Biological
Alcohol is classified as what?
A depressant
What term describes reduced sensitivity after constant exposure?
Sensory adaptation
Which curve shows rapid forgetting then leveling off?
Forgetting curve
Judging someone by stereotype uses which heuristic?
Representativeness heuristic
Which ethical principle protects participant identity?
Confidentiality
Which brain structure connects the two hemispheres?
Corpus callosum
Which binocular cue uses muscular tension when eyes turn inward
Convergence
Which memory strategy uses locations?
Method of loci
Changing your schema to include new info is called what?
Accommodation
When results are unlikely due to chance?
Statistically significant
Which nervous system activates “fight or flight”?
Sympathetic nervous system
Which Gestalt principle explains perceiving incomplete figures as whole?
Closure
Remembering your first day of school is what type of memory?
Episodic memory
Believing you shouldn’t change majors because of time invested is what?
Sunk-cost fallacy
Which research method combines results from many studies?
Meta-analysis
What is the brief period when a neuron cannot fire?
Refractory period
Which monocular cue makes distant objects appear smaller?
Relative size
When new info interferes with old info, what is that called?
Retroactive interference
The steady rise in IQ scores over decades is known as what effect?
Flynn effect
Which term refers to assigning participants to groups by chance?
Random assignment
Which disease attacks the myelin sheath?
Multiple sclerosis
This monocular depth cue is illustrated when two parallel lines, such as railroad tracks, appear to converge or come together in the distance.
Linear perspective
What term describes forgetting where you learned something but remembering the info?
Source amnesia
Which term refers to consistency of test scores over time?
Reliability
Which measure of central tendency is the middle score?
Median