psychology is really a science
When Rashad read a news report that drinking orange juice triggers hyperactivity, he questioned whether the children's behavior had been assessed using scientifically appropriate methods. Rashad's reaction best illustrates...
critical thinking
The first psychological laboratory was established by?
William Wundt
The neuron fiber that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles and glands is the?
Axon
The part of the brain containing neuron cell bodies that thins as we age?
Cerebral Cortex
Nerves from the left side of the brain are mostly linked to what side of the body?
Right
After the horror of 911, many people said the American government should obviously foreseen the likelihood of this form of terrorism. This perception clearly demonstrates...
Hindsight Bias
One of the earliest schools of thought in psychology was?
Structuralism
The tiny space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite or cell body of another is called the?
Synaptic Gap
A cat's ferocious response to electrical brain stimulation would lead you to suppose the electrode had touched the?
Amygdala
Deaf people usually process their language signing with this hemisphere
Left
Bethany suggests that because children are more impulsive than adults, they will have more difficulty controlling their anger. Bethany's prediction regarding anger management is an example of ...
Hypothesis
Which research method waned in popularity because its results varied when the technique were used by different people?
Introspection
The neurons of the spinal cord are part of the ______ nervous system.
Central
As we age, our brains continue to change according our environment, a property known as?
Plasticity
What is the term for patients who have had their corpus collosum severed to prevent seizures?
Split-Brain
In an experimental study to the extent which mental alertness is inhibited by sleep deprivation, mental alertness would be which variable?
Dependent variable
Investigating whether a dog could be conditioned to bark when it detected the odor of a specific narcotic drug would have been of most direct interest to the school of thought known as?
Behaviorism
When is brain plasticity the strongest?
Childhood
The brain's ability to produce new neurons is referred to as?
Neurogenesis
Studies of people with split brains and brain scans of those with undivided brains indicate that the left hemisphere excels in?
Processing language
The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with mental activities such as perception, memory and language is called?
Cognitive Psychology
tries to understand relative power and limits of genetics by examining specific traits that were passed on over time and how they have shaped our behavior today.
Evolutionary Psychology
The meeting point between neurons is called the
Synapse
The amygdala consists of emotion-linked neural clusters located in the?
Limbic system
A failure to recognize that one's arm or leg is part of one's self is most likely to be associated with damage to this
Right Hemisphere