Social Psych
What is the study of how people think about, influence, and relate?
Social Psych
What is the mental process of aquiring knowladge and understanding?
Cognition
What is a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object or situation?
Phobia
What chemical messengers transmit signals between neurons?
Neurotransmiters
A type of research that investigates the relationship between two or more variables without manipulating or controlling them?
Correlational study
What is the tendency to comform to a group's behavior or beliefs?
Conformity
What is a mental shortcut used to solve problems quickly?
Heuristic
What disorder involves cycles of mania and depression?
Bipolar disorder
What part of the brain controls basic survival functions like breathing?
Brainstem
An in-depth investigation of a single individual, group, or event?
Case study
What is the phenomenon where people perform better when others are watching?
Social Facilitation
What is the tendency to remember the first and last items in a list best?
Serial position effect
What disorder is characherized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts and repetitive behaviors?
OCD (Obssesive-Compulsive-Disorder)
What is the "master gland" that regulates hormones?
Pituitary gland
A research method where researchers observe subjects in their natural environment without intervening or manipulating the situation?
Naturalistic Observations
What is the tendency to attribute others behaviors to internal factors rather than situational ones?
Fundemental attribution error
What is the inability to see a problem from a new prespective?
Fixation
What is a dissociative disorder involving memory loss and identity disruption?
DID (Dissociative identity disorder)
What part of the neuron recieves signals from other neurons?
Dendrites
A research method where researchers manipulate one or more variables to observe and measure their effects on other variables, aiming to establish cause-and-effect relationships?
Experiment
What is the loss of self awareness in group situations that lead to impulsive behavior?
Deindividuation
What is the mental framework for organizing information?
Schema
What disorder involves false beliefs (delusions) and hallucinations?
Schitzophrenia
What nervous system controls "fight or flight" responses?
Sympathetic nervous system
A statistical technique that combines the results of multiple independent studies to arrive at a single, overall conclusion about a research question?
Meta Analysis