PSYCHOLOGY 2301 EXAM 2 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ developmental psych/piaget.
Answer: study of how and why human beings change over the
course of their life
◉ behaviorism.
Answer: systematic approach to the understanding of human and
animal behavior.
◉ systematic introspection.
Answer: examination of one's own conscious thoughts and feelings
◉ psychologist.
Answer: studies the human mind NOT clinical (that's Psychiatrists)
◉ psychiatrist.
Answer: medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and
treatment of mental illness
◉ Women in psych.
,Answer: -Mary Calkins (first president of APA)
-Margaret Washburn (first phd in psych, influential in behavior)
-Helen Wooley (sex differences
◉ confounds.
Answer: cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by
acting against their expectations
◉ neuron function.
Answer: electrically excitable cells in the nervous system that
function to process and transmit information
◉ dendrites.
Answer: short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which
impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to
the cell body.
◉ axon.
Answer: the long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which
impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.
◉ terminal buttons.
, Answer: small knobs at the end of an axon that release chemicals
called neurotransmitters.
◉ synapse.
Answer: - tiny gap btwn terminal bud of one axon and neighboring
dendrite
- junction between neurons where communication occurs
- DSAT
◉ myelin sheath.
Answer: insulating covering that surrounds an axon with multiple
spiral layers of myelin
◉ glial cells.
Answer: surround neurons and provide support for and insulation
between them
◉ sensory neurons.
Answer: - bring input to brain; light or sound, smell, taste, skin
senses, info from internal organs
- communicate info from environment to central nervous system
◉ motor neurons.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ developmental psych/piaget.
Answer: study of how and why human beings change over the
course of their life
◉ behaviorism.
Answer: systematic approach to the understanding of human and
animal behavior.
◉ systematic introspection.
Answer: examination of one's own conscious thoughts and feelings
◉ psychologist.
Answer: studies the human mind NOT clinical (that's Psychiatrists)
◉ psychiatrist.
Answer: medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and
treatment of mental illness
◉ Women in psych.
,Answer: -Mary Calkins (first president of APA)
-Margaret Washburn (first phd in psych, influential in behavior)
-Helen Wooley (sex differences
◉ confounds.
Answer: cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by
acting against their expectations
◉ neuron function.
Answer: electrically excitable cells in the nervous system that
function to process and transmit information
◉ dendrites.
Answer: short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which
impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to
the cell body.
◉ axon.
Answer: the long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which
impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.
◉ terminal buttons.
, Answer: small knobs at the end of an axon that release chemicals
called neurotransmitters.
◉ synapse.
Answer: - tiny gap btwn terminal bud of one axon and neighboring
dendrite
- junction between neurons where communication occurs
- DSAT
◉ myelin sheath.
Answer: insulating covering that surrounds an axon with multiple
spiral layers of myelin
◉ glial cells.
Answer: surround neurons and provide support for and insulation
between them
◉ sensory neurons.
Answer: - bring input to brain; light or sound, smell, taste, skin
senses, info from internal organs
- communicate info from environment to central nervous system
◉ motor neurons.
