Cognitive and clinical neuroscience Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. What is Psychology? - Answer-The scientific study of behavior and mental processes(Hard vs. Soft science) -focuses on critical thinking (not just negative) and is scientific 1. Pseudopsychologies - Answer-unreliable approaches that do not use the scientific method -astrology, palmistry, psychokinesis, follicology 1.Psychology's Four Goals - Answer-1. Description: tells" what occurred" 2. Explanation: tells "why" a behavior or mental process occurred 3. Prediction: identifies condi...

1. What is Psychology? - Answer-The scientific study of behavior and mental processes(Hard vs. Soft science) -focuses on critical thinking (not just negative) and is scientific 1. Pseudopsychologies - Answer-unreliable approaches that do not use the scientific method -astrology, palmistry, psychokinesis, follicology 1.Psychology's Four Goals - Answer-1. Description: tells" what occurred" 2. Explanation: tells "why" a behavior or mental process occurred 3. Prediction: identifies condi...

Biological Neuroscientific Answer How the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences. Example) Biological; cognitive, clinical Evolutionary Answer Natural Science of Traits. How the the natural selection of trains has promoted the survival of genes Example) Biological; developmental; social Behavior Genetics Answer How our genes and our environment influence our individual differences Example) Personality; developmental; legal/forensic Psychoanalytic Answer H...

Definition of cognitive neuroscience? - Scientific study of biological mechanisms underlying cognition: neural substrates of mental processes and associate behaviors, a branch of both psychology and neuroscience. How is cognitive neuroscience multidisciplinary? - Cognitive psychology, neuroscience, physics, engineering, math, computer science, etc... What are a bunch of methods that cognitive neuroscience employs? (5) - -General psychology: psychophysics, cognitive psychology, social psyc...

Test Bank For Understanding Psychology, 15th Edition by (Robert Feldman, 2024) | All Chapters Included | Complete Latest Guide A+. Chapter 1-17 Answers are at the end of Each chapter Chapter 1 Student name:__________ MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Psychology is defined as the A) intuition-based approach to study human behavior. B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition. C) study of mental disor...

Test Bank For Understanding Psychology, 15th Edition by (Robert Feldman, 2024) | All Chapters Included | Complete Latest Guide A+. Chapter 1-17 Answers are at the end of Each chapter Chapter 1 Student name:__________ MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Psychology is defined as the A) intuition-based approach to study human behavior. B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition. C) study of mental disor...

Clinical neuroscience is: A. Is the branch of neuroscience that focuses on understanding the fundamental mechanisms that underlie diseases and disorders of brain and peripheral nervous systems - i.e. includes Central Nervous System and Autonomic Nervous System disorders. B. Traditional paper and pencil, and newer more functionally dynamic behavioural psychophysics (threshold testing etc.) C. Inattention, inability to stay on task, excessively distractible or over impulsive as in ADHD or AD...

Exam 1: MH701/ MH 701 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Psychopharmacologic/Neuroscience Foundations of Mental Health Care Exam Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct- FNU Q: What is the significance of understanding about CYP 450 when prescribing various medications that may affect this? Answer: Inducers-speed up other drugs' metabolism Which equals leaving the body quicker Which equal little to no effect intended effect. Inhibitors- block the enzyme so decreases the body...

NSCI 175 FINAL EXAM LEARNING OBJECTIVES/ EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, RATED A+ Explain the reductionist approach breaking down how the brain works Compare different levels of analysis in neuroscience research Molecular: allows neurons to communicate, sentries that control what material enters/leaves neurons, conductors that orchestrate neuron growth, archivists of past experiences Cellular: focuses on how all these molecules work together to give neurons their special properties ...

Test Bank For Understanding Psychology, 15th Edition by (Robert Feldman, 2024) | All Chapters Included | Complete Latest Guide A+. Chapter 1-17 Answers are at the end of Each chapter Chapter 1 Student name:__________ MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Psychology is defined as the A) intuition-based approach to study human behavior. B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition. C) study of mental disor...