Chap. 1
A specific prediction about how one variable is related to another.
What is a hypothesis?
The branches of the neuron that receive neural impulses from other neurons are called _____, and the tube-like structure that conveys impulses toward other neurons is called the ______
dendrites
axon
Which model of acculturation involves rejecting one’s old cultural identity while also being rejected by members of the new culture?
Marginalization
This is the knowledge and skills gained through experience and education that increase over a lifetime.
Crystallized Intelligence
A mental image of a three-dimensional space that an organism has navigated. (think supermarket)
cognitive map
This research method requires the manipulation
of the independent variable and random
assignment of participants to the groups
What is experimental research?
What is released from the terminal button of a cell?
Neurotransmitters
_____ is an unpleasant state of tension, anxiety, and heightened sympathetic activity that results from a blocked goal.
Frustration
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
In order, list the mental activities involved in
cognition.
Acquiring knowledge
Storing knowledge
Retrieving knowledge
Using knowledge
Name and describe the two components of Emotional Intelligence.
Daily Double****
Name the two core skills in each.
Personal Capability: self-awareness, self-management
Social Capability: social awareness, relationship management
List the steps of the scientific method in order:
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Question and literature review
Testable hypothesis
Research design
Data collection and analysis
Publication
Theory development
What is the gap between neurons where neurotransmitters are released?
Synapse
Problem-focused forms of coping focus on _____.
Decreasing or eliminating the source of stress
The part of the brain that plays a major role in associating complex ideas, making plans, and allocating attention is the _________.
Prefrontal Cortex
One of the most powerful examples of cognitive-social learning.
Media Influences
Research that measures the direction and strength of a relationship between two or more variables.
Correlational
A collection of glands found throughout the body that manufacture and secrete hormones into the bloodstream in order to effect behavioral change or maintain normal bodily functions is called the _____ system.
Endocrine glands
Research suggests that people with which personality trait tend to experience higher levels of stress due to feeling powerless to effect change
External locus of control
An interior designer on the TV show “Trading Spaces” used the frame of a car to create a child’s bed. This is an example of _________.
Overcoming Functional Fixedness
Neurons that fire when the actions or emotions of another are observed. Responsible for empathy, imitation...
Mirror Neurons
An integrative model that proposes physiological, genetic, cognitive, emotional and environmental factors are affected by one another.
Biopsychosocial model
The _____ nervous system is responsible for fight or flight, whereas the _____ nervous system is responsible for calming us and conserving energy.
sympathetic
parasympathetic
A short-term state of arousal in response to a perceived threat or challenge that has a definite endpoint
Acute Stress
Narrowing a list of alternatives down to a single correct answer is called ________ thinking.
Convergent
A cognitive strategy that estimates the likelihood of an event based on information that is readily available in our memory (think sharks & horses)
Availability heuristic