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PSYCH 1 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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PSYCH 1 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
Psychology - Answer-The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
1st psych lab? What year? - Answer-Willhelm Wundt. 1879 Leipzig ,Structuralist.
critical thinking in psychology? - Answer-The process of thinking deeply and actively,
asking questions and evaluating the evidence.
What disciplines are at the origin of psychology? - Answer-Mythology, to Philosophy, to
Psychology ( starting out with elements of physiology and biology).
What is the scientific method, how does it apply to psychology? - Answer-Psychologists
use SM to address research questions. Making observations, formulating hypothesis,
testing these through empirical research, drawing conclusions, and evaluating the
theory.
Hypothesis: - Answer-An educated guess that attempts to explain a phenomenon. It
must be falsifiable, testable and fit in with a theory.
Theory: - Answer-A broad idea or set of closely related ideas that has been tested many
times and attempts to explain psychological phenomenon.
Operational definition: - Answer-an objective description of how a variable is going to be
measured and observed.
Mean: - Answer-A measure of central tendency that is the average for a sample. Add up
all the numbers, divide by "n". get the mean.
plasticity: - Answer-The brains special capacity for change
Adaptability: - Answer-Nerve cells have a heredity a biological function but they are
constantly adapting to changes in the body& environment
Hypothalamus: - Answer-Eating Drinking, sexual behaviors, emotion, stress, reward.
Cerebellum: - Answer-Movement and coordination
Thalamus: - Answer-relay station, Limbic system, sensory perception, sleep and awake
states of consciousness
Cerebral cortex: - Answer-memory, attention, perceptual awareness, thought, language,
and consciousness.
, the difference between sensation and perception? - Answer-Sensation is the process of
receiving stimulus energies from the external environment-raw data such as: see, hear,
taste, smell. Perception is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory
information -psychological interpretation.
sensory adaptation? - Answer-A change in the responsiveness of the sensory system
based on the average level of surrounding stimulation.
What lobe of the brain is vision processed in? - Answer-Occipital lobe
Gestalt psychology? - Answer-A school of thought interested in how people naturally
organize their perceptions according to certain patterns."Figure-Ground","Closure",
"proximity", and "similarity"
consciousness? - Answer-An individual's awareness of external events and internal
sensations under a condition of arousal including awareness of the self and thoughts
about one's experiences.
What are some examples of altered states of consciousness? - Answer-any condition
which is significantly different from a normal waking beta wave state.
- can be produced by drugs, trauma, fatigue, possibly hypnosis, and sensory
deprivation.
What is metacognition? - Answer-Thinking about our thinking processes and how it all
fits together
circadian rhythms? - Answer-CR are daily behavioral or physiological cycles of activity
based on a 24-hour period and influenced by regular variations in the environment, such
as the alternation of night and day. Circadian rhythms include the sleep/wake cycle,
body temperature, blood pressure and blood sugar level.
functions of sleep? - Answer-- physical and mental function.
-Restorative-restore from stress or trauma.
-Adaptive-helps us learn/process new material.
- growth and development:much physical growth occurs while we sleep, children get
sleep inducing melatonin surge earlier in the evening because they require more sleep
because they are growing and developing so much.)
-Important for memory.
learning: - Answer-a systematic, relatively permanent, change in behavior that occurs
through experience.
classical conditioning: - Answer-Learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes
associates with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a response
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