Physchology Exam 1 Chapter 1 &' 2 Compare and Contrast questions

_____ are neuron extensions that receive messages and conduct them towards the cell body while _____ are neuron extensions that send messages to other neurons or to muscles and glands.

Dendrites/Axons

______ groups are exposed to the treatment, whereas ______ groups are not effected-serves as comparison to ______ group.

Experimental/Control/Experimental

Social-Cultural Perspective

a theory used to describe awareness of circumstances surrounding individuals and how their behaviors are affected by specifically their surrounding social and cultural factors. Ex. a child born into a pour family will grow up poor.

_____ process is anything a human or animal does - any action we can observe and record. Ex. Yelling, blinking, sweating, smiling, talking and questionnaire are all observable behaviors. _____ process is the internal process that happens within the brain-influences behavior of people. Ex. thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and motives that each of us experiences privately but that cannot be observed directly.

Behavioral/Mental

In _______studies, a researcher looks for associations among naturally occuring variables, whereas in ________ studies, the researchers introduces a change and then monitors its affects. Ex. Self esteem correlates negativity (and therefore predicts) depression.

Correlational/Experimental

Freud's perspective on dreams

Freud believed dreams disguised fulfillment of a repressed wish. He believed that studying dreams provided the easiest road to understanding the unconscious activities of the mind.

_____(experiences) refers to your childhood or how you were brought up. Ex. Someone's could be born with the genes to give them a normal height, but malnourished in childhood, resulting in stunted growth and development. ______(biology) is your genes. Ex. The physical and personality traits determined by your genes stay the same regardless of where you were born and raised.

Nurture/Nature

REM Sleep

Rapid eye movement sleep, a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. Also known as paradoxical sleep, because the muscles are relaxed (except for minor twitches) but other body systems are active.

_______ is an autonomic system that arouses the body, mobilizing it's energy. The ____ is an autonomic system subdivision that calms the body, conserving it's energy.

Sympathetic Nervous System/Parasympathetic Nervous System

Neuroscience Perspective

the approach that views behavior from the perspective of the brain, the nervous system, and other biological functions. Ex. When you observe someone yelling, you may infer the persons mental state (angry or excited).