

Include visual areas; they receive visual information from the opposite visual field

Question 46

what is the temporal lobe function?

Answer 46

Include the auditory processing areas; association areas