Psychology Exam 1 ECC with
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Psychology - ANS-the scientific study of mental processes and behavior.
why is psychology more than common sense? - ANS-Because the purpose of
psychology is to look beyond the common understanding of human experience, improve
our lives, and those around us.
4 goals of psychology - ANS-describe whats happening, predict people's behavior,
explain why things are the way they are, and control/alter life to make it better
Scientific Method - ANS-Formulate a specific question that can be tested, design a
study to collect relevant data, analyze the data to arrive at conclusions, and report the
results.
statistical variability - ANS-A variability or spread in a variable or a probability
distribution. Common examples of measures of statistical dispersion are the variance,
standard deviation, and interquartile range.
Probability - ANS-likelihood that a particular event will occur
Neuron - ANS-nerve cell/cell in body that decides if information (electricity) is important
when you grow up, you lose what in the brain - ANS-plasticity/ the ability for knowledge
to map out
Axon terminals - ANS-branches at the end of the axon that passes on information to the
next dendrite
Synapse - ANS-space between an axon terminal and dendrite receptor
Within a neutron, it is (blank), and between 2 neurons it is (blank) - ANS-Electrical in the
neuron and chemical between neurons
3 Classes of drugs - ANS-Agonists, antagonists, and reuptake inhibitors/blocker
Agonist - ANS-immitation neurotransmitters (chemically similar to real neurotransmitters
that neuron believes them?
, Antagonists - ANS-drugs that go in to the synapse and block all neurotransmitters/anti
neurotransmitters
Reuptake inhibitors/blockers - ANS-prevents neurotransmitters from leaving the axon
terminal
Difference between central and peripheral Nervous system - ANS-Central- contains
brain and spinal cord
Peripheral- all nerves outside of brain and spinal cord
somatic nervous system - ANS-voluntary nerves in your body
ex: skeletal musce nerves
autonomic nervous system (involuntary) - ANS-controls all involuntary functions in body
and divided into sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) and parasympathetic
nervous system (shutting down your body)
Medulla/spinal cord - ANS-controls heart rate and involuntary breathing
Reduced Awareness - ANS-long term for coma, meaning everything except your spinal
cord is shut down and brain can still send messages
Persistent Vegetative state - ANS-Brain dead
permanent vegetative state - ANS-when you are in a persistent vegetative state for
more than 3 months
Can we use 100% of our brain at a time? - ANS-NO THATS A SEIZURE, we do use
100% of our brain but not all at once
Hypothalamus - ANS-balance in all body functions like body temperature
Thalamus - ANS-All sensory information is processed here except for smell
amygdala - ANS-motor for anger/fear/ next to desire to make love and hunger
Hippocampus - ANS-formation of memories
Cerebellum - ANS-for walking balance/ known as little brain
Cerebrum - ANS-Divided into 4 lobes that controls all bodily functions/ known as big
brain
Occipital Lobe - ANS-vision and back of the brain
Temporal lobe - ANS-hearing (left side of brain)
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Psychology - ANS-the scientific study of mental processes and behavior.
why is psychology more than common sense? - ANS-Because the purpose of
psychology is to look beyond the common understanding of human experience, improve
our lives, and those around us.
4 goals of psychology - ANS-describe whats happening, predict people's behavior,
explain why things are the way they are, and control/alter life to make it better
Scientific Method - ANS-Formulate a specific question that can be tested, design a
study to collect relevant data, analyze the data to arrive at conclusions, and report the
results.
statistical variability - ANS-A variability or spread in a variable or a probability
distribution. Common examples of measures of statistical dispersion are the variance,
standard deviation, and interquartile range.
Probability - ANS-likelihood that a particular event will occur
Neuron - ANS-nerve cell/cell in body that decides if information (electricity) is important
when you grow up, you lose what in the brain - ANS-plasticity/ the ability for knowledge
to map out
Axon terminals - ANS-branches at the end of the axon that passes on information to the
next dendrite
Synapse - ANS-space between an axon terminal and dendrite receptor
Within a neutron, it is (blank), and between 2 neurons it is (blank) - ANS-Electrical in the
neuron and chemical between neurons
3 Classes of drugs - ANS-Agonists, antagonists, and reuptake inhibitors/blocker
Agonist - ANS-immitation neurotransmitters (chemically similar to real neurotransmitters
that neuron believes them?
, Antagonists - ANS-drugs that go in to the synapse and block all neurotransmitters/anti
neurotransmitters
Reuptake inhibitors/blockers - ANS-prevents neurotransmitters from leaving the axon
terminal
Difference between central and peripheral Nervous system - ANS-Central- contains
brain and spinal cord
Peripheral- all nerves outside of brain and spinal cord
somatic nervous system - ANS-voluntary nerves in your body
ex: skeletal musce nerves
autonomic nervous system (involuntary) - ANS-controls all involuntary functions in body
and divided into sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) and parasympathetic
nervous system (shutting down your body)
Medulla/spinal cord - ANS-controls heart rate and involuntary breathing
Reduced Awareness - ANS-long term for coma, meaning everything except your spinal
cord is shut down and brain can still send messages
Persistent Vegetative state - ANS-Brain dead
permanent vegetative state - ANS-when you are in a persistent vegetative state for
more than 3 months
Can we use 100% of our brain at a time? - ANS-NO THATS A SEIZURE, we do use
100% of our brain but not all at once
Hypothalamus - ANS-balance in all body functions like body temperature
Thalamus - ANS-All sensory information is processed here except for smell
amygdala - ANS-motor for anger/fear/ next to desire to make love and hunger
Hippocampus - ANS-formation of memories
Cerebellum - ANS-for walking balance/ known as little brain
Cerebrum - ANS-Divided into 4 lobes that controls all bodily functions/ known as big
brain
Occipital Lobe - ANS-vision and back of the brain
Temporal lobe - ANS-hearing (left side of brain)
