What is an assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through scientific research
100
The most commonly used measure of central tendency is the
What is mean
100
Process of fitting objects and experiences into your mental representation of the world
What is assimilation
100
An androgynous role is one that
What is combines traditional male and female characteristics
100
The EEG monitors
What is electrical activity in the brain
200
Psychologists who use psychological principles to solve immediate problems are practicing
What is applied science
200
When neither the participants nor the experimenter knows which group of participants is the experimental one, the study is known as a
What is double-blind study
200
Adjusting your conceptual framework of the world to fit newly observed events and experiences
What is accommodation
200
Depressed teenagers generally appear to be
What is angry
200
The brain and the spinal cord make up the
What is central nervous system
300
The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is called
What is basic science
300
A measure of the degree of relatedness between two variables is
What is correlation
300
The process, according to Sigmund Freud, of redirecting sexual impulses into learning tasks
What is sublimation
300
The goal of hospice care is
What is to make death easier
300
The endocrine system sends chemical messages called
What is hormones
400
A complex explanation based on findings from many studies is a(n)
What is theory
400
The cardinal rule of naturalistic observation is to
What is avoid disturbing participants
400
An infant’s response in turning toward the source of touching anywhere near his or her mouth
What is rooting reflex
400
Simone, a typical adolescent, will most likely turn to her peers for advice on
What is fashion
400
What hormones is important to the physical development of men?
What is testosterone
500
Who is associated with psycholoanalysis.
Who is Sigmund Freud
500
When researchers unwittingly bring about the situation they expected to find, they have created a
What is self-fulfilling prophecy
500
A common reaction among infants when the mother is absent
What is separation anxiety
500
A person’s gender role is defined by
What is genetic makeup, cultural influence, traditionally masculine or feminine behavior
500
An injury to the spinal cord
What is could result in paralysis, could prevent the transmittal messages from the brain, could interfere with the transmittal of messages to the muscles