Psych 101 Final Exam Questions and Answers Rated A

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Psych 101 Final Exam Questions and Answers Rated A What term is defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes? ✔✔Psychology What is the most asked question in psychology? ✔... ✔"Why?" What term is defined as the process of thinking deeply and actively, asking questions, and evaluating the evidence? ✔✔Critical Thinking What are four Bible verses related to the concept of critical thinking? ✔✔Proverbs 23:7; Philippians 4:8; Romans 12:2; Matthew 12:34 What are one of two types of cells in the nervous system; the nerve cells that handle the information-processing function? ✔✔Neurons What are chemical substances that are stored in very tiny sacs within the neuron's terminal buttons and involved in transmitting information across a synaptic gap to the next neuron? ✔✔Neurotransmitters What is a compound present in blood platelets and serum that constricts the blood vessels and acts as a neurotransmitter. ✔✔Serotonin What is the process of receiving stimulus energies from the external environment and transforming those energies into neural energy? ✔✔Sensation What is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information so that it makes sense? ✔✔Perception What is defined as a natural state of rest for the body and mind that involves the reversible loss of consciousness? ✔✔Sleep What is the learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an innately meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response? ✔✔Classical Conditioning What is a form of associative learning in which the consequences of a behavior change the probability of the behavior's concurrence? ✔✔Operant Conditioning What is defined as learning that occurs through observing and imitating another's behavior? ✔✔Observational Learning What is the retention of information or experience over a period of time as a result of three key processes: encoding, storage, and retrieval? ✔✔Memory What are the three steps in the process involved with memory? ✔✔1. Encoding 2. Storage 3. Retrieval What step in the process of memory is the first step, and it is the process by which information gets into memory storage? ✔✔Encoding What step in the process of memory is the second step, and it is the retention of information over time and how this information is represented in memory? ✔✔Storage What step in the process of memory is the third step, and it is the memory process that occurs when information that was retained in memory comes out of storage? ✔✔Retrieval What are Erickson's eight stages of psychosocial development? ✔✔1. Trust vs. Mistrust 2. Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt 3. Initiative vs. Guilt 4. Industry vs. Inferiority 5. Identity vs. Identity Confusion 6. Intimacy vs. Isolation 7. Generativity vs. Stagnation 8. Integrity vs. Despair What stage of Erickson's eight stages of ps [Show More]

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