Basics
What is the study of mental processes and behavior?
Psychology
________ research studies the same groups of participants over time.
Longitudinal
Two forms of associative learning are ________ and ________.
Classical; operant
________ refers to the minimum amount of stimulus energy required to be detected 50% of the time.
Absolute threshold
Cognitive psychology is the branch of psychology that focuses on the study of ________.
Thinking
Who is considered the father of psychology?
Wundt
A(n) ________ is conducted in order to determine whether there are meaningful differences between two groups in a study.
Statistical analysis
In ________ the stimulus or experience occurs before the behavior and then gets paired with the behavior.
Classical
________ occurs when sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced.
Perception
An event schema is also known as a cognitive ________.
Script
Which early psychologist is known for his work with classical conditioning?
Pavlov
________ research uses past records or data sets to investigate research questions or to look for patterns or relationships.
Archival
A stimulus that does not initially elicit a response in an organism is a(n) ________.
Neutral stimulus
________ depth cues require the use of both eyes.
Binocular
A specific formula for solving a problem is called ________.
Algorithm
The Association for Psychological Science (APS) was founded in _____________
1988
On a graph of a correlation coefficient, points falling near to a straight sloped line indicate ________.
a strong correlation
Rewarding successive approximations toward a target behavior is ________.
Shaping
According to the principle of ________, objects that occur close to one another tend to be grouped together.
Proximity
A mental shortcut in the form of a general problem-solving framework is called ________.
Heuristic
Research by_______________ demonstrated that very young children do not demonstrate object permanence.
Piaget
Scientific hypotheses are ________ and falsifiable.
Testable
The person who performs a behavior that serves as an example is called a ________.
Model
Which taste is associated with monosodium glutamate?
Umami
The mean score for a person with an average IQ is ________.
100