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What is Psychology? correct answers The scientific study of behavior and the human mind What two words are the meaning of psychology when combined? correct answers Soul (psyche) and Study (ology) What determines human behavior? correct answers Genetics, Culture, Personal Experience, and Cultural Environment The principles of psychology are similar to what other principles? correct answers The principles of physics What is the need for Psychological Science? correct answers Many peopl...

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SirAnton

Who conducted the first psychology experiment? correct answers Wilhelm Wundt When? correct answers 1879 What did he study? correct answers He measured the time log between people's hearing a ball hit a platform and their pressing a telegraph key. He was seeking to measure " ATOMS OF THE MIND". What is structuralism? correct answers an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind. Who introduced this school of thought? corr...

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Consciousness correct answers Moment-by-moment subjective experiences Necker cube correct answers What is this figure called? Mirror test correct answers Method of testing for self-awareness in which researchers put a mark on an animal's face while the animal is sleeping, then put them in front of a mirror to see if they try to take it off themselves. Persistent vegetative state correct answers Full coma that lasts more than 1 month Death correct answers Pronounced when there is NO ...

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Memory correct answers information-processing system that works to encode, store and retrieve information Information-processing model correct answers cognitive understanding of memory which emphasizes how info is changed when it is encoded, stored, and retrieved Encoding correct answers - Selection and identification of stimulus from vast array of input - Conversion of the stimuli to fit the preferred format for the memory system Storage correct answers Retention of encoded material ...

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Placebos correct answers when a patient insists on having a medical cure by a physician does not believe that medicine is necessary, the physician may prescribe sugar pills. Such fake pills are called _________. naturalistic observation correct answers On his first day as a school psychologist, Daniel took a trip to the school ground and quietly sat in the corner watching the children play. He noticed several patterns in the way children behaved with each other, especially when they were play...

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22 pages

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SirAnton

Which of the following directly stimulates the release of neurotransmitters into the synaptic gap by causing vesicles to fuse with the cellular membrane? correct answers Ca++ These structures bring neurotransmitters form the soma of a neuron to the terminal button? correct answers Microtubules Dr. Smith is conducting a study in which she compares amygdala BOLD response to images of cats and dogs. She wants to know where in the brain dogs are processed differently than cats. If she is study...

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11 pages

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SirAnton

The BLANK is a pea-sized structure in the brain that is involved in many aspects of motivation, including sex, aggression, and hunger. correct answers hypothalamus Eli is a school student. Her teacher's appreciation motivates her to study well. She also aims to impress her teacher and parents by getting into a good university after she graduates from high school. Eli's performance goals seem to be met through BLANK. correct answers extrinsic rewards Which of the following is true of psyc...

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Implicit Memory correct answers Unconscious retention of information. Types: Procedural Encoded with Cerebellum Explicit Memory correct answers Conscious, intentional retention of information; e.g. recalling one's SSN. Types: Declarative, Semantic, Episodic Encoded with Hippocampus Procedural Memory correct answers Recall of how to do things physically. Usually considered implicit memory, as it doesn't involve conscious memory. Gradual acquisition of skills as a result of practice....

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11 pages

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SirAnton

psychology correct answers the scientific study of mind and behavior. psychological science correct answers ____ is critical and summative empirical evidence; pseudoscience correct answers Psychological scientists conduct research to answer questions by establishing ____ and avoiding _____ evidence correct answers The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid empirical correct answers Based on astute observation and accurate me...

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15 pages

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SirAnton

A mother thinks that putting her baby in a stimulating environment will help it develop strong cognitive skills while the father thinks that the baby's intelligence will probably be based on how smart him and the mother are. What is this a sign of? correct answers the nature/nurture debate Which psychological school of thought sought to understand how the operations of the mind help people adapt to environmental demands correct answers functionalism which phenomenon is difficult for behav...

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Definition of personality correct answers Relatively stable patterns of behavior, thoughts, and emotional reactions Freud's Psychodynamic Theory correct answers Our personalities are based on unconscious conflicts Id correct answers Operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification Ego correct answers Operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id's desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain Super-ego correct answers Operates a...

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Representing verbal info correct answers retain gist/ meaning vs. exact wording when told a story people retain the gist of the story not the exact wording Visual-spatial information correct answers stored as propositions (verbal statements) or as visual images ( a visual representation that preserves spatial and form information) Evidence for a visual-spatial format correct answers 3 ways: 1) Scanning experiments 2)mental rotation experiments 3) eidetic imagery Scanning experiment...

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biopsychosocial model correct answers concept that emphasizes three aspects of abnormal behavior: biological, psychological, and sociological Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) correct answers book that sets specific criteria for each psychological diagnosis personality disorder correct answers maladaptive, inflexible way of dealing with the environment and other people behavior therapy correct answers treatment that begins with clear, well-defined behavioral go...

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The right lateral geniculate nucleus processes information from which of the following? A. The left visual field of both eyes B. the right visual field from both eyes C. The left eye D. The right eye correct answers A. The left visual field of both eyes Saccades are eye movements that do which of the following? A. Rapidly switch the eye's focus across a scene or object B. Adjust the lens for distance and focus C. keeping the eyes focused on the same image to maintain binocular dis...

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10 pages

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SirAnton

_____ _____ is the scientific study of mind, brain, and behavior. correct answers psychological science _____ is the private inner experience of perception, thought, memories, and feelings. correct answers mind _____ is the main organ of the nervous system. correct answers brain ______ is observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals correct answers behavior ____ is associated with _____, the idea that certain kinds of knowledge are inborn or innate. correct answers Plato, ...

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everything you do depends on... correct answers sensory/perceptual processing (e.g. walking, obtaining food, interacting socially) sensory processing correct answers fast & accurate; needs to be for survival what are the various human senses? correct answers vision hearing touch taste smell balance correct answers vestibular sense kinesthesis correct answers limb position & movement, temperature, and pain; body awareness somatosensation correct answers (touch) touch, temperatu...

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MENTAL HEALTH QA ON EXAM

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5 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

amelia44393

Medical Model - ANS-The concept that like diseases of the body, psychological disorders have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in most cases cured Biopsychosocial Approach to psychological disorders - ANS-In that disordered behavior is influenced by social circumstances, inner psychological dynamics, genetic predispositions, and physiological states Attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder - ANS-Psychological disorder marked by extreme inattention and/or hyperactivity...

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3 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Grade A

BrainEdge

The most likely people to be diagnosed with ADHD are - ANS-Children The conception of psychological disorders as biologically based sicknesses is known as the - ANS-Medical model To call psychological disorders "sicknesses" is especially likely to encourage research supporting the - ANS-Medical model Anxiety is considered disordered if it is - ANS-Persistent and distressing Episodes of intense dread that last for several minutes and are accompanied by shortness of breath, trembling, d...

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BrainEdge

Compulsions are best described as ____________. - ANS-repetitive behaviors Schizophrenia that develops gradually over a long period of time is called ___________. - ANS-chronic The social withdrawal and haunting nightmares of battle-scarred war veteran's best illustrates symptoms of ______________. - ANS-PTSD The number one reason people seek mental health services is __________. - ANSdepression Which group of severe disorders is characterized by disorganized thinking, disturbed perc...

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