Experiments
The variable that is manipulated by a researcher in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
The mental disorder where a person worries about minor, everyday concerns.
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
The study of how people develop over time.
What is developmental psychology?
Opposites in relationships are more successful than people who are similar.
Myth.
Sigmund Freud believed that little boys felt this way about their mothers.
What is being attracted to them?
A falsifiable prediction.
What is a hypothesis?
A mental health disorder where a person engages in dangerous behavior with drugs or alcohol.
What is substance use disorder.
Merging psychology and the law.
What is forensic psychology?
Some People Are Left-Brained, Others Are Right-Brained.
Myth.
The proper format to write a psychological paper in.
What is APA format?
The condition in which no treatment is administered.
What is the control condition?
An intense and occasionally disabling fear or reaction to a specific object or situation that poses little to no actual danger.
What is a phobia?
How human behavior impacts organizations.
What is industrial-organizational psychology?
Cognitive decline can be delayed by learning new languages and listening to music.
Fact.
Another name for the inkblot test.
What is the Rorschach test?
The researcher responsible for making dogs drool in response to a bell ringing.
Who is Pavlov?
The full name for SSRI.
What is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor?
The study of how we form impressions of other people and how we make inferences about them.
What is social perception?
We have over ten sensory systems in the body.
Fact.
The way in which our brain can change and grow over time.
What is neuroplasticity?
The steps in the scientific method.
What is
- developing a hypothesis
- performing a test
- gathering data
- analyzing the results
- publication and replication
A person's lack of pleasure in activities usually found enjoyable.
What is anhedonia?
The study of how brain injuries and brain diseases impact human behavior.
What is biopsychology?
Our brain is made up of 80-100 billion neurons.
Fact.
The four major lobes of the brain.
What is frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal?