Introduction to Science of Psychology
This perspective stated that the mind was based on individual parts/contents rather than it's function. Also, was one of the earliest perspectives in psychology
What is structuralism?
" Criminals will commit crimes when stress is high"
" Test scores will be affected by caffeine intake"
These are know as this in psychological research.
What are hypotheses?
The part of the peripheral nervous system that deals with bringing body back to homeostasis.
What is parasympathetic nervous system?
This stage of sleep occurs when sleep spindles show up.
What is stage 2?
High doses of this classification of drug can cause hallucinations and paranoia.
What are stimulants?
This perspective uses dreams as a way to understand human behavior. This was the person who developed this perspective.
What is psychoanalytic theory? Who is Sigmund Freud?
A research hypothesis can be found true but also this.
What is falsifiable?
This side of brain houses this area that is responsible for speech.
What is left side of the brain?
What is Broca's area?
Traveling on a plane to another time zone will affect this.
What is circadian rhythm?
When variables move in the same direction in the outcome of a research study, it is called this.
What is a positive correlation?
This theory includes a component that is applied in therapy. It states a therapist accepts a person for who they are, regardless of what they did or what they look like.
Name the theory and component
What is humanism?
What is unconditional positive regard?
Jordan examines whether eating sugar free candy influences behavior.
His study is this type of research design.
What is a correlation?
This threshold has to be met before an action potential can occur.
What is -55 mV?
List the 3 cognitive benefits of getting enough sleep.
What are creative thinking, language learning, and inferential judgments?
The name for variables in an experiment.
What are independent variable and dependent variable?
According to this personality trait model, one who always does what they say they are going to do, always on time and is reliable, is known to have this.
Name model and trait.
What is Five Factor Model?
What is high on conscientiousness?
Janie observes children at play for her study examining playground behavior of toddlers. Janie also has a toddler who does similar behaviors as the children on the playground.
This may be an issue in the study.
What is observer bias?
A deficit of this neurotransmitter has been found in people with anxiety.
What is GABA?
This is known as somnambulism
What is sleep walking?
This organization represents psychologists in U.S.
What is the American Psychological Association?
This is the main difference between a psychologist and psychiatrist.
What is psychiatrist can prescribe medication?
Dr. Fred wants to examine the effects of nicotine on anger outbursts.
Dr. Fred states his variable anger outbursts is measured by the number of yells a person makes. Dr. Fred did this to his variable.
What is operationally define the variable?
This part of the brain plays a role in coordination and balance
What is cerebellum?
This classification of drug can cause death due to respiratory depression
What are opioids?
When new synapses develop or genesis of new neurons occur. It is know as this.
What is neuroplasticity?