History/Systems
Research
Ethics/Issues
Brain/Neuron
Genetics
100
The study of human behavior
What is Psychology
100
A specific prediction of what should be observed if a theory is correct
What is a hypothesis
100
The group that is responsible for ethical and scientific standards of research at a university
What is the Institutional Review Board
100
This man had a railroad pike go through his head separating the connection between prefrontal cortex and limbic system
What is Phineas Gage
100
A gene that is expressed in offspring whenever it is present
What is a Dominant Gene
200
The father of modern psychology
What is Wilhelm Wundt
200
When a researcher observes without attempting to change or alter the behavior of his/her subjects.
What is Naturalistic Observation
200
When no personal data is collected a study is
What is anonymous
200
Branching fibers of a neuron which carry incoming signals to the cell body
What is Dendrites
200
The observable, physical characteristics from genetic influences
What is Phenotype
300
The two fields that psychology was derived from
What is Philosophy and Physiology
300
These types of studies can establish a relationship, but cannot establish causation between two variables
What is Correlational Studies
300
When both subjects and researchers are not aware which group the subjects have been assigned to.
What is Double-Blind
300
Connects the right and left hemispheres of the cerebral cortex
What is the Corpus Callosum
300
When there is more than one gene for a single trait on the same or different Chromosomes
What is Polygenic Effects
400
This paradigm believes that unconscious forces determine behavior
What is Psychodynamic
400
Name the three types of variables
What is Independent, Dependent and Control
400
Unintended differences between participants in different groups
What is Selection Bias
400
Name 3 of the 4 lobes of the Cerebral Cortex
What is Frontal, Occipital, Temporal, Parietal
400
Two of the three family members which share approximately 50% of their genes
What is siblings, fraternal twins, parents-children
500
Name the two major humanist psychologists
What is Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
500
Repetition of an experiment to confirm your results
What is Replication
500
Two ways to lessen the issues associated with selection bias
What is Random Sampling and Random Assignment
500
These two disorders have been linked with either too much or too little dopamine within the brain
What is Schizophrenia and Parkinson's Disease
500
Trisomy 21 is also known as
What is Down Syndrome
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