PSYCH E1

Question 1

B.F. Skinner

Answer 1

Operant conditioning through imitation (Nurture)

Question 2

Nom Chomsky

Answer 2

BORN w/ principles of language (Nature)

Question 3

Biopsychosocial Approach

Answer 3

Way to describe what influences behavior/mental process

Question 4

Define: basic research

Answer 4

pure science, experiments

Question 5

Define: applied research

Answer 5

aims to solve practical problems

Question 6

Define: Hindsight Bias

Answer 6

feelings of intuition after an event has occurred

Question 7

Define: Overconfidence

Answer 7

overconfident about what they can predict

Question 8

Define: Face Validity

Answer 8

what you see is what you get

Question 9

Negative correlation has an ________ relationship

Answer 9

INVERSE

Question 10

Positive correlation has a _____ relationship

Answer 10

DIRECT

Question 11

Neural Communication

Answer 11

Body’s info system is built from billions of interconnected cells called neurons

Question 12

Define action potential

Answer 12

brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of the neuron

Question 13

Define: Refractory period

Answer 13

Recharging phase when a neuron, after firing, cannot generate another actional potential

Question 14

Define: Resting potential

Answer 14

state of a neuron which its rest and capable of generating action potential

Question 15

Define: neurotransmitter

Answer 15

chemical messenger that travels across the synapse from one neuron to the next

Question 16

Acetylcholine

Answer 16

ACh - role in learning and memory; best understood neurotransmitter

Question 17

Dopamine

Answer 17

movement, learning, attention, emotion; over-supply is linked to schizophrinia

Question 18

Serotonin

Answer 18

affects mood, hunger, sleep, arousal

Question 19

Norepinephrine

Answer 19

helps control alertness and arousal