This large band of neural fibers connects the two brain hemispheres and carries messages between them
What is the corpus callosum
100
A distinct level of consciousness in which the person's attention is drawn to the self as an object
What is self-consciousness
100
The term for how sensitivity to prolonged stimulation tends to decline over time as an organism adapts to current conditions
What is sensory adaptation
100
The scientific study of mind and behavior
What is psychology
200
The variable that is manipulated in an experiment
What is the independent variable
200
The brain's sensory router; it directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies
What is the thalamus
200
The 24-hour cycle of day and night that our bodies are roughly synchronized to
What is circadian rhythm
200
The minimum stimulation necessary to detect a particular light, sound, pressure, taste, or odor 50% of the time
What is absolute threshold
200
The view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn
What is nativism
300
A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together
What is a correlation
300
A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and language
What is the temporal lobe
300
A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified
What are night terrors
300
Taste consists of the five basic sensations of: sweet, salty, bitter, umami, and ....
sour
300
The study of the purpose mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environments
What is functionalism
400
An observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
What is a case study
400
Portion of the cerebral cortex lying just behind the forehead; involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgements
What are frontal lobes
400
A phenomenon in which people tune in one message while they filter out others nearby
What is the cocktail-party phenomenom
400
Failing to perceive objects that are not the focus of attention
What is inattentional blindness
400
An approach that advocates that psychologists restrict themselves to the scientific study of objectively observable behavior
What is behaviorism
500
Those aspects of an observational setting that cause people to behave as they think someone else wants or expects
What are demand characteristics
500
These are active when an animal performs a behavior and they are also activated when another animal observes the first animal as it performs the same behavior
What are mirror neurons
500
Thought or behavior that is influenced by stimuli that a person cannot consciously report perceiving
What is subliminal perception
500
Retinal receptor cells that function in daylight or well-lit conditions, detect fine detail, and give rise to color sensations
What are cones
500
An approach to understanding human nature that emphasizes the positive potential of human beings