MDC Chapter 1 Psychology Written Exam.
sensation - CORRECT ANSWER The process of receiving stimuli from our surroundings, such as sound waves or light waves is called
perception - CORRECT ANSWER When the brain interprets electrochemical impulses and ascribes meaning to them, this is called
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sensation - CORRECT ANSWER The process of receiving stimuli from our surroundings, such as sound
waves or light waves is called
perception - CORRECT ANSWER When the brain interprets electrochemical impulses and ascribes
meaning to them, this is called
60% - CORRECT ANSWER It is estimated that as much as ______ of vision is imagination.
selective attention - CORRECT ANSWER The fact that we focus our consciousness on only a partial aspect
of all that is in front of us is called
selective perception - CORRECT ANSWER The fact that we see what we expect to see and not necessarily
what is there is called
use it or lose it - CORRECT ANSWER As neuroplasticity is becoming more apparent in cognitive science,
an increasing amount of evidence has surfaced to validate the idea of
mind map, frame, schema - CORRECT ANSWER Another name for paradigm is
flourishing - CORRECT ANSWER The overall goal of positive psychology is to increase human and
planetary
functional fixedness - CORRECT ANSWER Thinking about using objects only in the most conventional or
familiar ways is called
change its internal structure by reorganizing neural structures. - CORRECT ANSWER Neuroplasticity
refers to the capacity of the brain to
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