The study of similarities and differences in the behavior of different species is called
What is comparative psychology
100
The central nervous system is composed of the
What is brain and spinal cord
100
One who studies death is known as a
What is thanatologist
100
If vision is fuzzy because the eyeball is too short, the resulting condition is called
What is hyperopia
100
Getting up and doing something useful works best in combating ________ insomnia
What is temporary
200
To assess clients' abilitites a graphologist would want to
What is read their handwriting
200
The part of the nervous system that is known as the "fight or flight" system because it arouses the body to meet emergencies and respond to emotional events is the ____________ branch
What is sympathetic
200
Which type of child discipline leads to children having a hight self-esteem?
What is management technique
200
Olfaction is another name for the sense of
What is smell
200
the main purpose of ________ exercises is to focus attention and interrupt the typical flow of thoughts
What is meditative
300
The more general the predictions a fortune teller or palmist makes, the more believable the results. This fact has been called the
What is Barnum effect
300
Dependent, immature children who frequently misbehave are characterized as having been raised by __________ parents
What is overly permissive
300
Using existing patterns of behavior in new situations is called
What is assimilation
300
Closure, nearness, similarity, and continuation are categories of
What is Gestalt organizing principles
300
A substance capable of altering attention, judgment, perception, and emotions is classified as a
What is psychoactive drug
400
The conditions that a researcher wishes to prevent from affecting the outcome of the experiment are the ___________ variables
What is extraneous
400
In talking to an infant, an adult may use exaggerated or musical voice inflections during a type of speech known as
What is motherese or parentese
400
The study of changes in behavior from conception to death encompasses the field known as
What is developmental psychology
400
Five year old Jay drew a picture of an Easter bunny hiding eggs. He drew a small bunny at the top of the page as if the bunny is hopping awa from the large multicolored egg at the bottom of the page. Jay has used which two pictorial cues?
What is relative size and height in the picture plane
500
The psychological view that combines thinking (and the expectation of the reward) with learning theory is known as
What is cognitive behaviorism
500
The biologically defined period during which a person matures sexually and becomes capable of reproduction is
What is puberty
500
Wundt's ideas were carried to the United States by Edward Titchener with these ideas forming the school of thought known as
What is structuralism
500
Research evidence has shown that the presence of a weapon
What is impairs an eyewitness' accuracy of a description of a suspect
500
Kim only has one or two alcoholic drinks when she goes out to a restaurant with her friends a few times a month. Kim's pattern of drug-taking behavior would be classified as