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UBC PSYC 101 MIDTERM 2 (chapter 3) Question and answers already passed 2025 central nervous system - correct answer receives sensory information from the external world / processes and coordinates this information consists of the brain and spinal cord spinal reflexes - correct answer simple pathways in the nervous system that rapidly generate muscle contractions reflex arc - correct answer A relatively direct connection between a sensory neuron and a motor neuron that allows a...

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Nativism - Answer Plato: Knowledge is innate (Nature) Empiricism (philosophical) - Answer Aristotle: Knowledge acquired through experience (Nurture) Nativism Theorist - Answer Plato Empiricism Theorist - Answer Aristotle Plasticity - Answer A measure of the brains ability to change throughout life by forming new connections between brain cells Epigenetics - Answer The study of environmental influences on gene expression that occur without a DNA change...

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UBC PSYC 101 MIDTERM 1 STUDY GUIDE with Complete Solutions passive Modern Psychology structuralist and functionalist perspectives are important Plato-Nativism knowledge is inate or inborn Aristotle-Empiricism knowledge is acquired through experience Descartes-Dualism body and mind are ditterent Hobbes-Materialism mind is what brain does how we view the world is an exact replication produced by our sensory organs (nurture) Kant-Idealism how we view the world is an interpretation from our...

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Psychology - Answer The scientific study of behavior and their mental processes "Fathers of psychology" - Answer Wilhelm Wundt and William James Wilhelm Wundt () - Answer - German scientist - Principles of Physiological Psychology - psychology: scientific study of conscious experience - introspection - developed structuralism - studied reaction time - concerned with the inner experience - experimental William James (1890s) - Answer - accepted Darwin's...

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What do neurons do and what are their types - Answer Information -communication, storage, integration, and more! • Sensory-bringing in information from the environment or parts of the body • Motor -relaying of movement commands • Inter neurons -neurons communicating with other neurons cell body (soma) - Answer Keeps the cell alive • Making proteins, producing energy • Contains the nucleus (DNA) Dendrites - Answer receive information from other neu...

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Sensation - Answer Process by which sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energy. Signal Detection Theory - Answer Predicts how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus amid the background. Ex.) A single photon of light in a dark room. What does Sensation help us do? - Answer Works with perceptual processes to help us sort out complex stimuli. What four things does detection depend on? - Answer Experience, Expectations, Motiva...

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Phineas Gage - Answer railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that dramatically changed his personality and behavior; case played a role in the development of the understanding of the localization of brain function - oldest case study in neuroscience Cognition/ "intelligence" is measured by __________ - Answer Brain Cell Density, humans have the greatest density in comparison to the normal curve, therefore higher cell density, higher intelligence (more connections) ...

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psychology - Answer the scientific study of the mind, brain and behavior levels of analysis - Answer rungs on a ladder of analysis, with lower levels tied closely to Biological influences and higher levels tied closely to social influences. (Social --> Psychological --> biological) multiply determined - Answer caused by many factors individual difference - Answer variations among people in their thinking, emotion, personality, and behaviour naive realism - A...

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Modern Psychology - Answer structuralist and functionalist perspectives are important Plato-Nativism - Answer knowledge is inate or inborn Aristotle-Empiricism - Answer knowledge is acquired through experience Descartes-Dualism - Answer body and mind are different Hobbes-Materialism - Answer mind is what brain does Locke-Realism - Answer how we view the world is an exact replication produced by our sensory organs (nurture) Kant-Idealism - Answer ...

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Psychology - Answer Study of mind and behavior Mind - Answer Inner experiences of perceptions, thoughts memories and feelings Behavior - Answer Observable actions of humans Plato - Answer Nativism Certain knowledge is inborn Aristotle - Answer Blank Slate and psychological empiricism (all knowledge is acquired through experiences) Rene Descarte - Answer Dualism (body and mind are made of different things) Thomas Hobbes - Answer Body and mind...

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Psychology - Answer the scientific study of behavior and mental processes Mind - Answer the private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings Behavior - Answer Any observable action made by a living person Nativism - Answer the philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn Philosophical empiricism - Answer the view that all knowledge is acquired through experience Phrenology - Answer A now defunct theo...

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Learning - Answer The acquisition, from experience, of new knowledge, skills or responses that results in in a relatively permanent change in the state of the learner Habituation - Answer A general process in which repeated or prolonged exposure to a stimulus results in a gradual reduction in responding Sensitization - Answer A simple form of learning that occurs when presentation of a stimulus leads to an increased response to a later stimulus Classical conditioning - An...

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Sensation - Answer simple stimulation of a sense organ Perception - Answer the organization, identification and interpretation of a sensation to form a mental representation Sensation occurs - Answer at the level of sensory organ Perception occurs - Answer at the level of the brain Blindsight - Answer a condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it Transduction - Answer when sensors convert external p...

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Encoding - Answer the processing of information into the memory system Three types of encoding - Answer Semantic visual acoustic semantic encoding - Answer relating info in a meaningful way to knowledge that is already stored Visual encoding - Answer encoding information as images why are high-imagery words better remembered? - Answer they are encoded both semantically and visually Acoustic encoding - Answer the encoding of sound, especially the sou...

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What are the 5 ways drugs are administered? (pros/cons) - Answer 1. Ingestion: easy/relatively safe, unpredictable effects 2: Injection (intramuscularly or intravenously or subcutaneously-fatty tissue below skin)- speedy and predictable, speed can be bad for overdose potential 3: Inhalation: speedy, unpredictable effects, damage to lungs 4: Absorption via mucous membranes (nose ex. coke, rectum) -dmgs membranes 5. Trans dermally- through skin (nicotine patches) What is drug metabolis...

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What is habituation? - Answer decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation What is sensitization? - Answer an increase in response after exposure to a stimulus In classical conditioning, what is a neutral stimulus? - Answer a stimulus which does not elicit any specific response (bell in Pavlov) In classical conditioning, what is an unconditioned stimulus? - Answer a stimulus which illicit a natural reaction in an organism (food in Pavlov) In classical condi...

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Ubc Psyc 101 Midterm 1 Exam With Verified Answers ...

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