Parts of the Nervous System
The ________ serves the involuntary systems of the body, such as the internal organs and glands:
- What is the autonomic nervous system
- What is the somatic nervous system
What is the autonomic nervous system
____ psychologists are most likely to conduct research on the age at which the usage of Internet social networks peaks
- What is a developmental psychologist
- What is a social psychologist
- What is a educational psychologist
- What is a clinical psychologist
What is a developmental psychologist
A type of measurement techniques is not used to examine the working brain
- What is an electrocardiography (ECG)
- What is an electroencephalography (EEG)
- What is an x-ray
- What is a positron emission tomography (PET)
What is an Electrocardiography (ECG)
The first to distinguish thought disorders from the mood disorders of melancholia.
- Who is John Watson
- Who is Emil Kraepelin
- Who is Sigmund Freud
- Who is Hippocrates
Who is the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin
Heightened awareness of the present moment, whether of events in one's environment or in one's own mind.
- What is flow
- What is mindfulness
- What is awareness
- What is attention
What is mindfulness
The term ___ is defined as the span of time, after an action potential has been generated, when a neuron is returning to its resting state and the neuron cannot generate an action potential.
- What is resting potential
- What is refractory period
- What is depolarization
What is the Refractory period
The type of psychologist that conducts laboratory studies of the thought processes involved in problem solving.
- What is an educational psychologist
- What is a forensic psychologist
- What is a cognitive psychologist
- What is a personality psychologist
What is a cognitive psychologist
A brain imaging technique that extracts electrical activity from raw electroencephalography (EEG) data to measure cognitive processes.
- What is an event-related potential (ERP)
- What is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- What is a positron emission tomography (PET)
- What is an electroencephalography (EEG)
What is an Event-related potential (ERP)
The founder of American psychology
- Who is B.F. Skinner
- Who is Carl Rogers
- Who is William James
- Who is Wilheim Wundt
Who is William James
The most widely used depressant (think drug)
- What is caffeine
- What is marijuana
- What is alcohol
- What is melatonin
What is alcohol
The ___ regulate(s) almost all of our major drives and motives, including hunger, thirst, temperature, and sexual behavior
- What is the pons
- What is the hippocampus
- What is the hypothalamus
- What is the cerebral cortex
What is the hypothalamus
A psychologist that studies the relationship between bodily systems and chemicals and how they influence behavior and thought.
- What is a cognitive psychologist
- What is a biological psychologist
- What is a health psychologist
- What is a clinical psychologist
What is a biological psychologist
Jacob has suffered a head injury while driving his motorcycle. He is taken to the hospital to look for any damage and abnormality in the structure of the brain and other soft tissues. They are just interested in looking at the structures and not interested in finding out anything about his brain activity. This technique will most likely provide the required information.
- What is an event-related potential (ERP)
- What is a positron emission tomography (PET)
- What is a Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
What is a Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
The Greek physician, ___, was the first to write about a man suffering from a phobia of heights, what we now call acrophobia
- Who is Hippocrates
- Who is Trephination
- Who is John Locke
- Wo is Gustav Fechner
Who is Hippocrates
The most commonly used psychoactive drug
- What is alcohol
- What is marijuana
- What is melatonin
- What is caffeine
What is caffeine
___ takes commands from the brain and carry them to the muscles of the body
- What is motor neurons
- What is genes
- What is glial cells
- What is sensory neurons
What are Motor neurons
Aims to increase productivity and satisfaction of workers by considering how they work environment and management styles influence worker motivation, satisfaction, and productivity
- What is the industrial side of industrial/organizational psychology
- What is the organizational side of industrial/organizational psychology
What is the organizational side of industrial/organizational psychology
A as a brain imaging technique that measures blood flow to active areas in the brain
- What is an event-related potential (ERP)
- What is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- What is a positron emission tomography (PET)
- What is an electroencephalography (EEG)
What is a positron emission tomography (PET)
The man who founded the American Psychological Association (APA)
- Who is Abraham Maslow
- Who is Mary Whiton Calkins
- Who is G. Stanley Hall
- Who is Sigmund Freud
Who is G. Stanley Hall
The two aspects of consciousness
- What are attention and alertness
- What are wakefulness and awareness
- What are wakefulness and sleepiness
- What are alertness and meditation
What are wakefulness and awareness
Part of the brain that is responsible for body movement, balance, coordination, and fine motor skills
- What is the medulla
- What is the reticular formation
- What is the cerebellum
- What is the cerebrum
What is the cerebellum
The type of psychologist that would evaluate a case where a mother was charged with being incompetent and unfit to have custody of her children.
- What is a clinical psychologist
- What is a forensic psychologist
- What is a personality psychologist
- What is a developmental psychologist
What is a forensic psychologist
A scan used to record electrical activity of the brain by placing electrodes on a person's scalp. It is better than some other imaging techniques in that it shows when brain activity occurs; however, it is not very accurate in locating where activity occurs.
- What is an event-related potential (ERP)
- What is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- What is a positron emission tomography (PET)
- What is an electroencephalography (EEG)
What is the electroencephalography (EEG)
The pioneer of moral treatment of the mentally ill
- Who is Jean Piaget
- Who is Carl Rogers
- Who is Dorthea Dix
- Who is G. Stanley Hall
Who is Dorothea Dix
A diagnostic category that encompasses the variety of ways in which wakefulness and awareness might be compromised.
- What is disorders of consciousness
- What is narcolepsy
- What is vegetative state
- What is minimally conscious
What is disorders of consciousness