Ps 100 1St Midterm

Front 1

Name the 4 lobes of the brain

Back 1

Occipital, Parietal, Frontal, Temporal

Front 2

What does the temporal lobe do? Where is it located?

Back 2

Processes auditory information, located on side of the head

Front 3

Which lobe controls "executive functions" like strategy, social cognition, and motor control?

Back 3

Frontal lobe

Front 4

What does the occipital lobe do? Where is it located?

Back 4

Visual processing, back of the head

Front 5

Which are the 3 major brain subdivisions?

Back 5

Forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain

Front 6

This brain subdivision contains the hypothalamus and is the most recently evolved part of the brain.

Back 6

Forebrain

Front 7

What does the midbrain control?

Back 7

Primitive arousal systems

Front 8

This part of the brain is the oldest and controls autonomic functions

Back 8

Hindbrain

Front 9

This part of the neuron contains the nucleus and heaviest concentration of machinery

Back 9

Soma (body)

Front 10

The dendrites receive or transmit messages in the form of chemical neurotransmitters?

Back 10

Receive messages from other nerve terminals

Front 11

The axon does?

Back 11

Transports materials and conducts nerve impulses from the receiving end to sending end

Front 12

In the nerve cell, where are neurotransmitters released?

Back 12

From the nerve terminals

Front 13

This neurotransmitter is the major inhibitory transmitter and has been used to combat anxiety disorders

Back 13

GABA

Front 14

This is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain and plays the principal role in neural activation

Back 14

Glutamate

Front 15

This neurotransmitter has been used to treat ADD and is thought to be involved in addictions

Back 15

Dopamine

Front 16

This neurotransmitter has been used to treat OCD and can be used as an antidepressant

Back 16

Serotonin

Front 17

This neurotransmitter is involved in the flight or flight response and can be used to treat hypotension

Back 17

Norepinephrine

Front 18

This neurotransmitter is involved in memory formation and has been boosted to attempt to treat Alzheimer's disease

Back 18

Acetylcholine

Front 19

Define psychology according to this class

Back 19

The scientific study of the behaviors of humans and animals

Front 20

This variable is controlled by the researcher

Back 20

Independent variable

Front 21

This variable is measured in experiments

Back 21

Dependent variable

Front 22

A dog hears a bell and starts drooling. This is an example of:

Back 22

A conditioned stimulus

Front 23

A baby sees a snake and is scared. This is an example of:

Back 23

A unconditioned stimulus.

Front 24

A stimulus following behavior that will make it more likely the behavior will occur again in the future is a:

Back 24

Positive reinforcer

Front 25

An adverse event that causes a decrease in behavior is a:

Back 25

Punisher

Front 26

The removal of a smelly diaper after a toddler hits a switch could be a:

Back 26

Negative reinforcer

Front 27

This mentor of Aristotle was the founder of western philosophy and science.

Back 27

Plato

Front 28

This man was known for Dualism and "Cogito Ergo Sum"

Back 28

Descartes

Front 29

This man championed Empirical study and liberalism.

Back 29

John Locke

Front 30

Helmholtz pioneered this:

Back 30

Scientific method and hypothesis testing.

Front 31

Who is the father of experimental psychology?

Back 31

Wilhelm Wundt.

Front 32

This man with two first names pioneered funcionalism

Back 32

William James

Front 33

Sigmund Freud was good at:

Back 33

Psychoanalysis

Front 34

Classical conditioning?

Back 34

Ivan Pavlov

Front 35

Operant conditioning?

Back 35

BF Skinner

Front 36

This behaviorist thought life and behavior could be explained entirely by chemistry and physics

Back 36

John Watson

Front 37

Wolfgang Kohler pioneered this kind of psychology

Back 37

Gestalt psychology

Front 38

The humanistic view of psychology was pioneered by:

Back 38

Maslow