Unit Two- Who Am I?

Question 1

Define Physical Aspects.

Answer 1

Physical Aspects includes all the growth and change that occur in a person’s body, and in the genetic, nutritional, and health factors that affect that growth and change.

Question 2

Define Mental Aspects.

Answer 2

Mental Aspects includes all the mental processes that are used to obtain knowledge or to become aware of the environment.

Question 3

Define Emotional Aspects.

Answer 3

Emotional Aspects includes development of emotions, temperament, and social skills.

Question 4

Define Spiritual Aspects.

Answer 4

Spiritual Aspects means the experiences that appeal to the human spirit to God or a spiritual dimension outside ourselves.

Question 5

What do your eyes detect?

Answer 5

Light energy.

Question 6

What do your ears detect?

Answer 6

Energy of sound.

Question 7

What energy does your skin detect?

Answer 7

Heat and physical pressure.

Question 8

All of these senses must detect _________, encode then into _______ ________, and transfer the _____ _______ to the brain.

Answer 8

1. Stimuli
2. Neural Activity
3. Coded Information

Question 9

How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?

Answer 9

23 pairs.

One chromosome comes from the mother, and another comes from the father, to create a pair.

Question 10

What is Subliminal Perception?

Answer 10

Subliminal Perception is the unconscious mind.

Question 11

What is the Brain Stem responsible for?

Answer 11

The brain stem is responsible for functions such as sleeping, walking, dreaming, and unconscious functions such as breathing and heart rate.

Question 12

What is the function of the Cerebellum?

Answer 12

The Cerebellum contributes to a sense of balance and coordinates the muscles so movement is smooth and precise.

Question 13

What does the Thalamus do?

Answer 13

The Thalamus directs sensory messages to the brain.

Question 14

What is the purpose of the Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland?

Answer 14

The Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland regulates the body temperature and is associated with the survival of the individual (hunger, thirst, emotion, sex and reproduction)

Question 15

What is the Endocrine System?

Answer 15

The Endocrine System employs chemical messengers called hormones, which move through the blood stream, and can reach every cell in your body.

Question 16

How do hormones help you?

Answer 16

Hormones help maintain a constant environment inside the body, adjusting the amount of salt and water in your tissues, sugar in your blood, and salt in your sweat to suit the particular conditions around you.

Question 17

What are the two changes that Hormones produce?

Answer 17

Long-term changes- such as child’s growth and sexual maturation.

Rhythmic changes- such as the menstrual cycle.

Question 18

How can hormones be secreted?

Answer 18

Hormones can be secreted by the pituitary gland (responsible for bones and muscles), and by the adrenal gland (blood pressure, stress)

Question 19

Define motivation.

Answer 19

Motivation: factors that influence the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of behaviour.

Question 20

Define emotion.

Answer 20

Emotion: temporary experience with negative or positive qualities that is felt with some intensity as happening to self.

Question 21

Are emotions different than feelings?

Answer 21

Yes.

Emotions are more momentary than prolonged, an intense state, and reflect survival strategies.

Question 22

Define attitude.

Answer 22

Attitude: long lasting patterns of feelings and beliefs about other people, ideas, or objects that are based on people’s experiences and share their future behaviour.

Question 23

What are the three types of attitudes?

Answer 23

1. Cognitive- primarily about people’s beliefs about rewards/punishments
2. Affectively- feelings and values
3. Behaviourally- self-perception, how you feel about yourself

Question 24

Define social perception.

Answer 24

The process by which someone infers other people’s motives and intentions from observing their behaviour.

Question 25

Define social cognition.

Answer 25

Social cognition- the way in which our thoughts are affected by the immediate social context.

Question 26

Define learning.

Answer 26

Learning- adaptive process in which a way you behave/perform is changed by a particular experience.

Question 27

What is memory?

Answer 27

Memory- the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.

Question 28

What is intelligence?

Answer 28

Intelligence- overall capability of being able to act well, think rationally, and deal with the environment around you effectively.

Question 29

Define worldview.

Answer 29

Worldview- a description of reality providing natural and believable knowledge.

Question 30

Define values.

Answer 30

Values- global, abstract principles that serve as guiding principles in people’s lives.

Question 31

Define Morals and Ethics.

Answer 31

Morals and Ethics are influenced by a variety of factors:

• view on human nature
• value we put on human life
• view of the purpose of life
• significance we give to death and dying
• whether we think we will face rewards and punishments for our actions

Question 32

What are the four aspects to our being?

Answer 32

• Physical Aspects
• Mental Aspects
• Emotional Aspects
• Spiritual Aspects