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100
A type of correlation in which the direction of the two variables are going in the same direction: either up or down.
What is a positive correlation.
100
These are feelings, often influenced by our beliefs that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events.
What are attitudes.
100
This exam was all about the brain. What helps to protect the brain, but can also damage it?
What is the skull.
100
Awareness of ourselves and our environment is referred to as what?
What is consciousness.
100
When we "make sense" out of what we see, that is, take information from our eyes and make sense out of it is called what?
What is perception.
200
A research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process.
What is an experiment.
200
The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another is known as what?
What is Social Psychology.
200
The killing off of dead or unwanted neurons that continues on well into a person's 20's.
What is pruning.
200
This level of processing information occurs when we are conscious, focused, concentration occurs, and is controlled.
What is the high road.
200
The smallest amount of energy that we can detect half the time is referred to as what?
What is absolute threshold.
300
Subjects exposed to something special, or what is being tested.
What is an experimental group.
300
The tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition is called what?
What is the Fundamental Attribution Error.
300
This neurotransmitter is used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease because in the brain of a person with Alzheimer's, this area of the brain that uses this neurotransmitter dies out. What is the neurotransmitter? Daily TRIPLE!!! GET EXCITED.
What is Ach, Acetylcholine.
300
This is a type of sleep deprivation that can occur when we stay awake and get no sleep at all.
What is total deprivation.
300
When we are influenced by our experiences, expectations, and beliefs, what type of processing do we use?
What is top down processing.
400
This is the biggest historical issue in psychology.
What is the Nature vs. Nurture issue.
400
A change in behavior to correspond more closely to group standard, norm, or rule is called what?
What is conformity.
400
A type of brain injury that happens when the brain impacts the front of the skull, but moves back damaging itself from hitting the back of the skull as well. DAILY DOUBLE # 1
What is a contrecoup injury.
400
This is a type of sleep deprivation that occurs when we can sleep but are getting no REM sleep.
What is selective deprivation.
400
Our eyes do this to ensure constant change in a situation. Quivvers of the eye while you look at something. What is this called?
What is a saccade.
500
The controversial ideas of this famed personality theorist and therapist have influenced many people's self-understanding. Daily Double # 2
Who is Sigmund Freud.
500
On March 13, 1964 this woman was walking home from work and was beaten, and attacked. The attacker believed that the police were coming and left, but in realizing they weren't came back and left again twice before he finished the job and killed this woman. No one had called the police until the final time the attacker came back, and by that time it was too late. 38 people had witnessed this brutality without calling the police. What is the woman's name who was killed?
What is the case of Kitty Genovese.
500
The action potential races down a neuron; point by point. What type of message is it sending?
What is an electrical message.
500
This type of sleep disorder typically occurs in elderly males. It is described as when a person acts out what they dream.
What is REM behavior disorder.
500
A type of monocular cue, in which the smaller object is perceived as further away, and the larger object is perceived as closer is called what?
What is relative size.
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