C180 WGU Version 4 Summary, Exam Preview Questions and answers, Graded A+
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C180 WGU Version 4 Summary, Exam Preview Questions and answers, Graded A+
Psychology - is the science of the mind and behavior.
The history of psychology includes - philosophy, physiology, and behavioral components.
Psychologists use various levels of analysis including - the levels of b...
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Psychology - ✔✔is the science of the mind and behavior.
The history of psychology includes - ✔✔philosophy, physiology, and behavioral components.
Psychologists use various levels of analysis including - ✔✔the levels of brain, person, and group.
The level of the brain involves - ✔✔both the brain and its structure.
The level of the person encompasses - ✔✔mental contents and processes.
The level of the group incorporates - ✔✔social and cultural interactions.
Functionalism is interested in - ✔✔why something is important, while structuralism focuses on what is
important.
Structuralists use the method of - ✔✔introspection.
Psychodynamic psychology exerts a great influence - ✔✔of unconscious cognition on people's moods
and behaviors.
Freud mapped out these unconscious - ✔✔structures against his stages of psychosexual development.
Humanistic psychology advocated - ✔✔complete respect and positive regard for clients.
The focus of humanist psychologists is - ✔✔for people to get well, applying what is right with them to
their goals instead of focusing on their problems.
, The cognitive revolution brought - ✔✔about the framework that thought influences mood and behavior.
Evolutionists step back into human roots to understand - ✔✔the connections between inherited
adaptive traits and modern behavior.
Psychology is - ✔✔an expanding discipline with multiple areas of interest.
Clinical, counseling - ✔✔and school psychologists are, the most prevalent areas of employment for
psychologists.
The neuron - ✔✔is the key building block of the brain.
The cell body - ✔✔receives inputs from the dendrites (or sometimes, directly from axons of other
neurons) and sends its output via the axon (which is connected to the dendrites of other neurons or, in
some cases, their cell bodies).
When a neuron fires as a result of receiving input - ✔✔chemical reactions work their way down the axon
and neurotransmitter substances are released at the terminal buttons.
The largest part of the brain is the cerebral cortex - ✔✔a folded mass of gray matter that is divided
lengthwise into two hemispheres and laterally into four lobes.
The occipital lobe - ✔✔processes vision
The temporal lobe - ✔✔processes sound interprets language and stores memories.
The parietal lobe - ✔✔controls spatial awareness and the sense of touch. Across the central sulcus the
frontal lobe provides motor control as well as many processes related to reason attention executive
control and emotion.
The two hemispheres - ✔✔span all four lobes but are specialized.
The left hemisphere is - ✔✔more effective at speech and reasoning
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