Psy-ence
The measured variable.
What is dependent?
Activation-synthesis is this biological explanation of how dreams occur.
What is random neural firing?
Type of research in which the same group is tested at multiple points in time.
What is longitudinal?
The tendency, when analyzing others' behavior, to underestimate the impact of a situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition.
What is the fundamental attribution error?
You developed this awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived when you were a toddler.
What is object permanence?
Calculate the median:
7, 4, 6, 1, 9, 5, 7
What is 6?
This lobe of the brain generally controls auditory and linguistic functioning.
What is the temporal lobe?
As infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to a stimulus, their interest wanes and they look away sooner is an example of decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation known as this.
What is habituation?
A person is lying facedown in the middle of the Commons at lunchtime but no one else is approaching them. This is the tendency for you to also not offer help in this ambiguous situation.
What is the bystander effect?
This is the neural process of reabsorption of a neurotransmitter.
What is reuptake?
An ethical guideline which means giving potential participants enough information about a study to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate.
What is informed consent?
This part of the brainstem generally controls basic functioning such as breathing and heart rate.
What is the medulla?
Physical development in infancy and childhood happens in generally the same order but this can vary as an individual matures.
What is the timing of the developmental milestone?
The loss of individual self-awareness and self-restraint occuring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity.
What is deindividuation?
If your sympathetic nervous system is aroused before taking the exam next week, you should take deep, calming breaths to activate this system so your brain gets the blood and oxygen it needs to work optimally.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
What is hindsight bias?
Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune disease that damages the central nervous system, specifically this part of the neuron.
What is the myelin sheath?
What is authoritative?
A logical argument meant to persuade rather than an emotional appeal is this route to persuasion.
What is the central route to persuasion?
Only this research methodology can result in a causal inference.
What is the experiment?
Randomly selecting a sample of participants from a population increases this.
What is generalizability?
One of several functions of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
What is enables learning or memory or triggers muscle contraction?
Your 65+ interviewee may have been in this stage of Erikson's psychosocial development.
What is Generativity vs Stagnation?
Not a behavior or an attitude, this is a generalized thought about an out-group.
What is a stereotype?
Internalizing generalized negative assumptions about the group for which you are a member. For example, doubting your ability to contribute to a group because everyone else is a college graduate and you think they believe teenagers are irresponsible.
What is stereotype threat?