Psychology General
Psychology is the (blank) study of the mind and behavior. (what word goes in the blank space?)
Psychology is the SCIENTIFIC study of the mind and behavior.
The name of the variable that is measured in a study
What is the dependent variable.
This lobe is considered the "CEO."
What is the frontal lobe?
What is the definition of "psychology?"
The scientific study of the mind and behavior.
The group in an experiment that receives a treatment that is expected to have an effect is called the ....(what)... group?
Treatment group/Experimental group
Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and ...?
the mind/ mental process / cognitive processes / cognition / internal processes (any of these terms is fine).
The name of the variable that is manipulated by the researcher/s in a study
What is the Independent variable?
Where the sensory cortex is located (think lobe).
What is the parietal lobe?
What is it called when you give someone a treatment (e.g. pill or injection) that has no biological effects, but may have an effect if the person believes it will?
What is a placebo?
In psychology, is anecdotal or empirical (think testable) evidence more valuable?
Empirical
What is the name given to a variable that might affect the dependent variable, but is not what the researchers are interested in studying?
What is confounding variable/Extraneous variable/third variable?
The brain part that plays an important role in relaying sensory information.
What is the thalamus?
The individual who survived an iron rod being driven through his head (think now used as a case study in neuroscience and personality).
Who is Phineas Gage?
Why are experiments used to investigate causational relationships?
Because extraneous variables can be controlled in a lab, so the IV can be isolated as the only variable influencing the DV.
The group of white tissue in the brain that sends messages "back and forth."
What is the corpus callosum?
These make up the Central Nervous System.
Name one neurotransmitter.
What is acetylcholine? Another was endorphins.
Fact or Fiction: Opposites Attract.
What is fiction?
Name all parts of the brainstem.
What is the medulla, thalamus, reticular formation, and technically cerebellum?
Name disciplines of psychology.
What are.....
(social, cognitive, clinical, counseling, sports, developmental, industrial-organizational, personality, on and on...)
Name all three thinking errors we discussed.
What are: hindsight bias, overconfidence, and perceiving order in random events?