Psychology
This lobe of the brain is responsible for vision
Occipital Lobe
These specialists are most likely to prescribe a drug for treatment of a psychological disorder
Psychiatrists
Period of life when an individual first becomes capable of reproduction
Puberty
A psychological test that measures what it is suppose to measure is said to have this
Validity
A group of participants who receive a placebo in an experiment would fall into this group
Control Group
Psychology is the study of these two things.
Brain and Behavior
Neurotransmitters, when released by the neuron, cross over this
Synapse
Watching dogs play in the park or watching kids play on a playground are examples of this
Naturalistic observation
These early psychologists believed that people viewed their world as a pursuit to find what makes them feel whole
Gestalt
According to Freud, this part of the psyche strives for constant perfection
Superego
The dreaming stage of the sleep cycle
REM
This form of punishment is used to decrease a bad behavior by adding a uncomfortable stimulus
Positive Punishment
According to Freud, this part of the psyche was animalistic and selfish
Id
When someone feels guilty and morally wrong after cheating on an exam. Freud would contribute these feelings to the __________
Superego
When a teenager has his cellphone taken away by his parents after a poor report card, his/her parents are practicing this form of punishment
negative punishment
This conditional behavior is identified by a person giving up when presented with seemingly unsolvable problems
learned helplessness
Brain lobe that control visual processes
Temporal Lobe
The process of repeating the contents of short-term memory over and over
maintenance rehearsal
the statement "Children who play violent video games will become more aggressive" is an example of a
Theory
This stage of memory has the greatest capacity
Sigmund Freud
In an experiment studying the effect of a hair cream on the regrowth of hair, the measurable regrowth of hair would be the
dependent variable
The reappearance of a previously extinguished response
Spontaneous recovery
In an experiment studying the effect of supplements on muscle growth, the supplements used would be the
independent variable
This principal suggests neurons either completely transmit the signal from the brain or does not transmit the signal
"All or nothing principal"