Psychology Basics
This science studies behavior and mental processes.
What is psychology?
This is the first step in the scientific research process.
What is a research question?
These two organs make up the central nervous system.
What are the brain and spinal cord?
The interpretation of sensory information is called this.
What is perception?
This psychologist is famous for conditioning dogs to salivate.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Standards for proper and responsible behavior in psychology are called this.
What are ethics?
An educated prediction about an experiment is called this.
What is a hypothesis?
This lobe controls vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
Smell and taste belong to this category of senses.
What are chemical senses?
Learning through rewards and punishments is called this.
What is operant conditioning?
This type of psychologist works with people who have emotional or behavioral problems.
What is a clinical psychologist?
A fake treatment used in experiments is known as this.
What is a placebo?
This lobe controls personality, planning, and judgment.
What is the frontal lobe? (pre-frontal cortex)
The blind spot exists because this is missing where the optic nerve leaves the eye.
What are photoreceptors?
A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus is called this.
What is a conditioned response?
These are the five major goals of psychology.
What are observe, describe, explain, predict, and control behavior?
A smaller group selected from a larger population is called this.
What is a random sample?
These are the basic building blocks of the nervous system.
What are neurons?
This part of the ear separates the outer ear from the middle ear.
What is the eardrum?
This process strengthens behavior by increasing the chance it happens again.
What is reinforcement?
Researchers repeat studies in order to do this.
What is replicate or confirm results?
In an experiment, this variable is purposely changed by the researcher.
What is the independent variable?
This “master gland” controls the endocrine system.
What is the pituitary gland?
Vibrations that change air pressure create this.
What is sound?
Learning by watching and imitating others is known as this.
What is observational learning?