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Why is the word scientific important to psychology? Another important word in the definition of psychology is scientific. Psychologists don't just speculate about behavior and mental processes, accepting guesses and gut feelings as the truth. Instead, we measure the merit of those ideas by applying the scientific method. What areas would interest a cognitive psychologists? Emphasizes processes such as thinking, language, attention, memory, and intelligence. Correlation and coefficient definit...

AQA A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY: (BIOPSYCHOLOGY) WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS A+ GRADED!! Localisation of function - CORRECT ANSWER-Theory that states that different areas of the brain are responsible for different behaviours, processes or activities. Motor area - CORRECT ANSWER-Back of frontal lobe, involved in regulating movement. Somatosensory area - CORRECT ANSWER-Front of both parietal lobes, processes sensory information such as touch. Parts of the brain: Visual area. - CORRECT ANSWER-Occipital lobe, ...

What was the case of Henry Molaison? correct answers 1. He was someone who suffered from severe seizures in his temporal lobes. 2. in 1953 the doctors chose to remove his anterior lobes on both sides of his brain 3. He developed a disorder called anterograde amnesia What was the Case of Philip? correct answers 1. This was an electrical engineer with severe alcoholism. 2. He was someone who was very paranoid and violent to his wife and resulted in arrest. 3. He was declared incompetent to...

PSY 240 FINAL EXAM (UOFT) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT Psychopathology - Answer- symptoms that cause mental, emotional, and/or physical pain abnormality - Answer- Any pattern of behavior that causes people significant distress, causes them to harm themselves or others, or interferes with their ability to function in daily life. Culture and Gender and diagnoses - Answer- culture and gender can influence: 1. the ways people express symptoms 2. People's willingness to admit to certa...

According to psychodynamic psychology, what is depression the result of? - -Suppressed aggressive drives Who was a key figure in the development of the behaviorist school of psychological thought? - -B.F. Skinner Who was a key figure in the development of psychoanalysis? - -Sigmund Freud Which level of need must be met before the need for belongingness and love can be satisfied, according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs? - -Physiological Suppose there is a positive correlation between age...

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Psy 3604 Exam 1 UMN Questions and Answers 100% Correct elements of abnormality - Correct Answer ️️ -subjective distress, maladaptiveness, statistical deviancy, violation of the standards of society, social discomfort, irrationality and unpredictability, dangerousness advantages of classifying mental disorders - Correct Answer ️️ -common nomenclature, can be validating, data + research, economic + political implication disadvantages of classifying mental disorders - Correct Answer ...

Psych 115 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass How does facial somatosensatory information enter the brain? - Answer- through cranial rather than spinal nerves dermatome - Answer- area of skin innervated by a single spinal nerve How is the spinal cord subdivided? - Answer- cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal What protects the spinal cord? - Answer- bony vertebrae and the meninges ventral roots - Answer- carry motor commands out of the spinal cord to the muscles dorsal ro...

Localisation of function Correct Answer Theory that states that different areas of the brain are responsible for different behaviours, processes or activities. Motor area Correct Answer Back of frontal lobe, involved in regulating movement. Somatosensory area Correct Answer Front of both parietal lobes, processes sensory information such as touch. Parts of the brain: Visual area. Correct Answer Occipital lobe, receives and processes visual information. Parts of the brain: Auditory ar...

Psych 115 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass How does facial somatosensatory information enter the brain? - Answer- through cranial rather than spinal nerves dermatome - Answer- area of skin innervated by a single spinal nerve How is the spinal cord subdivided? - Answer- cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal What protects the spinal cord? - Answer- bony vertebrae and the meninges ventral roots - Answer- carry motor commands out of the spinal cord to the muscles dorsal ro...