, , , and I were filing out our study guides for our psyche 2 final...and decided to have a little fun instead. Some of these are pretty funny, others are rather lame, but it was great at the time.

We failed the final, but we win at life:

Psychology study guide:

7. What is the duty of sensory neurons?

They sense things.

8. What is the duty of motor neurons?

They own boats.

9. What purpose do interneurons serve?

They provide the internet.

10. What are some functions of Glial cells?

They glial the phone.

11. When a neuron is at rest, the inside is negatively charged relative to the outside.

What do we call this state?

Depression.

12 When a neuron is about to fire, the inside is positively charged relative to the outside. What do we call this state?

Mania

13. What are other names for the firing of a nerve cell?

Laying off, pink slip, downsizing, letting go…

14. When a neuron fires, it has exceeded this threshold. What is this threshold called?

My last nerve.

15. In regards to neurons, what is a refractory period?

It’s in a house of mirrors.

16. How do neurons communicate to each other?

Walkie Talkies.

18. What is the effect of cocaine on the brain?

It makes everything fun.

19. Where are 90% of the body’s neurons contained?

In the body.

20. What are the three parts of the Central Core of the brain?

Top, middle, and bottom.

21. What are the duties of each of the parts of the hindbrain?

A. medulla

It dullas me.

B. pons

You use them in chess

C. Cerebellum

It appreciates music

22. What is the duty of the Forebrain’s Hypothalamus?

Whatever it is, it’s not doing it.

23. What are the two structures of the limbic system?

Well, you have your arms and your legs…

25. What unique things happened to Phineas Gage and what was the result?

He stabbed himself in the face and lived.

26. What are the major responsibilities of the left and right brain?

Left takes out the trash, and right does the cooking.

27. What is the job of the Corpus Callosum?

Accounting.

28. How is structural imaging different from functional imaging?

Just because it’s structured doesn’t mean it can function.

32. What is the Autonomic Nervous System responsible for?

Cars.

33. Distinguish between sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

Sympathetic sympathizes with you, parasympathetic only hopes it doesn’t happen to
them.

34. What are the two duties of hormones?

To make middle school life hell and to help you cheat at sports.

35. For each gland below, tell what hormone(s) it produces and the responsibility of that
gland.

Thyroid: To regulate thigh fat

Parathyroid: TO regulate your other thighs fat

Pineal: Cleanliness factor

Pancreas: It’s just kinda there

Pituitary: Singing Ability

Gonads: Make babies

Adrenals: Make you run faster

36. When does violent behavior typically peak for males?

When they are angry

38. What role do dominant and recessive genes play in genetics.

Dominant gets the lead role and recessive act as back up singers.

39. If someone is Bb for brown eyes and her spouse is bb for blue eyes, what will the
chances be that their child has brown of blue eyes?

100%

40. How are selection studies different from strain studies?

You don’t strain yourself with selection studies.


Object permanence: Yes, it’s still there.

Mental Representations: Often wrong

Misled by appearances: Most people

Conservation: Something hippies do

Reversibility: Inverse images

Abstract thought: Picasso


64. What waking activity do children spend more time at than any other?

Picking their nose

67. What are the top three leading causes of death among adolescents?

Failure to live, not being awesome enough, dying

68. In terms of life expectancy, what is meant by the gender gap?

Girls get it and guys don’t.

69. When is someone more or less likely to retire?

When they’re old or young, respectively.

72. What is stress?

Bad.

73. What are the five common sources of frustration?

Sunfish, stupid people, Kristen, Mengele, Zombies

74. What are the three types of conflict?

Physical, verbal, and fail kind, like the cold war.

76. What are the three types of direct coping?

Punching something, kicking something, throwing something

77. What are defense mechanisms?

Barricades, tanks, barbed wire fences

80. What relationship does Type A behavior have with Coronary Heart Disease?

A good one.

81. What happened to the cancer prone mice in the stress study?

They got cancer.

82. What are the three stages that people go through during catastrophic events?

Screaming, running around, and falling down

83. How do society, individuals, and mental health professionals assess mental illness?

Very carefully.

85. Name the five views of what causes or contributes to mental illness.

Abbie’s mom, Jacky’s siblings, Sarah’s sunfish, Mengele, Teeghan

86. What is the DSM-IV?

Destructive submarine machine, fourth generation

87. Define each term regarding psychological disorders.

Affect: Not to be confused with Effect

Psychotic: Crazy

Insanity: Legally crazy

88. How are hallucinations different from delusions?

You can’t get delusions from taking drugs.

89. Identify each of the following mood disorders:

Depression: Sad

Mania: Crazy

Bipolar: Both

91. What are Psychosomatic Disorders?

Mad Tomato Disease

95. What is ADHD?

The same as ADD.

96. What is autism?

Not awesome

98. What are the three types of Insight therapies?

TV, Internet, Phone lines (Insight is a cable company, if you didn’t know)

100. What is a token Economy?

Something you would find in an arcade shop

103. For each drug tell what disorder it medicates as well as what it does:

Prozac: Makes you happy

Lithium: Powers your computer

Antipsychotic medications: Uncraziefy you

Ritalin: Is mother’s little helper

104. What it ECT. What is unilateral ECT. When is ECT used?

Et cetera spelled wrong. Half of Et Cetera spelled wrong. When spell check is off.

105. What is psychosurgery, is it still used today?

Crazy surgery. And yes, if you’re in Silent Hill

106. Distinguish between prejudice and discrimination.

Prejudice is a terrible book. Discrimination is what I do to all Jane Austin
books because Pride and Prejudice was so terrible.

108. What is mob behavior?

Well, it involves pitchforks…