Ch 111 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is psychology? - correct answers The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior What does psychology reflect the influences of? - correct answers • Biological processes • Individual differences (gender, pain) • Time and culture (we continue to learn more) What are the four goals of psychology? - correct answers • Describe how people and animals behave • Understand and explain the causes of behavior • Predict behaviors/reactions across situations • Con...

BESTQUIZZES COMPREHENSIVE EXIT EXAM – PRIORITY ONE 1. A nurse is assessing a client’s pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP). The nurse should recognize that an elevated PAWP indicates which of the following complications? A. Left ventricular failure B. Cardiogenic shock C. Hypovolemia D. Hypotension 2. A nursing planning care for a school-age child who is 4 hr postoperative following perforated appendicitis. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan ...

principle of falsifiability - The principle that a scientific theory must make predictions that are specific enough to expose the theory to the possibility of disconfirmation; that is, the theory must predict not only what will happen but also what will not happen. phrenology - The now discredited theory that different brain areas account for specific character and personality traits, which can be "read" from bumps on the skull. structuralism - early psych approach that emphasized the ana...

Quiz 1: Risk factors are higher in the Construction Industry than in other industries because correct answers Outside factors largely determine demand Ch. 1 Pg. 4 Quiz 1: When considering purchasing construction equipment, the contractor should consider all of the following except correct answers Bragging rights that the company owns the piece of equipment Ch. 2 Pg. 41 Quiz 1: Successful leaders in the construction industry have the following characteristics except correct answers They m...

CHAPTER 14 MUSCULOSKELETAL, PN 111 INTEGUMENTARY AND HEENT, PN 111 CH. 6, 7, 8, PN 111 CHAPTERS 1-4, PN 111 CH 16 AND 17, PN 111-CARDIAC AND GI, PN 111 RESPIRATORY AND NEURO SYSTEMS, CRANIAL NERVES ALL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE What is carpal tunnel syndrome? -Caused by inflammation of the median nerve at the wrist -Causes numbness, tingling, and pain in thumb index and first three fingers How does the nurse assess for carpal tunnel syndrome? By tapping on the...

father of modern psychology - correct answers Wilhelm Wundt - made a campaign to make psychology an independent discipline rather than a branch of philosophy or physiology introspection - correct answers to examine contents of consciousness: observation of one's mental processes (self-observation) structuralism - correct answers task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how elements are related (Edward Titchener) functionalism - correct an...

amu Bio 111 Exam 1 Study Guide (CH 1-5) Questions And Answers 100% Solved | Rated A+ EUKARYOTIC CELL - Cell containing a nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles PROKARYOTIC CELL - Cell that lacks a nucleus or other membrane-enclosed organelles LEVELS OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION - Atoms, Molecules, Cells, Organelles, Tissues BIOLOGICAL DOMAINS - Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya REDUCTIONIST APPROACH - Biologically break everything down into the simplest possible components SYSTEMS BIOLOGY APPRO...

Psychology - correct answers The scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior. Multiply Determined - correct answers There is more than one influence; hard to isolate one specific factor. Individual Differences - correct answers Variations among people in their thinking, emotion, personality, and behavior. Naive Realism - correct answers The belief that we see the world exactly how it is. "Seeing is believing" Empiricism - correct answers The idea that predictions should first...

Sensation - correct answers is the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment. Perception - correct answers is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events. Bottom-up processing - correct answers analysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brains's integration of sensory information. Example: putting a puzzle together...

4 goals of psychology - correct answers describe how people and animals behave, understand and explain the causes of behavior, predict behaviors/reactions across situations, control behavior through understanding its causes and consequences Wilhelm Wundt - correct answers established first psychological lab, analyzed consciousness and structuralism William James - correct answers built on the principles of introspection & the study of conscious experiences, but instead focused on the why a...

For any mental disorders, know the general symptoms and characteristics. - correct answers Cognitive Dissonance - correct answers An unpleasant mental experience of tension resulting from two conflicting thoughts or beliefs. False Memory - correct answers When people come up with memories that never occurred at all Examples - People who create memories from childhood that never happened - When people create trauma/abuse that never happened - People remember events that didn't happ...