Chapter 1-2
Proposed Explanation
What is the hypothesis?
Forebrain
The largest part of the brain.
Absolute Threshhold
The minimum amount of stimulus energy that must be present for a stimulus to be detected.
Fluid Intelligence
Ability to see complex relationships and solve problems.
Anorexia Nervosa
An eating disorder characterized by an individual who has excessively low body weight as a result of not eating or over-exercising (usually both).
Maslow
Who developed the hierarchy of needs?
Genotype
The genetic makeup of an individual
Rod
Eye receptor that works well in low-light conditions.
Encoding
Input of information into the memory system.
Satiation
Fullness or satisfaction
Psychology
What word means "scientific study of the mind and behavior"?
Phenotype
An individuals inheritable characteristics (how they look).
Classical Conditioning
Learning in which a stimulus is learned before a behavior, and then is later paired with that behavior.
Visual Encoding
Input of images
Five Factor Model
Longitudinal Study
What do you call studies in which the same people are studied over a prolonged period of time?
SIDS
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Reflex
Automatic response by an organism to a stimulus in the environment.
Innate traits that influence how one thinks and behaves.
Ego
Personality trait that represents the self and is visible to others.
Placebo Effect
People's expectations or beliefs influence their experience in a given situation.
Melatonin
Regulator of the sleep/wake cycle.
Syntax
A manner by which words are organized into sentences.
Zygote
Begins as a single cell and rapidly divides to form an embryo
Just World Hypothesis
Ideology that people get the outcomes they deserve.