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Chapter 1
Foundations of Psychology
Chapter 2
Biopsychology
Chapter 5
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Why was the perspective followed by Wilhelm Wundt and his followers called structuralism?

They wanted to identify the major brain structures.

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  • The function of the __________ system is to carry information to and from all parts of the body.
  • nervous system
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  • The researcher responsible for discovering classical conditioning was __________.
  • Pavlov
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The 4 goals of psychology are to __________.

Describe, explain, predict, and control behavior

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  • When a neuron fires, it fires in a(n) __________ fashion, as there is no such thing as “partial” firing.
  • all-or-none
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  • The abbreviation UCR stands for __________.
  • unconditioned response
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Drinking orange juice is negatively correlated with the risk of cancer. Based on this information, what can we assume?

The less orange juice you drink, the lower your risk of cancer.

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  • Researcher Roger Sperry won a Nobel Prize for his research on epilepsy. Sperry cut through the __________, which joins the two hemispheres of the brain.
  • corpus callosum
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  • When something is taken away from a person or animal resulting in a decrease in the probability of response, it is known as __________.
  • punishment by removal
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_________ is an experiment in which neither the participants nor the individuals running the experiment know if participants are in the experimental or the control group until after the results are tallied.

The double-blind study

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  • Which component of the nervous system mobilizes the body in times of stress?
  • sympathetic
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  • A school issues tokens to the children for good behavior. This use of a token economy is an example of __________.
  • behavior modification
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Professor Chen approaches questions about human behavior from a perspective that emphasizes bodily events and chemicals, such as hormones, associated with behavior. She most likely accepts which of the following psychological approaches?

biopsychological

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  • The section of the brain responsible for interpreting the visual information in the primary visual cortex is called the __________.
  • visual association cortex
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  • Ava’s parents want her to put her books in her bookcase. At first, they praise her for putting the books together in one pile. Then they praise her for getting the books on the same side of the room as the bookcase. When she gets the books on top of the bookcase, she gets praise. Finally, her parents praise her when she puts her books in the bookcase. This is an example of __________.

shaping