The detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities.
What is Phrenology?
100
Weight in pounds represents an __________ definition of "weight".
Operational
100
This part of a neuron receives information from other neurons and relays it to the cell body.
Dendrite
100
This part of the brain system regulates life-sustaining functions, such as breathing.
brain stem or hindbrain
100
This is the name given to the combination of a single word and gesture used by babies to make a two-word meaning.
What is a holophrase?
200
The main method of investigation for structuralists; it involves looking into one's own mind for information about the nature of conscious experience.
What is Introspection?
200
A _______ sample best represents the characteristics of a larger population.
Random
200
Neurons have a natural electric charge. This is called the neuron's ______________.
Resting potential
200
The outer layer of the forebrain is called the ____________.
Cerebral cortex
200
In this primitive reflex, an infant throws their arms outward and arches back to a loud noise or if their head falls.
What is Moro Reflex?
300
_______ refers to the basic elements that constitute the mind.
Structuralism
300
A ___________correlation exists when one variable decreases as the other variable decreases, or one variable increases while the other increases.
What is Positive Correlation?
300
_______ is defined as the time in which a new action potential cannot be initiated.
Refractory period
300
This structure is the primary relay system in the brain.
Thalamus
300
Erikson characterized personality development in middle age using this stage
What is Generativity VS Stagnation?
400
Main proponent (supporter) for the humanistic approach (emphasizing personal growth), published text "Client-Centered Therapy."
Who is Carl Rogers?
400
A number that quantifies some type of correlation and dependence, meaning statistical relationships between two or more random variables or observed data values
What is Correlation coefficient?
400
Neurotransmitters bind to neurons at post-synaptic ___________.
Receptor sites
400
Which brain area did Phineas Gage famously injure?
Frontal lobe
400
These are any things capable of directly causing birth defects in a child taken in by the mother.
What are teratogens?
500
How would William James explain the purpose of human consciousness? Make sure to state the School of Psychology.
He would take a functional approach. Human consciousness evolved to help humans to navigate the natural environment.
500
In an experiment, the outcome variable that is measured is called the _____________.
Dependent variable
500
This neurotransmitter enables muscle action and regulates many cognitive processes, such as learning, dreaming, and memory.
Acetylcholine (Ach)
500
Why can split-brain patients identify objects/faces in their right visual field, but cannot name them?
Localization of language functions are in the left hemisphere
500
Period of cognitive development between ages 7 and 12, characterized by use of logic