Quiz 1

Question 1

physiology psychology

Answer 1

-direct manipulation of the nervous system
-mostly lab animals
-focus on pure research

Question 2

psycopharmacology

Answer 2

-manipulation of nervous system pharmacologically
-focuses on drug effects on behavior
-drug effect change neural activity
-conduct both pure and applied questions

Question 3

neuropsycology

Answer 3

focuses on behavioral effects of brain damage
-uses case studies and quasiexperimental designs
-applied research

Question 4

psychophysiology

Answer 4

-focuses on physiology and psychology processes
-uses noninvasive recordings from humans
-muscle tension
-eye movement
-pupil dialation
-electrical conductance of the skin

Question 5

cognitive neuroscience

Answer 5

-newest division
-focuses on neural basis of cognitive processes
-learning/memory
-attention
-perceptual process
-use noninvasive, functional brain imaging
-collaborative between varied scientists

Question 6

comparative psychology

Answer 6

-focuses on the biology of behavior
-features comparative and functional approaches
-laborator and ethological studies
-includes evolutionary psychology and behavioral genetics

Question 7

sensation

Answer 7

-each of the sensory systems contains receptors which convert physical into neural impulses (there are 5 senses)

Question 8

vision

Answer 8

sight

Question 9

audition

Answer 9

hearing

Question 10

olfaction

Answer 10

smell

Question 11

sematic sensation

Answer 11

touch

Question 12

gustation

Answer 12

taste

Question 13

motion

Answer 13

comes from brain/spinal cord
1) voluntary (ex: lifting hand)
2) involuntary (ex: blink)

Question 14

internal regulation

Answer 14

-homeostasis: how the body maintains a constant liveable environment
-hormones: chemical messengers found in blood
-slower, travel in bloodstream
ghrelin: hunger hormone
leptin: not hunger hormone
cortisol: stress hormone

Question 15

reproduction

Answer 15

controlled by environmental situations which interact with human-phsyiology

Question 16

adaptations

Answer 16

wide range of brain responses to environmental situations

Question 17

Heraclitus

Answer 17

stated “the mind is an infinite space where boundaries could never be reached”
-the capacity of the brain

Question 18

Aristotle

Answer 18

stated “the heart was the source of the mind and was the seat of the soul”

Question 19

observation

Answer 19

sit down, listen, collect, and organize data (90% of the work)

Question 20

interpretation

Answer 20

taking all collected data and making it make sense

Question 21

verification

Answer 21

others can replicated/you can do the same thing on another patient

Question 22

pure research

Answer 22

motivated by curiosity of the researcher to acquire knowledge

Question 23

Applied research

Answer 23

to bring benefit for a specific cause including cures, treatment, or answers

Question 24

converging operation

Answer 24

(pure+applied) benefits of both approaches