Research
Biological Psych
Learning
Disorders
Misc.
100
Asks people to report their behavior or opinions
What are Surveys
100
Helps to speed up neural impulses
What is the Myelin Sheath
100
Reinforces the behavior every time it occurs
What is Continuous reinforcement
100
Measures taken to prevent the disease from occurring in the first place
What is primary prevention
100
Damage to the hair cells in the ear caused by continuous loud noises
What is sensorineural deafness
200
A testable prediction, often prompted by a theory
What is a Hypothesis
200
A neuron impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon.
What is the action potential
200
An operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior toward closer approximations of a desired goal
What is Shaping
200
Fear or avoidance of dangerous or uncomfortable situations in which escape may be difficult
What is Agoraphobia
200
Part of the eye that assists with seeing in the dark
What are rods
300
The entire target that you want to learn about
What is The population
300
Natural neurotransmitters linked to pain control and pleasure
What are endorphins
300
The tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the CS to elicit similar responses.
What is Generalization
300
Characterized by periods of mania alternating with periods of depression
What is Bipolar disorder
300
Brain part that controls heartbeat and breathing
What is the medulla
400
A belief that results in behavior that makes a belief come true
What is the self-fulfilling prophecy
400
Arouses the body, flight or fight response
What is the sympathetic nervous system
400
Anything that increases a behavior
What is Reinforcement
400
Characterized by an appetite for substances that are non-nutritive
What is Pica Disorder
400
The rules of combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language
What is the Syntax
500
The only study that can prove cause and effect
What is Experimentation
500
The master endocrine gland, linked to growth
What is the pituitary gland
500
An unrelated stimulus that will become the conditioned stimulus
What is the NS - Neutral Stimulus
500
Characterized by a pattern of excessive attention seeking
What is Histrionic personality disorder
500
The tendency for people to believe vague or general characteristics of themselves, such as their horoscopes
What is the Barnum Effect
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