Research, Stats and Intelligence
This statistic measures how spread out scores are in a distribution.
What is standard deviation?
This neurotransmitter system is activated by heroin because it binds to its receptor sites.
What are endorphins?
This system helps maintain balance and spatial orientation.
What is the vestibular sense?
This cognitive milestone occurs when a child understands objects still exist even when unseen.
What is object permanence?
This percentage reflects how often the insanity defense is actually used in court cases.
What is 0.25%?
This type of correlation means that as one variable increases, the other decreases.
What is a negative correlation?
This drug class, including Prozac, increases serotonin levels in the brain.
What are SSRIs?
Hearing receptors are located in this part of the inner ear.
What is the cochlea?
This stage of Erikson’s theory focuses on competence in school and social skills.
What is industry vs. inferiority?
This disorder is characterized by persistent sadness and is more common in women than men.
What is depression?
The test commonly used to measure both verbal and performance intelligence is the:
What is the Wechsler scale?
These drugs reduce hallucinations and delusions in disorders like schizophrenia.
What are neuroleptics (antipsychotics)?
This occurs when visual cues and body movement cues are combined to maintain equilibrium.
What is sensory interaction?
Babbling in infants is most closely associated with learning these basic units of language.
What are phonemes?
This involves involuntary facial movements that may reveal true emotions, according to Ekman.
What are microexpressions?
In an experiment, this group is NOT exposed to the independent variable and is used for comparison.
What is the control group?
This hormone/neurotransmitter is released during stress and is also known as adrenaline.
What is epinephrine?
This is the minimum stimulus difference detectable 50% of the time.
What is the difference threshold (just noticeable difference)?
This disorder is now classified under the autism spectrum and involves difficulties with social interaction but no major language delay.
What is Asperger’s disorder (ASD)?
A man believes the FBI is monitoring him, which best represents this type of belief.
What are delusions?
This phenomenon explains why individuals perform better on simple tasks when others are present.
What is social facilitation?
This process occurs when repeated drug use causes the brain to reduce receptor sensitivity, requiring higher doses to achieve the same effect.
What is tolerance?
This type of stimulus is presented below the absolute threshold and can influence behavior without conscious awareness.
What are subliminal stimuli?
In development, this concept refers to a genetically influenced weight range the body tends to maintain.
What is set point?
This anxiety-related symptom involves excessive worry, but without psychotic breaks from reality.
What are neurotic symptoms?