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General
100

Psychology is the (blank) study of the mind and behavior. (what word goes in the blank space?)

Psychology is the SCIENTIFIC study of the mind and behavior. 

100

The name of the variable that is measured in a study

What is the dependent variable.

100

This lobe is considered the "CEO." 

What is the frontal lobe? 

100

What is the definition of "psychology?"

The scientific study of the mind and behavior. 

100

The group in an experiment that receives a treatment that is expected to have an effect is called the ....(what)... group?

Treatment group/Experimental group

200

Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and ...?

the mind/ mental process / cognitive processes / cognition / internal processes (any of these terms is fine).

200

The name of the variable that is manipulated by the researcher/s in a study

What is the Independent variable?

200

Where the sensory cortex is located (think lobe). 

What is the parietal lobe? 

200
When one variable increases, so does the other. What's this called?
A positive correlation.
200

What is it called when you give someone a treatment (e.g. pill or injection) that has no biological effects, but may have an effect if the person believes it will?

What is a placebo?

300

In psychology, is anecdotal or empirical (think testable) evidence more valuable?

Empirical

300

What is the name given to a variable that might affect the dependent variable, but is not what the researchers are interested in studying?

What is confounding variable/Extraneous variable/third variable?

300

The brain part that plays an important role in relaying sensory information. 

What is the thalamus? 

300
When one variable increases, the other decreases. What is this called?
Negative correlation.
300

The individual who survived an iron rod being driven through his head (think now used as a case study in neuroscience and personality). 

Who is Phineas Gage? 

400
In the scientific approach to studying psychology, after we gather data and form a hypothesis, what's the next step?
Test the hypothesis.
400

Why are experiments used to investigate causational relationships?

Because extraneous variables can be controlled in a lab, so the IV can be isolated as the only variable influencing the DV.

400

The group of white tissue in the brain that sends messages "back and forth." 

What is the corpus callosum? 

400

These make up the Central Nervous System. 

What are the brain and the spinal cord? 
400

Name one neurotransmitter.

What is acetylcholine? Another was endorphins. 

500

Fact or Fiction: Opposites Attract. 

What is fiction? 

500
What are two reasons why we might not be able to conclude a causational relationship from a study?
1) There are too many extraneous or confounding variables. 2) We do not know the direction of the relationship in the study (i.e. which variable is affecting which).
500

Name all parts of the brainstem. 

What is the medulla, thalamus, reticular formation, and technically cerebellum? 

500

Name disciplines of psychology. 

What are.....

(social, cognitive, clinical, counseling, sports, developmental, industrial-organizational, personality, on and on...) 

500

Name all three thinking errors we discussed. 

What are: hindsight bias, overconfidence, and perceiving order in random events?