WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY
AS TEMPERATURE RISES IN THE SUMMER, ICE CREAM SALES OFTEN GO UP. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF CORRELATION.
POSITIVE
BIRDS HAVE DIFFERENTLY SIZED AND SHAPED BEAKS TO ACCOMODATE DIFFERENT FOOD TYPES. BIRDS WITH THIN BEAKS ARE ABLE TO EAT MORE SEEDS FROM A LARGE TREES AND THUS SURVIVE MORE OFTEN. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT PRINCIPLE?
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST (OR NATURAL SELECTION) - DARWIN
A PATIENT COMES TO YOU SHOWING SIGNS OF DEMENTIA. THIS LIKELY INDICATES THEIR HIPPOCAMPUS SHOWS LOW LEVELS OF THIS NEUROTRANSMITTER.
ACETYLCHOLINE
BIOLOGICAL DRIVE FUNCTIONS SUCH AS HUNGER, THIRST, AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM ARE RELATED TO THIS PORTION OF THE BRAIN.
HYPOTHALAMUS
THE TENDENCY OF STUDENTS TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEIR ANSWERS AFTER TAKING A TEST ONLY TO FEEL THEY COULD'VE DONE MUCH BETTER AFTER RECEIVING THEIR SCORE IS A CONCEPT KNOWN AS ___.
HINDSIGHT BIAS
GUINEA PIGS, REPTILES AND OTHER ANIMALS WITH LARGE OFFSPRING YIELDS ARE BORN WITH SURVIVAL INSTINCTS AND ARE QUICKLY INDEPENDENT OF THEIR MOTHERS POST-BIRTH. THESE ANIMALS ARE WHICH TYPE OF SPECIES?
PRECOCIAL
A PATIENT COMES TO YOU TO EXPLAIN HIS SYMPTOMS. HE SAYS "I WAS OVER THERE...AND THEN AFTER THIS AREA.. I LEFT THAT AREA AND THEN.." THIS MAN LIKELY HAS DAMAGE TO THIS AREA OF HIS BRAIN.
WERNICKES AREA (HE SUFFERS FROM RECEPTIVE APHASIA.)
A PATIENT COMES TO YOU STRUGGLING WITH VOLUNTARY MUSCLE MOTIONS AND SHOWING SIGNS OF PARKINSONS DISEASE. YOU SCAN THEIR BRAIN AND FIND DEGENERATION OF THIS PART OF THE BRAIN.
BASAL GANGLIA
PSYCHOMETRIC
THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE OF A CRITICAL PERIOD.
IMPRINTING
OUR TENDENCY TO RUN, ATTACK, OR FREEZE IN THE PRESENCE OF DANGER IS CREDITED TO THIS SUBSET OF OUR PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
THE SYMPATHETIC NS (OF THE AUTONOMIC NS)
THE HIPPOCAMPUS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS NEURAL PROCESS.
COMMITING SHORT TERM MEMORIES TO LONG TERM STORAGE.
RELIABILITY
THE IN-CLASS EXAMPLE OF A NEWBORN BABY GRASPING A CORD AS SOON AS IT TOUCHED ITS HAND (A STIMULI) DEPICTED THIS MECHANISM.
FIXED ACTION PATTERN
A PATIENT IS SHOWN A PHOTO OF A DOG. HE SAYS "IT HAS FOUR LEGS, A TAIL, AND FUR.....IT'S A DOG" THIS PATIENT LIKELY SUFFERS FROM THIS NEURAL CONDITION.
AGNOSIA
DAMAGE TO THE CORPUS CALLOSUM OFTEN CAUSES THIS SYNDROME.
SPLIT BRAIN SYNDROME.
A STUDY PERFORMED OBSERVES THE BEHAVIORS OF 50 TEENAGE MEN AT BINGHAMTON. ARE THE RESULTS OF THIS DATA APPROPRIATE TO BE APPLIED TO THE ENTIRE STUDENT POPULATION OF BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY? WHY?
NO. NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE BU POPULATION.
THE CLAIM THAT HEIGHTIS 90% HERITABLE INDICATES WHAT.
90% OF HEIGHT VARIATION AMONGST THE POPULATION CAN BE AQUITTED TO GENETIC VARIATION. (not THAT THE TRAIT IS 90% GENETIC.)
POV: UR DRUNK. YOU FIND YOURSELF STUMBLING AND STRUGGLING TO WALK IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THE ALCOHOL HAS HIT THIS PART OF YOUR BRAIN.
THE CEREBELLUM
THE FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN TO CONNECT THE SENSORY EXPERIENCES OF SEEING A SLAP AND HEARING ONE IS CREDITTED TO THESE PARTS OF THE BRAIN.
ASSOCIATION AREAS