Ch 1 Foundations
Scientific study of the mind and behavior.
What is psychology?
This is a type of reasoning that begins with a premise or a generalization.
What is deductive reasoning?
An individual's set of observable traits.
What is phenotype?
The electrical signal within a neuron is called ____________.
What is action potential?
This part of the brain controls our circadian rhythms.
What is hypothalamus?
In the scientific method, this is something that must be observable and measurable.
What is hypothesis?
This type of research focuses on finding relationships between variables.
What is correlational research?
A recessive _________ will only produce a phenotype if there is no dominant allele present.
What is allele?
This neurotransmitter is associated with pleasure, as well as addiction.
What is dopamine?
This is a natural hormone that regulates our body during sleep, and is stimulated by darkness.
What is melatonin?
When one variable changes, the other changes along with it. This is known as _______.
What is correlation?
This is considered to be the "gold standard" of research methods because it proves cause and effect.
What is experimental research?
A child who inherits a dominant gene for eye color from BOTH parents would be described by this term.
What is homozygous?
This part of the nervous system is activated by stress and threats.
What is sympathetic?
This sleep stage starts with alpha waves, the core body temperature drops, and lasts 5-10 minutes.
What is stage 1 or "drifting off"?
This is the area of psychology that's interested in how biology influences our behavior.
What is biopsychology?
This research approach collects data over an extended period of time (years) from the same group of participants.
What is longitudinal research?
This is the word for how our environment and behavior change the expression of genes.
What is epigenetics?
This is a response that happens without intention, and the brain is not involved.
What is (automatic) reflex?
In stage 2 sleep, these are high frequency bursts that are important for learning and memory.
What are spindles?
This is a clear, focused question that guides your research.
What is research question?
This word describes how accurately a measurement measures what it intended to measure.
What is validity?
This is the space between two neurons.
What is synapse?
This part of the brain connects the two hemispheres.
What is corpus callosum?
In this sleep stage, dreams happen, and the voluntary muscles become paralyzed.
What is stage 4 or REM sleep?