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A child famously raised without exposure to language.
Genie
Comparing adopted siblings, biological siblings, and twins, whose intelligence would be most similar?
Twins
A p-value has to be under ___ for it to be significant
0.05
An extreme or irrational specific fear is known as?
Phobia
The portion of the nervous system that includes the brain and the spinal cord
CNS (Central Nervous System)
The psychologist who created psychoanalysis:
Sigmund Freud
Mean and SD of IQ in a population
100 & 15
Name the four scales of measurement ('types of data').
Nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio
A personality disorder featuring extreme instability in mood and relationships.
Bipolar disorder
The region of the brain that includes the midbrain, the pons, and the medulla:
Brainstem
The sleep stage where most dreaming occurs.
REM sleep
Primary author of the Minnesota twin study.
Bouchard
The prediction that the independent variable will not change the dependent variable, or that there will be no relationship between them.
Null hypothesis
An approach to normality that relies on the expectations of a particular language, ethnic group, or regional traditions.
Sociocultural
A single extension from the nerve cell that carries nerve impulses from the cell body to other neurons
Axon
Approximately hour many days did Peter Tripp experience total sleep deprivation?
8
Name four of Gardner's eight multiple intelligences.
4 of linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, kinaesthetic, naturalistic, interpersonal, intrapersonal
Describe a relationship with an r value of -0.8
Strong negative
What is the current edition of the International Catalogue of Diseases?
11th
A temporal lobe structure involved in learning and memory
Hippocampus
Mary Ainsworth researched attachment using the _____________ test.
Strange Situation
The accuracy of a test in predicting real-world outcomes, related to the test's target variable.
Predictive validity
The parametric test for a repeated-measures experiment
Paired t-test
A category of disorder that primarily affects emotional states, causing low or inconsistent emotional reactions over the long term.
Mood disorders
The neurotransmitter/chemical that relates to pleasure and reward:
Dopamine