Psych quiz #1

___remove dead neurons and waste products from the nervous system, nourish and insulate neurons, and direct their growth

Glial cells

prior to the age of 6 months, you could take a toy away from your infant and the baby would not protest. what Piagetian concept explains this observation

object permanence

when a section of a neuron is stimulated by neighboring neurons, the cell membrane becomes ____ to sodium ions

permeable

the study of human traits and characteristics is of interest to ______ psychologists

personality

theories allow psychologists to make_____ such as a clients chance of recovery

predictions

Eduardo Deleon is engaged in scientific research involving the study of behavior and mental processes. Deleon is a ...

psychologist

research using computers to understand artificial intelligence is an example of _____ research

pure

the results of ___ research in the study of the perceptual development of infants and lower animals is often useful in formulating the treatment of visual disorders in humans

pure

a neonate is tested for grasp, startle and sucking responses, these are measures of ______

reflexes [babies neural functioning]

a neonates _____ reflex involves an automatic response to a stroke to the chin, a touch on the cheek, or an object placed at the lips

rooting

Piagets term for a pattern of action of a mental structure that is involved in acquiring or organizing knowledge is a ____

schema

piagets stages of cognitive development are, in order of increasing as ____

sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

_____ psychologists are concerned with racism, sexism and ageism

social

the 2 main divisions of the peripheral nervous system are the ____ nervous system and the ____ nervous system

somatic; autonomic

the zygote journeys to the uterus, where implantation occurs, which stage is this

the germinal stage

a child without complete myelination will not be able to engage in activities requiring visual-motor coordination for which of the following reasons

the leakage of electrical current being carried along the axon is minimized

embryos develop into males when

the testes begin to produce androgen [the male contributes the Y chromosome]

which of the following is not true of psychological theories

theories make assumptions about behavior

applied research is research undertaken

to find solutions to specific problems

sensory neuron is to motor neuron as

afferent neuron is to efferent neuron

when someone steps on our toe, this information is carried to the brain and spinal cord by _____

afferent neurons

which of the following would not be possible without the functioning of the nervous system -ideals, thoughts and plans -imagery and cognitions -behaviors, emotions and cognitions

all of these

jean piaget hypothesized that cognitive development progressed as

an orderly sequence of stages

which visual capacity do infants develop first

following a moving light with their eyes

a primitive heart begins to beat and pump blood during the _____

fourth week

the three prenatal growth stages are

germinal; embryonic; and fetal

a newborn shows a preference for his/her mothers voice rather than the fathers voice. this is most likely the result of ____

learning to recognize the mothers voice because of more exposure to these sounds before birth

the hippocampus is a brain structure that is involved in the formation of

memories

the white fatty material that insulates the neuron is called the

myelin sheath

the cell body of a neuron contains the

nucleus [or core]

the axon of a neuron ends in a small bulb-like structures called

axon terminals or terminal buttons

Psychology is defined as the scientific study of _____

behavior and mental processes

Luigi Gavani demonstrated that messages traveling along neurons is accomplished by

chemical transmission

______ psychologists study the relationship between genetic and environmental factors on growth of the individual through the life span

developmental

As a science, psychology has four goals, which of the following is not one of those goals? -eliminate behavior -explain behavior -predict behavior -control behavior

eliminate behavior [4 goals: describe, explain, predict, control behavior & mental processes]