Chapter 4
What is the stimulation of sensory reception and the transmission of sensory information to the nervous system?
Sensation
What is a case study ?
A close investigation of an individual or a small group.
Information stored in here is unavailable to awareness under most circumstances.
under this stage of sleep, our eyes move rapidly under eyelids.
Rapid-eye movement sleep
The drugs that slow the activity is called?
Depressant
What is the weakest amount of a stimulus that can be sensed called?
Absolute Threshold
Researchers select a group of participants and then observe those participants over a period of time, often years or eve decades.
What is this method called ?
Longitudinal method
the awareness of things that are both outside and outside ourselves.
A method people use to narrow their consciousness so that the stresses of the outside world fade away.
meditation
What is the depressant that most widely used in the United States?
Alcohol
What is the psychological process through which we interpret sensory stimulus ?
Perception
Observe other people or animals in their natural habitat.
What is this method called ?
Naturalistic observation.
We don't feel our pupils growing smaller when we get from the dark into the light.
What is this kind of event called ?
Non conscious
Hypnosis
What type of drugs is Marijuana?
Hallucinogen.
What is difference threshold?
The minimum amount of difference that can be detected between two stimuli.
What is cross sectional method?
Select a sample that includes people of different ages.
What is the altered states of consciousness?
a person's sense of self or sense of the world changes.
What is biofeedback ?
A system provides data about something happening in the body.
What will cocaine makes you feel?
Cocaine makes you feel, pleasure, reduces hunger, deadens pain, and boosts confidence.
The process by which we become more sensitive to weak stimuli and less sensitive to unchanging stimuli.
What is a positive correlation?
What is a negative correlation?
A positive correlation is a correlation between the need for achievement and salaries.
A correlation between stress and health can be called a negative correlation.
Focusing on a particular stimulus is referred to ?
Selective attention
What is circadian rhythms?
a sequence of bodily changes, such as those in body temperature, blood pressure, and sleepiness and wakefulness.
What is Detoxication ?
The removal of the harmful substance from the body