HCA Psychology Midterm

Question 1

Psychology Definition

Answer 1

The scientific study of the ABC’s

Question 2

4 Purposes

Answer 2

Describe, Explain, Predict, Change Behaviors

Question 3

5 Schools

Answer 3

Humanistic, Psycho-analytic, Behavioral, Biological, Cognitive

Question 4

5 Subfields

Answer 4

Cognitive, Personality, Developmental, Educational, School

Question 5

Parapsychology

Answer 5

The study of paranormal phenomena including ESP and psychokinesis

Question 6

Self-Actualization

Answer 6

personal fulfillment and reaching your full potential

Question 7

Epistemology

Answer 7

The study of the nature, sources, and limits of knowledge

Question 8

Biblical Anthropology

Answer 8

The study of man through a biblical worldview (Genesis 1:27)

Question 9

5 Christian Questions

Answer 9

1. What do you believe about God?
2. What is the nature of mankind?
3. How can we know things with certainty?
4. Are there moral absolutes?
5. What are the causes of and cures for abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors?

Question 10

Sensation/Perception

Answer 10

Sensation occurs when sensory receptors detect sensory stimuli. Perception involves the organization, interpretation, and conscious experience of those sensations.

Question 11

Gestalt word meaning

Answer 11

whole

Question 12

Gestalt

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how we perceive stimuli by grouping sensations in meaningful ways

Question 13

Gestalt list

Answer 13

Common Fate, Proximity, Similarity, Closure, Continuity

Question 14

Sight

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• light hits the retina (light-sensitive tissue layer at the back of the eye)
• photoreceptor cells turn the light into electrical signals
• these electrical signals travel from the retina through the optic nerve to the brain
• brain turns signals into the images you see

Question 15

Neurotransmission (within a cell)

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the movement of an electrical impulse

Question 16

Neurotransmission (between cells)

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one neuron sending chemical signals to another across the synaptic cleft

Question 17

3 neurons

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Sensory, Motor, Interneurons

Question 18

Sensory Neurons

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carries signals from the sense receptors in the body to the brain

Question 19

Motor Neurons

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carries signals from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and the glands

Question 20

Interneurons

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just in the brain and spinal cord. make up about 90% of all human neurons. make the connection between sensory and motor neurons and are involved in all mental activity

Question 21

3 receptor cells

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photoreceptors, chemoreceptors, mechanoreceptors

Question 22

Photoreceptor cells

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activated by electromagnetic energy

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Chemoreceptor cells

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responds to chemical substances

Question 24

Mechanoreceptor Cells

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responds to mechanical engery

Question 25

3 subsystems of PNS

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Somatic, Autonomic, Enteric

Question 26

Somatic System

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controls voluntary muscle movement, makes connection between motor cortex of the brain and the skeletal muscles used in movement, "of the body"

Question 27

Autonomic System

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controls automatic body functions, makes connection between brain and smooth muscles, controls respiration, perspiration, etc. further divides into 2 parts

Question 28

Enteric System

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network of nerve fibers, (stomach, intestines, pancreas, and gall bladder), controls digestive process

Question 29

2 Autonomic subsystems

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Sympathetic and Parasympathetic

Question 30

Sympathetic System

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creates an excited state, mobilizes the body for action

Question 31

Parasympathetic System

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creates a state of rest and relaxation, slows heart and breathing, restores digestive process, diverts blood flow from the muscles

Question 32

Humanist

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Innate goodness and potential. Influence of feelings and needs on thoughts and behaviours.

Question 33

Psycho-analytic

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unconscious processes

Question 34

Behavioural

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Relationship between environmental influences and behaviour

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Biological

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mental processes and behaviours in terms of biological structures and electro-chemical processes

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Cognitive (school)

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influence of cognitive processes like perception and problem solving

Question 37

Cognitive (subfield)

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mental process

Question 38

Personality

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unique characteristics in people

Question 39

Developmental

Answer 39

changes in behavior and mental process over time

Question 40

Educational

Answer 40

strategies to improve teaching and learning

Question 41

School

Answer 41

test and diagnose academic problems

Question 42

ESSAY on the Rise of Modern Science

Answer 42

read the article

Question 43

ESSAY on what has changed/challenged/strengthened in my worldview

Answer 43

figure it out