PSY 101 Exam 1 Study Guide Latest 2022 100% Correct

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PSY 101 Exam 1 Study Guide Latest 2022 100% Correct Psychology ✔✔Scientific study of behavior and mental process Science investigates questions with what 4 attitudes ✔✔1. being curious 2. b ... eing skeptical 3. being objective 4. thinking critically. Psycholalytic/Psychodynamic Perspective ✔✔Unconscious thought, the conflict between biological insticts and societys demands Humanistic perspective ✔✔A persons positive qualities, the capacity for positive growth. Ethical Guidlines ✔✔1. Informed consent 2. confidentiality 3. debriefing. Deception ✔✔Psychologist debate extensivley sensation change in temp involves what nervous system ✔✔Somatic nervous system Charles Darwin ✔✔1. Natural selection, 2. Evolutionary psychology approach How do neoron communicate with each other ✔✔through is axon in the form of brief impulses or waves of electricity What two systems make up Peripheral nervous system ✔✔1. Somatic nervous system 2. Autonomic nervous system What are the three parts of the brain ✔✔1. Midbrain 2. Hindbrain 3. Forebrain Midbrain ✔✔Nerve fiber system ascends and descends to connect the higher and lower portions of the brain Hindbrain ✔✔Lowest level of the brain consisting of medulla, Cerebellum and Pons Forebrain ✔✔Highest level of the brain consistin of Limbic system,Thalamus, Basal Cerebal Cortex ✔✔Highest level of the forebrain, highest mental funcions, thinking and planning take place Endorphines ✔✔A chemical the body produces when excersising Imprinting ✔✔Infant animals form a attachment to the first moving object. Ericksons Middle adulthood crisis ✔✔Generativity versus stagnation-(40 to 50 yrs)- assist younger generation in developing and leading useful lives Hormones ✔✔Chemical messangers manufactured by the endocrine glands Sensation ✔✔Theprocess of recieving stimulus energies from the enviroment Molecular genetics ✔✔actual manipulation of genes using technology to detemine effects on behavior Characteristics of the nervous system ✔✔1. Complexity 2. Intergration 3. Adaptability 4. Electrochemical transmission Enocrine system ✔✔regulates the activite [Show More]

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