This psychological perspective is interested in how unconscious mental processes shape human nature.
What is psychoanalytic.
100
This refers to intentionally misleading participants in a research study so that an experiment can be properly conducted.
What is deception.
100
The traveling wave of electricity down the axon of a neuron is called this.
What is an action potential.
100
To have consciousness means to have this.
What is awareness?
100
This is the technical name for a brain cell.
What is a neuron.
200
This psychological perspective claims that human nature is shaped by learning and environmental factors.
What is behaviourism.
200
This research method is commonly used to study a single or few individuals in depth to closely examine their unique behaviour or circumstance.
What is the case study.
200
When a neuron is at rest, its charge is on average this.
What is -70 mv.
200
Consciousness is determined by activity within our neurons. One way we can measure brain activity is using this, a procedure which involves attaching electrodes to the surface of the scalp and measuring the electrical activity underneath.
What is an electroencephalograph?
200
These patients have had their corpus callosum removed to control severe epilepsy.
What are split brain patients.
300
The belief that each individual is unique and has the capacity for choice, growth, and psychological health is characteristic of this psychological perspective.
What is the humanistic perspective.
300
In this research method, psychologists go out into the real world and unobtrusively observe the behaviour in question.
What is naturalistic observation.
300
This component of the peripheral nervous system is primarily responsible for involuntary bodily actions such as digestion.
What is the autonomic nervous system.
300
In this type of dreaming, people are aware they are dreaming.
What is lucid dreaming?
300
These are the four goals of psychology.
What are describe, explain, predict, and influence.
400
Suzanna has recently been having many problems with her husband and is worried they are headed for divorce. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of Suzanna's needs have not yet been met?
What is love and belongingness?
400
In this research method, we can only determine the strength with which 2 variables are related. We cannot make cause-and-effect conclusions.
What is a correlation.
400
This part of the brainstem is primarily responsible for controlling attention and arousal.
What is the reticular formation.
400
In this type of drug dependence, one must keep taking the drug to avoid unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.
What is physical dependence?
400
Immediately right after meditation, one would see more activity on this side of the brain.
What is the left side?
500
This psychological school of though is interested in breaking mental processes down into their smallest units.
What is structuralism.
500
This error or issue in psychological research refers to the sample of participants in the study not being representative of the general population.
What is selection bias.
500
If you have trouble moving your left leg, you may have damage to this side of the motor cortex.
What is the right side.
500
This category of drugs decreases central nervous system and behaviour activity, and slows down our bodily functions.
What are sedatives?
500
According to Freud, dreams have varying levels of content. This type of content refers to what is recalled by the dreamer.