Psychology Double Jeopardy

History of Psychology

200

_{This approach emphasizes the scientific study of observable behavioral responses and their environmental determinants.}

_{Behavioral Approach}

400

_{This approach emphasizes a person's positive qualities, capacity for growth, and freedom to choose one's destiny.}

_{Humanistic Approach}

600

_{This approach uses evolutionary ideas, such as adaptation, reproduction, and natural selection, to explain specific human behaviors.} 

_{Evolutionary Approach}

800

_{This is the scientific study of the structure, function, development, genetics, and biochemistry of the nervous system.}

_Neuroscience

1000

How many different approaches to psychology are there?

_Seven

Scientific Method

200

_{_______ a study means repeating it and getting the same results.}

_Replicating

400

_{This type of bias occurs when the experimenter's expectations influence the research outcome.}

_Experimenter

600

_{This occurs when participants' expectations, rather than the experimental treatment, produce a particular outcome.} 

_{The Placebo Effect}

800

_{These statistics are mathematical procedures that researchers have developed to describe and summarize sets of data in a meaningful way.}

_{Descriptive Statistics}

1000

_{Colleges and universities have a board named this that evaluates the ethical nature of research conducted at their institutions.}

_{Institutional Review Board (IRB)}

Biology of the Mind

200

_{This nervous system is responsible for the way you calm down once you have escaped the danger.}

_{Parasympathetic Nervous System}

400

_{This nervous system arouses the body to mobilize it for action.}

_{Sympathetic Nervous System}

600

_{The medulla oblongata, pons, and cerebellum are the three main parts of the __________.}

_Hindbrain

800

_{The ___________ is a loosely connected network of structures under the cerebral cortex and is important in both memory and emotion.}

_{Limbic System}

1000

_{The ________ is part of the forebrain and the most recently evolved part of the brain in evolutionary terms.}

_{Cerebral Cortex}

Sensation & Perception

200

_{This is a minimum amount of stimulus energy that a person can detect.}

_{Absolute Threshold}

400

_{This is the degree of difference between two stimuli that must exist before the difference is detected. Also known as "just noticeable difference".}

_{Difference Threshold}

600

_{What is a change in the responsiveness of the sensory system based on the average level of surrounding stimulation? The visual system's ability to adjust to a darkened room is an example of this.}

_{Sensory Adaptation}

800

_{These are the receptors that we use for color perception.}

_Cones

1000

_{These are the receptors in the retina that are sensitive to light, and their distribution on the surface of the retina.}

_Rods

States of Consciousness

200

_{This level of awareness involves controlled processing, in which individuals actively focus on achieving a goal.} 

_{Higher-Level Consciousness}

400

_{These are periodic physiological fluctuations in the body and are controlled by biological clocks.}

_{Biological Rhythms}

600

_{These are daily behavioral or physiological cycles that involve the sleep/wake cycle, body temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.} 

_{Circadian Rhythms}

800

_{This is a small brain structure that uses input from the retina to synchronize its own rhythm with the daily cycle of light and dark.}

_{Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN)}

1000

_{This sleep stage is characterized by delta waves, the slowest and highest-amplitude brain waves.}

_{Stage N3 (Non-REM3) Sleep}