Exam (elaborations) Psychology

Psychology Exam
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, Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS-the scientific study of behavior and mental
processes

psychiatry - CORRECT ANSWERS-a branch of medicine dealing with psychological
disorders; who sometimes provide medical (for example, drug) treatments

free will - CORRECT ANSWERS-The idea that human beings are free to make their
own choices

Determinism - CORRECT ANSWERS-the philosophy that holds that every event,
action, and decision results from something independent of the human will

Nature - CORRECT ANSWERS-the influence of our inherited characteristics on our
personality, physical growth, intellectual growth, and social interactions

nurture - CORRECT ANSWERS-the influence of our environment

CNS (central nervous system) - CORRECT ANSWERS-includes the brain and spinal
cord

PNS (peripheral nervous system) - CORRECT ANSWERS-the sensory and motor
neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the body

Cerebellum function - CORRECT ANSWERS-process and store information,
coordinates voluntary movements (posture, balance, speech)

Cerebrum - CORRECT ANSWERS-Largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary
muscular activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory.

involentary - CORRECT ANSWERS-autonomic nervous system

Voluntary - CORRECT ANSWERS-somatic nervous system

The brain - CORRECT ANSWERS-The mass of nerve tissue that is the main control
center of the nervous system

electrical communication - CORRECT ANSWERS-travel up and down the spinal cord,
sending signals which allow different segments of the body to communicate with the
brain.

cervical vertebrae - CORRECT ANSWERS-neck

Thoracic - CORRECT ANSWERS-chest