Week 1 Assignment Worksheet PSY/203
Week 1 Assignment Worksheet PSY/203
PSY/203 Version 1
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Week 1 Assignment Worksheet
Matching
Match the following descriptions to the correct perspective:
1. ___B.___ perspective focuses on how learning experiences affect behavior, and focuses on behavior that is observable.
2. __E___ perspective focuses on the effect of unresolved conflicts from childhood, and how those conflicts unconsciously shape behavior.
3. __D___ perspective focuses on free will, conscious choices, and self-awareness, and views humans as distinct individuals with unique characteristics.
4. ___C__ perspective examines the mental processes used to obtain knowledge, and focuses on how information is processed, stored, retrieved, and manipulated.
5. __A___ perspective focuses on how factors like age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and income level influence behavior, attitudes, and mental processes.
A. Sociocultural
B. Behavioral
C. Cognitive
D. Humanistic
E. Psychodynamic
Table
Provide a description of the function of the structures or hormones listed.
Structure
Hormone(s) released (if applicable)
Description or function
Frontal lobe
CRH Corticotropin-releasing hormone
Helps with decision making
Somatosensory cortex
CRH
Sensory receptive area for the sense of touch
Pancreas
Glucagon and insulin
A long flat gland that lies behind the stomach
Thyroid
Thyroxie, triodothyronine
Covers the windpipe from 3 sides.helps the body produce and regulatehormones adrenalie
Adrenal glands
Cortisol
Located at the top of each kidney, produce hormones to help control blood sugar
Short Answer
Read the following examples and indicate whether they are describing sensation or perception. If the example describes sensation, list which sense is involved. If the example describes perception, list the concept or principle of perception that is involved.
I think I see Bob approaching me from a distance, but as the man gets closer to me, I realize it isn’t Bob. Perception Harmonic perception, on the other hand, owes to the understanding that the ear usually perceives inter-related notes, as one, to create meaning in sounds
While studying for a test at the library, I hear other people talking and laughing; however, I am able to block out the noise and concentrate on reading my textbook. perception__ Harmonic perception, on the other hand, owes to the understanding that the ear usually perceives inter-related notes, as one, to create meaning in sounds
My math teacher draws a triangle on the board, and even thought she uses dotted lines, I am still able to see the shape of the triangle. perception_ Harmonic perception, on the other hand, owes to the understanding that the ear usually perceives inter-related notes, as one, to create meaning in sounds.
I am walking down the street and I see two people walking together, but to my surprise, they walk off in different directions without acknowledging that the other person is leaving. perception_ Finally, form perception indicates the contextualization of particular objects in a given environment, whereby the eyes sees them as primarily 2-D and at times as 3-D depending on the way of their placement. It is also the understanding of what characterizes the inner and outer core of an object_ Week 1 Assignment Worksheet PSY/203