Assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or relationships) in achieving greater well-being.
What is counseling psychology?
100
The tendency to believe, after learning the outcome, that one would have foreseen it (I knew it all along!)
What is hindsight bias?
100
Portion of the cerebral cortex involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments
What are the frontal lobes?
100
The brain and spinal cord
What is the central nervous system (CNS)?
100
In 1848, a tamping iron was shot through this railroad worker's left cheek and out the top of his skull, leaving his frontal lobes massively damaged
Who is Phineas Gage?
200
The study of individuals in a social context (e.g., self-esteem, stereotypes, social influences, group processes)
What is social psychology?
200
A statement of the procedures (operations) used to define research variables (e.g., Human intelligence may be defined as "what an intelligence test measures").
What is an operational definition?
200
The "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; processes sensory input, coordinates movement output and balance, and enables nonverbal learning and memory
What is the cerebellum?
200
Chemical messengers that gross the synaptic gaps between neurons; released by sending neurons and travel across the synapse and bind to receptor sites on the receiving neuron, thereby influencing whether that neuron will generate a neural impulse.
What is a neurotransmitter?
200
A surgical procedure that isolates the brain's two hemispheres (or removes one hemisphere) by cutting the fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) connecting them
What is a hemispherectomy?
300
Examining the how the brain functions and how it relates to how we act, think, and feel
What is neuroscience psychology?
300
Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation
What is naturalistic observaton?
300
Two lima-bean-sized neural clusters in the limbic system; linked to emotion and fear
What is the amygdala?
300
Bundled axons that form neural “cables” connecting the central nervous system with muscles, glands, and sense organs
What are nerves?
300
The endocrine system's most influential gland. Under the influence of the hypothalamus, regulates growth and controls other endocrine glands.
What is the pituitary gland?
400
Studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, depression)
What is clinical psychology?
400
An observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles.
What is a case study?
400
Neural system (including the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus) located below the cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotions and drives
What is the limbic system?
400
A neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon
What is an action potential?
400
A visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task
What is a PET (positron emission tomography) scan?
500
Studies psychology in the workplace (work productivity, effectiveness, employee attitudes, leadership training)
What is industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology?
500
A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other.
What is correlation?
500
The oldest part and central core of the brain; responsible for automatic survival functions
What is the brainstem?
500
Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons; may also play a role in learning and thinking
What are glial cells?
500
A charismatic American psychopath who murdered more than 30 women in the 1970s