Introduction to Psychology
Psychology is...
What is the science of behavior and mental processes?
An example of a physiological report would be...
What is an assessment of body functions
A double-blind is
What is when the participants nor researchers know experimental treatments
Plasticity is...
What is the brain's ability to change
Motor neurons...
What is recieve signals from the brain and spinal cord that tell muscles to move
From what two disciplines did psychology emerge?
What is Psychology and Biology?
The 5 steps of the scientific method of psychologists are...
What is 1. Define the problem
2. Form hypothesis
3. Design study + test hypothesis
4. Analyze findings and draw conclusions
5. Report findings
What is how one trait/behavior tends to coincide with another.
Glial cells are
What are support cells that protect and support neurons
The neurotransmitter dopamine affects the body by...
What is affecting emotion, attention, movement, and learning
The first psychological lab was established by...
Who is Wilhem Wundt?
The 4 goals of psychological science are...
What are Description, Prediction, Understanding, Control
The 3 necessary conditions for a psychological experiment are...
1. Manipulation of an independent variable
2. Accurate measure of dependent variable
3. Control of extraneous variables
The resting membrane potential of a neuron is...
What is -70mV
An axon...
conducts an action potential away from cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands
Which area of psychological study scientifically explores how we perceive, process, and remember information?
What is cognitive psychology?
What is a statement that turns an abstract idea/variable into something measurable
For an experiment to have good internal validity, what would need to be controlled for?
What are extraneous variables
What is somatic nervous system
Endophorines function as...
the natural painkiller for the body
Watson and Skinner are known for what psychological discipline?
What is behaviorism?
The hindsight bias is...
What is the tendency to believe that, after learning the outcome, you knew the answer or foresaw the outcome all along.
The directionality problem can be described as
What is... Does A lead to be or does B lead to A?
The parietal lobe is responsible for
What is receiving sensory input
The pons controls...
sleep, reflexes, and arousal