Introduction
Methods
Brain
Genes
Learning
100
The first president of Clark and the founder of the American Psychological Association.
Who is G. Stanley Hall
100
______ occurs when an investigator’s beliefs lead him or her to treat participants in a way that encourage them to produce the anticipated results.
What is experimenter expectancy effects
100
A neuron that sends signals to muscles in order to control movement.
What is a motor neuron
100
The term given to the observable structure and behavior of an organism
What is phenotype?
100
An operant-conditioning procedure in which successive approximations of a desired response are reinforced.
What is shaping
200
The two main fields psychology grew out of.
What are biology and philosophy
200
Some people say that IQ tests are not really an appropriate measure for overall intelligence, and are actually measuring something else. This means that they are questioning the ________ of the test.
What is validity
200
A chemical that blocks the effect of a neurotransmitter.
What is an antagonist
200
The type of twins show share the same amount of genes as siblings are referred to as
What is dizygotic twins?
200
In Pavlov’s initial classical conditioning studies, ________ served as the conditioned stimulus, while the _______ served as the unconditioned stimulus.
What is the tone (or bell); food
300
The main method of structuralism.
What is introspection
300
You want to study how often and how far away cars stop for pedestrians crossing the street. You decide to sit on a bench and record the behavior of the drivers. This is an example of ________________.
What is naturalistic observation
300
The parasympathetic nervous system and sympathetic nervous system are the two parts of the _________.
What is the Autonomic nervous system
300
Someone learning to speak a second language is an example of the brain's ___________ because __________
What is plasticity; new neural connections are being formed
300
A child learns that whenever he eats all of his dinner he gets a cookie for dessert. Here, the cookie is ___________________. Another child learns that whenever she eats all of her dinner, she doesn’t have to help do the dishes. This is an example of __________.
What is positive reinforcement; negative reinforcement
400
This school of philosophy focuses on the belief that human beings are inherently good.
What is humanistic psychology
400
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 operational definition
400
The _______ is responsible for receiving messages, while the ________ is responsible for sending out the messages.
What is dendtrite; terminal button
400
People's reactions to a baby girl as "cute" and a baby boy as "strong" is an example of this type of gene-environment interaction
What is evocative interaction
400
Tommy has been watching the other kids at day care work on a puzzle for a week now, but hasn’t played with it at all because he doesn’t have any interest in it. Then his teacher announces that everyone who completes the puzzle gets a gold star. Eager for the star, Tommy completes the puzzle. The fact that Tommy knew how to complete the puzzle is an example of…
What is latent learning
500
The reason 1879 was an important year for psychology.
What is 1st psychology lab opens in Germany (Wundt)
500
Professor Beckstead places randomly assigned mice to complete a maze with 3 different groups of music: classical playing, hard rock playing, and no music. Some of the mice have been trained and some have not. The professor notes how long it takes the maze to complete the maze. State the independent variable(s) and dependent variable(s).
What is condition of music and prior training (IV) and amount of time taken to complete maze (DV)
500
The type of imaging technique used to detect activity of neurons in particular places in the brain.
What is Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
500
Darrell has always been a fast learner and very intelligent, especially when it comes to math. After high school, he decides to pursue higher education at college known for their math programs, thus enhancing his abilities even more. This is an example of
What is active interaction
500
Kevin has a crush on Winnie, and starts texting her frequently. Winnie only texts Kevin when it is in response to a text, but she doesn’t respond to all of the texts, only some. Kevin is on this type of reinforcement schedule.
What is variable ratio
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