Quiz 1

Question 1

Rene Descartes studied. . .

Answer 1

Interactive dualism

Question 2

John Locke studied. . .

Answer 2

Tabula rasa

Question 3

Interest in the human brain is called?

Answer 3

Phrenology

Question 4

Wilherm Wundt is the father of?

Answer 4

Experimental psychology

Question 5

When was the first research lab establish and who founded it?

Answer 5

1879 by Wilherm Wundt

Question 6

Wilherm Wundt studied. . .

Answer 6

Mental reaction times to auditory and visual stimuli

Question 7

Where did Edward Tichener establish a research lab?

Answer 7

Cornell

Question 8

Edward Tichener studied. . .

Answer 8

Structuralism

Question 9

What is structuralism?

Answer 9

Mental experiences can be broken down and analyzed as basic elements or structures.

Question 10

What is Psychology?

Answer 10

Psychology is the scientific study of mental processes and behavior.

Question 11

William James studied. . .

Answer 11

Functionalism

Question 12

What is functionalism?

Answer 12

Emphasis on studying the purpose of mental processes and behavior.

Question 13

Sigmund Freud studied. . .

Answer 13

Psychoanalysis

Question 14

What is psychoanalysis?

Answer 14

Emphasis role of unconscious factors for personality and behavior.

Question 15

John B. Watson studied. . .

Answer 15

Behaviorism

Question 16

What is behaviorism?

Answer 16

Emphasis that psychology is the study of observable behavior

Question 17

B.F. Skinner studied. . .

Answer 17

Behaviorism

Question 18

Carl Rogers studied. . .

Answer 18

Humanistic

Question 19

Abraham Maslow studied. . .

Answer 19

Humanistic

Question 20

What is humanistic psychology?

Answer 20

Focuses on free will, personal choice, psychological growth, and self determination

Question 21

What are some major perspectives in psychology?

Answer 21

Biological
Psychodynamic 
Behavioral
Humanistic 
Cognitive 
Evolutionary
Cross cultural

Question 22

What are some speciality areas in psychology?

Answer 22

Biological
Clinical
Cognitive 
Counseling
Developmental
Educational
Forensic 
Health
Industrial/organizational
Personality
School
Social

Question 23

What is a variable?

Answer 23

Factor/condition that can vary and is observable, measurable, and verified

Question 24

What is an independent variable?

Answer 24

The variable that changes

Question 25

What is a dependent variable?

Answer 25

The controlled variable

Question 26

What is a confounding variable?

Answer 26

Can skew the research/no control over

Question 27

What are the 2 observational approaches

Answer 27

Naturalistic and laboratory

Question 28

What are the 3 different research approaches?

Answer 28

Observational Case studies Correlational

Question 29

What is the Correlational study?

Answer 29

Relationship between 2 variables -1 0 +1 The number indicates strength Sign indicates direction

Question 30

What is a positive correlation?

Answer 30

Relationship between variables vary in same direction

Question 31

What is a negative correlation?

Answer 31

Relationship between variables vary in opposite direction

Question 32

What is a zero correlation?

Answer 32

No relationship between variables

Question 33

What is biological psychology?

Answer 33

Study of biological bases of mental processes and behavior

Question 34

What are neurons?

Answer 34

Nerve cell; specializes in sending and receiving information or neural impulses

Question 35

What is a cell body?

Answer 35

Controls the whole cell

Question 36

What is a dendrite?

Answer 36

Receive information from other cells

Question 37

What is an axon?

Answer 37

The information tunnel

Question 38

What is the myelin sheath?

Answer 38

Encases the axon and speeds up the information travel

Question 39

What is the axon terminal

Answer 39

Last part to get information and sends it to another cell

Question 40

What is the resting potential of a neuron?

Answer 40

-70 millivolts

Question 41

What is the action potential of a neuron?

Answer 41

+30 millivolts

Question 42

What is acetylcholine?

Answer 42

Muscles contractions, learning, memory

Question 43

What is dopamine?

Answer 43

Movement, attention, pleasurable sensations, thought processes

Question 44

What is serotonin?

Answer 44

Sleep, mood states, emotions, sensory perceptions

Question 45

What is norepinephrine?

Answer 45

Sleep, psychical arousal, learning, memory

Question 46

What does the forebrain control?

Answer 46

Higher mental processes

Question 47

What does the midbrain do?

Answer 47

Communicates between the forebrain and the hindbrain

Question 48

What does the hindbrain do?

Answer 48

Things you need to survive

Question 49

What is the cerebellum and what part of the brain is it in?

Answer 49

Smooth movements, balance, and posture Hindbrain

Question 50

What is the medula and what part of the brain is it in?

Answer 50

Vital life functions Hindbrain

Question 51

What is the pons and what part of the brain is it in?

Answer 51

Coordinates body movement Hindbrain

Question 52

What is the reticular formation and what part of the brain is it in?

Answer 52

Regulates arousal, attention, and sleep Hindbrain

Question 53

What is the substantia nigra and what part of the brain is it in?

Answer 53

Associated with motor control Midbrain

Question 54

What is the cerebral cortex and what part of the brain is it in?

Answer 54

Higher mental processes Forebrain

Question 55

What is the corpus callosum and what part of the brain is it in?

Answer 55

Connects both hemispheres together Forebrain

Question 56

What are the 4 cerebral lobes and what do they do?

Answer 56

Frontal - processing Parietal- touch Occipital - vision Temporal - hearing