Prologue
I am the Father of Psychoanalysis.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
Research participants are informed of the nature of a study after participating in a research study.
What is debriefing?
I am the part of the neuron that receives information from the neuron beside me
What is dendrites?
I am a drug that decreases activity in the body
What is a depressant?
The process the brain uses to organize and interpret what the body is sensing.
interpretation.
Perception
I am used to test hypotheses or ideas about behavior.
What is a scientific method?
I am the variables in the experiment that you are manipulating.
What is the independent variables?
I am the trigger for most processes in the body
What are neurotransmitters?
I am necessary for the body to function properly. Being deprived of me is more harmful than being deprived of food.
What is sleep?
Define Sensation.
The detection, by sense organs, the physical energy emitted or reflected by physical objects
I am thought processes used to evaluate and analyze information and apply it to other situations.
What is critical thinking?
I answer what, who and how questions but cannot answer why
What is a correlational study?
I am the part of the nervous system that runs "in the background"
What is the Autonomic Nervous System?
I am the most common sleep disorder that affects being able to fall and/or stay asleep
What is insomnia
a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color
when you see something while using other senses.
Synesthesia
I am an American Psychologist, that believes psychologists should study observable behavior instead of speculating about a person's inner thoughts.
I experimented on Little Albert.
Who is John B. Watson?
Research participants are informed of the study, risks and possibly injuries before agreeing to a research study.
What is informed consent?
I am the part of the brain that focuses on problem solving and holds "personality"
What is the frontal lobe?
I am the result of overusing substances
What is addiction or what is tolerance?
what is a Supertaster?
.....explanation
a person who experiences the sense of taste with far greater intensity than average, with some studies showing an increased sensitivity to bitter tastes.
I am an educated guess.
What is a hypothesis?
I am a statistical approach to finding the average of a data set by sorting the data by size and finding the middle point.
What is the median?
I am the part of the brain that runs the functions to stay alive such as breathing, heart rate and internal temperature.
What is the brainstem?
Your bodies Biological Clock.
Name three things that mess up this Biological Clock.
Circadian Rhythm
Olfactory bulb is related to....
Sense of smell