This imaging technique for the brain allows you to see ACTIVITY in the brain.
What is a PET scan
100
In an experiment, the variable that you measure is called the ___________ variable.
What is the dependent variable
100
Wilhelm Wundt is famous for using this method to discover what a person was thinking
What is introspection
100
The processof transforming physical energy into neural impules, a language the brain can understand
What is transduction
100
a mental framework we use to understand our world is called
What is schema
200
This is the part of the neuorn that carries or transmits information from the cell body to the terminal buttons. It's often compared to a cable.
What is an axon
200
When there is systemic variation (all things are not equal or we have not controlled for everything) in an experiment, we might be faced with having ____________ variables that might make or results suspect.
What is confounding variables
200
Self-actualization is often paired with this perspective of psychology
What is humanistic
200
receptor cells for hearing
What are hair cells (cochlea is where they are located in) Basillar membrane is what the hair cells are on.
200
the drive to begin or maintain behavior is broadly termed
What is motivation
300
This part of the cortex (brain) is responsible for receiving sensory information from the environment
What is the somatosensory cortext
300
When variables have an inverse relationship (one increases, the other decreases) we are said to have this type of correlation
What is negative
300
Sigmund Freud is the father of this perspective of psychology
What is psychoanalytic
300
cones are most concentrated here
What is fovea
300
the date of the AP Psychology Exam
What is Monday, May 2
400
This ion is concentrated outside the cell membrane when the neuron is at rest
What is sodium
400
When we draw conclusions about a population based on our data, we are using _______________ statistics
What is inferential statistics
400
This perspective is concerned with what is going on internally in the mind. Psychologists using this perspective enjoy studying thinking and memory.
What is cognitive
400
auditory information is mostly processed in this lobe of the brain
What is the temporal lobe
400
the science of behavior and mental processes
What is Psychology
500
When a neuron is at rest, the neuron is charged at ___ milivolts.
What is 70 milivolts
500
To use ___________________ definitions, means that you have standardized the variables in your experiment so that any person would know what you are measuring.
What is operational
500
Both Plato and Socrates believed that knowledge was