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Wilhelm Wundt - correct answers Established the first psychology lab in Germany in 1879. Conducted the 1st psych experiment. Mary Whiton Calkins - correct answers First president of the APA Margaret Washburn - correct answers First female Ph.D in Psychology John B. Watson - correct answers American psychologist who founded behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior and rejecting the study of mental processes B.F. Skinner - correct answers Leading behaviorist. Rejected ...

Two defence mechanisms are denial and displacement. Outline what is meant by denial and displacement and suggest how each could be involved in Tim coping with his situation. - correct answers Denial - refusing to acknowledge reality Displacement - taking out your emotions on a substitute object Possible applications: • Tim refuses to believe his business is gone and still spends all day in his office (denial) • Tim takes out his anger at the bank by arguing with his family (displac...

Psychology - correct answers The scientific study of mind and behavior Philosophical dualism - correct answers The view that the mind and the body are fundamentally different things Philosophical materialism - correct answers The view that all mental phenomena are reducible to physical phenomena Philosophical realism - correct answers The view that perceptions of the physical world are produced entirely by information from the sensory organs Philosophical idealism - correct answers T...

Define Neuroscience. - correct answers The scientific study of the *brain* and *nervous* system in *health* and in *disease*. What are the levels of Neuroscience? - correct answers 1. Molecular 2. Cellular 3. Synaptic 4. Network 5. Behavioral Trepanation - correct answers The act of putting a hole in the head/skull Who are the 2 Ancient Greeks that help better understand Neuoscience? - correct answers 1. Hippocrates 2. Galen Who is Descartes? - correct answers He believed tha...

A Focus on Neuroscience section in the text describes a research study involving participants who learned how to juggle. What was the purpose of the study? - correct answers to determine whether learning a new skill caused structural changes in the brain According to the Critical Thinking box "'His' and 'Her' Brains," which of the following is TRUE? - correct answers All of these answers are true. The rush of euphoria that many people experience after sustained exercise, ...

In explaining why he thinks that Neuroscience and Education is a bridge too far, Bruer gives three main examples of true neuroscience findings that have been misapplied to education. Describe each of these findings and explain how they have been misapplied. - correct answers Synaptogenesis: - Creation of new connections between neurons - Throughout life, we create new connections - Our brains are adaptable and we keep learning there is not time in which people learn the most, things can chang...

Neurochemistry - correct answers the branch of neuroscience concerned with the fundamental chemical composition and processes of the nervous system Neuropharmacology - correct answers The scientific field concerned with the discovery and study of compounds that selectively affect the functioning of the nervous system Amine neurotransmitter - correct answers a neurotransmitter based on modifications of a single amino acid nucleus. Examples include acetylcholine, serotonin, or dopamine Am...

Neurons - correct answers cells that receive and transmit electrochemical signals neuroscience - correct answers the scientific study of the nervous system The case of Jimmy G. The man frozen in time - correct answers He forgot everything that was said or shown to him within a few seconds. Basically, Jimmie could not remember anything that had happened to him since his early 20s, and he was not going to remember anything that happened to him for the rest of his life. Thinking creatively...

A 79yo woman is admitted to the ED after she was found unconscious in her apartment. After she regained consciousness, a neurologic examination indicated that she suffered a stroke with paralysis of the right arm and leg as well as loss of speech. The most likely region affected by the stroke that could account for limb paralysis is: a) prefrontal cortex b) precentral gyrus c) postcentral gyrus d) superior temporal gyrus e) parietal lobe - correct answers b) precentral gyrus The pri...

Brain's functions - correct answers 1. Responsible for all aspects of our cognition - our ability to perceive the world, produce and understand speech, read, write, perform physical skills, learn, and remember, solve problems and evaluate our own thinking 2. Underlies our affective responses, such as our expression of emotions and behaviors like aggression Neuroscience - correct answers the study of how the nervous system develops and how its structures and functions affect behavior Wh...