______ is stimulation of the sense receptors; perception is an inner representation of the world.
What is Cognition
100
Humans are capable of having direct inner awareness of?
What is thoughts and images
100
Psychologists engaging in three things...name the three things.
What is practice, research, and teaching
200
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes describes
What is psychology
200
________ remove dead neurons and waste products from the nervous system, nourish and insulate neurons, and direct their growth.
What is Glial cells
200
The process by which sensations are organized to form inner representations of the world is called.
What is perception
200
Focusing on a particular stimulus maybe referred to by psychologists as...?
What is selective attention
200
Name ONE ancient Greek philosopher we discussed in Chapter 1.
What is What is Aristotle, or Democritus, or Socrates
300
As a science, psychology has four goals. What are they?
What is explain behavior, predict behavior, control behavior
300
The part of the neuron that sends messages to other neurons is the?
What is axon
300
The phenomenon known to have hidden sexual images in ads for alcohol and cigarettes that may unconsciously influence people to buy the products...
What is subliminal stimulation
300
According to Freud, some impulses and painful memories are so unacceptable that we unconsciously exclude them from awareness...
What is Repress
300
How much does the adult brain weigh?
What is 3 pounds
400
Theories allow psychologists to make ________, such as a client's chance of recovery.
What is predictions
400
Neurons will not fire unless the incoming messages comine to reach a certain strength called the?
What is threshold
400
The _______ ________ is the minimum amount of stimulation needed to produce a sensation
What is Absolute threshold
400
Deprivation with REM sleep in humans can....?
What is interfere with learning and memory
400
Sensory and motor messages that allow you to pick up your pen are transmitted by the?
What is afferent and efferent nerves
500
What type of research is used to find solutions to specific problems?
What is applied
500
If someone squeezed your hand gently or tightly the sensory neurons will fire impulses of the same magnitude. This is due to?
What is the all or none principle
500
Neurons that fire in response to specific features of sensed stimuli
What is feature detectors
500
According to Freud, dreams reflect?
What is unconscious wishes and urges
500
The trash really smells when you first arrive, but does not bother you as much as you first walked in the door, you put off taking it out for another day...what has probably occurred?