Critical thinking
Hindsight bias is..
The tendency to believe after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
Mean is ?
Average scores
What is the Nervous System?
The body's fast messaging system allows the whole body to communicate
what drug gives the brain a rush of euphoria
Cocaine
What is consciousness?
Our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment
What is something that impede Critical Thinking?
Overconfidence
What helps draw a cause and effect to conclusions with statistics?
Descriptive Statistics
Nerves is?
Bundled axons form neural cables
If someone had brain damage what tool would they use?
MEG which is a brain imaging tool
Blind sight is
A condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it
Perceiving order in random events can effect someones?
Anxiety
What is Statistics in psychology used mostly for?
Critical thinking an research
What neuron carries info from brain to spine
Motor neurons
What helps process memories in the brain
Hippocampus
Dreams commonly occur in what state of sleep?
REM
People use Critical Thinking to..?
Observe someones behavior
What is a histogram?
Is a bar graph depicting a frequency
What is Glial cells
Protect neurons, thinking, and memory
What is the "little brain"
Cerebellum
What is the sleep disorder that causes struggle of breathing?
Sleep apnea
What is a Critical Thinking method that is used often?
Surveys or Naturalistic Observations
Skewed distribution is?
Scores that lack symmetry
Synapse is
junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron or cell body
What is the main control for processing info in the body
Delta waves are
The large, slow waves associated with deep sleep.