Intro & Methods
Brain & Biology
Sensation & Perception
Sleep & Dreams
Grab Bag
100
The approach in psychology that focuses only on observable behavior.
What is behaviorism?
100
The process of removing unused neural pathways in the brain to improve transmission of messages.
What is synaptic pruning?
100
_________ involves detecting physical energy from the environment and converting it to neural signals; whereas _________ involves selecting, organizing, and interpreting this information.
What is sensation; perception?
100
Difficulty sleeping that is often due to anxiety or environmental changes.
What is insomnia?
100
The blindspot in your vision is due to: ____________________
What is the optic nerve exiting the eye?
200
Topics in psychology can be studied from many levels: biological, individual, _________, and environmental
What is socio-cultural?
200
The type of imaging technique that measures the flow of radioactive glucose to understand the functions of different parts of the brain.
What is positron emission tomography (PET scan)?
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?
200
Blocking people from experiencing ______ leads to impaired memory.
What is REM sleep?
200
According to research in evolutionary psychology, this gender will be more upset about sexual infidelity.
Who are males?
300
This historical discipline in psychology proposed that complex mental processes could be broken down into their most elementary parts:
What is structuralism?
300
Tom is working on the math portion of the SATs, and is trying to mentally rotate shapes. This is the part of his cerebral cortex that is the most active in this activity.
What is the parietal lobe?
300
There are no rods or cones where the optic nerve exits the eye. What does this result in?
What is the blindspot?
300
This cycle impacts bodily processes such as body temperature, blood pressure and metabolism.
What is Circadian rhythm?
300
The psychological discipline that emphasized investigating behaviors holistically, and considering the usefulness of different behaviors.
What is functionalism?
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
_________ are the chemicals that travel through our bloodstream and affect our behavior; while __________ are the chemicals that we secrete to trigger a social response from other people.
What are hormones; pheromones?
400
When Dayna first put on her sweater, she was uncomfortable because it was rather tight. After five minutes she no longer noticed it, in part because of sensory _____________.
What is adaptation?
400
The theory of dreams that focuses on their latent content.
What is wish fulfillment?
400
____________ describes how we perceive objects as moving faster as they get closer to us.
What is motion parallax?
500
Kate 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
Sally is able to understand what others are saying to her, but has difficulty producing speech. This part of her brain is likely to be damaged.
What is Broca's area?
500
When we construct perceptions drawing on our experiences, expectations, and beliefs.
What is top-down processing?
500
The experience of a falling sensation that quickly wakes the sleeper up when they have first gone to bed.
What is a hypnic jerk?
500
Mitchell has recently been diagnosed with Schizophrenia. Which neurotransmitter system is most likely malfunctioning?
What is Dopamine?
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