Chapter 1 - Intro to Psych/Chapter 2
_____ allows us to apply our findings to a larger group in society. (Surveys produce HIGH _____)
Generalizability
This area is located in the frontal lobe and responsible for speech production.
Broca's area
Dreaming occurs in ____ stage of sleep.
REM
_____ is one of our photoreceptors and allows us to perceive color.
Cones
Who developed the theory of classical conditioning?
Ivan Pavolv.
Which psychologist proposed the "Hierarchy of Needs"?
Abraham Maslow
_____ describes maintaining balance or optimal level.
Homeostasis
_____ is the result of missing out on sleep on a chronic basis.
Sleep debt
The 3 bones found in the middle ear are called the three _____.
Ossicles (stapes, incus, malleus)
A stimulus that does not naturally elicit a response is called _____.
Neutral Stimulus
Stress level is the _____ variable.
Dependent
This neurotransmitter increases pleasure and is associated with our brain's reward circuit.
Dopamine
_____ is a sleep disorder in which one has an irresistible urge to fall asleep during waking hours.
Narcolepsy
Which Gestalt principle is this:
The idea that things that are close to one another tend to be grouped together.
Principle of Proximity
In operant conditioning, this term means to decrease behavior.
Punishment
If you’re studying why people conform in experiments and obey authority, you’re working in this area of psychology.
Social Psychology
The ____ is the space where neurons communicate with one another.
Synapse
This structure is responsible for maintaining homeostasis and houses the brain's clock.
Hypothalamus
Gymnast Mia relies on this sense to maintain balance on the beam.
Vestibular Sense
After being stung by a bee as a child, Mariana now runs away in fear when she sees a wasp.
This learning concept explains her reaction.
Stimulus generalization
Ice cream sales and crime rates show a positive correlation.
In this scenario, the heat is a _____ variable.
Confounding.
We are the rooms where neurotransmitters hang before they are sent to other neurons!
We are _____.
Synaptic Vesicles
Marty has been struggling with substance use and wants to quit. Their drug of choice causes anxiety, increased heart rate, and excitatory behavior. After 4 days clean, they feel incredibly irritable and nauseous.
Their drug of choice likely belongs to the _____ class, and they are currently going through _____.
Stimulant; withdrawal.
While studying, Mia notices she can only hear a very soft buzzing sound about 50% of the time it occurs. This example demonstrates this concept in sensation.
Absolute threshold
Instead of rewarding only the final behavior, reinforcement is given for behaviors that get closer and closer to the desired action.
This operant conditioning technique is called this.
Shaping