Focusing our energies - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Chapter 5 Sensation & Perception Exam and Complete Solutions What is the difference between sensation and perception? - Correct Ans: sensation: the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment perception: the process by which our brain organizes and interprets sensory information, transforming it into meaningful objects and events What does sensation involve? - Correct Ans: analysis that begins with the sensory re...

A. Complete all your documents using the Web Folio Builder (in Taskstream) that you used to create your portfolio in the Professional Roles and Values course. 1. Professional mission statement I want to give excellent patient care and learn to treat my patients with a wholistic approach, seeing the person that is my patient. My career goals are to empower patients to take ownership of their care and understand their disease process. I would like families to embrace the understanding of h...

Avoiding communications that are incorrect or misleading - Answer Under the Integrity of principle of the AAFCS statement of Priciples of professional practice in its code of ethics Integrity - Answer Under the AAFCS's code of ethnics, it's statement of principles of professional practice includes that members eschew practices that exploit, intimidate, or harm others, and maintain their profession's credibility To espouse variety in scholarship and lifetime learning - Answer Reflects on...

5 Unit 4 Examples Sensation and Perception Cira Exam Questions and Complete Solutions Sensation - Ans: Definition: the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment Example: Sally was walking through her yard with her shoes off and she could feel the grass around her toes and feet. Perception - Ans: Definition: the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objec...

Endorphins - ANSWER "morphine within"—natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to pleasure. Nervous System - ANSWER the body's speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the peripheral and central nervous systems. Central Nervous System (CNS) - ANSWER the brain and spinal cord. Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - ANSWER the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system (CNS) to the rest of the body....

Learning that certain events occur together is called... - answer-associative learning conditioning is the process of... - answer-learning associations By directly experiencing a thunderstorm, we learn that a flash of lightning signals an impending crash of thunder. This best illustrates... - answer-classical conditioning Seals in an aquarium will repeat behaviors, such as slapping and barking, that prompt people to toss them a herring. This best illustrates... - answer-operant conditio...

placebo - ANSWER A substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patient's expectation to get well; An inactive substance or preparation used as a control in an experiment or test to determine the effectiveness of a medicinal drug. placebo effect - ANSWER The beneficial effect in a patient following a particular treatment that arises from the patient's expectations concerning the treatment rather than from the treatment itself. meta-analyses - ANSWER The proce...

All of the following are examples of mass media EXCEPT? - Correct answer-Instagrams How do mass media and social media differ? - Correct answer-Social media is digitalized Which theory assumes that people are active agents who deliberately choose media to gratify themselves? - Correct answer-Uses and gratifications theory A person or group that decides which messages pass through the media and which do not are called...? - Correct answer-Gatekeepers If you watch an action movie because yo...

Three Ways of Doing Psychology 1. Experimental 2. Teachers 3. Applied Critical Thinking 1. What is the source? 2. Is the claim reasonable? 3. What is the evidence? 4. Could bias contaminate the conclusion? -emotional bias -conformational bias 5. Does the reasoning avoid common fallacies (common sense)? 6. Does the issue require multiple perspectives? Six main viewpoints of Modern Psychology 1. Biological 2. Cognitive 3. Behavioral 4. Whole-person 5. Developmental 6...

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 1 SET A MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read and analyze carefully the question in each number and choose the letter of your best choice. 1. Which of the following features represents the new paradigm shift in education? a. traditional pedagogies c. constant subject matter boundaries b. lifelong education for all d. rigid selection of students based on single and fixed criteria 2. What is the concern of Multi- Cultural Education? a. gender equality and harnessing of the role o...