Intro/Psych Science
The method used by stucturalist psychologists
Introspection
To test for a significant relationship between two variables we need ___ statistics
Inferential
This kind of study has suggested that intelligence is 50% heritable
Twin studies (or behavioural genetic studies)
The ability to perceive a stimulus as constant despite changes in sensation
Perceptual constancy
Clear protective covering of the eye
The cornea
An evidence-based line of reasoning
Scientific argument
A histogram displays
A frequency distribution of a continuous variable
Creativity involves this kind of thinking
Divergent
The father of psychophysics and arguably experimental psychology
Gustav Fechner
the conversion of stimuli detected by receptor cells to electrical impulses that travel to the brain
transduction
Experimental
Correlation coefficients fall between
-1 and 1
This kind of intelligence increases with age and has to do with facts/semantic knowledge
Crystallized
The just noticeable difference of a stimulus is a constant proportion of the original intensity of the stimulus
Weber's Law
The receptors for taste
Gustatory receptors
In hypothesis testing, you want to reject this in favour of the alternative
Null hypothesis
Standard deviation is used to gauge:
Dispersion or variability
Intelligence that decreases with age and involves problem solving/working memory
Fluid intelligence
When the stimulus is absent but the perceiver's response is positive
False alarm
The touch receptors that process pain
Nociceptors
Observational studies, or when we measure variables and then statistically relate them, are considered what kind of design?
Correlational
These are all measures of central tendency
Mean, median, mode
The original IQ test
The Binet-Simon Scale
The distance a candle flame can be detected in the dark is an example of
Absolute threshold
The 3 ossicles of the middle ear
hammer/malleus, anvil/incus, and stirrup/stapes