The function of the ________ is to carry information to and from all parts of the body
What is the nervous system?
100
This researcher is responsible for discovering classical conditioning.
What is Pavlov?
100
In the definition of psychology, the term mental processes refers to ________.
What is internal (covert) activities?
100
The scientific study of the changes that occur in people as they age from conception to death is called ________.
What is human development?
100
_________ is defined as an active system that receives information from the senses, organizes and alters information as it stores it away, and then retrieves the information from storage.
What is Memory?
200
This branch of life sciences which involves the structure and function of the brain and nervous system, while also focusing on the relationship between learning and behavior, is called ________.
What is neuroscience?
200
In the “Little Albert” study, the fear-producing stimulus used as a UCS was the ______.
What is loud noise?
200
Steve is a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. With little pressure, he will engage you in a debate about whether it is the greatest team in basketball. Steve may be demonstrating ________.
What is bias?
200
_______ refers to heredity and _______ refers to environmental influences.
What is Nature; nurture?
200
The fleeting images we see as we look out the car window occur in _________.
What is sensory memory?
300
A specialized cell that makes up the nervous system that receives and sends messages within that system is called
a ________.
What is a neuron?
300
This is the most likely prototype for the concept “vehicle”.
What is a car?
300
John B. Watson believed that psychology should involve the study of ________.
What is behavior?
300
The science of heredity is called _______.
What is genetics?
300
What type of memory allows us to have meaningful conversations?
What is echoic memory?
400
Joe is very anxious over an upcoming exam. Consequently, his adrenal glands will probably produce ________.
What is more cortisol?
400
Psychological tests that yield relatively consistent results are said to be ________.
What is reliable?
400
________ is a system used for reducing bias and error in the measurement of data.
What is The scientific method?
400
This is a special molecule that contains the genetic material of an organism.
What is DNA?
400
This memory system is the one that is a working, active system that processes the information within it.
What is short-term memory?
500
If Mindy’s doctor has taken a series of images of her brain using X-rays, then she has likely had a(n) ________.
What is CT scan?
500
A psychological test that measures what we intend it to measure is said to be ________.
What is valid?
500
Children who watch violent cartoons will become more aggressive.” According to the scientific method, this statement is most likely a(n) ________.
What is hypothesis?
500
At fertilization, the chromosomes from the father’s sperm unite with the chromosomes from the mother’s egg, creating a new cell called a(n) _______.
What is zygote?
500
This memory system has an unlimited capacity and can keep information for hours or decades