Christmas
This drink that's tradionally served at Christmas.
What is Egg Nog?
Forensic psychology applies psychology to this system.
What is the criminal justice system?
This type of reasoning makes predictions using general principles.
What is deductive reasoning?
These cells carry messages throughout the body.
What are neurons?
This part of the brain coordinates movement and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
This organ contains the greatest concentration of mechanoreceptors in the body.
What is the skin?
This internal 24-hour cycle regulates sleep, hunger, body temperature, and alertness.
What is a circadian rhythm?
This type of learning occurs when a neutral stimulus is paired with a stimulus that naturally produces a response.
What is classical conditioning?
Bing Crosby sang he was dreaming of this kind of Christmas in 2 different movies.
What is a White Christmas?
Pop psychology often confuses this with causation.
What is correlation?
This variable is manipulated by the researcher.
What is the independent variable?
This part of the neuron insulates the axon and speeds neural impulses.
What is the myelin sheath?
This part of your brain is responsible for higher order thinking and continues to develop until around age 26
What is the prefrontal cortex?
These cells in the ear convert sound vibrations to neural signals.
What are hair cells?
A temporary reversible loss of conciousness occuring daily in most people.
What is sleep?
This type of conditioning uses reinforcement and punishment to shape behavior.
What is operant conditioning?
This reindeer's name begins with a "B".
Who is Blitzen?
Psychology began as a subfield of these two subjects.
What are biology and philosophy?
This type of study follows the same group over time.
What is a longitudinal study?
The space where neurotransmitters cross between neurons is called this.
What is a synapse?
The pons is one part of this region of the brain.
What is the brainstem?
These photoreceptors allow vision in dim light.
What are rods?
Three of the major categories of drugs.
What are depressants, Stimulants, halucinogens?
(Also accept opiods or cannibinoids.)
In classical conditioning, this stimulus naturally triggers a reflexive response.
What is the unconditioned stimulus?
"God and Sinners reconciled" is a verse in this Christmas song.
What is Hark the Herald Angels Sing?
This psychology school of thought dismissed internal thoughts and focused only on observable behavior.
What is Behaviorism?
This effect occurs when people improve simply because they believe a treatment will help.
What is a placebo effect?
This neurotransmitter is strongly tied to mood, sleep, motivation, and learning.
What is dopamine?
This lobe processes vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
This type of processing uses existing knowledge, expectations, and experiences to interpret stimuli.
What is top-down processing?
This sleep stage includes rapid eye movements and vivid dreams
What is REM sleep?
This learning occurs by watching and imitating others.
What is observational learning?
This is the name of Rudolph's Dad.
What is Donner?
The debate about traits being innate or learned is called this.
What is nature vs. nurture?
This is where scientific studies are published
This system regulates and deploys fight-or-flight responses.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This brain structure acts as a relay station for sensory information.
What is the thalamus?
The receptors in the nose that detect odors are called this.
What are olfactory receptors?
This sleep disorder prevents people from breathing properly during sleep.
What is sleep apnea?
This famous psychologist conducted the Bobo doll aggression study.
Who is Albert Bandura?
Who plays Charles Dickens in The Muppet Christmas Carol?
Who is Gonzo the Great?
This psychologist conditioned dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This type of research observes behavior in its natural environment.
What is naturalistic observation?
This neurotransmitter enables muscle movement and is linked to memory.
What is acetylcholine?
This structure is the emotional processing center for fear and memory.
What is the amygdala?
This term refers to the minimum stimulus needed to detect something 50% of the time.
What is the absolute threshold?
This results from chronic restriction of sleep and leads to impaired cognition.
What is sleep debt?
This part of Pavlov’s experiment began as a neutral stimulus but became conditioned.
What is the bell?
This is the human Buddy meets who he believes appreciates Elf culture.
Who is Jovie?
This perspective argued that mental processes served evolutionary survival functions.
What is Functionalism?
The phrase “if-then” best describes this part of the scientific method.
What is a hypothesis?
The study of gene expression changes caused by environment is called this.
What is epigenetics?
The “gray matter” of the brain is known as this outer layer.
What is the cerebral cortex?
This process converts sensory input into neural signals.
What is transduction?
This structure in the hypothalamus acts as the brain’s “master clock.”
What is the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)?
This reinforcement increases behavior by adding a desirable stimulus.
What is positive reinforcement?