24 Questions
The nervous system is made up of ______ billion cells called neurons.
100
The ______ nervous system is divided into the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system.
central
The nervous system is responsible for collecting information from the ______ in the different sense organs.
receptors
The ______ system is responsible for sending information to the brain and then enabling the body to respond to this information.
nervous
The Biological Bases of Human Behavior deals with the way ______ are communicated through the body via the nervous system.
messages
UNIT 4 is about the ______ Bases of Human Behavior.
Biological
The ______ system is responsible for collecting information from the receptors in the different sense organs.
nervous
The nervous system is divided into the ______ nervous system and peripheral nervous system.
central
Ivan Pavlov was a Russian ______ who discovered classical conditioning in 1904.
physiologist
Classical conditioning refers to ______ behaviour patterns which follow on specific stimuli.
involuntary
Physiological psychologists conduct experiments on ______ to determine the biological basis of behaviors.
animals
Operant learning is a form of learning in which the ______ of behaviour lead to changes in the probability of its occurrence.
consequences
B.F skinner is known as the father of ______ conditioning.
operant
Physiological psychologists are particularly interested in the ______ system, which controls the hormones that govern or influence both emotions and actions.
endocrine
Physiological psychologists attempt to understand the complexity of human psychology by studying the simpler ______ and electrical processes that underlie it.
chemical
In operant conditioning, the behaviour is ______ if it is rewarded.
reinforced
By studying how ______ respond to different stimuli and how changes in the endocrine system or in brain structure affect different aspects of their behavior, they hope to better understand similar processes in human beings.
animals
Reinforcement refers to the process where behaviour is ______ and it will be repeated in the future.
established
Physiological psychologists try to understand psychological states in terms of ______ chemistry and the nervous system.
brain
Negative reinforcement is when a behaviour is followed by the removal or avoidance of a ______ event.
negative
Escape conditioning is when a behaviour is reinforced because it causes a ______ event to cease.
negative
Physiological psychologists use the data they obtain from these experiments to answer questions about ______ psychology.
human
They study how changes in the ______ system or in brain structure affect different aspects of their behavior.
endocrine
Physiological psychologists study the biological basis of ______ to understand human psychology.
behaviors
This quiz covers the steps involved in research methodology, including drafting a research proposal, undertaking a literature review, and selecting a research design. It outlines the purpose and importance of each step in the research process.
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