FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSY 2012

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSY 2012

EXAM 1

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Question 1: CAT

Answer:

Xrays; multiple cross sectional images of the brain

Question 2: Motor Neurons

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Carry information from CNS to produce movement; Provide mechanism regulated by spinal cord and the brain

Question 3: Warnick's Area

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Language comprehension; found in the temporal lobe

Question 4: Name the 5 steps in the scientific method

Answer:

Develop a Question, Develop a Hypothesis, Design a study and collect Data, Analyze the Data, Publish the Findings

Question 5: Efferent Neurons

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Motor Neurons that carry neural impulses away from the central nervous system

Question 6: Four Goals of Psychology?

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Describe, Explain, Predict, Control Behavior

Question 7: Biological

Answer:

Behavior and Mental processes arise from physiological activities

Question 8: Sociocultural

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Other People, and cultural contexts, influence behavior and mental processes

Question 9: Frontal Lobes

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Higher level cognitive functions such as thinking, planning, and personality characteristics

Question 10: Define Experimental group

Answer:

group being treated

Question 11: Antagonist

Answer:

Block normal neurotransmitter activity

Question 12: How do Neurons Communicate?

Answer:

Through electrochemical processes. Electrical signals travel down the axon (through action potentials) to the terminal buds who then release a chemical into the synapse triggering an action potential in the other neuron.

Question 13: Dendrite

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Branch like fibers that receives messages from other neurons

Question 14: What is a debriefing?

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The sharing of information with participants, after the experiment, as to what the experiment was for and its potential use.Question 15: Broca and Wernicke's areas are examples of ___ areas because they process ____

Answer:

Association; integrate information from many brain areas

Question 16: What are operational definitions?

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The precise manner in which a variable of interest is defined and measured

Question 17: Left Cerebral Hemisphere

Answer:

Controls movement of the right side of the body

Question 18: Cerebellum

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Structures located behind the brain stem responsible for muscle coordination and balance; latin for "Little Brain"

Question 19: What is the function of the Glial Cell?

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To support, nourish and protect axons. Some produce Myelin that covers axons

Question 20: What is experimenter bias?

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researcher expectations that influence the experiment

Question 21: Corpus Callosum

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Allows communication between the two hemispheres of the brain

Question 22: Primal Visual Cortex

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Located in the Occipital Lobe, processes visual information

Question 23: Terminal Buds

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Small budlike structure on the end of axons containing neurotransmitters

Question 24: What is Structuralism?

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early school of psychology that used introspection to determine the structure and most basic elements of the mind

Question 25: PET

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A radioactive tracer is into the bloodstream and tracked while a person performs tasks. a computer then creates a 3-D images showing degrees of brain activity

Question 26: Cognative

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Behavior is driven by cognitive processes

Question 27: Axon

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Tube like structure that sends messages to the terminal buds

Question 28: Action Potential

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A Spike in voltage that pass through the axon carrying information