This is the process of raw data impinging on our senses.
What is sensation?
100
If two people share the same genetic material, their relationship would have to be this.
What are twins?
100
Dreaming occurs during this stage of sleep.
What is REM?
100
This theory postulates that our early bonds with our caregivers become the template for our later relationships.
What is attachment theory?
200
A good experiment includes this type of group, which includes participants who are not exposed to the treatment.
What is a control group?
200
I am absolutely sure that is the imprint of the Virgin Mary on my grilled cheese sandwich, because of this type of processing.
What is top-down?
200
The idea that their partner's paycheck means more to women than men can be explained by this theory in evolutionary psychology.
What is parental investment theory?
200
This would be an example of an "altered state of consciousness." (several answers possible
What is sleep, dreaming, hypnosis, drug state, meditation, or hallucination?
200
Cary is prone to spreading rumors and gossiping in order to improve his own social standing. This type of bullying would be referred to as this.
What is relational aggression?
300
If a questionnaire that is intended to measure optimism is actually measuring a person's happiness instead, it probably has a problem with this.
What is validity. (It's not measuring the right thing.)
300
This illustration:
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shows this Gestalt principle.
What is proximity?
300
The issue of "designer babies" is one of what type of breeding?
What is selective?
300
The idea that we operate on both a "high road" and a "low road" of consciousness is called this.
What is dual processing?
300
Jo and Alan have had a whirlwind courtship this summer; they are very attracted to each other and spend hours on the phone talking about everything. However, their relationship isn't "official." According to Sternberg, their relationship is lacking what?
What is commitment?
400
In an experiment where participants are exposed to different temperatures to see if it affects their work productivity, the temperature would be this kind of variable.
What is the independent variable?
400
Subliminal stimuli operates UNDER this "threshold."
What is the absolute threshold?
400
If both Alfred and Alice have one dominant gene for brown hair, and one recessive gene for red hair, what is the chance that their baby will have red hair?
What is 25%?
400
The jerk you sometimes experience right before you fall asleep is known as this.
What is a myoclonic twitch?
400
Jarvis is very jealous in his relationships and always assumes his partner is on the verge of leaving him, so he holds tightly to them even as he distrusts them. He probably has this style of attachment.
What is ambivalent?
500
When Iris analyzes her research results, she finds a p value of .02.* This means her results would be described a this.
What is significant?
500
One way we perceive depth is by "triangulating" distance with our eyes; the angle of convergence of our eyeballs serves as this type of cue for distance.
What is binocular?
500
According to evolutionary psychology, Maya has a very strong ability to attract a mate because her waist/hip ratio is this.
What is .7?
500
Because the brain is active but the muscles are experiencing atonia, REM sleep is also referred to as this type of sleep.
What is paradoxical sleep?
500
Young Lena will not cross the street to help her friend who fell off her bike, because she is worried that her parents will punish her for going unattended. She like likely at this level of moral reasoning.