Stats
Which letter is used to represent the correlation coefficient?
r
Which region of the brain is responsible for gathering information from our visual fields?
The occipital lobe
We might fail to hear a very faint noise half of the time, such as a mosquito ringtone, due to the concept of ____________
absolute threshold
In an experiment the researcher manipulates the _____ variable and measures changes in the _____ variable.
independent; dependent
A researcher is investigating the effects of exercise on weight. What are the independent and dependent variables in this study?
independent: exercise; dependent: weight
The ___________ is the measure of how much scores vary around the mean
Standard Deviation
The thalamus, a pair of egg-shaped structures that act as the brain’s sensory relay station, receives information from all the senses except ________
smell
The human ability to attend to only one voice among many and to detect one's own name in an unattended voice. This is the definition of _______
The cocktail party effect
Contemporary psychology is technically defined as the science of ________
behavior and mental processes
An amplified recording of electrical activity waves on the brain’s surface can be recorded by using a(n) _________
EEG
Statistical significance refers to whether or not research ________
findings are due to chance variations
The brain’s ability to spontaneously reorganize itself from experience is known as ________
One might have a stimulus show right in front of their faces but yet fail to notice it because their attention was directed elsewhere. This is an example of what concept?
Selective inattention
What is a testable prediction that gives direction to research?
Hypothesis
The research of psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark on children’s responses when given a choice between Black dolls and White dolls played a role in the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the unconstitutionality of _________
segregated schools
True or False... Correlation shows how one thing caused another.
False
Arguably, we use our left hemisphere more than its right counterpart. Yet, the right hemisphere comes into play when we make inferences or realize general patterns. What is one more function, among the choices below, that the right hemisphere is in charge of?
Creativity
The principle that info is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks. This is the definition of _______
dual-processing
A researcher wants to examine the relationship between sleeping habits and grade point average for college students. A group of 100 students is selected and each student is asked to report the average number of hours he or she sleeps each night and his or her grade point average. Through the results, the researcher sees a clear pattern of how the two are connected. They notice that the longer the students sleep, the higher their grade point average becomes. What method is being used in order to infer this connection?
Correlation
It organizes a range of self-reports and observations, it implies predictions that anyone can use to check the theory, it stimulates further research on the field. All of these factors contribute to the success of a ______
theory
The normal curve is _____ shaped
bell
A picture of a cat is shown to the left visual field and a picture of a mouse is shown to the right visual field of a split-brain patient. Although the patient sees both, they will say that they saw _______
the mouse
________ is the process by which our senses receive and represent information from our environment whereas ________ is when the brain interprets that information.
Sensation; perception
The case study is a research method in where ______
a single individual is studied in great depth
According to neurons' transmission of messages, axons _______ just as dendrites ________ to them.
speak; listen