PSYC1310 Mid-term Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
This early school of psychology was concerned with how humans and animals use
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mental processes in adapting to their environment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Functionalism
He is known as the father of behaviorism. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-John Watson
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This school of psychology focuses on the uniqueness of human beings and their
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capacity for choice, growth, and psychological health. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Humanistic Psychology |
The unconscious is the primary focus of this school of psychology. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Psychoanalysis
This school of psychology grew in response to behaviorism and sees humans as
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active participants in their environment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cognitive
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Psychology
The process by which neurotransmitters are reabsorbed by the axon terminal
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from the synapse, intact and ready for later use. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Re-up
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take
, The pituitary gland, known as the master gland, is part of this system? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Endocrine
The capacity of the brain to adapt to changes such as brain damage. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Plasticity
This lobe in the brain is responsible for spatial orientation and body awareness. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Parietal lobe
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This neurotransmitter may play a role in ADHD. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Dopamine
The theory that suggests that color vision can be explained by the existence of 3
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types of cones, which are maximally sensitive to blue,green,or red. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Trichromatic theory |
The process through which the senses detect sensory stimuli and transmit them
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to the brain. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sensation
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The minimum amount of stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Absolute Threshold
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The idea that the spinal cord can act like a gate and either block pain messages or
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transmit them to the brain.. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gate-control theory
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Correct Answers
This early school of psychology was concerned with how humans and animals use
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mental processes in adapting to their environment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Functionalism
He is known as the father of behaviorism. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-John Watson
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This school of psychology focuses on the uniqueness of human beings and their
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
capacity for choice, growth, and psychological health. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Humanistic Psychology |
The unconscious is the primary focus of this school of psychology. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Psychoanalysis
This school of psychology grew in response to behaviorism and sees humans as
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
active participants in their environment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cognitive
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Psychology
The process by which neurotransmitters are reabsorbed by the axon terminal
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from the synapse, intact and ready for later use. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Re-up
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take
, The pituitary gland, known as the master gland, is part of this system? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Endocrine
The capacity of the brain to adapt to changes such as brain damage. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Plasticity
This lobe in the brain is responsible for spatial orientation and body awareness. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Parietal lobe
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This neurotransmitter may play a role in ADHD. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Dopamine
The theory that suggests that color vision can be explained by the existence of 3
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types of cones, which are maximally sensitive to blue,green,or red. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Trichromatic theory |
The process through which the senses detect sensory stimuli and transmit them
| | | | | | | | | | | |
to the brain. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sensation
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The minimum amount of stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Absolute Threshold
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The idea that the spinal cord can act like a gate and either block pain messages or
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
transmit them to the brain.. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gate-control theory
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