PSY 101

PSY-101 WEEK 5 LAST QUIZ/REVIEW QUESTIONS 1-15 PERFECT SCORE Score for this attempt: 30 out of 30 Question 1 1 / 1 pts Which of these is the correct order of stages in Selye’s general adaptation syndrome? Correct! Alarm, resistance, exhaustion Exhaustion, alarm, resistance Resistance, alarm, exhaustion Resistance, exhaustion, alarm The answer can be found in Section 7.5 Health and Stress, in Psychology: The Human puzzle

PSY-101 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION 1 PSY-101 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION John Broadus Watson was an American Psychologist who established behaviorism as an alternate view of psychology and change through behavior modifications. He was born on January 9, 1878, in Travelers Rest, South Carolina and died September 25, 1958, in Woodbury Connecticut at eighty-years-old (PBS 1998). As a pioneering psychologist who played an important role in developing behaviorism, Watson believed that psychology should include o...

PSY-101 WEEK 1 INTERACTIVITY Hypothesis: Reading to a child will result in a larger vocabulary. This hypothesis is a form of behaviorism psychology made popular by Ivan Pavlov, John Watson and B. F. Skinner. The medium or subject usage in the theories are different, but the principle idea of each theory is the same, behavior and response can be taught. In our text LeFrancois defines behaviorism as ” A general term for approaches to psychology concerned primarily with the observable compo...

PSY 101 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION 2  Read “ Cultural explorations of human intelligence around the world (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.” (Sternberg (2002).  Select a famous person (or fictional character) who you believe epitomizes successful intelligence as outlined in the textbook and assigned readings. o Choose and describe specific characteristics or behaviors of this person that support your selection with regard to analytical, creative, and practical...

PSY-101 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 1 Explain how stereotypes, prejudice, and/or discrimination are impacted by media portrayals of women or men. Interpret the implications: How might the portrayal of gender impact behavior and/or mental processes? For example, does seeing scantily clad women or "macho" men have positive or negative effects on men? How does it affect women? Support your points with examples and/or credible evidence. Relate additional phenomena in American culture that that may be...

PSY-101 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION 2 Character: Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Dahl & Schindelman 1964) The character Willy Wonka shows several specific identifying factors that represent Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD. BPD is a personality disorder centered around extreme, spastic and often inappropriate emotional reactions, poorly chosen or overall unstable relationship maintenance and uncontrollable impulsive behaviors. Wonka’s character shows evidence of this befo...

Question 1 1 / 1 pts The hypothalamus plays an important role in _____, while the hippocampus plays an important role in _____. Correct! hunger; memory Question 2 1 / 1 pts Within the limbic system, information from most of our senses passes through the _____ and is then relayed to the cerebral cortex. Correct! thalamus Question 3 1 / 1 pts Synapses are small spaces through which neurotransmitters travel as they leave one cell’s _____ and bind to another ce

Question 1 1 / 1 pts The hypothalamus plays an important role in _____, while the hippocampus plays an important role in _____. Correct! hunger; memory Question 2 1 / 1 pts Within the limbic system, information from most of our senses passes through the _____ and is then relayed to the cerebral cortex. Correct! thalamus Question 3 1 / 1 pts Synapses are small spaces through which neurotransmitters travel as they leave one cell’s _____ and bind to another ce

Question 1 1 / 1 pts Within the limbic system, information from most of our senses passes through the _____ and is then relayed to the cerebral cortex. amygdala Correct! thalamus hippocampus hypothalamus The answer can be found in Section 2.4 The Brain, in Psychology: The Human Puzzle. Question 2 1 / 1 pts Synapses are small spaces through which neurotransmitters travel as they leave one cell’s _____ and bind to another cell’s _____. dendrites; axon Correct! axon; dendrites

PSY-101 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION 1 The film Portrait of a Killer (Stress, 2008) shows the process of stress and the effects it can have on different aspects of physical and mental health. It identifies the hormones involved in stress as adrenaline and glucocorticoid. It then analyzes their potential to result in intense cardiovascular issues, differentiating muscle responses, rising blood pressure, and elevation of heart rate, which also circulates blood faster inside the body causing other system...