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I am a psychologist associated with Behaviorism
Who is Skinner?
The brain tissue that consists of cell bodies, dendrites, synapses and capillaries
What is gray matter?
The debate that involves whether human behavior is determined by the environment or by a person's genes/genetic makeup
What is nature vs nurture?
The short paragraph in the beginning of a research article that summarizes its contents
What is an abstract?
The total number of votes in the US Electoral College
What is 538?
The part/space of a neuron that allows one neuron to send messages to another neuron
What is the synapse?
The lobe of the brain which processes cognitive function, voluntary movement, and voluntary activity
What is the frontal lobe?
The conditions a researcher wants to prevent from affecting the outcome of the experiment
What are extraneous variables?
I am a popular psychologist known for the “unconscious mind” and the Oedipus Complex
Who is Sigmund Freud?
I am the artist who painted the late 15th century mural known as "Last Supper"
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
A neurotransmitter associated with sleep, mood, and temperature
What is serotonin?
The lobe that processes temperature, taste, and touch
What is the parietal lobe?
The term for defining variables into measurable factors
What is operationalizing?
The largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the US and a proper writing format
What is APA?
The country that has the largest export of coffee in the world
What is Brazil?
The facet of long-term memory for facts and general knowledge
What is semantic memory?
The part of the brain that produces dopamine
What is the midbrain or VTA?
The validity that your results and inferences will hold in other contexts
What is external validity?
The act that made the schedule of controlled substances and created the DEA
What is the Controlled Substances Act of 1970?
The only Ancient Wonder of the World left standing
What are the Pyramids of Giza?
The auditory cortex of the brain also known as the “belt”
What is the secondary auditory cortex?
The part of the brain associated with self-regulation, response inhibition, planning, and complex decision making
What is the prefrontal cortex?
The two types of groups in an experiment
What are the control and the experimental groups?
A type of study that examines the relationship between two variables
What is a correlational study?
The word that the “R” in “USSR” stands for
What are Republics?