Psychology Jeopardy

History of Psychology

100

^{This is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.}

_Psychology

200

_{What are the thoughts, feelings, and motives that each of us experiences privately but cannot be observed directly?}

_{Mental Processes}

300

_{What is the process of reflecting deeply and actively, asking questions, and evaluating the evidence?}

_{Critical Thinking}

400

_{Coined by William James, this concept focuses on the "why" functions and purposes of the mind.}

_{Functionalism}

500

_{This theorist/scientist founded the principle of natural selection. His ideas were published in On the Origin of Species.}

_{Charles Darwin}

Scientific Method

100

_{The number of steps in the scientific method.}

_Five

200

_{This provides an objective description of how a variable will be measured and observed in a particular study.}

_{Operational Definition}

300

_{This research design can help identify problems, such as the spread of a disease or the frequency of negative outcomes.}

_{Descriptive Research}

400

_{The purpose of this research is to examine whether and how two variables change together.}

_{Correlational Research}

500

_{Name the two types of groups involved in experiments.}

_{Experimental Group and Control Group}

Biology of the Mind

100

_{This system is made up of billions of communicating nerve cells and guides our interactions with the world around us, moves our body through the world, and directs our adaptation to the environment.}

_{The Nervous System}

200

_{These are the nerve cells that handle information processing.}

_Neurons

300

_{A_________ is a layer of cells containing fat that encases and insulates most axons.}  

_{Myelin Sheath}

400

_{These chemicals are stored in very tiny synaptic vesicles within the terminal buttons.} 

_{Neurotransmitters}

500

_{This helps control voluntary movement and affects sleep, mood, attention, learning, and the ability to recognize opportunities for rewarding experiences in the environment.}

_Dopamine

Sensation & Perception

100

_{This is the process of receiving stimuli from the external environment and converting them into neural activity.}

_Sensation

200

_{This is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information so that it makes sense.}

_Perception

300

_{During this, sensory receptors register information about the external environment and send it up to the brain for interpretation.}

_{Bottom-Up Processing}

400

_{This type of processing starts with cognitive processing in the brain.}

_{Top-Down Processing}

500

_{Sensation begins with these specialized cells, which detect stimuli and transmit information to sensory nerves.}

_{Sensory Receptors}

Consciousness

100

_{This type of bias is the tendency to search for and use information that supports our ideas rather than refutes them.}

_{Confirmation Bias}

200

_{This bias is the tendency to falsely report, after the fact, that we accurately predicted the outcome.}

_{Hindsight Bias}

300

_{William James coined this "term" to describe the mind as a continuous flow of changing sensations, images, thoughts, and feelings.}

_{Stream of Consciousness}

400

_{This type of consciousness includes automatic processing that requires little attention and daydreaming.} 

_{Lower-Level Consciousness}

500

_{This state of consciousness can be produced by drugs, trauma, fatigue, possibly hypnosis, and sensory deprivation.}

_{Altered States of Consciousness}