Chapter 1 - Intro to Psych
What is the definition of psychology?
The scientific study of the mind and behavior.
_____ allows us to apply our findings to a larger group in society. (Surveys produce HIGH _____)
Generalizability
This area is located in the frontal lobe and responsible for speech production.
Broca's area
Dreaming occurs in ____ stage of sleep.
REM
Which psychologist proposed the "Hierarchy of Needs"?
Abraham Maslow
What two things are needed for a true experiment?
KEY WORD: RANDOM
Random assignment & Random selection
_____ describes maintaining balance or optimal level.
Homeostasis
_____ is the result of missing out on sleep on a chronic basis.
Sleep debt
In Freud's Psychoanalytic theory, the ID is known to operate off the ____ principle.
Pleasure/reward
A researcher wants to examine the link between social media use and self-reported anxiety among teenagers using survey questionnaires.
What kind of research is this?
Correlational Research
This neurotransmitter increases pleasure and is associated with our brain's reward circuit.
Dopamine
_____ is a sleep disorder in which one has an irresistible urge to fall asleep during waking hours.
Narcolepsy
If you’re studying why people conform in experiments and obey authority, you’re working in this area of psychology.
Social Psychology
Stress level is the _____ variable.
Dependent
The ____ is the space where neurons communicate with one another.
Synapse
This structure is responsible for maintaining homeostasis and houses the brain's clock.
Hypothalamus
What are the three components of Carl Rogers' client-centered therapy?
Empathy
Genuineness
Unconditional Positive Regard
Ice cream sales and crime rates show a positive correlation.
In this scenario, the heat is a _____ variable.
Confounding.
We are the rooms where neurotransmitters hang before they are sent to other neurons!
We are _____.
Synaptic Vesicles
Marty has been struggling with substance use and wants to quit. Their drug of choice causes anxiety, increased heart rate, and excitatory behavior. After 4 days clean, they feel incredibly irritable and nauseous.
Their drug of choice likely belongs to the _____ class, and they are currently going through _____.
Stimulant; withdrawal.