Neuroscience
Types of Psychology
What psychologist do
Research in Psychology
Types of Research
100

The part of the neuron that receives a NT or stimuli____

what is the dendrites

100

May just left the doctors office who told her she needs to exercise more to reduce her chances of becoming diabetic. She may be referred to a____to help motivate her.

What is a health psychologist

100

A Cognitive psychologist studies__

What is how people process information

100

JK says their is studying the relationship between owning a pet and depression. He ask people via survey if they owned a pet & how depressed they are. This is a _____study

what is correlational study

100

JJ has a class assignment to observe peoples behavior. He decides to determine if men or women wear their masks correctly. He should first___

Operationally define mask wearing 

200

Name 2 brain areas that make-up the hindbrain____

What are medulla, pons or cerebellum

200

Kayla works at Intel to help improve employee morale. She is a _____.

What is a industrial psychologist

200

Who was the father of American Psychology

Who is William James

200

WR had a stroke and now she has an accent. The neurologist said this is very unique but plans to write about it. This a ____.

What is case study

200

JJ read that video games cause kids to be aggressive.

The researcher was based on a correlational study. Is JJ's statement correct? 

What is no correlational studies do not determine cause & effect. 

300

Once a neurotransmitter is released name 3 things that can happen.

What is interact with the receptor on the receiving neuron, Reuptake into terminal boutons for later use, degraded

300

Dr. Cee studies the brain and behavior so he is a ___.

What is a neuroscientist

300

Who founded the first Psyc. lab 1879

Who was Wundt.

300

Dr. View is studying the effects of bluelight exposure on vision. Twenty subjects are exposed bluelight for a week & 20 sujects wear eyeglasses to block the blue light. After a week their vision was tested. What type of study is this?

What is an experimental design

300

In class we watched a study of genie which is considered a__

What is a case study

400

Franz has been acting very odd lately. He has a short temper and has been yelling at people. The doctors think he may have a tumor in ____

What is amygdala

400

JK believes the unconscious mind causes people to have emotional issues. In his therapy he uses free association to determine problems in the unconscious mind. JK is a__

What is a psychoanalysis

400

The behaviorist believed that all behavior can be explained by___

What is their experiences both positive and negative reinforcement & punishment

400

What was Dr.'s View Independent & Dependent variables?

What is bluelight or glasses that blocke it is IV and DV is the vision test.

400

Jake went into the field and determined if people would follow the rules if he put a sign up saying Women or MEN on sliding doors going into the Student gym. He is conducting a __

What is field experiment

500

Name 3 lobes and the function of each.

What is Frontal lobe (cognition, personality), parietal lobe (somatosensory), temporal lobe(language, hearing)  occipital lobe (vision)

500

Dr. August studies how people can manage their stress better. She is a____. 

What is health psychologist

500

What school of thought in psychology founded Introspection

What is Structuralism

500

Experimental designs can determine__

Cause and effect by manipulating the IV

500

Dr. Nil is a neuroscientist and gives 10 rats cocaine and 10 rats a placebo and watches how fast the run a maze. He is conducting a __

What is an experimental study