Psych 101 exam 1

Question 1

Psychology

Answer 1

Scientific study of behavior, and the mental process

Question 2

Health Psychology

Answer 2

Promotes behavior that brings good (physical) health

Question 3

Operant Conditioning

Answer 3

When a voluntary response is increased or depending on (un?)favorable consequences

Question 4

Mirror Neurons

Answer 4

Neurons that mimic behavior from other people/sources

Question 5

Synesthesia

Answer 5

When exposure to one sensation brings about another one

Question 6

Wilhelm Windt

Answer 6

Opened the first psychology lab in 1879, his goal: study the structures of the mind

Question 7

Wernicke’s Aphasia

Answer 7

Difficulty understanding language

Question 8

Absolute Threshold

Answer 8

smallest intensity of a threshold that must be present to be detected by the body

Question 9

Scientific Method

Answer 9

Process of testing a hypothesis, systematically aquiring knowledge and understanding behavior

Question 10

Central Nerveous System

Answer 10

The neurons in your brain and spine

Question 11

Peripheral Nerveous system

Answer 11

Neurons throughout the body

Question 12

Independent Variable

Answer 12

Variable manipulated by the research

Question 13

Neurons

Answer 13

Cells that receive and send messages to the brain,

Basic Element of the nerveous system

Question 14

Law of Effect

Answer 14

Actions that have positive consequences are more likely repeated

Question 15

Axon

Answer 15

Part of neuron that sends messages to other neurons

Question 16

Dendrites

Answer 16

Part of neurons that receive messages

Question 17

Eardrum

Answer 17

Part of the ear that vibrates when sound hits it

Question 18

Correlational Research

Answer 18

Research that studies the relationship between two sets of variables

Question 19

Place theory of hearing

Answer 19

Different areas of the phasmal membrane respond to different frequencies

Question 20

Positive Punishment

Answer 20

Adding an (usually unpleasant) stimulus to REMOVE a stimulus/habit

Question 21

Negative Punishment

Answer 21

Removing a stimulus to REMOVE a stimulus/habbit

Question 22

Positive Reinforcement

Answer 22

Adding a stimulus to add a new stimulus/habbit

Question 23

Negative Reinforcement

Answer 23

Removing a stimulus to add a new habbit/stimulus

Question 24

REM sleep

Answer 24

the brain is active, body is basically paralyzed

Question 25

Diversity in psychology

Answer 25

The low ammount of minorities in the field (in america)

Question 26

Sleep Apnea

Answer 26

Difficulty breathing during sleep

Question 27

Narcolepsy

Answer 27

Falling Asleep way to easily (medical condition)

Question 28

Night Terrors

Answer 28

Waking up during a panic from nightmares

Question 29

Stage 3 sleep

Answer 29

Night Terrors happen during this stage of sleep, deepest stage of sleep

Question 30

Temporal Lobes

Answer 30

Side lobes of the brain

Question 31

Oxipital Lobes

Answer 31

Lobes in the back of the head

Question 32

Learning

Answer 32

Relatively permanent change in response to experience

Question 33

Nightmares

Answer 33

Bad/Scary Dreams

Question 34

Soma

Answer 34

Cell body of a neuron

Question 35

Terminal Buttons

Answer 35

Part of axon that releases neurotransmitters

Question 35

Mylin Sheath

Answer 35

Protects axons with a nice, thermal proof sheath

Question 36

Neurotransmitters

Answer 36

Chemicals that transfers messages from one neuron to the next

Question 37

Synapse

Answer 37

Space between two neurons (Axon and Dendrite)

Question 38

Negative Reinforcer

Answer 38

Stimulus added to REMOVE unwanted behavior

Question 39

Consciousness

Answer 39

State of awareness of the sensations, stimuluses, thoughts, feelings, ect at a given momment

Question 40

Meditation

Answer 40

Clearing your consciousness for

Question 41

Weber’s Law

Answer 41

Just noticeable difference of the intensity of an initial stimulus

Question 42

Classical Conditioning

Answer 42

type of learning where an unrelated stimulus starts to relate to another stimulus

Question 42

Hippocampus

Answer 42

Part of the brain that relates to learning and memory

Question 43

Culture influences on the experience of consciousness

Answer 43

Substantial differences between cultures

Question 44

Spontaneous Recovery

Answer 44

Reemergence of a previously extinguished response

Question 45

Sensation

Answer 45

Activation of sense organs via source of physical energy

Question 46

Pavlov’s Dog

Answer 46

Experiment used to discover/define classical conditioning

Question 47

Sensory adaptation

Answer 47

When you become accustomed to a stimulus

Question 48

Limbic System

Answer 48

Part of brain that controls emotions and self preservation

Question 49

Unconditioned Stimulus

Answer 49

Brings about a natural response

Question 50

Pheromones

Answer 50

Chemicals secreted by insects and mammals into the environment for communication

Question 51

Hypnosis against your will?

Answer 51

Impossible

Question 52

Dreams for survival theroy

Answer 52

Theroy where dreams are used to process our life for survival traits

Question 53

Sigmund Freud

Answer 53

Fucking weird guy

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Frequency theroy of hearing

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Suggests that the basal memory is basically a biological microphone

Question 55

Dependant Variable

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Variable NOT modified by the researcher

Question 56

All-or-none law

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Neurons are either 100% on, or off. no inbetween

Question 57

Perception

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How the psyche perceives the senses/stimuli

Question 57

Order of the lobes of the cortex, from anterior to posterior

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Top-down processing

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Perceiving the world around us by drawing from what we already know to interpret new information

Question 59

Bottom-up processing

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Perceiving the world using brand new sensations/stimuli first