Intro to Psych
T/F astrology charts can measure modern psychology concepts?
Which research method allows researchers to draw causal conclusions?
Experiments
What nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord?
Central
Sensation is
The detection of physical energy
T/F Instinct is learning
False
Knowledge gained through observation
What is empiricism
What builds equivalent groups in an experiment?
Random assignment
What do glial cells do?
Support neurons
Top-down processing is influenced by
Expectations
Positive reinforcement involves
Adding a desirable stimulus
Who is the father of immunology?
Jenner
What are quasi-experimental designs?
What is reuptake?
Neurotransmitters are reabsorbed by the neuron
What is transduction?
Physical energy is converted into neural signals
What was food in Pavlov's experiment
Unconditioned stimulus
What did Francis Galton do?
Made self-report questionnaires
Deductive reasoning is
Testing specific predictions derived from theories
What is an antagonist?
Blocking neurotransmitter receptors so that a neural impulse can't send
What is Weber's law
Detection depends on proportional change
Before conditioning, what was the bell in Pavlov's experiment
Neutral stimulus
What partly caused cognitive psychology to develop
Computer science
Null hypothesis significance testing states
Whether results are likely due to chance
What neurotransmitter is inhibitory
GABA
What is signal detection theory?
We perceive things based on expectation and bias
What is higher-order conditioning
A neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus by pairing with another conditioned stimulus