History & Approaches
View that knowledge originates in experience
Empiricism
Tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen that outcome.
Hindsight Bias
Chemical messengers that cross the synaptic gaps between neurons.
Neurotransmitters
The processing of several aspects of a problem simultaneously
parallel processing
Who voiced Maui in the Disney film, Moana?
The Rock
principle that stronger inherited traits will lead to increased generational reproduction and survival
Natural Selection
Statement of procedures used to define research variables.
Operational Definition
A nerve cell - the basic building block of the nervous system.
Neuron
The perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups
grouping
Which U.S. President said, "Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser."
Donald Trump
Study of the change of behavior and the mind using principles of natural selection
Evolutionary Psychology
The perception of a relationship where none exists
illusory correlation
The body's speedy electrochemical communication network.
Nervous system
The diminishing effect with regular use of the same does of a drug
tolerance
This 1980s cult classic vampire film was set in a fictional California town named Santa Carla and included teen vampires terrorizing the city.
The Lost Boys
Experimental procedure in which both the researchers and subjects are ignorant about who gets the placebo.
double-blind procedure
The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body.
Sympathetic Nervous System
According to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream
manifest content
Dr. X's favorite band of All-time (think 90's)
Nirvana
Scientific study of the measurement of human ability, attitude, and traits
Psychometrics
A statistical index of the relationship between two things.
Correlation coefficient
The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse
Threshold
The principle that two stimuli must differ by a constant minimum percentage
Weber's Law
Dr. X is on death row and is enjoying his last meal before execution. What is that meal - including beverage.
Option 1: Veal Parm with glass of Chianti
Option 2: Pizza with Chianti
Option 3: Burger with a Guiness
Option 4: Medium rare steak with Chianti