Psychology 101 Midterm
DNA has 25 chromosomes.
False
Psychology is the scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior.
True
The Hippocampus is associated with learning and memory.
True
Wilhelm Wundt created the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.
True
Alleles are the central building blocks of the nervous system.
False
Cognitive Psychology is interested in physical development across a lifetime related to physical maturation.
False
Excitatory neurotransmitters prevent an electrical signal from transmitting down the cell.
False
F. Skinner created a hierarchy of human needs in motivating behavior.
False
Industrial Organizational Psychology focuses on patterns of thoughts and behaviors that make each individual unique.
False
Inhibitory neurotransmitters cause an electrical signal to be transmitted down the cell.
False
John Watson is the founding father of classical conditioning.
False
The Parietal Lobe interprets incoming visual information.
False
The spinal cord is organized in 35 segments.
False
A synapse is a small space between two neurons that assist with communication.
True
Clinical Psychology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and other problematic patterns of behavior.
True
Dendrites are branch-like projections from the neuron with specialized functions of receiving messages from surrounding neurons.
True
Gestalt Psychology considered an individual as a whole rather than a sum of individually measured parts.
True
Glial cells outnumber neurons 10:1.
True
Human Factors is a subdiscipline of Psychology.
True
Psychoanalytic theory focuses on a person's unconscious thoughts, feelings, and memories
True