PSY100H1 Final: Exam Review

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4 themes of psychological science: principles are cumulative, biological revolution. Brain chemistry: brain works through actions of chemicals known as neurotransmitters (communicate messages between nerve cells) Human genome: basic genetic code of the human body. There is some localization of brain processes, but many different brain regions participate to produce behaviour and mental activity: mind has been shaped by evolution (adaptive) Our brain has constantly been upgraded throughout history. Culture, globalization: many different levels of analysis: Dualism: mind and body are separate yet intertwined. We study mental activity through systematic observation and experimentation. Structuralism: conscious experience can be broken down into its basic elements. Functionalism: concerned with the function of the brain. Gestalt theory: the whole is different than the sum of the parts. Psychoanalysis: attempting to bring the contents of the unconscious into conscious awareness. Operational definition: quantification of a variable that allows it to be measured.

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5. As you listen to one of your psychology professors talking to a colleague, she uses the words "childhood sexuality" and "repression" when speaking about memory. Most likely, she is speaking about which psychological perspective? A) social constructivism B) psychodynamic C) humanistic D) neuroscience E) sociobiology

As you listen to one of your psychology professors talking to a colleague, she uses the words "childhood sexuality" and "repression" when speaking about memory. Most likely, she is speaking about which psychological perspective? A) social constructivism B) psychodynamic C) humanistic D) neuroscience E) sociobiology

Professor Abel views the causes of schizophrenia as strictly biological, while Professor Worth sees the causes as completely environmental. Both are wrong. Why? A) the causes of abnormal behaviour are best described at the psychological level B) the causes of abnormal behaviour are best described in terms of psychodynamic principles C) interaction must be considered—both levels are likely involved and each influence the other D) there are no known explanations for schizophrenia. E) B & D are correct

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