People
Who is known as the father of psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
The autonomic and somatic nervous systems are subcomponents of which nervous system?
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
What are the 4 goals of psychology in the correct order?
Describe, Explain, Predict, Change
Which research method is used to determine how two variables are related to each other?
Correlational
What is commonly described as “all or nothing”?
Action Potential
Who sustained a brain injury that affected their personality?
Phineas Gage
Which nervous system is activated in emergency situations and results in increased heart rate and rapid breathing?
Sympathetic Nervous System
What is the correct order of steps in the scientific method?
Question, Literature, Hypothesis, Study, Analyze, Report
In which type of study do the subjects not know what condition they are in?
Single Blind Experiment
Which two body parts are overrepresented in the human homunculus?
Face & Hands
Who suffered from memory impairment following a radical brain surgery to treat their epilepsy?
H.M.
Which part of the neuron is responsible for fast conduction of electrical impulses down the axon?
Myelin
What is an important rule regarding correlation and causation?
Correlation does not equal causation
Which experimental technique may result in desirability bias?
Self-reports
Which kind of attention involves concentrating on more than one thing at a time?
Divided Attention
Who needs to approve research utilizing animals?
IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee)
Which type of glial cells make up the myelin sheath in the peripheral nervous system?
Schwann Cells
Which school of thought is characterized by the idea that consciousness can be broken down into essential components, elements, or structures?
Structuralism
In which type of study do the subjects and experimenters not know what condition participants are in?
Double Blind Experiment
Which kind of attention involves focus and extended engagement with the environment?
Sustained Attention
Who needs to approve research utilizing human participants?
IRB (Institutional Review Board)
What is the path of neurotransmitters during chemical signaling?
Axon Terminals -> Synapse -> Dendrites (of another cell)
Which school of thought is characterized by the idea that our consciousness serves an adaptive purpose of helping us survive?
Functionalism
What is the term for the phenomenon in which an additional variable explains the relationship between two variables?
Third Variable Problem
What is the term for unintentional behaviors that are a result of absent-mindedness or a failure to pay attention?
Action Slip