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Psychology as a science began in the laboratory of ______ using the method of ______. |
Wundt, Introspection |
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According to Titchner, one could break down all human experiences into three components, which were: |
Sensations, feelings, images |
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In psychology, William James was highly influential in developing the school of thought known as: |
Functionalism |
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If you are interested in the functionalist approach to psychology, you would be most interested in: |
How humans use their thoughts to function in their environment |
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Psychology is defined as the study of: |
Behavior and mental processes |
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According to the definition of psychology, which of the following is not a behavior? Smiling at a baby, watching birds fly, sleeping during a lecture, feeling hungry |
Feeling hungry |
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According to the definition of psychology, which of the following is not a mental process? getting angry, writing down the answer to a math problem, wanting to kiss someone, deciding to ask something |
Writing down the answer to a math problem |
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What is John B. Watson’s belief about studying human behavior? |
Only visible behavior can be measured and understood |
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With what psychological approach is Sigmund Freud associated? |
Psychodynamics |
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J.B. Watson and B.F. Skinner believed that: |
psychology should focus on the behavior in the environment that can be seen or measured |
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Which of the following is a soical factor that influences behavior and mental processes? Emotional responses, learned fears, presence of others |
The presence of others |
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A theory can be defined as: |
A set of closely related ideas that attempts to explain observations |
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Allie has a theory that there is a relationship between the amount she studies and her grades. In order to test her theory, she must formulate a: |
Hypothesis |
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If a psychologist were to study ‘love’ she would need to have an _________ love or else the hypothesis could not be tested. |
Operational definition for |
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___________ Attempts to view behavior without disturbing the environment. |
Naturalistic observation |
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In truly naturalistic observation, researchers should: |
not change the situations |
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A correlation coefficient indicates a _________ between two variables. |
relationship |
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If there is a strong positive correlation of two tested variables, this means that: |
as one variable increases, the other also increases |
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If drinking coffee at night causes you not to sleep, then there is a _______ correlation between caffeine intake and sleep |
negative |
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Group A received progressive relaxation training prior to test taking, while group B recieves no treatment. Group A is the________ and group B is the ___________. |
Experimental group, control group |
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If there are two different scenarios and the experimenters ask the groups what they want to do, what is the dependent variable? |
The participant’s response to the question |
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Participants study in a lecture hall with windows and one with no natural light and studied how it affected their mood, what is the independent variable? |
The type of light |
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When a neutron is at rest, what is the composition of the ions in the intra-cellular fluid? |
A- and K+, with small amounts of Cl- and Na+ |
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When the neutron is at rest: |
Na+/K+ pumps is pumping out 3 Na+ for every 2 K+, K+ and Cl- channels are open |
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When the voltage of the neuron reaches threshold, what happens to the protein channels? |
K+ and Cl- channels are open and Na+ gates open |
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What is the "All or None’ principle? |
When the voltage of the neuron reaches threshold, it fires at the same speed and strength no matter how much stimulation is received. |
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Which ion contributes the most to depolarization (the rise)? |
Na+ |
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Which Ion contributes the most to hyper polarization (the fall)? |
K+ |
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What is the route a message takes within a neutron? |
Dendrite, cell body, axon |
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Parkinson is the result of low levels of what neurotransmitter? |
Dopamine (DA) |
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If a person’s cerebellum were damaged in an accident, you would expect the person to have problem with: |
Balance and muscle coordination |
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Which part of the nervous system regulates breathing? |
the medulla |
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The reticular formation is primarily responsible for |
stereotyped patterns such as walking, sleeping, or turning to attend to a sudden noise |
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Within the limbic system, the amygdala plays a key role in ________ and the hippocampus plays a key role in _______ |
emotion, memory |
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A disorder which causes an inability to recognize faces is called ________ and is the result of damage to the ________ lobe |
prosopagnosia, temporal |
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The physical space between two neurons is called the |
synapse |
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Difficulty sleeping, paying attention in class and suffering from depression are symptoms of low: |
Serotonin |
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Which part of the peripheral nervous system would be particularly important to a backpacker being chased by a bear? |
Sympathetic |
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Which subpart of the brain is located at the rear base of the skull? |
Hindbrain |
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If you have ever been struck in the back of the head and saw stars or flashes of light, cells were stimulates in your ______ lobe |
occipital |
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The three-foot spike which damaged the Phineas Gage’s frontal lobe resulted in |
changes in personality |
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Blind sight is a disorder sometimes seen in a patient after they have received damage to the |
occipital lobe |
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Collection data about the world through seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting is a function of ______, and interpreting data collected is the function of ________. |
Sensation, Perception |
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The process of converting the physical energy from hearing music (for example), into electrochemical energy is called |
transduction |
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If a person hears two tones that differ in intensity just barely enough to be detected, the point of detection would be the _______ threshold |
difference |
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The clear membrane just in front of the iris through which light first passes is the: |
cornea |
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Toward the center of the retina, there is an area that contains only cones. This area is called the: |
fovea |
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The crossover point where the right visual field information goes to the left hemisphere is called the: |
optic chiasm |
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The bones of the middle ear are set into motion by vibrations of the |
ear drum |
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Which depth cue accounts for why parallel lines appear to grow closer together the father away they are? |
linear perspective |
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