Introduction/ Methods
Genes/Evolution
Brain/Nervous System
Brain&NS/S&P
Sensation & Perception
100
The approach in psychology that focuses only on observable behavior.
What is behaviorism?
100
The term given to the observable structure and behavior of an organism.
What is phenotype?
100
The two parts of the nervous system.
What are central and peripheral?
100
A shift in voltage inside a cell caused by the opening of sodium channels.
What is action potential?
100
There are two types of photoreceptors on the retina: rods and cones. Which one is responsible for detecting color?
What is cones?
200
A philosophical problem concerning the relationship between the unobservable (mental) and the observable (physical).
What is dualism, or the mind-body problem?
200
The type of twins who share the same amount of genes as siblings.
What is dizygotic/fraternal twins?
200
The part of the brain that sits directly behind the brain stem and is responsible for automatic motor control.
What is the cerebellum?
200
The _______________ neurons carry signals from the body to the brain whereas the _______________ neurons carry information from the brain to the body muscles.
What are Afferent (sensory); Efferent (motor)?
200
The process that detects physical energy from the environment and converts it into neural signals.
What is transduction?
300
___________ proposed that complex mental processes could be broken down into their most elementary parts, and thus founded _________ .
Who is Wilhelm Wundt/ structualism?
300
These are found in the nucleus of a cell, and each contain a single molecule of DNA.
What are chromosomes?
300
The part of the endocrine system known as the master gland that controls other glands.
What is the pituitary gland?
300
The limbic system includes the ___________________ which manages basic instincts such as hunger and sexual activity.
What is hypothalamus?
300
The smallest quantity of a stimulus that we can detect.
What is the absolute threshold?
400
John is feeling lonely and wants to find out if high school students who participate in extracurricular activities have more friends than those who do not. He decides to conduct a study in which he interviews 11th and 12th graders from University Park Campus School to find out if this is true. What is the population being studied, what is the sample?
Populations: High school students Sample: 11th and 12th graders from UPCS
400
Natural selection says that traits that allow organisms to adapt to their environment are most successful. The mistaken belief that the traits passed on are universally good and adaptive is known as the…..
What is the naturalistic fallacy?
400
The group of structures dealing with emotions and memory; it is also integral to the body’s stress response.
What is the limbic system?
400
The _____________ found on the retina are responsible for vision in low light conditions whereas the ______________ are responsible for vision in bright light conditions.
What are rods/cones?
400
There are three pairs of ganglion cells in the retina that are sensitive to complementary colors. When one is excited, the other is inhibited. Name each pair of complementary colors.
What are Green-Red; Blue-Yellow; Black-White?
500
Kate wants to study whether the amount of time spent watching you-tube videos of puppies influences how well PSYC 101 students perform on their mid-terms. State the independent and dependent variables.
IV: Time spent watching You-tube videos DV: Performance on midterms
500
When a gene pair with two different alleles both affect the phenotype, the interaction is called this.
What is co-dominant?
500
This connects the limbic system with the cerebral cortex.
What is the cingulate cortex?
500
The process by which neurons triggered by a bright stimulus will shut down adjacent neurons to make edges more clear.
What is lateral inhibition?
500
The sense of touch includes three distinct systems that are guided by different types of receptors in the skin. What are they?
Pressure, Temperature, & Pain
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