Psych 10 UCLA final UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
1. psychology the scientific investigation of behavior and mental processes
2. behavior observable actions of humans and animals
3. mental processes the mind, private inner experience
4. Hindsight Bias belief that an outcome was foreseeable
5. Structuralism goal: to discover the mind's structure by breaking down expe-
riences into their underlying components
6. functionalism goal: to study the purpose of behaviors and mental processes
by examining them in terms of adaption to the environment
7. behaviorism redefined psychology as the scientific study of observable be-
havior; predominant in 1920s-1960s
8. Nervous system responsible for everything we think, feel, and do
9. Neurons basic units of the nervous system that operate via elec-
tro-chemical signals
10. dendrites detect incoming signals
11. cell body (soma) collects/sums input; contains nucleus and cell material
12. axon transmits signal to axon terminal
13. myelin sheath covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed up neural
impulses
14. terminal buttons small modules at the end of the axon that release chemical
signals from the neuron into the synapse
15. synapse
, Psych 10 UCLA final UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
space between axon of a sending neuron and dendrite of a
receiving neuron
16. resting membrane potential at rest electrical charge
17. action potential caused by changes in the electrical and chemical gradients
across the cell membrane
18. cerebellum fine motor skills; balance and coordinated movement
19. medulla heart rate, circulation, breathing
20. reticular formation sleep/wakefulness, arousal
21. pons connects to rest of brain
22. forebrain subcritical structures and cortex
23. frontal lobe planning, decision making, speaking
24. parietal lobe sensory input for touch and position
25. temporal lobe auditory, processing language
26. occipital lobe receive visual information
27. plasticity property of the brain that allows it to change as a result of
experience or injury
28. motor cortex sends out info
29. somatosensory cortex receives info
30. sensation detecting physical stimuli and sending this info to the brain
31. perception processing, organizing, and interpreting sensory info
CORRECT Answers
1. psychology the scientific investigation of behavior and mental processes
2. behavior observable actions of humans and animals
3. mental processes the mind, private inner experience
4. Hindsight Bias belief that an outcome was foreseeable
5. Structuralism goal: to discover the mind's structure by breaking down expe-
riences into their underlying components
6. functionalism goal: to study the purpose of behaviors and mental processes
by examining them in terms of adaption to the environment
7. behaviorism redefined psychology as the scientific study of observable be-
havior; predominant in 1920s-1960s
8. Nervous system responsible for everything we think, feel, and do
9. Neurons basic units of the nervous system that operate via elec-
tro-chemical signals
10. dendrites detect incoming signals
11. cell body (soma) collects/sums input; contains nucleus and cell material
12. axon transmits signal to axon terminal
13. myelin sheath covers the axon of some neurons and helps speed up neural
impulses
14. terminal buttons small modules at the end of the axon that release chemical
signals from the neuron into the synapse
15. synapse
, Psych 10 UCLA final UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
space between axon of a sending neuron and dendrite of a
receiving neuron
16. resting membrane potential at rest electrical charge
17. action potential caused by changes in the electrical and chemical gradients
across the cell membrane
18. cerebellum fine motor skills; balance and coordinated movement
19. medulla heart rate, circulation, breathing
20. reticular formation sleep/wakefulness, arousal
21. pons connects to rest of brain
22. forebrain subcritical structures and cortex
23. frontal lobe planning, decision making, speaking
24. parietal lobe sensory input for touch and position
25. temporal lobe auditory, processing language
26. occipital lobe receive visual information
27. plasticity property of the brain that allows it to change as a result of
experience or injury
28. motor cortex sends out info
29. somatosensory cortex receives info
30. sensation detecting physical stimuli and sending this info to the brain
31. perception processing, organizing, and interpreting sensory info
