Psych Foundations
This is the study of the mind and behavior
What is psychology?
These cells receive and transfer messages.
What are neurons?
Humans spend about 1/3 of their lives doing this activity.
What is sleep?
This type of conditioning pairs neutral stimuli with unconditioned stimuli, in the hopes of it eventually eliciting a conditioned response.
This type of leadership inspires through shared values and relationships, rather than via consequences.
What is transformational?
Psychology utilizes the scientific method to explore concepts, with a focus on this type of method that requires observation and measurement of phenomena.
What is empiricism?
The central nervous system consists of your brain and this other part of the body.
What is the spinal cord?
Sleep is controlled by both biological factors, like circadian rhythms, as well as environmental factors, like this variable that may signal the body to release melatonin.
What is light (light/dark)?
Using this problem-solving strategy, a person would try different solutions until they found one that works.
What is trial and error?
This is the belief that people get the outcomes they deserve.
What is the just-world hypothesis?
This tenet of science states that natural phenomena are caused, not random.
What is determinism?
This part of the forebrain contains the primary visual cortex.
What is the occipital lobe?
This sleep stage is implicated in learning and memory and is the period of sleep where dreaming occurs.
What is REM sleep?
This psychologist is most well-known for his theories of social observational learning.
Who is Bandura?
This phenomena refers to a tendency to take a more extreme action/stance when in a group than when solo.
What is groupthink?
This type of research method is generally considered to provide the most valid evidence when testing a hypothesis.
What is experimental research?
This section of the brain includes many dopamine-producing cells and is connected to mood, reward, and addiction.
What is the midbrain?
This area of psychology contributed principles of perception.
What is Gestalt psychology?
In operant conditioning, the variables of interest are organized in a three-term contingency. These are the three terms.
What is antecedent, behavior, and consequence?
This phenomena is a tendency for individuals to diffuse responsibility when others are around, decreasing the probability of helping someone in need.
What is the bystander effect?
This period in the history of psychology featured researchers most interested in how behavior is used to adapt to the environment
What is functionalism?
This concept asserts that our genes set the stage for our limits/capabilities, as well as our predispositions.
What is range of reaction?
This principle of perception states that we tend to group objects that are close together.
What is proximity?
This type of memory refers to remembering how to do something, for example riding a bike.
What is procedural?
This term is used to describe the discomfort one experiences when their attitudes, beliefs, and/or behaviors conflict.
What is cognitive dissonance?