Scientific foundations
This step of the scientific method involves making a testable prediction.
What is forming a hypothesis?
This part of the neuron carries signals away from the cell body.
What is the axon?
This is the minimum intensity of a stimulus that can be detected 50% of the time.
What is absolute threshold?
What is the DSM ( Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)?
Adjusting behavior or beliefs to match a group is called.
What is conformity?
This type of study shows a relationship between variables but cannot prove cause and effect.
What is a correlation study?
This division of the automatic nervous system prepares the body for "fight or flight" responses.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This theory explains that our cones and brain see colors in combinations of mixing red/green/blue receptors.
What is the trichromatic theory?
This disorder is characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking.
What is schizophrenia?
This occurs when individuals put in less effort when working in a group than when working alone.
What is social loafing?
The group that receives the treatment in an experiment.
What is the experimental group?
These chemical messengers transmit signal across synapses between neurons.
What are neurotransmitters?
This theory explains that neurons fire in unison with the vibrations to match the frequency of the vibrations, which is interpreted by the brain at the same rate.
What is the frequency theory?
This legal concept may be used to argue that person was not responsible for a crime due to mental illness.
This bias involves favoring members of one's own group over those outside the group.
What is in-group bias?
This ethical principle states that participants must be fully informed about a study's procedures and risks before agreeing to take part.
What is informed consent?
This term refers to the idea that some functions are more dominant in one side of the brain.
What is hemispheric specialization?
This phenomena explains how touch can impact cognition and judgement.
What is embodied cognition?
This disorder involves neurological symptoms such as paralysis or blindness without a physical medical cause.
What is conversion disorder?
This phenomenon occurs when small initial requests are used again to gain agreement to larger requests later.
What is the foot-in-the-door technique?
In this study, neither of the participants nor the experimenters are aware of who receives the treatment to minimize bias.
What is a double-blind study?
This neurological condition impairs a person's ability to identify individuals by their faces.
What is prosopagnosia?
This term refers to the impact of stimuli that is presented too quick or weak to consciously interpret or process.
What is subliminal messaging?
This type of therapy involves gradually and repeatedly exposing a person to a feared stimulus in a controlled setting to reduce anxiety over time.
What is exposure therapy?
This term describes the tendency to overestimate someone's one’s disposition or personality,and underestimate situational factors.
What is the fundamental attribution error?