Often mistaken as a question, a hypothesis is actually what?
What is an empirical statement
100
Least invasive imaging technique that is measured in waves
What is EEG or Electroencephalograph
100
This Russian physiologist discovered classical conditioning with dogs
Who is Pavlov
100
This French Psychologist created the first intelligence test
Who is Binet
100
An individual's way to recognize, organize and interpret sensory information
What is Perception
200
Measures the strength of the relationship between two factors
What is correlation
200
More detailed than CT. Builds a 3-D map and shows ACTIVITY
What is fMRI
200
A change in behavior due to an experience
What is learning
200
An unbiased generalized assessment that relies on a mathematical score instead of intuition
What is Objective testing
200
The tendency to perceive two objects in close proximity to one another as being in the same group is
What is law of proximity
300
Research method where data is collected from subject groups of different ages and compared to evaluate differences due to age
What is cross-sectional
300
A scan that creates an image of the brain based on the absorption of x-rays
What is a CT Scan
300
Positive results of a behavior strengthen it and increase the chance the behavior is repeated while unpleasant results of a behavior lessen the likelihood of the behavior occurring again
What is The Law of Effect
300
When the solution to a problem comes to you suddenly
What is Insight
300
smallest difference between stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time
What is difference threshold
400
the only research method that establishes causation
What is experimentation
400
Uses trace amounts of short lived radioactive transmitters to map functional processes in the brain
What is PET Scan
400
A type of conditioning in which voluntary responses are molded by their consequences
What is Operant Conditioning
400
Mental Age divided by Physical Age X 100 =
What is IQ
400
Changing environmental stimuli to a meaningful sensation
What is Transduction
500
This detailed research method can not be generalized
What is case study
500
Patients with claustrophobia may be uncomfortable with this type of scan
What is MRI
500
Having the means to escape a situation but not taking advantage due to past failure.
What is learned helplessness
500
What are fluid/crystallized intelligence
What is ability to think and reason abstractly to solve problems/knowledge based on prior learning and experience
500
The left and right eyes seeing two slightly different images