This type of research method involves the in-depth study of a particular individual, usually one who possess a unique trait or disorder.
What is a case study?
100
The three small bones, called ossicles, make up the...
What is middle ear?
100
REM is called paradoxical sleep for this reason.
What is the apparent paralyzation of the body while the mind is as active as when awake.
100
Peek-a-boo is an example of this Piagetian principle. Define the principle in the answer, as well.
What is object permanence?
100
A memory that is remembered in great detail due to the highly emotional nature of its content.
What is a flashbulb memory?
200
Feelings, often based on our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a certain way.
What are attitudes?
200
The dilation of pupils, increase in heart rate, decrease in digestion, and increase in sweat production are all physiological processes associated with this part of the nervous system.
What is sympathetic nervous system.
200
An executive in a computer software firm works with his office door closed. At the same time every hour he opens the door to see what his employees are doing. The employees have learned to work especially hard during the five minutes before and while the door is open. Their work pattern is typical of responses that are reinforced on a ____________ schedule.
What is fixed interval?
200
The stage in which egocentrism is apparent in children.
What is the preoperational stage?
200
George has learned the sentence “My Very Earnest Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets” as a way to remember the names of the nine planets. This illustrates the use of:
What is mneumonics?
300
The thought that others who we are close with, such as friends or club members, share similar beliefs as us.
What is the false consensus effect?
300
Alzheimer's is most closely associated with the loss of this neurotransmitter.
What is Acetylcholine?
300
Five-year-old Trevor is emotionally disturbed and refuses to communicate with anyone. To get him to speak, his teacher initially gives him candy for any utterance, then only for a clearly spoken word, and finally only for a complete sentence. The teacher is using the method of:
What is shaping?
300
Blindfolded subjects were observed to clap louder alone than when they thought they were clapping with others. This best illustrates:
What is social loafing?
300
Words, events, places, and emotions that trigger our memory of the past.
What are retrieval cues.
400
It has been shown that a high consumption of donuts is related to low levels of intelligence. The type of relationship this demonstrates is...
What is a negative correlation?
400
The development of an organism based solely on physical properties, regardless of experience.
What is maturation?
400
The type of brain wave exhibited in stage 2 sleep.
What are theta waves?
400
The loss of one's self-awareness in a group, during which they might perform behaviors they normally wouldn't.
What is deindividuation?
400
Jamille performs better on foreign language vocabulary tests if she studies the material 15 minutes every day for 8 days than if she crams for 2 hours the night before the test. This illustrates what is known as:
What is the spacing effect?
500
If a normal distribution has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, what is the range of scores that 95% of participants would achieve?
What is 70-130?
500
The difference between physical and psychological dependence.
What is physical dependence creates withdrawal symptoms, physical symptoms showing that the body needs the drug to function, whereas psychological dependence does not.
500
Jerard went to a hypnotherapist to quit smoking. The hypnotherapist utilized this technique.
What is posthypnotic suggestion?
500
A correct example of schemas, assimilation, and accommodation.
What is ...answers may vary...
500
The police officer asks a witness if he remembers seeing a man in a gray sweater. The eyewitness then believes that the suspect he saw was indeed wearing a gray sweater. This is an example of...