MCAT: Psychological, Social, And Biological Founda
MCAT: Psychological, Social, and Biological Founda
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MCAT: Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior || A Verified A+ Pass.
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MCAT: Psychological, Social, and Biological Founda
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MCAT: Psychological, Social, And Biological Founda
Difference Threshold correct answers Measures the subject's ability to detect a change in a signal rather than the presence of a signal
Perception Threshold correct answers Measures the subject's ability to detect the presence of a stimulus
Top-Down Processing correct answers The use of preex...
MCAT: Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of
Behavior || A Verified A+ Pass.
Difference Threshold correct answers Measures the subject's ability to detect a change in a signal
rather than the presence of a signal
Perception Threshold correct answers Measures the subject's ability to detect the presence of a
stimulus
Top-Down Processing correct answers The use of preexisting knowledge to organize individual
features into a unified whole
**Recognition of an object by memories and expectations with little attention to detail
**Faster and prone to more mistakes
Vestibular System correct answers The sensory system that responds to gravity and keeps people
informed of their body's location in space
Kinesthetic Sense correct answers Sense of the location of body parts in relation to the ground
and each other
**The ability to tell where ones body is in space
Bottom-Up processing correct answers Analysis that begins with the sense receptors and works
up to the brain's integration of sensory information
**Recognition of objects by parallel processing and feature detection
**Slower and less prone to mistakes
Charles Bonnet Syndrome correct answers A disorder in which patients in the process of losing
their sight begin to perceive visual stimuli that are not actually present
Binocular Vision correct answers The ability to focus the two eyes in a coordinated manner in
order to see one image
Parallel Processing correct answers The processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously
**The brain's natural mode of information processing for many functions, including vision.
Contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem
solving.
Functionalism correct answers A school of psychology that focused on how our mental and
behavioral processes function - how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish
,**Macro-level theory focused on how parts of a society move together
Conflict Theory correct answers A theoretical framework in which society is viewed as
composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources
**Focuses on how unequal division of resources leads to the creation of power differentials
Symbolic Interactionism correct answers A theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as
composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and
communicate with one another
Social Constructionism correct answers A sociological theory that argues that people actively
shape their reality through social interaction; it is therefore something that is constructed, not
inherent; it looks to uncover the ways in which individuals and groups participate in the
construction of their perceived social reality
Output correct answers The response that results from the registration of environmental
information
Feedback in an Information System correct answers Refers to output that is then used as a further
input to elicit another response
General Adaptation Syndrome correct answers Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to
stress in three phases—alarm, resistance, exhaustion
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder correct answers An anxiety disorder associated with serious
traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in
dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
Generalized Anxiety Disorder correct answers A mental health diagnosis in which an individual
remains consistently fearful or anxious for a period of at least six months
Sensory Adaptation correct answers diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant
stimulation
Folkway correct answers A norm governing everyday behavior whose violation raises
comparatively little concern
Mores correct answers Norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance
Androcentric Culture correct answers a culture that is male-oriented; the male is considered the
norm and is consistently preferred across the various aspects of the culture
, DSM-5 correct answers The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; a widely used system for classifying psychological
disorders
Intellectual Intelligence Disorder correct answers An indicator is an IQ score less than 70
Social Control correct answers The way in which society tries to regulate the behaviors of its
members
**Sanctions for reward or punishment are commonly used
Anticipatory Socialization correct answers Processes of socialization in which a person rehearses
for future positions, occupations, and social relationships
Normative Social Influence correct answers Influence resulting from a person's desire to gain
approval or avoid disapproval
Korsakoff's Syndrome correct answers An alcohol related disorder marked by extreme
confusion, memory impairment, and other neurological symptoms like thiamine deficiency
**Can also be caused by malnutrition
Schizophrenia correct answers A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and
delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
Alzheimer's disease correct answers A progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized
by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and, finally, physical functioning\
**Amyloid plaque in the brain
Parkinson's Disease correct answers A disorder of the central nervous system that affects
movement, often including tremors
**Associated with the death of brain cells responsible for producing dopamine
Semantic Memory correct answers A network of associated facts and concepts that make up our
general knowledge of the world
**Explicit memory
Short-term Memory correct answers Activated memory that holds a few items briefly before the
information is stored or forgotten
Heptatic Memory correct answers Remembering shapes, sizes, and grip of objects
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