Brain and Nervous System
This part of the brain helps control balance, coordination, and movement
What is the cerebellum?
This type of memory holds information for a few seconds, such as remembering a phone number long enough to dial it.
What is short-term memory?
The stage of life between childhood and adulthood is called this
What is adolescence?
This emotion is often described as a feeling of worry, nervousness, or fear
What is anxiety?
A prediction that can be tested through research is called this.
What is a hypothesis?
This largest part of the brain is responsible for thinking, memory, and decision-making
What is the cerebrum?
Repeating information to remember it better is called this.
What is rehearsal?
A baby's first emotional bond with a caregiver is known as this
What is attachment?
This mental health condition is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest.
What is depression?
In an experiment, the variable that the researcher changes is called this.
What is the independent variable?
Messages travel through the nervous system using these specialized cells
What are neurons?
This psychologist is famous for experiments with dogs that learned to associate a bell with food.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
The ability to understand another person's feelings is called this.
What is empathy?
Psychologists use this term to describe a person's overall emotional, social, and mental health.
What is wellbeing?
The group that does not receive the experimental treatment is called this.
What is a survey?
The nervous system is divided into the central nervous system and this other major division
What is the peripheral nervous system?
Learning through rewards and punishments is known as this type of conditioning.
What is operant conditioning?
Changes in thinking, problem-solving, and memory are examples of this type of development.
What is cognitive development?
Techniques such as deep breathing and mindfulness can help reduce this
What is stress?
This is the process of obtaining permission from participants before involving them in research
What is informed consent?
This part of the nervous system prepares the body for "fight or flight."
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
A positive consequence that increases a behavior is called this.
What is positive reinforcement?
This psychologist proposed the stages of cognitive development in children.
Who is Jean Piaget
This hormone is commonly released during stressful situations.
What is cortisol?
Collecting information from participants by asking questions is called this research method
What is a survey?