General Psychology Kent State Final Test Questions and Answers
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General Psychology Kent State Final Test Questions and Answers
parasympathetic division - Answer-heal and grow reaction- recovery and rebuilding or energy stores
cerebellum - Answer-coordination and control of automatic motor movements
Hippocampus - Answer-involved in storage of long term d...
General Psychology Kent State Final
Test Questions and Answers
parasympathetic division - Answer-heal and grow reaction- recovery and rebuilding or
energy stores
cerebellum - Answer-coordination and control of automatic motor movements
Hippocampus - Answer-involved in storage of long term declarative memory
amygdala - Answer-involved in experience of fear and other emotions
Corpus Callosum - Answer-band of neurons connecting hemispheres of brain -
communication
Cortex - Answer-wrinkly outer part of brain - higher mental functions / processing
occipital lobe - Answer-involved in visual processing - possibly blind if damaged
parietal lobe - Answer-non hearing and non visual sensory processing - like taste and
tactile
temporal lobe - Answer-processes hearing and language comprehension (and more)
frontal lobe - Answer-important to problem solving, impulse control, personality,
voluntary motor
aphasia - Answer-brain based language problems
Broca's aphasia - Answer-understands what is heard but has difficulty producing a
verbal response
Wernicke's aphasia - Answer-can speak but doesn't make sense because doesn't
understand what is heard
Central Nervous System - Answer-aka CNS, brain and spinal cord
peripheral nervous system - Answer-aka PNS, all parts of nervous system not in brain
or spinal cord
neuron - Answer-basic cell of nervous system - carries messages
, neurogenesis - Answer-creation of new neurons - continues into adulthood in a limited
way
Neuroplasticity - Answer-neurons getting new jobs - changes due to experience
Neurotransmitters - Answer-chemical messengers of the nervous system, carries
messages between cells
Synapse - Answer-Small space between neurons
Antagonist - Answer-interferes with or reduces the impact of neurotransmitter
Thorndike's Law of Effect - Answer-things followed by good are repeated, things
followed by bad are done less
reuptake - Answer-process to prepare synapse for next message- neurotransmitter
taken back into sending cell
Memory - Answer-used to access information now or put away for later use, persistence
of learning
Metacognition - Answer-the ability to think about thinking, to know what it means
Fixed Mindset - Answer-believes abilities limited - failure means you hit your limit - gives
up easily
Growth Mindset - Answer-Believes with effort abilities can improve - see failure as a
challenge
Methods that improve memory - Answer-elaboration, distributed practice, and "testing
effect"
"the testing effect" - Answer-students who quiz learn more in less time than if they just
read
distributed practice - Answer-you learn more if you study twice for a 1/2 hour than you
do in a single hour
Two Characteristics of bad stress - Answer-stress without a break and stress you have
no control over
self-regulation - Answer-the ability to manage your emotions and behaviors
self-efficacy - Answer-the belief you are capable - that you can do it
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