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Psychology 1004 Exam 1 Virginia Tech 2024/2025 Questions With Completed & Verified Solutions.
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Psychology 1004 Exam 1 Virginia Techaccommodation - ANS - adjustment; modifying existing knowledge in response to new
info
Acetylcholine - ANS - -memory & learning
-muscle activity
-black widow venom affects it
Action Potential - ANS - electrical message
afferent - ANS - ascending pathways to brain (from body to brain)
Ainsworth - ANS - strange room
all-or-nothing - ANS - has to reach a threshold to fire
all action potentials are the same intensity when fired
Amygdala - ANS - emotion center
applied psychology - ANS - uses knowledge to solve and prevent human problems
Aristotle - ANS - 4th century BC
emphasized observation and experiencing the world
assimilation - ANS - incorporation; interpreting new info into existing schema
association area - ANS - deciphering/integrating current info and deciding what to do
about it; where you INTERPRET and decide what to do about it
-someone is touching you, how do you react
at terminal endings the electrical message becomes - ANS - chemical
attachment - ANS - -closeness=contacting, touching object of attachment and staying
close
-separation anxiety= distress when separated
-source of security=cling to caregiver when frightened
Autonomic - ANS - unconscious/automatic movement, i.e. breathing, swallowing
axon - ANS - transmits electrical current (action potential) towards the end of the neuron
, basic psychology - ANS - uses the scientific method to gain knowledge about topics in
psych (to satisfy curiosity; learn more)
behavior - ANS - overt action and reaction (objectively observable)
-ex: smiling
Behaviorist - ANS - -Pavlov and Skinner
-conditioning
-focus on OBSERVABLE behavior; behavior changes through learning
Bio psychosocial theories (depression) - ANS - genetics, brain chemistry, and cognitions
makes people more vulnerable
-more vulnerability=easier it is for depression to show up
Biological Theories (depression) - ANS - -50% of people w depression have family history
-genes may affect production of neurotransmitters (serotonin, dopamine)
Biological-Genetic Theory (schizophrenia) - ANS - 50% chance if identical twin has it
bottom-up - ANS - perceptions formed as the result of combining inputs about basic
features
Brain anatomy and neurotransmitters theory (schizophrenia) - ANS - -dopamine involved
-ventricles are LARGER
Case Studies - ANS - in-depth study of a single person or group
Central NS - ANS - Brain and spinal cord
cerebellum - ANS - balance and coordinated movement
cerebral cortex - ANS - thin, wrinkled, and convoluted outside layer of the brain; controls
complex & abstract thought; conscious thought
change in permeability of membrane allows - ANS - positive Na ions in and negative K
ions out
Clinical observation - ANS - observe subjects undergoing treatment for a psychological
condition
allows for experimenter control
closeness - ANS - contacting, touching object of attachment and staying close
closure - ANS - we perceive a whole even if object is in complete (discontinuous triangle)
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