Intro to Psychology
This term means “the scientific study of mind and behavior.”
What is psychology?
This is the step-by-step process researchers use to test ideas with evidence.
What is the scientific method?
This group receives the treatment in an experiment.
What is the experimental group?
These branchlike structures receive messages from other neurons.
What are dendrites?
This is the brain’s ability to adapt and change through experience.
What is neuroplasticity?
This method relies on observation and measurement rather than guesses.
What is the empirical method?
This term means repeating a study to confirm its findings.
What is replication?
This variable is the one that the researcher manipulates.
What is the independent variable?
This major system includes the brain and spinal cord.
What is the central nervous system?
This brain structure helps with memory formation.
What is the hippocampus?
This early school focused on breaking mental processes into basic parts.
What is structuralism?
This type of study watches behavior in a natural setting without interference.
What is naturalistic observation?
A fake treatment with no active ingredients.
What is a placebo?
This emotion-related brain structure processes fear.
What is the amygdala?
This area controls balance and coordinated movement.
What is the cerebellum?
This perspective focuses on how the unconscious mind influences behavior.
What is the psychodynamic perspective?
This term refers to the number that shows the strength and direction of a relationship between two variables.
What is the correlation coefficient?
This effect occurs when people improve simply because they expect to.
What is the placebo effect?
The frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal are these.
What are the four lobes of the brain?
This part helps maintain body temperature and hunger.
What is the hypothalamus?
This type of psychologist is a medical doctor who can prescribe medication.
What is a psychiatrist?
This design keeps both participants and researchers unaware of group assignments.
What is a double-blind study?
These committees review research to protect human participants.
What are IRBs (Institutional Review Boards)?
This term means that each brain hemisphere has specialized functions.
What is lateralization?
This brainstem structure helps regulate sleep and acts as a relay.
What is the pons?