PSYCHOLOGY TEST 1

PSYCHOLOGY
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TEST 1

DEFINITION OF PSYCHOLOGY:


WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF A PSYCHOLOGIST

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2.

3.

4.


WHAT IS BEHAVIOR:


NAME THE MENTAL PROCESSES

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.


WHAT IS NATURE?

WHAT IS NURTURE?

WHAT IS THE NATURE VS. NURTURE DEBATE?


NAME THE THEORIES OF PSYCHOLOGY
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2.

3.

4.

5.


DEFINE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD?



STEPS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

1.

2.

3.

4.


DEFINE HYPOTHESIS:

WHAT ARE THE 3 RESEARCH METHODS?

1.

2.

3.



DEFINE TESTS:


a.


i.e.:


b.


i.e.:


DEFINE INTERVIEWS:


DEFINE OBSERVATIONS:


DEFINE CASE STUDIES:


3 RESEARCH DESIGNS

1.

2.

3.


DEFINE EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES:



DEFINE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES:


DEFINE DEPENDENT VARIABLES:



WHAT IS NEEDED TO PERFORM A STUDY EXACTLY AS IT WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY?


WHAT ARE THE CHARICTERISTICS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP?



WHAT ARE THE CHARICTERISTICS OF A CONTROL GROUP?


WHAT IS A CORRELATIONAL STUDY?


DEFINE POSITIVE CORRELATION:


DEFINE NEGATIVE CORRELATION:


WHAT IS THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?



WHAT IS THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?


WHAT DO SENSE RECEPTORS DO?


DEFINE MOTOR NEURONS:


DEFINE INTERNEURONS:



ON THIS SHEET OF PAPER
DRAW AND LABEL A NEURON,
AND EXPLAIN WHAT EACH PART DOES.



WHAT DOES PNS STAND FOR?



WHAT DOES CNS STAND FOR?


NAME 2 NEUROTRANSMITTERS: