Word Bank

Question 1

Genetics

Answer 1

Is the study of how traits are passed down from one generation to the next

Question 2

Dendrites

Answer 2

Are root like structures at the end of a neuron that receive nerve impulses from other neurons

Question 3

Neurotransmitters

Answer 3

Are chemical substances that serve as a type of messenger by transmitting neural impulses from one neuron to another.

Question 4

Central nervous system

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Consists of the brain and the spinal cord

Question 5

Psychoanalytic

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Theory is the theoretical model of personality developed by fried

Question 6

Self

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Is the centre of consciousness that organizes sensory perceptions and governs ones perceptions of the world

Question 7

Defence mechanisms

Answer 7

Used by the ego to prevent socially unacceptable impulses from rising into our consciousness

Question 8

Behaviroal perspective

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Focuses on the role of learning in explaining both normal and abnormal behaviour

Question 9

Reinforcement

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Is the stimulus that increases the frequency of the response it follows

Question 10

Punishment

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Unpleasant stimuli that suppress the frequency of the behavior they follow

Question 11

Humanistic

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Psychology is closely linked with the school of European philosophy called existentialism

Question 12

Cognitive behavior

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Theorists study the thoughts, beliefs, expectations and attitudes that accompany and underlie abnormal behavior

Question 13

Social cognitive theory

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Emphasizes both situational determinants of behavior and factors such as values, attitudes and beliefs

Question 14

Interactionist perspective

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Takes into account the many interacting biological, psychological, and environmental factors to explain abnormal behaviour