PSY 200 NVCC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Sleeping pills can be problematic because they interfere with what stage of sleep? -
✔✔REM and slow-wave sleep
✔✔What is sleep apnea? - ✔✔disorder in which the person stops breathing for brief
periods while asleep
✔✔What is somnambulism and what stages of sleep does it usually occur in? -
✔✔arises and walks around while asleep; slow wave sleep
✔✔What is narcolepsy? - ✔✔a disorder in which sudden sleep attack occur in the
middle of waking activities
✔✔What are night terrors? How are they different from just bad dreams? - ✔✔abrupt
awakening with panic and intense emotional arousal; NREM sleep early in the sleep
cycle, also no dream content.
✔✔What do we tend to dream about? - ✔✔Intensly feel emotion, dream thought is
illogical, sensation is fully formed and meaningful, dreaming occurs with uncritical
acceptance, we have difficulty remembering a dream after it is over
✔✔What is hypnosis? - ✔✔an altered state of consciousness characterized b
suggestibility and the feeling that ones actions are occurring involentary
✔✔ What is psychology? - ✔✔The scientific study of the mind & body
✔✔What is the mind? - ✔✔The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts,
memories & feelings
✔✔What is behavior? - ✔✔Observable actions of all beings
, ✔✔What are the three key questions in psychology? - ✔✔1. Where does the mind come
from?
2. What is the mind for?
3. Why does the mind fail?
✔✔What is the nativism? - ✔✔The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge
are innate or inborn.
✔✔What is philosophical empiricism? - ✔✔the view that all knowledge is acquired
through experience.
✔✔whats "nurture" ? - ✔✔human behavior is determine by environment
✔✔Whats "nature" - ✔✔human behavior is determine by experiences
✔✔What is phrenology? - ✔✔theory that certain traits and one's capacity for
psychological traits can be found in certain parts of the brain
✔✔How did work with brain damaged patients help establish a mind- body connection?
- ✔✔Broca had a brain-damaged patient that could only comprehend speech but
couldn't communicate through speech, showed close link between brain and mind.
✔✔What is physiology? - ✔✔study of biological processes in the human body and mind
✔✔Who is credited as being the founder of psychology including teaching its first
course in 1867 and opening its first lab? - ✔✔Wilhelm Wundt
✔✔What is consciousness? - ✔✔experience of the world and mind based on personal
feelings, tastes or opinions
✔✔How did Wundt study consciousness using stimuli and reaction time? -
✔✔conducted measurable tests, such as the tone identification.
✔✔What is structuralism? - ✔✔analysis of the basic elements of the mind
✔✔What is introspection? - ✔✔observation of one's experience personally
✔✔What is the problem with using introspection as a research method? - ✔✔people
have individual minds, thoughts, and opinions and will see things differently than others
✔✔What is functionalism? - ✔✔study of how our mental processes allow us to adapt to
our environment
SURE A+
✔✔Sleeping pills can be problematic because they interfere with what stage of sleep? -
✔✔REM and slow-wave sleep
✔✔What is sleep apnea? - ✔✔disorder in which the person stops breathing for brief
periods while asleep
✔✔What is somnambulism and what stages of sleep does it usually occur in? -
✔✔arises and walks around while asleep; slow wave sleep
✔✔What is narcolepsy? - ✔✔a disorder in which sudden sleep attack occur in the
middle of waking activities
✔✔What are night terrors? How are they different from just bad dreams? - ✔✔abrupt
awakening with panic and intense emotional arousal; NREM sleep early in the sleep
cycle, also no dream content.
✔✔What do we tend to dream about? - ✔✔Intensly feel emotion, dream thought is
illogical, sensation is fully formed and meaningful, dreaming occurs with uncritical
acceptance, we have difficulty remembering a dream after it is over
✔✔What is hypnosis? - ✔✔an altered state of consciousness characterized b
suggestibility and the feeling that ones actions are occurring involentary
✔✔ What is psychology? - ✔✔The scientific study of the mind & body
✔✔What is the mind? - ✔✔The private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts,
memories & feelings
✔✔What is behavior? - ✔✔Observable actions of all beings
, ✔✔What are the three key questions in psychology? - ✔✔1. Where does the mind come
from?
2. What is the mind for?
3. Why does the mind fail?
✔✔What is the nativism? - ✔✔The philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge
are innate or inborn.
✔✔What is philosophical empiricism? - ✔✔the view that all knowledge is acquired
through experience.
✔✔whats "nurture" ? - ✔✔human behavior is determine by environment
✔✔Whats "nature" - ✔✔human behavior is determine by experiences
✔✔What is phrenology? - ✔✔theory that certain traits and one's capacity for
psychological traits can be found in certain parts of the brain
✔✔How did work with brain damaged patients help establish a mind- body connection?
- ✔✔Broca had a brain-damaged patient that could only comprehend speech but
couldn't communicate through speech, showed close link between brain and mind.
✔✔What is physiology? - ✔✔study of biological processes in the human body and mind
✔✔Who is credited as being the founder of psychology including teaching its first
course in 1867 and opening its first lab? - ✔✔Wilhelm Wundt
✔✔What is consciousness? - ✔✔experience of the world and mind based on personal
feelings, tastes or opinions
✔✔How did Wundt study consciousness using stimuli and reaction time? -
✔✔conducted measurable tests, such as the tone identification.
✔✔What is structuralism? - ✔✔analysis of the basic elements of the mind
✔✔What is introspection? - ✔✔observation of one's experience personally
✔✔What is the problem with using introspection as a research method? - ✔✔people
have individual minds, thoughts, and opinions and will see things differently than others
✔✔What is functionalism? - ✔✔study of how our mental processes allow us to adapt to
our environment
