Review Test 1

Question 1

Neuroscience Psychology Perspective

Answer 1

How body and brain work together to produce our behavior and interpret our experiences

Question 2

Evolutionary Psychology Perspective

Answer 2

How nature has selected traits over time

Question 3

Behavior Genetics Psychology Perspective

Answer 3

How our genes influence our behavior

Question 4

Psychodynamic Psychology Perspective

Answer 4

Unconscious experience (Freud)

Question 5

Behavioral Psychology Perspective

Answer 5

Observable responses

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Cognitive Psychology Perspective

Answer 6

Thought processes and how we interpret/encode experiences

Question 7

Social-Cultural Psychology Perspective

Answer 7

How our behavior behavior is linked to our social and cultural background

Question 8

Biological Psychology Profession

Answer 8

Study of genes and neuroscience

Question 9

Developmental Psychology Profession

Answer 9

How we develop over time

Question 10

Cognitive Psychology Profession

Answer 10

Looking at our thinking processes/how we interpret situations

Question 11

Social Psychology Profession

Answer 11

How our social situation effect show we interpret things

Question 12

Counseling Psychology Profession

Answer 12

Studies and assesses individuals with life adjustment issues

Question 13

Clinical Psychology Profession

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Studies and assesses psychological disorders (OCD, bipolar disorder, etc)

Question 14

Industrial/Organizational Psychology Profession

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applies psychological principles to the business world

Question 15

Applied Research

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Solving practical problems in real world setting

Question 16

Basic Research

Answer 16

Science that aims to increase knowledge base

Question 17

Naturalistic Observation

Answer 17

Observe and record behaviors in natural occurring situations

Question 18

Case study

Answer 18

Studying one person in depth in hope of revealing universal principles

Question 19

Survey Research

Answer 19

A questionnaire to record self reported attitudes/behavior

Question 20

Population

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All cases in a group

Question 21

Random Sample

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Each person has an equal chance of being chosen

Question 22

Double blind Experiment

Answer 22

Researcher and participant don’t know which group the participant was assigned to

Question 23

Placebo effect

Answer 23

An inert substance used to testif the same result are triggered

Question 24

Independent Variable

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Variable/factor that is being studied

Question 25

Dependent Variable

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The fact or that may change in response to what is being studied

Question 26

Biological Psychology

Answer 26

The branch of psychology that is corn earned. With the links between biology and behavior

Question 27

Neuron

Answer 27

Nerve cell, building block of the nervous system

Question 28

Dendrite

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Receives messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body

Question 29

Axon

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Where messages are sent to other neurons or to muscles or glands

Question 30

Myelin sheath

Answer 30

Makes possible vastly greater transmission speed of neural impulses acts as electrical insulator

Question 31

Axon terminals

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Sends off impulses to the next neuron

Question 32

Psychology

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Science of behavior (observable action) and mental processes (internal subjective experiences)

Question 33

Action Potential

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Based on movement of electrical charges between the outside/inside of the cell. When it occurs a message is sent to neighboring cells through the axon

Question 34

Neurotransmitters

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Chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons, bind to receptor sites on the receiving neuron (generates a new action potential)

Question 35

Acetylcholine (ACh)

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1. common type of neurotransmitter 2. activates muscles that help body move 3. if blocked muscles can't contract

Question 36

Serotonin

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1. Responsible for maintaining mood balance, hunger, sleep, and arousal 2. Not enough leads to depression

Question 37

Dopamine

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1. Helps control the brains reward and pleasure centers | 2. movement, emotional response

Question 38

Endorphins

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"Natural pain killers"

Question 39

Autonomic nervous system

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Controls self regulated action of internal organs and glands

Question 40

Somatic nervous system

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Controls voluntary movements of the skeletal muscles

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Sympathetic nervous system

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Arousing

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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Calming

Question 43

Central nervous system

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Brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral nervous system

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Sensory and motor nerves

Question 45

Limbic system

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Coordinate emotional responding memories and basic regulatory functions in brain

Question 46

Hypothalamus

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Four F's: feeding, fleeing, fighting, and mating

Question 47

Amygdala

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Fight or flight, center for emotional behavior

Question 48

Hippocampus

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Memory center

Question 49

Pituitary gland

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Regulates endocrine glands, controlled by hypothalamus

Question 50

Corpus callosum

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Bridge of fibers passing information between 2 cerebral hemispheres

Question 51

Reticular formation

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Alertness, mediating the overall level of consciousness

Question 52

Medulla

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Controls breathing, heart beating, etc you don't have to think about it to do it

Question 53

Pons

Answer 53

Bladder, hearing, taste, eye movement