Semester 1

Question 1

Abraham Maslow

Answer 1

humanistic psychologist

Question 2

What two men asked the question “how can the environment nurture human growth”?

Answer 2

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

Question 3

Knowing if something is right or wrong

Answer 3

intuition

Question 4

which approach focuses on concious experiences and choosing to take control of our lives and our destiny

Answer 4

humanistic

Question 5

The advantage of this descriptive method of research is that it yields a great deal of detailed descriptive information and they are very useful in forming a hypothesis

Answer 5

case study

Question 6

What are operational definitions?

Answer 6

Specific explanations for how variables are measured in research

Question 7

standard deviation

Answer 7

Measures the average difference between each score and the mean of the data set.

Question 8

hawthorne effect

Answer 8

the alteration of behavior by the subjects of a study due to their awareness of being observed.

Question 9

Which neurotransmitter is associated with mood regulation and sleep?

Answer 9

serotonin

Question 10

Which disorder is characterized by the degeneration of dopamine-producing neurons?

Answer 10

parkinson’s disease

Question 11

What is the role of the cerebellum in the hindbrain?

Answer 11

regulate balance

Question 12

What is the role of the medulla in the hindbrain?

Answer 12

regulate breathing

Question 13

Which brain structure connects the two sides of the brain?

Answer 13

corpus callosum

Question 14

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is responsible for processing sensations of pain, pressure, and touch?

Answer 14

parietal lobe

Question 15

What is the function of the reticular formation in the midbrain?

Answer 15

regulating alertness

Question 16

Which brain waves are associated with sleepwalking and sleep talking?

Answer 16

delta

Question 17

Spindles and K complexes are associated with which stage of sleep?

Answer 17

NREM 2

Question 18

Explain manifest and latent content of dreams

Answer 18

manifest: explicit info of the dream/plot
latent: underlying meaning

Question 19

This stage of sleep is the most restorative for our bodies.

Answer 19

NREM 3

Question 20

thyroid gland

Answer 20

produces hormones that regulate the body’s metabolic rate, growth and development.

Question 21

parathyroid gland

Answer 21

produce parathyroid hormone, which plays a key role in the regulation of calcium levels in the blood

Question 22

pineal gland

Answer 22

receives information about the state of the light-dark cycle from the environment and convey this information by the production and secretion of the hormone melatonin

Question 23

SSRIs

Answer 23

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Question 24

Mirror neurons are believed by some scientists to provide a biological basis for

Answer 24

observational learning