All Chapters, Jeopardy Style

Question 1

This scientific discipline studies behavior and mental processes.

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What is psychology?

Question 2

This is the process of turning your focus inward on mental experiences, such as sensations or feelings.

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What is introspection?

Question 3

This school of psychology, associated with Wundt and Titchener, attempts to understand the structure of the mind by breaking it down into its parts.

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What is structuralism?

Question 4

This school of psychology, founded by William James, focuses on the adaptive functions of behavior.

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What is functionalism?

Question 5

This school of psychology holds that psychology should limit itself to the study of overt, observable behavior.

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What is behaviorism?

Question 6

This school of psychology holds that the brain structures our perceptions of the world in terms of meaningful patterns or wholes.

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What is Gestalt psychology?

Question 7

This German word is best translated as “unitary form” or “pattern.”

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What is gestalt?

Question 8

In Freudian theory, this part of the mind lies outside the range of ordinary awareness and contains primitive drives and instincts.

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What is the unconscious?

Question 9

This view is that behavior is influenced by the struggle between unconscious sexual or aggressive impulses and opposing forces that try to keep this threatening material out of consciousness.

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What is the psychodynamic perspective?

Question 10

This method focuses on uncovering and working through unconscious conflicts that Freud believed were at the root of psychological problems.

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What is psychoanalysis?

Question 11

This approach to the study of psychology focuses on the role of learning and the importance of environmental influences in explaining behavior.

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What is the behavioral perspective?

Question 12

This contemporary learning-based model emphasizes the roles of cognitive and environmental factors in determining behavior.

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What is the social-cognitive theory?

Question 13

This form of therapy involves the systematic application of the principles of learning.

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What is behavior therapy

Question 14

This school of psychology believes that free will and conscious choice are essential aspects of the human experience.

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What is humanistic psychology?

Question 15

This man’s occupation was therapist, and his main aim was to help people overcome psychological problems.

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Who is Sigmund Freud?

Question 16

This approach to the study of psychology focuses on the relationships between biological processes and behavior.

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What is physiological perspective?

Question 17

This branch of psychology focuses on the role of evolutionary processes in shaping behavior.

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What is evolutionary psychology?

Question 18

This approach to the study of psychology focuses on the process by which we acquire knowledge.

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What is cognitive perspective?

Question 19

This approach to the study of psychology emphasizes the role of social and cultural influences on behavior.

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What is the sociocultural perspective?

Question 20

This contemporary movement within psychology emphasizes the study of human virtues and assets, rather than weakness and deficits.

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What is positive psychology?

Question 21

These nerve cells carry messages from your brain to your arm to make it move.

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What are neurons?

Question 22

This part of a neuron performs the life-sustaining functions of the cell.

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What is the soma?

Question 23

This part of a neuron carries neural impulses to the terminal buttons.

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What is the axon?

Question 24

This part of a neuron releases the neurotransmitters.

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What is a terminal button?

Question 25

This part of a neuron receives messages from neighboring neurons.

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What is a dendrite?

Question 26

This chronic disease of the central nervous system causes the body’s own immune system to attack the myelin sheath.

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Question 27

This reversal of electrical charge typically begins at the juncture between the soma and the axon, or axon hillock.

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What is action potential?

Question 28

This is generated according to the all-or-none principle. It is produced only if the level of excitation is sufficient.

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What is action potential?

Question 29

Normal psychological functioning depends on the delicate balance of this activity in the brain.

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What is neurotransmitter activity?

Question 30

This severe and chronic psychological disorder is characterized by disturbances in thinking, perception, emotions, and behavior.

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What is schizophrenia?

Question 31

The brain and spinal cord comprise this major part of the nervous system.

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What is the central nervous system?

Question 32

This part of the nervous system is comprised of the nerves that connect to sensory organs, muscles, and glands.

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What is the peripheral nervous system?

Question 33

This type of reflex helps you pull your hand away from a hot stovetop in mere tens of milliseconds.

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What is a spinal reflex?

Question 34

This “information highway” conducts information between the brain and the peripheral nervous system.

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What is the spinal cord?

Question 35

This division of the PNS acts as an autopilot for your body processes.

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What is the autonomic nervous system?

Question 36

This division of the PNS controls voluntary movements of muscles.

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What is the somatic nervous system?

Question 37

This branch of the ANS causes a faster-beating heart and heightened emotional reaction.

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What is the sympathetic nervous system?

Question 38

This branch of the ANS oversees the production and conservation of the body’s stored energy

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What is the parasympathetic nervous system?

Question 39

This part of the brain controls higher mental functions, such as thinking, problem solving, use of language, planning, and memory.

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What is the forebrain?

Question 40

This part of the brain plays an important role in the regulation of memory and emotions.

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What is the limbic system?

Question 41

This part of the brain contains structures that control basic bodily functions, such as breathing and heart rate.

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What is the hindbrain?

Question 42

This part of the brain contains nerve pathways for relaying messages between other parts of the brain, as well as structures that control some automatic movements.

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What is the midbrain?