Test 2

Question 1

Which neurotransmitter is associated with high levels of stress?

Answer 1

Cortisol

Question 2

The 3 symptoms of Schizophrenia.

Answer 2

Hallucinations Delusions Catatonic Behavior

Question 3

What is Avolition

Answer 3

total lack of motivation that makes it hard to get anything done. You can’t start or finish even simple, everyday tasks.

Question 4

Reflexive nerve pathway

Answer 4

Sensory Neuron -> Spinal Interneuron -> Motor Neuron

Question 5

Canal of Schlemm = Eyes or Ears? Semicircular Canal = Eyes or Ears?

Answer 5

Eyes Ears

Question 6

A woman finds it difficule to get any work done in the morning unless she has had several cups of coffee. Which of the following structures contains receptors that detect the increase in osmolarity of her blood?

Answer 6

Hypothalamus (Not Kidneys)

The Hypothalamus is the only organ that contains receptors that detect the amount of water in the blood. The Hypothalamus send signals to the Pituitary Gland to release ADH which acts on the kidneys.

Question 7

Dispostional Attribution

Situiational Attribution

Answer 7

• Dispostional Attribution
  
  • Behavior that is caused by the individual
    
    • Ex: I got a bad grade because I did not study.
• Situiational Attribution
  
  • Behavior that is caused by external factors and not the individual
    
    • Ex: I got a bad grade because I live in an unstable home and its affecting me.

Question 8

Consensus Cues

Distinctive Cues

Answer 8

• the extent to which other people behave in the same way in a similar situation.
  
  • If everybody in the audience is laughing, the consensus is high. If only Tom is laughing consensus is low.
• Attribution cues that reflect the extent to which a person engages in some behaviour across a variety of situations
  
  • If Tom only laughs at this comedian, the distinctiveness is high. If Tom laughs at everything, then distinctiveness is low.

Question 9

Social Constructionism

Answer 9

Focuses on how individuals put together their social reality

Ex: Back in the day, pregant women were discouraged from driving or dancing for fear of harming the unborn child. Today, they are discouraged from smoking or driking alcohol.

Question 10

Functionalism

Answer 10

The study of the structure and function of each part of society.

Ex: one function of a society’s laws may be to protect society from violence, while another is to punish criminal behavior, while another is to preserve public health

Question 11

Conflict Theory

Answer 11

Focuses on how power differentials are created and how these differentials contribute to the maintenace of social order.

Ex: can be used to look at wars, violence, revolutions, and forms of injustice and discrimination by explaining that there is a natural disparity in society that causes these problems.