What You're Doing
Which psychologist is known as the father of psychoanalysis?
The ability of a brain to program or wire itself is called:
Plasticity
Part of the eye that covers and protects it
Cornea
REM--rapid eye movement
Who is the person known for describing operant conditioning?
Skinner
Short-term memory can only hold how many pieces of information?
7 - 9
Intelligence quotient
What is the difference between a sample and a population?
Sample is the ones used in the study; population is the larger group to be generalized to
Part of the brain responsible for heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration
Medulla
Type of retina cell that helps us discern colors
Cones
What is enuresis?
Bed-wetting
Pavlov is known for describing ____ conditioning.
classical
The ability to walk every day once learned, without conscious thought, is an example of what kind of memory?
Who described the triarchic theory of intelligence?
Sternberg
What type of study has to be done to show cause and effect?
true experiment
Pituitary
The body's natural pain killers
Endorphins
Sleep disorder in which a person stops breathing during sleep
Sleep apnea
In the Jaws example, is the music the US, UR, CS, CR?
CS
A vivid episodic memory is called a ______ memory.
Flashbulb
The ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure is called:
validity
Which branch focuses on thinking?
Cognitive
Tendency of brain hemispheres to become specialized
Lateralization
Part of the ear that covers the entrance to the middle ear
Tympanic membrane/eardrum
Class of drug in which alcohol belongs
Depressant
The unlearning of a behavior is known as:
Extinction
The fact that most of us do not have explicit/declarative memory before the age of 2 is called:
Infantile amnesia
prototype
A detailed study of one subject is called a:
Case study
Part of nervous system activated during fight or flight
Sympathetic n.s.
Hearing problems early in the first part of life can affect the learning of:
Speech
Give an example of an opiate
Codeine, Vicodin, Percocet, morphine, heroin
The desire to get an A keeps you studying hard for the test. In this case, the A grade is acting as a:
Reinforcement
The fact that memories can fade over time is called:
decay
creativity
control group
Which lobe did Gage have damaged?
Frontal
The idea that our brain assumes the same size of an object even as it moves away is known as:
size contancy
Sleep disorder in which a person falls into deep sleep very quickly
Narcolepsy
Teaching a new skill by rewarding a series of small steps is:
shaping
Knowing the names of all the US Presidents would be an example of which type of long-term memory?
Semantic
Who described intelligence as a general intelligence he called the "g factor"?
Spearman