History of Psychology
The scientific study of the mind and behavior.
Psychology
The Psychological domain that is concerned with how biology influences behavior
Biopsychology
A PhD refers to a doctor of ____.
Philosophy
When deception is used in an experiment, the researcher must give the participant a ___ at the end of the study.
Debriefing
Correlation does not equal ____.
Causation
The section of a research article that provides a description of the actual procedure used in the study
Methods
The voltage of the cell is at -70mV. It is at ____ ______.
Resting Potential
This part of the brain connects the two hemispheres to each other.
Corpus Callosum
These are the chemical messengers that move around the body to send messages.
Hormones
The first person to be referred to as a psychologist.
Wilhelm Wundt
This psychological domain includes perception, memory, and intelligence.
Cognitive
This is described as an extensive research paper about research that was conducted as a part of a candidate’s doctoral training.
Dissertation
A well-developed set of ideas that propose an explanation for observed phenomena
Theory
A list of questions to be answered by research participants, ca be administered via paper and pen, electronically, or conducted verbally
Survey
The group of individuals from the population which we collect data on
Sample
This is the fatty substance that insulates neuron axon and speeds up transmission.
Myelin
This lobe is involved in reasoning, motor control, language, and emotion. It contains the motor cortex and Broca's area.
Frontal Lobe
Often called the master gland.
Pituitary Gland
The theory that focused on the role of the unconscious and early childhood experiences on conscious behavior.
Psychoanalytic
This "Big Five" trait is defined by a tendency towards unstable emotions.
Neuroticism
The active application of a set of skills to information for the understanding and evaluation of that information.
Critical Thinking
The scientific method, as well as particular research articles, are _____ based.
Empirically
A study where you don't interfere with what is happening, you simply watch and record data
Naturalistic Observation
Data is statistically significant when the p-value is less than
0.05
Another action potential cannot happen during this time.
Repolarization
This system contains the hippocampus, amygdala, and thalamus.
Limbic System
This gland release epinephrine and norepinephrine.
adrenal gland
The process by which someone examines their own conscious experience objectively.
Introspection
____ is Long-standing traits and patterns that propel individuals to consistently think, feel, and behave in specific ways.
Personality
This doctoral degree places less emphasis on research and more emphasis on the application of therapeutic skills.
PsyD
If an experiment is replicable by another researcher, it has
Verifiability
One of the biggest issues with longitudinal research is ___ rates
Attrition
If a study measures what it is designed to measure, then it has high ____.
Validity
For every __ sodium ions pumped out, ___ potassium ions are pumped in.
3,2
This lobe is organized retinotopically.
Occipital Lobe
This gland regulates blood sugar levels.
Pancreas
Well-known humanist, Carl Rogers, emphasized three traits a psychologist should display: empathy, genuineness, and ____ (3 words).
Unconditional positive regard
This subfield of Psychology applies the science and practice of psychology to issues within and related to the justice system.
Forensic Psychology
To become a school psychologist, you would need at least a ___ degree.
Masters
committee of administrators, scientists, veterinarians, and community members that reviews proposals for research involving animal participants
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
As ice cream sales increase, so do shark attacks. This is an example of a ____ ____.
Illusory correlation
A random sample is important so that we can draw results about the population from the sample data. In other words, random sampling is important for the ___ of the study
Generalizability
SSRIs are used for depression because they are ____
an agonist
This is a concept that each hemisphere of the brain is associated with specialized functions.
Laterization
Females have ovaries and males have testes, there are known as the ___
Gonads