Psychology as a Science
The definition of psychology
What is the scientific study of the mind and behavior?
Neuroimaging technique used for activating/deactivating a brain area of cortex.
What is TMS?
What is transduction or sensation?
A chemical released by a gland.
What is a hormone?
The school of psychology that focuses on the premise that it is not possible to objectively study the mind, instead psychologists should limit their attention to the study of observable behavior.
What is Behaviorism?
What is--could be anything measurable--
eg. heart rate changes during the exam, amount of sweat produced during the exam, breathing rate during the exam, #motor responses during the exam...
This structure of the neuron is good for releasing neurotransmitters.
What is the axon terminal or terminal buttons?
What is sensitivity?
I find that students in my psych 101 courses do better after instituting a review day before exams. If I then find this is true for other classes, other teachers, and at other institutions, even in other countries. I could say my finding has large_________.
What is generalization?
One of the ongoing question topics/questions in psychology that brings up the idea of heritability.
What is nature vs nurture?
The four characteristics that make a 'good' theory.
What is: it is general, parsimonious, falsifiable, and provides ideas for future?
The lobe of the brain that would be most active when I am listening to Beyonce?
What is the temporal lobe?
An example of a psychophysical scale/test?
What is (anything that has a subjective in relation to objective component)?
e.g. scoville scale, vision test with the chart, hearing test with beeps, etc.
The DV in the following scenario: Rats are injected with cortisol or saline (control condition) and are then placed in a maze. Number of seconds to complete the maze is recorded.
Could be anything, but answer should have something that is an 'opinion'/'belief' for personal value and some kind of statistic for the scientific fact.
The descriptive statistic that tells us about the spread of a data set (measure of dispersion), and about how far/close the data points are.
What is standard deviation?
What is glutamate-excitatory and gaba-inhibitory?
The ability to sense the positions and movement of our body parts.
What is proprioception?
These cells are responsible for being the link between sensory neurons and motor neurons.
What are interneurons?
The position of European philosopher who came up with the idea of Tabula Rasa on the nature vs nurture debate.
What is they believed in the nurture side, stating our experiences are what makes who we are. (Aristotle)
Type of experiment meant to decrease experimenter bias in which both the participant and the experimenter do not know which group/treatment the participant is receiving. This is meant to increase internal validity.
What is a double-blind experiment?
The process of developing a wrinkly brain during the time you are in your mothers womb.
What is gyrification?
I am taking a shower and my phone is on the counter. I think I hear it ringing but I'm not sure. Let's pretend it was actually ringing and I do not perceive it to be ringing. Signal detection analysis/theory would call this type of outcome a __________.
What is a miss?
The master gland in the endocrine system.