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Cscc Psych Final Exam Questions AndAnswers With Verified Solutions Latest
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psychodynamic - ANSWER✔✔approach that underlies human behavior, feelings,
and emotions and how they might relate to early experience
behavioral - ANSWER✔✔approach saying human behavior is learned, thus all
behavior can be unlearned and newbehaviors learned in its place
cognitive - ANSWER✔✔approach which assumes that our thought processes
affect the way in which we behave
humanistic - ANSWER✔✔approach which looks at human behavior not only
through the eyes of the observer, but through the eyes of the person doing the
behaving
biological - ANSWER✔✔approach which seeks to explain mental processes and
behavior by focusing on the function of the nervous system at the cellular and
structural level
sociocultural - ANSWER✔✔approach used to describe awareness of
circumstances surrounding individuals and how their behaviors are affected
specifically by their surrounding, social and cultural factors
evolutionary - ANSWER✔✔approach that attempts to explain useful mental and
psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations,
i.e., as the functional products of natural selection
,scientific method - ANSWER✔✔a standardized way of making observations,
gathering data, forming theories, testing predictions, and interpreting results
(researchers make observations in order to describe and measure behavior)
validity - ANSWER✔✔a test's ability to measure what it is supposed to measure
case study - ANSWER✔✔a descriptive research approach to obtain an in-depth
analysis of a person, group, or phenomenon- a variety of techniques may be
employed including personal interviews, direct-observation, psychometric tests,
and archival records
naturalistic observation - ANSWER✔✔descriptive research which involves
observing subjects in their natural environment
correlational - ANSWER✔✔research method which determines if a relationship
exists between two or more variables, and if so, to what degree the relationship
occurs
descriptive - ANSWER✔✔research method which is designed to depict the
participants in an accurate way
biopsychology - ANSWER✔✔a branch of psychology that analyzes how the brain,
neurotransmitters, and other aspects of our biology influence our behaviors,
thoughts, and feelings
axon - ANSWER✔✔part of the neuron that carries information away from the cell
body toward other cells
, myelin sheath - ANSWER✔✔layer of fat cells that encases and insulates most
axons
dendrites - ANSWER✔✔tree-like fibers extending from a neuron, which receive
information and move it towards the neuron's cell body
neurotransmitter - ANSWER✔✔a specialized nerve cell that receives, processes,
and transmits information to other cells in the body
peripheral nervous system - ANSWER✔✔the network of nerves that connects the
brain and spinal chord to other parts of the body- everything except brain and
spinal chord
sympathetic nervous system - ANSWER✔✔"fight or flight" prepares body for
action or stress (part of autonomic nervous system which os part of peripheral
nervous system)
parasympathetic nervous system - ANSWER✔✔calms body down/ conserves
energy (part of the autonomic nervous system which is part of the peripheral
nervous system)
central nervous system - ANSWER✔✔
hindbrain - ANSWER✔✔contains the cerebellum, brainstem, and thalamus
cerebellum - ANSWER✔✔a part of the brain responsible for the functions: motor
skills such as balance, coordination, and posture
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