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Psychology as a science began in the laboratory of ______ using the method of ______.

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Wundt, Introspection

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According to Titchner, one could break down all human experiences into three components, which were:

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Sensations, feelings, images

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In psychology, William James was highly influential in developing the school of thought known as:

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Functionalism

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If you are interested in the functionalist approach to psychology, you would be most interested in:

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How humans use their thoughts to function in their environment

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Psychology is defined as the study of:

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Behavior and mental processes

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According to the definition of psychology, which of the following is not a behavior? Smiling at a baby, watching birds fly, sleeping during a lecture, feeling hungry

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Feeling hungry

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According to the definition of psychology, which of the following is not a mental process? getting angry, writing down the answer to a math problem, wanting to kiss someone, deciding to ask something

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Writing down the answer to a math problem

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What is John B. Watson's belief about studying human behavior?

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Only visible behavior can be measured and understood

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With what psychological approach is Sigmund Freud associated?

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Psychodynamics

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J.B. Watson and B.F. Skinner believed that:

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psychology should focus on the behavior in the environment that can be seen or measured

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Which of the following is a soical factor that influences behavior and mental processes? Emotional responses, learned fears, presence of others

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The presence of others

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A theory can be defined as:

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A set of closely related ideas that attempts to explain observations

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Allie has a theory that there is a relationship between the amount she studies and her grades. In order to test her theory, she must formulate a:

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Hypothesis

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If a psychologist were to study 'love' she would need to have an _________ love or else the hypothesis could not be tested.

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Operational definition for

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___________ Attempts to view behavior without disturbing the environment.

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Naturalistic observation

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In truly naturalistic observation, researchers should:

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not change the situations

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A correlation coefficient indicates a _________ between two variables.

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relationship

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If there is a strong positive correlation of two tested variables, this means that:

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as one variable increases, the other also increases

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If drinking coffee at night causes you not to sleep, then there is a _______ correlation between caffeine intake and sleep

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negative

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Group A received progressive relaxation training prior to test taking, while group B recieves no treatment. Group A is the________ and group B is the ___________.

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Experimental group, control group

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If there are two different scenarios and the experimenters ask the groups what they want to do, what is the dependent variable?

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The participant's response to the question

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Participants study in a lecture hall with windows and one with no natural light and studied how it affected their mood, what is the independent variable?

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The type of light

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When a neutron is at rest, what is the composition of the ions in the intra-cellular fluid?

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A- and K+, with small amounts of Cl- and Na+

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When the neutron is at rest:

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Na+/K+ pumps is pumping out 3 Na+ for every 2 K+, K+ and Cl- channels are open

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When the voltage of the neuron reaches threshold, what happens to the protein channels?

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K+ and Cl- channels are open and Na+ gates open

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What is the "All or None' principle?

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When the voltage of the neuron reaches threshold, it fires at the same speed and strength no matter how much stimulation is received.

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Which ion contributes the most to depolarization (the rise)?

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Na+

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Which Ion contributes the most to hyper polarization (the fall)?

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K+

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What is the route a message takes within a neutron?

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Dendrite, cell body, axon

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Parkinson is the result of low levels of what neurotransmitter?

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Dopamine (DA)

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If a person's cerebellum were damaged in an accident, you would expect the person to have problem with:

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Balance and muscle coordination

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Which part of the nervous system regulates breathing?

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the medulla

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The reticular formation is primarily responsible for

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stereotyped patterns such as walking, sleeping, or turning to attend to a sudden noise

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Within the limbic system, the amygdala plays a key role in ________ and the hippocampus plays a key role in _______

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emotion, memory

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A disorder which causes an inability to recognize faces is called ________ and is the result of damage to the ________ lobe

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prosopagnosia, temporal

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The physical space between two neurons is called the

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synapse

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Difficulty sleeping, paying attention in class and suffering from depression are symptoms of low:

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Serotonin

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Which part of the peripheral nervous system would be particularly important to a backpacker being chased by a bear?

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Sympathetic

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Which subpart of the brain is located at the rear base of the skull?

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Hindbrain

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If you have ever been struck in the back of the head and saw stars or flashes of light, cells were stimulates in your ______ lobe

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occipital

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The three-foot spike which damaged the Phineas Gage's frontal lobe resulted in

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changes in personality

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Blind sight is a disorder sometimes seen in a patient after they have received damage to the

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occipital lobe

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Collection data about the world through seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting is a function of ______, and interpreting data collected is the function of ________.

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Sensation, Perception

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The process of converting the physical energy from hearing music (for example), into electrochemical energy is called

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transduction

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If a person hears two tones that differ in intensity just barely enough to be detected, the point of detection would be the _______ threshold

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difference

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The clear membrane just in front of the iris through which light first passes is the:

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cornea

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Toward the center of the retina, there is an area that contains only cones. This area is called the:

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fovea

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The crossover point where the right visual field information goes to the left hemisphere is called the:

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optic chiasm

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The bones of the middle ear are set into motion by vibrations of the

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ear drum

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Which depth cue accounts for why parallel lines appear to grow closer together the father away they are?

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linear perspective

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