Chemicals released by neurons that carry information, examples are dopamine, seratonin and endorphins
What is (are) Neurotransmitters
100
This predisposes us to certain behaviors or traits, and are passed on from parent to child
What is (are) Genes
100
False intepretations of reality
What is (are) Illusions
100
This is a type of interaction where one person changes the behavior, feelings or cognitions of another through suggestion
What is Hypnosis
200
Considering Religion, Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation, etc.
What is Multicultural Psychology
200
Made up of the brain and the spinal cord
What is the Central Nervous System
200
How we receive and transmit sensory information to the brain
What is Sensation
200
This single activity occupies most of your time
What is Sleep
200
This is the number one abused drug in America (according to statistics)
What is Alcohol
300
The tendency to notice information that is consistent with our own views
What is Confirmation Bias
300
Regulates body processes such as facial hair, hair growth, breast, etc.
What is (are) Hormones
300
How we intepret and organize sensory information
What is Perception
300
Dreams occur during this stage of sleep
What is R.E.M (Rapid Eye Movement)
300
This is the word for all higher thoughts and processes
What is Cognition
400
Tendency to stick to bad decisions even when it is producing a negative outcome, for example, staying in a bad relationship that is no longer working
What is Sunken Cost
400
Part of the brain that controls hunger, thirst, emotions, etc.
What is Hypothalamus
400
Perception that occurs just below the conscious level of awareness
What is Subliminal Perception
400
This sleeping disorder affects roughly 40% of the population
What is Insomnia
400
This is the type of learning that occurs from watching others
What is Observational Learning
500
Thinking that is purposeful, goal-directed and used to solve problems.
What is Critical Thinking
500
This is divided into two equal halves, and the strongest half determines handedness
What is Cerebral Cortex
500
I tend to like blondes and will only notice the blonde people in the room, this phenomenon of focusing attention on what is relevant or important to us is also know as:
What is Cocktail Party Phenomenon
500
This (Freudian) view of dreams states that they are repressed thoughts of the subconscious
What is Psychodynamic
500
This is a loss of memory, stemming from illness, drugs or a medical condition