This is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
What is Psychology
100
These, are the physical stimuli that produce our sensory experience of sound
What is Sound Waves
100
The basic learning process that involves repeatedly pairing a neural stimulus with a response-producing stimulus until the neutral stimulus elicits the same response
What is Classical Conditioning
100
A measurement of intelligence in which an individuals mental level is expressed in the average terms of the average abilities of a given age group
What is Mental Age
100
He argued that intelligence is a single factor that underlies many different abilities, calling this the "g" factor
Who is Charles Spearman
200
These compile what of psychology: To describe, to explain, to predict, and to influence behavior
What is the GOALS of Psychology
200
TRANSDUCTION is a process by which a form of physical energy is converted into a coded neural signal that can be processed by which system?
What is the NERVOUS System
200
The occurrence of a stimulus or event following a response that increases the likelihood of that response being repeated
What is Reinforcement
200
The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure
What is Validity
200
This French psychologist is credited for the initial effort to capture and measure intelligence after developing a test to identify children who needed special help in school
Who is Alfred Binet
300
This, is the brains ability to change function and structure
What is Neuroplasticity
300
The decline in sensitivity to a constant stimulus
What is Sensory Adaption
300
A phenomenon in which exposure to inescapable and uncontrollable aversive events produces passive behavior
What is Learned Helplessness
300
The notion of a general intelligence factor that is responsible for a person's overall performance on tests of mental ability
What is "g" or "g Factor" or General Intelligence"
300
He was an Austrian neurologist that believed, "everyone has unconscious feelings, usually sexual and aggressive in nature, that shape our personality, motivate our behavior, and cause mental disorders at times"
Who is Sigmund Freud?
400
A SYNAPSE is a point of communication between how many neurons?
What is TWO Neurons
400
A cooperative social interaction in which the person under this, responds to suggestions with changes in perception, memory, and behavior.
What is Hypnosis
400
Increasing the amount of information that can be held in short-term memory by grouping related items together into a single unit
What is Chunking
400
The percentage of variation within a given population that's due to heredity
What is Heritability
400
This man is considered the founder of psychology as an experimental science.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
500
Sensory, Motor, and Interneuron are types of what?
What is Types of Neurons
500
Specifically means the person cannot be awakened and shows no awareness
What is a Coma
500
A clue, prompt, pr hint that helps trigger recall of a given piece of information stored in long-term memory
What is Retrieval
500
Mental Age
------------------- x 100 = what?
Chronological Age
What is the IQ Formula
500
This psychologist conducted a famous experiment in observational learning observing children's behavior and reactions playing with a Bobo doll after watching videos of adults who were aggressive playing with the doll.