Psychology

Question 1

What are the three divisions of the brain?

Answer 1

hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain

Question 2

What does the hindbrain include?

Answer 2

medulla, pons, and cerebellum

Question 3

What does the forebrain include?

Answer 3

diencephalon and telencephalon

Question 4

What is in the diencephalon?

Answer 4

thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 5

Function of frontal lobes

Answer 5

initiate voluntary movement and involved in reasoning and problem solving

Question 6

Function of parietal lobes

Answer 6

general sensations

Question 7

Function of temporal lobes

Answer 7

process auditory and olfactory sensation. Involved in short term memory, language comprehension, and emotion

Question 8

Function of occipital lobes

Answer 8

process visual sensation

Question 9

Basal nucei

Answer 9

function in motor control

Question 10

Broadbent Filter Model of selective attention

Answer 10

inputs from environment must enter a sensory buffer. One input is then filtered to attention

Question 11

Treisman’s Attenuation Model

Answer 11

attended and unattended input are processed.

Question 12

Proximal Stimulus

Answer 12

Stimulus registered by sensory receptors

Question 13

Gestalt Psych

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people’s perceptual experience is organized from how human brains are organized

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3 levels of kohlberg’s stages of development

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Pre-conventional, Conventional, Post-Conventional total of 6 stages

Question 15

Pre-Conventional Kohlberg

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Obedience and punishment/self-interest

Question 16

Conventional Level 2 Kohlberg

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Conformity/Maintaining social order

Question 17

Post-Conventional Level 3 Kohlberg

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Respect Perspectives/ High moral reasoning

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Culture Relativism

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Raise awareness of fact cultures have different standards and biases

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Ethnocentrism

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believing one’s own culture is better than the others

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Cultural Capital

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knowledge, skills, and education

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Intersectionality

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crossover between race and social class

Question 22

Symbolic Interactionism

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how shared meaning is conveyed between individuals

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Elaboration Likelihood Model

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explains when people will be influenced by content of speech and other superficial characteristics

Question 24

Central route of persuasion

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influenced by actual content

Question 25

Peripheral Route of persuasion

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influenced by superficial or secondary characteristics

Question 26

Social Cognitive Theory

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theory of behavior change that emphasizes interactions between people and their environment

Question 27

Reciprocal Determinism

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Interaction between a person’s behaviors, personal factors, and environment