Chapters 1 & 2

Question 1

Sigmund Freud

Answer 1

Psychoanalysis

Question 2

John Watson

Answer 2

Founded Behaviorism

Question 3

Biological Theory of Psychology

Answer 3

Psychological perspective that studies the role of genetics

Question 4

Psychology

Answer 4

Study of behavior and mental processes

Question 5

Humanistic Theory

Answer 5

Personal potential, free will, choice

Question 6

Functionalism

Answer 6

Theory that believes in observable behaviors

Question 7

Cross Cultural Philosophies

Answer 7

Individualistic and Collectivist

Question 8

The Process of Structuralism

Answer 8

Introspection

Question 9

Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 9

Founded Psychology as a formal science

Question 10

Independent Variable

Answer 10

The variable that is altered in experiements

Question 11

Experimental Method of Research

Answer 11

Used to show “cause and effect” in Research

Question 12

Cognitive

Answer 12

Mental Processes/Thinking

Question 13

Correlation

Answer 13

How strongly two factors are related

Question 14

Collectivism

Answer 14

Needs of the group are most important

Question 15

Ivan Pavlov

Answer 15

Classical Conditioning

Question 16

Types of Neurons

Answer 16

Sensory, Motor, and Inter-neurons

Question 17

Sensory Neuron

Answer 17

light, sound, textures, etc

Question 18

Motor Neuron

Answer 18

muscles and glands

Question 19

Inter-neurons

Answer 19

communication between neurons

Question 20

Dependent Variable

Answer 20

affected by the change made in an experiment

Question 21

Hypothalimus (1)

Answer 21

link between Endocrine System and the Central Nervous System.

Question 22

Neurotransmitter

Answer 22

Chemical messenger

Question 23

Synaptic Vesicles

Answer 23

tiny pouches that contain chemicals, first neurotransmitter discovered

Question 24

Parts of the Hindbrain

Answer 24

Medulla, Pons, Cerebellum, and Reticular Formation

Question 25

Glial Cell

Answer 25

support cell and waste management

Question 26

All of None Law

Answer 26

No partial firing

Question 27

Descriptive Research Method

Answer 27

used to explain who, what, where, and when

Question 28

Basic Goals of Psychology

Answer 28

to describe, explain, predict, and change behavior

Question 29

Descriptive Methods of Research

Answer 29

Naturalistic, Surveys, Case Studies, and Correlations

Question 30

Lobes of the Brain

Answer 30

Temporal, Occipital, Parietal, and Frontal

Question 31

Temporal Lobe

Answer 31

auditory

Question 32

Occipital Lobe

Answer 32

visual

Question 33

Parietal Lobe

Answer 33

somatic (muscles and touch sensations)

Question 34

Frontal Lobe

Answer 34

Planning, Initiating and executing voluntary movement

Question 35

Forebrain

Answer 35

Complex and largest area of the brain. Behaviors and mental functioning

Question 36

Hindbrain

Answer 36

Connects spinal cord with brain

Question 37

Midbrain

Answer 37

relay station for auditory, visual, and sensory information

Question 38

Parts of the Limbic System

Answer 38

Hippocampus, Amygdala, Hypothalimus, and Thalimus

Question 39

Hippocampus

Answer 39

learning and forming new memories

Question 40

Amygdala

Answer 40

emotion and memory (fear, fight or flight)

Question 41

Hypothalimus

Answer 41

regulates behavior related to survival

Question 42

Thalimus

Answer 42

relays information to cerebral cortex (awareness, attention, motivation)