Psych as a Science
The key elements of a scientific attitude are
What is curiosity, skepticism, and humility?
These sensory receptors are responsible for color in the retinas.
What are cones?
The part of a brain cell that "receives the call".
What are dendrites?
Although individualist and collectivistic cultures place different levels of importance on this, both cultures show that this is universal for happiness.
What is the frontal lobe?
This type of psychology focuses on the mental processes of humans and animals.
What is cognitive psychology?
Define subliminal priming.
What is humans being affected by stimuli that they're not consciously aware of but still influence their decisions?
These neurotransmitters are our internal pain relief moderators.
What are endorphins?
This has been shown to increase serotonin most effectively, which helps improve overall mood.
What is aerobic exercise?
Name one myth in psychology regarding the hemispheres of the brain.
What is left or right brained people?
What is abuse of power?
The optical illusion of a young woman/old woman helped us understand what concept of perception.
What is perceptual set?
What is the hippocampus?
In a Think Critically image from your book, unhealthy behaviors and stress hormones come before these other effects.
What is autonomic nervous system effects and immune suppression?
This lobe helps us with mathematical reasoning and sensations.
What is parietal lobe?
Scientists use this method of research when they don't want to change or control anything in an environment of a group of humans or animals.
What is naturalistic observation?
Describe the retina.
What is the back layer of the eye where light hits and then gets transduced into an electrical impulse?
The square breathing technique helps us with anxiety by activating which autonomic nervous system?
What is parasympathetic nervous system?
Riding the wave is a skill for this type of coping strategy.
What is emotion regulation?
The definition of stress includes three things.
What is stressor, appraisal, and response?
We talked about three main mistakes in thinking that humans can make. Name one
What is perceiving patterns in random events? Hindsight bias? Overconfidence?
These special receptors renew themselves every two weeks and are more sensitive when humans are younger.
What are taste buds (or receptors)?
This specific area of the brain helps us recognize faces.
When we believe we are in control of our life and decisions.
What is free will?
This long word picks up electrical signals from outside the skull.
What is electroencephalograph?