Introduction
Research Methods
Biology of the Mind
Consciousness, Sleep, & Dreams
Sensation & perception
100

Dr. Mills conducts research on how children and adolescents come to make sense of their own identities over time. She is most likely affiliated with this subdiscipline of psychology.

What is developmental psychology?

100
A researcher wants to measure love between romantic couples. She decides to measure love by keeping track of how often the couple’s hold hands, kiss, and say “I love you.” These measurement choices are part of the researcher’s ____________ of love.
What is an operationalization?
100
Rick Grimes is trying to assess which areas of the brain have been affected in zombies. Among the notable changes in those who have recently become zombies are their movements—which are now jerkier and less organized. Due to this, Grimes concludes that the _________ must be affected.
What is frontal lobe (motor cortex)?
100
Blocking people from experiencing ______ leads to impaired memory.
What is REM (rapid eye movement)?
100

This specific sense is what allows us to walk without actually having to watch our legs moving to get the steps right

What is kinesthetic? 

200
Name the two fields that psychology grew out of.
What are physiology and philosophy?
200
Name two of the core values of science.
What are Accuracy; objectivity; skepticism; open-mindedness?
200
Split brain research has primarily been done on people whose ___________ have been severed.
What is a Corpus callosum?
200
This cycle impacts bodily processes such as body temperature, blood pressure and metabolism.
What is circadian rhythm?
200

The _____________ found on the retina are responsible for vision in low light conditions whereas the ______________ are responsible for vision in bright light conditions and seeing color.

What are rods; cones?

300

The psychological school of thought that focuses on the influence of unconscious forces on behavior.

What is psychoanalytic psychology?

300

This is the process you need to go through with participants at the end of a study, especially if you have used deception.

What is debriefing?

300
Professor Carvel wants to study what parts of the brain are active while participants eat a delicious ice cream cake. She thinks the best way to do this is to examine the oxygenated blood flow in the brain. Which tool will she use?
What is a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)?
300

When first going to bed, people sometimes experience a falling sensation that quickly wakes the sleeper up. What is this experience called?

What is hypnic jerk?

300

Theodore takes a bite of some very spicy curry, and feels the sensation of triangles moving up and down his arm. It’s likely that Theodore has

What is synesthesia?

400

Dr. Laird takes the view that humans are basically good, and he wants to help them reach their full potential. He is probably most affiliated with this (historic and current) school of thought

What are humanism/humanistic psychology?

400
Give an example of a positive correlation and an example of a negative correlation.
Positive—moving in the same direction; negative—moving in opposite directions
400

Messages are sent from the ____________ of one neuron to the __________ of the receiving neuron.

What are terminal branches; dendrites?

400
A client tells his therapist about a dream in which he drives his wife to the airport where she boards a plane. As the plane takes off, he is smiling. The therapist says the dream suggests a desire for a divorce. The therapist’s interpretation represents what Sigmund Freud called the dream’s __________ and the story of the dream is the ________________.
What are Latent content; manifest content?
400

The four Gestalt laws of organization.

What are proximity, continuity, similarity, closure?

500

Name the four levels of analysis.

What are biological, personal/psychological, social-cultural, physical environment?

500
Sam wants to study whether the amount of time spent watching you-tube videos of puppies influences how well PSYC 101 students perform on their mid-terms. State the independent and dependent variables.
IV: Time spent watching You-tube videos of puppies DV: Performance on midterms
500

James had to wear glasses from an early age. Because of this, people tended to think he was very smart and to treat him accordingly. James worked hard to meet these expectations, and eventually graduated at the top of his class and became a doctor. This is an example of a(n)

What is evocative interaction?

500
Dominic is a hyper-masculine man, who feels like showing emotions is too feminine, and, as a consequence, is very stoic. Recently, he has been having a re-occurring dream where he is taking care of kittens and crying over how cute they are. Carl Jung would suggest that this is his psyche’s attempt to balance out his psyche by allowing for the feminine side to be expressed. This is because Jung believed that dreams serve a __________ function.
What is compensatory?
500

Name five depth perception cues.

What are linear perspective; size; texture gradient; interposition/blocking; motion parallax; light and shadow; retinal disparity?

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