Introduction to Psychology
Nervous System and Neurons
Sensation and Perception
Sleep, Drugs & Altered States of Consciousness
Learning
100
The field of ________ is considered the "scientific study of behavior and mental processes."
Psychology
100
The following cell is the most basic unit of the nervous system. Humans are estimated to have over one trillion ______(s) that control behavior.
Neuron
100
The process by which we sort out, interpret, analyze, and integrate stimuli.
Perception
100
The following is a stage in sleep in which our eyes move around rapidly in a range of directions but does not send any visual information to our brains. We tend to dream the most in this stage.
REM Sleep
100
A type of learning in which we learn to make associations between neutral stimuli and our unlearned biologically driven responses to them.
Classical Conditioning
200
True or False? Does the following sequence list the scientific method in the correct order?
carry out research → identify problem → formulate explanation → communicate findings
False. The correct order is:
identify problem → formulate explanation → carry out research → communicate findings
200
Translates to "neural glue". Provides nourishment to neurons by insulating them, repairing damage and supporting neural functioning.
Glial Cells
200
We can see the letter "A" do to what Gestalt law of organization?
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Closure
200
The following class of drugs speeds up the central nervous system. It increases heart rate, blood pressure and muscular tension and can help a person feel more awake, alert, confident and energetic.
Stimulants
200
The decrease in response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentations of the same stimulus.
Habituation
300
A correlation co-efficient ranges from _____ to _______.
-1 to 1
300
A ________ is the space between two neurons where the axon of a sending neuron communicates with the dendrites of a receiving neuron by using chemical messages.
Synapse
300
The colored part of the eye that can range from light blue to dark brown is known as the ______.
Iris
300
The following depressant drug is also known as the "date rape drug" because when mixed with alcohol it prevents victims from resisting sexual assault.
Rohypnol
300
The neutral stimulus in Pavlov's dog experiment.
The bell
400
The following perspective involves a constant push & pull interaction among conscious and unconscious forces these interactions affect behavior. The theories from this perspective are impossible to test.
Psychodynamic Perspective
400
The following brain scanning technique is the newest brain scanning technique that has been used to treat people unresponsive to treatment for depression. It gives a 'virtual lesion' to the brain, uses magnetic fields to produce an understanding of the functioning of the brain.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
400
Hair cells are located along what snail-shaped part of the ear?
Cochlea
400
Sleeping, Waking, Body Temperature, Hormone Production change on a 24-hour cycle. These are examples of what?
Circadian Rhythms
400
When your baby sister throws a book at you, you stop smiling to show her this is unacceptable behavior and decrease her chances of doing this again. This is an example of what?
Negative Punishment
500
Which psychologist is responsible for creating the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, German in 1879 and pioneering structuralism?
Wihelm Wundt
500
This part of the brain is responsible for fear and aggression.
Amygdala
500
_______, _________ & _______ are the three bones in the middle ear.
Stirrup, Anvil and Hammer
500
A contemporary theory of the meaning of dreams stemming from both evolutionary and cognitive psychology. A common example is the dream that we came were completely unprepared for an exam.
Dreams For Survival Theory
500
Wearing a jacket on a winter day is an example of what type of reinforcement?
Negative reinforcement