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Psychoanalysts focus on this and humanistic psychologists focus on this
What is childhood experiences vs current environmental influences on behavior
100
This type of research means that neither the researcher nor the participants know who is getting the actual drug vs the placebo
What is double-blind procedure
100
This is the part of the brain that involves balance
What is the cerebellum?
100
This type of attention is involved when talking on a cell phone while driving
What is selective attention
100
This is what happens when you open and close a rectangular door and see it as the same
What is shape constancy
200
This is the type of psychology used when studying genetic predisposition to bitter foods
What is evolutionary psychology
200
This is what is stripped when someone has multiple schlerosis
What is myelin sheath
200
This is the part of the brain involved with sexual impulses and hunger
What is hypothalamus
200
This threshold indicates that some arae better at distinguishing tastes than others
What is difference thresholds
200
This rhythm means a biological functioning over a 24-hour period
What is circadian rhythm
300
This bias is being used when looking back and analyzing WWII and how it could have been changed
What is hindsight bias
300
This is the general term for drugs that mimic and drugs that block
What is agonist; antagonist
300
This lobe is involved with seeing and this with hearing
What is seeing and hearing
300
This means that you get used to high and loud sounds
What is sensory adaptation
300
This is paradoxical sleep
What is REM sleep
400
This is the term for making mistakes because you think you are an excellent driver
What is overconfidence
400
This is the nervous system that shows an increase in heartbeat and a slowing of digestion; the system that shows a slowing of heartbeat
What is sympathetic vs parasympathetic
400
This is involved with speaking and this with understanding language
What is Broca's and Wernicke's area of the brain
400
This theory of pain means that while you are actively engaged you do not feel pain
What is gate-control theory
400
This is why morphine is not biological addictive
What is giving patients morphine for pain and not becoming addicted
500
This is why someone is able to pull his hand away from fire instantly
What is it only involves interneurons in the spinal cord
500
This involves hearing sounds and this involves recognizing the sounds
What is sensation and perception
500
This is the tendency to fill in the dots and is a Gestalt principle
What is closure
500
This conditioning is involved when you salivate when smelling cookies
What is classical conditioning