Chapt. 1 Exam
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__________ is not a goal of psychology.
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Intuition
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Terminal buttons are found at the ends of __________.
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Axons
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Psychology is _________________________.
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The science of behavior and mental processes
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The two main types of research methods in psychology is _____________.
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Experimental and correlations
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Somatic is to automatic as
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Voluntary is to involuntary
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Excitation is to rest as
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Sympathetic is to parasympathetic
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Dr. Alvarez
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Behavior nueroscience
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Dr. Greenway
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Behavioral perspective
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Dr.Cech
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Cognitive perspective
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Dr. Gamble
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Gene therapy
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At the heart of the humanistic perspective is the concept of
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Freewill
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Which best expresses the relationship between a sample and a population.
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A population includes a sample
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Which best expresses the relationship between a theory and a hypothesis?
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A theory is broader than the hypothesis
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Archival research
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Is inexpensive to conduct
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Dr. Chase and Sanborn study "caffeine or no caffeine" what is the independent variable?
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Caffeine
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What is the purpose of random assignment?
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Ensure the participant characteristics are equivalent across the experiments and control groups
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What are neurotransmitters?
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Chemicals that carry messages across the synapse to the dendrite (and sometimes the cell body) of a receiving neuron.
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Reuptake
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The reabsorption of neurotransmitters by a terminal button.
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Endorphins
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Another class of neurotransmitters, are chemicals produced by the brain that are similar in structure to painkilling drugs such as morphine.
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Gene therapy
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Scientists inject into a patients bloodstream genes meant to cure a particular disease.
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Which of the following Sub fields of psychology is INCORRECTLY matched with its description?
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Cognitive-examine how people grow and change from conception to death
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Why does the author of your book consider the term ____________ potentially misleading?
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Experimental (psychologists in every subfield use the experimental method
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Which of the following is CORRECTLY matched with its description?
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Clinical neuropsychology - focuses on our understanding of the structure and chemistry of the brain.
