Psy 201 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The BLANK is a pea-sized structure in the brain that is involved in many aspects of motivation, including sex, aggression, and hunger. correct answers hypothalamus Eli is a school student. Her teacher's appreciation motivates her to study well. She also aims to impress her teacher and parents by getting into a good university after she graduates from high school. Eli's performance goals seem to be met through BLANK. correct answers extrinsic rewards Which of the following is true of psycho...

Who used introspection to study the "atoms of the mind"? correct answers Willhelm Wundt What is introspection? correct answers Looking inward into one own mental processes Structuralism correct answers Wundt, An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind. Functionalism correct answers James, A school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flo...

Placebos correct answers when a patient insists on having a medical cure by a physician does not believe that medicine is necessary, the physician may prescribe sugar pills. Such fake pills are called _________. naturalistic observation correct answers On his first day as a school psychologist, Daniel took a trip to the school ground and quietly sat in the corner watching the children play. He noticed several patterns in the way children behaved with each other, especially when they were play...

_____ _____ is the scientific study of mind, brain, and behavior. correct answers psychological science _____ is the private inner experience of perception, thought, memories, and feelings. correct answers mind _____ is the main organ of the nervous system. correct answers brain ______ is observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals correct answers behavior ____ is associated with _____, the idea that certain kinds of knowledge are inborn or innate. correct answers Plato, ...

psychology correct answers the scientific study of mind and behavior. psychological science correct answers ____ is critical and summative empirical evidence; pseudoscience correct answers Psychological scientists conduct research to answer questions by establishing ____ and avoiding _____ evidence correct answers The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid empirical correct answers Based on astute observation and accurate me...

Which of the following directly stimulates the release of neurotransmitters into the synaptic gap by causing vesicles to fuse with the cellular membrane? correct answers Ca++ These structures bring neurotransmitters form the soma of a neuron to the terminal button? correct answers Microtubules Dr. Smith is conducting a study in which she compares amygdala BOLD response to images of cats and dogs. She wants to know where in the brain dogs are processed differently than cats. If she is study...

Implicit Memory correct answers Unconscious retention of information. Types: Procedural Encoded with Cerebellum Explicit Memory correct answers Conscious, intentional retention of information; e.g. recalling one's SSN. Types: Declarative, Semantic, Episodic Encoded with Hippocampus Procedural Memory correct answers Recall of how to do things physically. Usually considered implicit memory, as it doesn't involve conscious memory. Gradual acquisition of skills as a result of practice....

Who conducted the first psychology experiment? correct answers Wilhelm Wundt When? correct answers 1879 What did he study? correct answers He measured the time log between people's hearing a ball hit a platform and their pressing a telegraph key. He was seeking to measure " ATOMS OF THE MIND". What is structuralism? correct answers an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind. Who introduced this school of thought? corr...

The right lateral geniculate nucleus processes information from which of the following? A. The left visual field of both eyes B. the right visual field from both eyes C. The left eye D. The right eye correct answers A. The left visual field of both eyes Saccades are eye movements that do which of the following? A. Rapidly switch the eye's focus across a scene or object B. Adjust the lens for distance and focus C. keeping the eyes focused on the same image to maintain binocular dis...

Consciousness correct answers Moment-by-moment subjective experiences Necker cube correct answers What is this figure called? Mirror test correct answers Method of testing for self-awareness in which researchers put a mark on an animal's face while the animal is sleeping, then put them in front of a mirror to see if they try to take it off themselves. Persistent vegetative state correct answers Full coma that lasts more than 1 month Death correct answers Pronounced when there is NO ...