Psychology as a Natural Science Exam 1 Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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Psychology as a Natural Science Exam 1
Study Guide with Complete Solutions
Cerebral Commissures - Ans:-tracts that connect the left and right cerebral hemispheres
lateralization of function - Ans:-differences in function between two sides of the brain
split-brain patients - Ans:-patients whose ...
helping-hand phenomenon - Ans:✔✔-The redirection of one hand of a split-brain patient by the
other hand.
visual completion - Ans:✔✔-The completion or filling in of a scotoma by the brain.
chimeric figures test - Ans:✔✔-A test of visual completion in split-brain subject that uses
pictures composed of the left and right halves of two different faces
Z lens - Ans:✔✔-Permits visual input to enter only one hemisphere
Zeitgeist - Ans:✔✔-the trend or spirit of the times
Rene Descartes - Ans:✔✔-argued that the universe is composed of 2 elements 1) physical
matter and 2) human mind
Cartesian Dualism - Ans:✔✔-Separation of mind and matter, allowed something to be
investigated independently by reason
nature-nurture issue - Ans:✔✔-the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that
genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors
ethology - Ans:✔✔-study of animal behavior in the wild
instinctive behaviors - Ans:✔✔-Behaviors that occur in all like members of a species, even when
there seems to have been no opportunity for them to have been learned
asomatognosia - Ans:✔✔-A deficiency in the awareness of parts on one's own body.
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